Taylor Swift Makes Surprise Appearance During Dakota Johnson's 'Saturday Night Live' Monologue - Watch Now! | Just Jared

Taylor Swift surprised the Saturday Night Live audience by appearing on stage during this week’s episode!

The 36-year-old “Patient Zero” singer dropped in during friend Dakota Johnson‘s opening monologue on Saturday night (October 3).

After Dakota talked about dating musicians and leaving concerts with a relationship of with merch like most fans, she mentioned having very good friends who don’t judge her for dating “these men” and Taylor walked out to cheers from the crowd.

Once Taylor came into frame, Dakota introduced her as “my literal therapist.”

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“I’m not your therapist, actually. You just show up once a week at my house with an empty bottle of wine and ask if I want some,” Taylor said, to which Dakota replied, “Yeah, well I have manners.”

Taylor continued, “And then you plop on my couch and overshare, and every so often, I just say, ‘Damn, that’s crazy.'”

“Is that not a therapist?” Dakota asked.

“And then I go, ‘Well, you know, oh it’s getting late, I should probably go to bed,’ and then you say…” Taylor said, with Dakota adding, “Sleepover, yay!”

“Then I give you a Pedialyte and my security drives you home,” Taylor added.

Dakota then said she was doing a public service by dating musicians, saving ladies “a lot of money on Zoloft.”

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Also during her monologue, Dakota joked about Madame Web still not making any money, breaking up with two awesome musicians since the last time she was on the show, and making out with Anne Hathaway in Verity.

“Now she’s pregnant, you do the math,” she joked.

Check out Dakota Johnson‘s full SNL monologue above!

Of course, Dakota stars in Taylor‘s latest music video for “Patient Zero,” which premiered at the MTV VMAs last weekend, where Dakota made a surprise appearance to honor Taylor with the Artist Director Honors award.

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