Scarlett Johansson’s Forgotten 2000s Relationship Has the Internet Shook Again

The aughts were truly a different time.

Scarlett Johansson at ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ New York premiere / Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty Images

Do you ever learn about a pair of popular celebrities who dated decades ago, and suddenly your whole life feels like it’s been a lie? A little dramatic, yes, but that’s what many people on the internet are now going through after realizing Scarlett Johansson was once in a relationship with a very successful music producer.

Honestly, Johansson’s dating timeline is pretty iconic—before she got married to Saturday Night Live comedian Colin Jost in 2020, she was linked to several big names, including Jared Leto and Josh Hartnett. She was also married to Ryan Reynolds from 2008 to 2011. But before all of these leading men, she dated 11-time Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff!

Yes, Scarlett Johansson and Jack Antonoff really dated

The two celebrities were an item during their days at the Professional Children’s School in New York City. As reported by Page Six, Antonoff even took Johansson to prom, and there is photo evidence! This surprising relationship started getting attention again this week after users on X relearned—or learned for the first time—about it.

Scarlett Johansson and Jack Antonoff at the BCBG spring 2003 fashion show / Evan Agostini/ImageDirect/Getty Images

“My head can’t wrap around the fact that scarlett johansson and jack antonoff used to be high school sweethearts,” user @giftedswifted wrote, promoting many responses, likes and retweets.

“What in the world. Is this real?” one responded on X.

“He seems so much younger than her??” another wrote, though Johansson is 40 years old, while Antonoff is 41—remember, they went to school together and were actually born in the same year.

“I learn something new every single day,” added a third.

Also reported by Page Six, Johansson and Antonoff’s brief relationship came to a close after they graduated. “When we were in high school, Jack was absolutely obsessed with her, and she broke his heart,” a source allegedly close to Antonoff told the publication. “They broke up shortly after graduation . . . She got swept up in the Hollywood scene.”

But before Antonoff could put their relationship in the past, he released a song about Johansson in 2005 with his band Steel Train called “Better Love.”

“Scars are in her name / And she scars me in blame / Hey Scarlett, you’re not the same,” some of the song’s lyrics read.

Today, Johansson and Jost are happily married and share one child together: a 3-year-old son named Cosmo. The Academy Award nominee is also mom to 10-year-old Rose with her ex-husband Romain Dauriac. As for Antonoff, he married Emmy Award nominee Margaret Qualley, 30, in 2023. The pair sparked romance rumors in 2021 and got engaged in 2022.

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