Yes, musical guest Kacey Musgraves was actually singing in the nude as she performed the song Justified off her new album star-crossed, wearing only a pair of cowboy boots as she strummed the guitar. Last Saturday’s performance marked the first stripped-down moment in the comedy show’s history, with the episode now streaming on Binge.“She was nude,” Musgraves’ publicist confirmed to Variety. “Precautions were taken, and this was the first time it’s happened on the show.”The mood-lighting set up for Musgraves made it a little difficult to tell if she was actually singing nude, but this statement clears the air. Musgraves herself teased the performance on Twitter, sharing an image from a famous scene in Forrest Gump in which Jenny (Robin Wright), using the same guitar-as-clothes technique, performs nude.Musgraves’ rep did confirm that she was shielded from the audience by a sheet as the performance was set up. Audience members shared their experiences watching the set-up for SNL’s first nudity scene on Reddit.Saturday Night Live! streams in Australia on BINGE. New customers get a 14-day free trial and start streaming instantly. Sign up at binge.com.au“Was at the live,” one user wrote. “Pretty sure she was actually naked. I was on the audience side closest to her. Right before her first song, they set up a movable wall, blocking the audience from seeing her. After the song, they moved it back to cover her again and covered her with some sort of towel/robe. She was super chill, kinda walked off stage in the towel and waved. But yeah, seemed pretty legit.”Although her performance of Justified was a real show-stopper, Musgraves returned for another fully-clothed performance of Camera Roll. This time around, the singer wore a get-up that SNL has surely seen before: a flannel shirt and jeans.This story originally appeared on Decider and is republished here with permission.
Source: Sun Herald
