Taylor Swift ‘Instantly’ Appreciated ‘Three Unhappy Virgins’ Sketch on ‘SNL’

Taylor Swift was “instantly” all the way down to take part in what turned one in all Saturday Evening Stay’s most memorable sketches of season 47.

SNL writers Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy — who make up the comedy group Please Don’t Destroy — shared how their collaboration with Swift, 33, got here to be throughout their Monday, November 6, look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The musical parody “Three Unhappy Virgins” — which aired throughout a November 2021 episode of the NBC comedy collection — starred the Please Don’t Destroy trio as themselves reverse SNL alum Pete Davidson. Firstly of the sketch, Davidson, 29, asks the three comedians in the event that they wish to shoot a music video with him. They excitedly agree, solely to find that the track lyrics are at their expense, labeling them “three unhappy virgins.”

Followers had been delighted by Swift’s shock cameo within the video, during which she performs the bridge.

“We didn’t suppose that she would do it,” Higgins, 27, advised Jimmy Fallon on Monday. “We pitched it to her and we had been like, ‘It’s referred to as ‘Three Unhappy Virgins,’ it’s you and Pete making enjoyable of us.’ And she or he was instantly like, ‘Sure.’”

He added, “Now each time we’re on the road it’s like, ‘Hey, unhappy virgin!’”

It’s not stunning that Swift was on board with the sketch thought given her prolonged historical past with SNL over time. Throughout a current interview on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio present, late-night host and SNL alum Seth Meyers spoke extremely of the singer’s 2009 internet hosting debut, saying that her unique monologue track “actually speaks to what a drive of nature she is and the depths of her expertise.”

Meyers recalled Swift pitching her monologue to him and SNL producer Lorne Michaels. “She sings this track which isn’t solely a gorgeous track by a gorgeous singer,” he stated. “It’s an ideal SNL monologue, totally fashioned. And it was, to at the present time, I’ve kind of by no means had a second like that the place somebody brings you a completely gift-wrapped current and it’s precisely what you wanted it to be.”

Swift has since graced the SNL stage a number of extra instances, each in sketch cameos and because the musical visitor. In October, she and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce made separate shock appearances in the course of the season 49 premiere amid their budding romance. Swift launched her buddy (and “Karma” collaborator) Ice Spice’s musical efficiency, whereas Kelce acted in a sketch impressed by the NFL frenzy surrounding his relationship with Swift.

After the present, the couple had been noticed holding arms on a date night time in New York Metropolis. The pair, who’ve been linked since September, are “actually joyful” collectively, a supply completely advised Us Weekly final month.

“Travis is somebody who’s so completely different for [Taylor],” the insider added. “With him it’s straightforward. She doesn’t have to fret about something.”