Saturday Night Live kicked off their 47th season with an all-time first for the storied NBC present: nudity. Sure, musical visitor Kacey Musgraves was truly singing within the nude as she carried out the tune “Justified” off her new album star-crossed, carrying solely a pair of cowboy boots as she strummed the guitar. Final Saturday’s (Oct. 2) efficiency marked the primary stripped-down second within the comedy present’s historical past.
“She was nude,” Musgraves’ publicist confirmed to Variety. “Precautions have been taken, and this was the primary time it’s occurred on the present.”
The mood-lighting arrange for Musgraves made it somewhat troublesome to inform if she was truly singing nude, however this assertion clears the air. Musgraves herself teased the efficiency on Twitter, sharing a picture from a well-known scene in Forrest Gump during which Jenny (Robin Wright), utilizing the identical guitar-as-clothes approach, performs nude.
Musgraves’ rep did affirm that she was shielded from the viewers by a sheet because the efficiency was arrange. Viewers members shared their experiences watching the set-up for SNL‘s first nudity scene on Reddit.
“Was on the stay,” one consumer wrote. “Fairly positive she was truly bare. I used to be on the viewers aspect closest to her. Proper earlier than her first tune, they arrange a moveable wall, blocking the viewers from seeing her. After the tune, they moved it again to cowl her once more and lined her with some type of towel/gown. She was tremendous chill, kinda walked off stage within the towel and waved. However yeah, appeared fairly legit.”
Though her efficiency of “Justified” was an actual show-stopper, Musgraves returned for one more fully-clothed efficiency of “Digicam Roll.” This time round, the singer wore a get-up that SNL has absolutely seen earlier than: a flannel shirt and denims.
Scroll as much as watch Musgraves’ full efficiency on SNL. SNL airs Saturday nights on NBC and Peacock at 11:30/10:30c.
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