As one of the most renowned actresses in the industry, Scarlett Johansson is not a stranger to Red Carpets. But her appearance at 2006’s Golden Globe Red Carpet has been highly controversial due to a viral mysterious clip. The internet was flooded with conspiracy theories after the mysterious video footage showed a woman disappearing behind Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson in Asteroid City
Finally, after many conspiracies and chatter, the video was debunked by the Avengers actress when she went to Jimmy Fallon’s talk show in 2023. Surprisingly, the real story behind the creepy video turned out to be hilarious. The audience went into a laugh riot when Scarlett Johansson clarified about the footage and revealed who the mysterious woman was.

Who was behind Scarlett Johansson in 2006’s viral video?

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow
When Scarlett Johansson appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the host did not hesitate to raise the matter of the conspiracy video before her. The video was from 2006’s Golden Globes where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Match Point. Soon after watching the video, Johansson revealed “That’s my mom!“. 

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Jimmy Fallon and the entire audience burst into laughter as Scarlett Johansson admitted that the creepy woman was her mother, Melanie Sloan. She hilariously stated:

“Oh my God, that is my mom. That is my mom. That woman with the dark hair is my mother. That’s my mom! I’ve been looking for her for like the last 15 years.”

It cannot be denied that the video was oddly creepy and even reminded us about the Paranormal Activity film series. However, little did anybody expect that the original story behind it would be so shockingly hilarious.

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Even though Scarlett Johansson ended her professional relationship with Melanie Sloan in 2009, she shares a close relationship with her. Sloan was the Black Widow star’s manager till 2009 before Johansson fired her for a professional agent, Rick Yorn. ABC News reported that the Jojo Rabbit actress fired her mother as she wanted to be independent after her first marriage to Ryan Reynolds- “Once I got married, I felt that I needed to cut the cord”. 

Melanie Sloan played a notable role in Scarlett Johansson’s career

Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin
Scarlett Johansson cleared in her statements that she had no bad blood with her mother. The firing was due to her professional needs. It also reported that her mother experienced financial troubles after her firing.

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However, the Oscar-nominated actress has acknowledged her mother as one of the most significant contributors to her career. During her acceptance speech at the American Cinematheque Award (via People) in 2021, Johansson revealed that her mother, Melanie Sloan used to take her and her siblings to the movies from an early age.

“When I was as young as three, my mom started showing me a catalogue of every movie she loved as a child. And she showed me all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Rosalind Russell films, Judy Garland movies and she would swoon every time Montgomery Clift was on screen – ‘Isn’t he so gorgeous?’”

Scarlett Johansson continued that her mother had shown them some of the critically acclaimed films like Silence of the Lambs and Schindler’s List though, they were too young for those. Whenever anybody would question why she used to show age-inappropriate films to her children, Melanie Sloan replied that “all her children were very mature”. It looks like the exposure to good films since her childhood played a crucial role in her career as an actress.