From the Staten Island Advance to ‘SNL’: Colin Jost revisits his Staten Island roots on ‘Hot Ones’

“Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost revisited his Staten Island roots — and endured increasingly spicy chicken wings — during his May 21 appearance on Hot Ones.

Some of the interview’s most memorable moments came when he revisited his unlikely beginnings as an overnight reporter at the Staten Island Advance.

The episode, hosted by Sean Evans and viewed nearly 900,000 times on YouTube, paired progressively hotter wings with questions about comedy, journalism and Staten Island life…

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