Colin Jost Says His Mom 'Didn't Quite Understand' His Son Cosmo's Name

The 'SNL' star's mom also suggested some interesting alternatives – as she was not an initial fan (via toofab)

"My mom, I would say, was slightly thrown by it and didn't quite understand it," Jost, 39, began."I don't know if she thought it was kind of, like, a hippie thing."

"She would call us ... after three or four days, she'd be like, 'Cosmo. ... And now, is it final? Like, did you submit the birth certificate?'" he continued."And we're like, 'Oh, yeah, we did that at the hospital.' And she's like, 'OK, interesting. Because I was reading that there's also a name Cosmo with an I, so that could also be an option.

The"A Very Punchable Face" author added that his mom, who lives on Staten Island, then"started meeting various members of the Italian community who have a lot of Cosmo relatives."However, the comedian's mom went on to suggest"I was like, 'It's locked in,'" Jost said."Then she goes, 'There's also a patron saint called Cosmos, so that's another option.' [I said], 'We don't need more worse options [or] variants on Cosmo.

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