Kacey Musgraves has confirmed she performed completely nude on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, becoming the first musical guest to ever do so.
The iconic sketch show returned for the 47th season on Saturday with Owen Wilson hosting for the first time.
However, it was Kacey who made the biggest impression due to her choice of ‘ensemble’ for her performance of single, Justified.
The country star was seen sitting on a chair with her legs crossed and a guitar covering her body.
The choice was inspired by Forrest Gump star Robin Wright, who gave a similarly nude performance of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind at a strip club while playing Jenny Gump in the 1994 flick.
The country singer’s stylist, Erica Cloud, first revealed that the pop culture reference on Instagram by sharing several photos of a side-by-side of Kacey and Robin playing guitar in the nude.
‘Boots by @celine Birthday suit by @spaceykacey#iykyk📸: @nbcsnl,’ Erica captioned the post.
A spokesperson for the singer has since confirmed to Variety that the 33-year-old was completely naked apart from her cowboy boots.
Her publicist explained: ‘She was nude. Precautions were taken, and this was the first time it’s happened on the show.’
They also confirmed that a sheet was put up to separate the singer from the audience while the performance was being set up.
Following the show, Kacey tweeted a screenshot of the scene from Forrest Gump.
In addition to Justified, the Grammy Award-winner also performed Photo Roll from her new album, Star-Crossed.
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