Skit that Taylor Swift begged SNL boss Lorne Michaels to cut

The mega pop star personally called Lorne Michaels to try and persuade him to scrap plans to reference her in a gag on the show.

No more “Bad Blood.”

Taylor Swift once asked Lorne Michaels to kill a Saturday Night Live sketch that poked fun at the singer’s “girl squad” — but he stood his ground and refused, according to a new report.

Vulture reported on Friday that the SNL creator contacted Swift’s management team in 2015 with a request for the pop superstar to make a surprise cameo on the show. The sketch he wanted Swift for would be a spoof of her Bad Blood music video, reimagined as an apocalyptic cult.

Swift, 35, reportedly then called Michaels, 80, directly and asked him to cut the sketch, while also telling him she would not be making a cameo, reports Page Six.

Taylor Swift with her celeb pals in Bad Blood. Picture: Vevo

The SNL skit parodied the iconic music video. Picture: Supplied

According to Vulture, the SNL exec listened to Swift’s points, but he ultimately decided that he wanted to do the sketch anyway.

“Taylor, I do not negotiate with terrorists,” Michaels allegedly told her at the time.

After the sketch aired, Michaels reportedly received a bouquet of flowers in his office from the Cruel Summer singer.

“I hope there’s no bad blood,” Swift wrote on the note.

Michaels did not talk to the outlet for the piece.

Both Michaels and Swift seemed to take the sentiment to heart, since Swift appeared as show’s musical guest in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Swift has since appeared on the show. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Lorne Michaels is the SNL boss. Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

She also made a surprise cameo to introduce Ice Spice as the musical guest in 2023.

The Bad Blood spoof starred Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as they formed their “Dope Squad” with guests Amy Schumer, Gayle King and Robert Downey Sr.

Swift famously introduced her A-list “squad” as fictional female characters facing off against each other in a futuristic world in the 2015 music video.

Her longtime friend Selena Gomez played her nemesis, while Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss and Ellie Goulding snagged bigger roles.

Lena Dunham, Jessica Alba, Hailee Steinfeld, Serayah, Martha Hunt, Hayley Williams, Lily Aldridge, Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Pompeo and Cindy Crawford also appeared in the hit music video.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Skit that Taylor Swift begged SNL boss Lorne Michaels to cut