The members of the comedy group Please Don’t Destroy have been creating humorous movies and sketches for years, even earlier than they joined Saturday Night time Dwell in 2021. Nonetheless, the trio — which consists of Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy — could also be finest recognized for his or her viral “Three Unhappy Virgins” sketch, during which Pete Davidson and Taylor Swift teamed as much as roast the writers for his or her perceived lack of sexual expertise. Even two years later, the comedians stated they had been as shocked as anybody that the Eras Tour artist was recreation to roast them so harshly.
The comedy troupe — who’re set to launch their authentic Peacock film Please Do not Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain on November 17 — recalled their large “Three Unhappy Virgins” second on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon. John Higgins opened up about asking Taylor Swift to do the video, as she was serving because the musical visitor for that week in 2021. He admitted:
We didn’t assume that she would do it. Dan Bulla, who wrote it with us, was like, ‘We must always have Taylor Swift do it,’ and we had been like, ‘Yeah, clearly.’ However we pitched it to her, and we had been like, ‘It’s known as Three Unhappy Virgins, it’s you and Pete making enjoyable of us,’ and he or she was instantly like, ‘Sure.’ She was like, ‘I get that about you guys.’
Taylor Swift added gravitas to the already-hilarious premise, making an enormous viral second for Please Don’t Destroy, who was initially of their Saturday Night time Dwell careers at that time. Sadly the popularity established within the track has continued to hang-out them, as John Higgins continued:
Now each time we’re on the road, it’s like, ‘Hey, unhappy virgin!’ Which is, like, it’s not even true. We’re not unhappy.
Along with Taylor Swift’s contribution, Pete Davidson was important to the sketch, together with his relationship historical past that features celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande and Kaia Gerber. He most not too long ago seems to be relationship Outer Banks star Madelyn Cline after breaking apart with Chase Sui Wonders in August. “Three Unhappy Virgins” centered across the modern-day lothario, who rapped about how totally different he’s from the “tall and bizarre and unhappy” trio.
Then Taylor Swift got here in along with her personal scathing verse, during which she sang that Ben Marshall seemed like “Huge Chook misplaced all his feathers,” stated Martin Herlihy had the “intercourse attraction of a scarecrow” and known as John Higgins’ head a “large fats melon.” In truth, the entire sketch is value a rewatch, which you are able to do under:
That sketch is a basic, and I’m glad that Taylor Swift acknowledged how humorous it will prove. You possibly can see extra of Please Don’t Destroy by streaming The Treasure of Foggy Mountain with a Peacock subscription beginning November 17, and within the meantime, take a look at the entire confirmed Saturday Night time Dwell Season 49 hosts and musical company.
