Look what you made him do.
Taylor Swift allegedly once asked “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels to cut a sketch about her infamous “girl squad,” which he refused to do.
A new Vulture report about Michaels, 80, claims that the NBC series asked Swift, 35, to make a cameo in a 2015 skit that spoofed her “Bad Blood” music video, which featured Swift and her celebrity pals Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss, Ellie Goulding, Ellen Pompeo, Cindy Crawford, Hayley Williams, Mariska Hargitay, Lena Dunham and more.
Taylor Swift performing at her Eras Tour in Miami. AFP via Getty Images
Taylor Swift at the 2025 Grammy Awards. WireImage
Lorne Michaels at the “All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich” gala performance in NYC in Dec. 2024. Getty ImagesThe outlet said that Swift called Michaels directly and declined to be in the sketch. She also reportedly asked him to kill it from the show entirely.
Michaels, according to Vulture, “heard Swift out, but as he did he picked up a piece of popcorn from the basket on his desk.”
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He reportedly told the singer, “Taylor, I do not negotiate with terrorists,” before allegedly “tossing the kernel into the air and catching it with his mouth.”
Taylor Swift and her squad in her “Bad Blood” music video.
Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video.
There were two “Bad Blood” sketches that ultimately aired on the show. The first followed Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer as two young women trapped in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by Swift and her squad.
The second sketch, called “Tina & Amy’s Dope Squad,” starred Tina Fey and Amy Poehler who form a squad that includes Amy Schumer, Gayle King and Robert Downey Sr.
The “SNL” sketch about “Bad Blood.” YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
“SNL” spoofing Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video. YouTube/@SaturdayNightLiveThe Vulture report said that after the first sketch aired, Swift sent Michaels flowers and a note that read, “I hope there’s no bad blood.”
The Post has reached out to Swift’s rep for comment.
Lorne Michaels at the 2024 Emmy Awards. Variety via Getty ImagesSwift has appeared on “SNL” several times over the years. She made her debut on the show as a musical guest in 2009, and then returned later that year to host.
She performed as the musical guest again in Nov. 2021 for the release of her re-recorded album “Red (Taylor’s Version).”
Taylor Swift at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyThe “Lover” singer was most recently on “SNL” in Oct. 2023 when she introduced her friend Ice Spice as the musical guest.
Last year, she reacted to Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt spoofing her 2012 hit song “All Too Well” on the sketch comedy show.
“‘All Too Well’ (Ryan and Emily’s Version)!!!” Swift penned on her Instagram Story. “Watch me accidentally catch myself singing this version on tour. This monologue is everything.”
