Kacey Musgraves' publicist confirms singer was really nude for 'SNL' performance, a first in the show's history

• Kacey Musgraves' publicist confirmed to Variety that the singer was really nude for her "SNL" performance.
• This made her the first musician in the show's history to perform completely naked.
• Musgraves' stylist confirmed the stunt performance was referencing "Forrest Gump."

Kacey Musgraves' publicist confirmed to Variety that the country singer was truly naked during her performance on "Saturday Night Live" on September 30, making her the first in the show's history to do so.

Musgraves, who was the musical guest for the premiere of season 47 of "SNL," performed "Justified" and "Camera Roll" from her new album "Star-Crossed."

For the performance "Justified," she had stripped completely naked except for her boots, and her body was only covered by her guitar.

"She was nude," Musgraves' publicist told Variety. "Precautions were taken, and this was the first time it's happened on the show."

Variety reported that a fan on Reddit who attended the live taping said that there was a moveable wall blocking the sides of the audience that would be able to see her naked from behind the guitar. "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," the fan added.

Musgraves' publicist also confirmed she was shielded from the audience by a sheet as the performance was set up.

Musgraves' stylist Erica Cloud said the inspiration for Musgraves' performance was the scene in "Forrest Gump" where Jenny Curran (Robin Wright) performed on stage naked covered only by a guitar.

Cloud posted a slideshow of images on Instagram, including one with Musgraves side by side with Curran in the particular scene in "Forrest Gump."

"Boots by @celine. Birthday suit by @spaceykacey #iykyk," the stylist captioned the post, tagging the 33-year-old Grammy-winning singer.

Her performance of "Camera Roll" was also stripped back but for this Musgraves had put on a shirt and jeans but performed barefoot. "Star-Crossed" is her fifth studio album and it was released last month.