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Yes, Swift saw Gosling's `SNL' spoof of her song

- By Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times

Taylor Swift has given Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's spoof of “All Too Well” her seal of approval.

The pop superstar took to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday to endorse the latest take on her Grammywinn­ing song, which she aptly titled “All Too Well (Ryan and Emily's Version).”

“All Too Well (Ryan and Emily's Version) !!!” the singer-songwriter cheered in her tweet, sharing the bit that came during Gosling's “Saturday Night Live” monologue. “Watch me accidental­ly catch myself singing this version on tour. This monologue is EVERYTHING”

Swifties rejoiced in the singer's replies, touting the irreverent mashup and the prospect of Swift performing it on her blockbuste­r Eras tour, which resumes in Paris on May 9 and travels through Europe until August. The historic tour returns to the United States in October before wrapping with a three-night stint in Toronto in early December, giving the singer plenty of opportunit­ies to pay tribute to Ryan and Emily's version of her song.

“girl SING IT PROUDDDDDD BRING THEM OUT AS SPECIAL GUESTSSSSS­SSS,” one fan wrote.

Gosling, who was joined by his “Fall Guy” co-star as he delivered the monologue over the weekend, said in his routine that he sadly had to “break up” with his “Barbie” alter ego Ken and that “the one thing that could help is the music of the great Taylor Swift.”

The “La La Land” and “The Notebook” star, who is a noted musician as well, then took a seat behind a large black piano and donned dark sunglasses for the broody satire. In it, the three-time “SNL” host paid homage to his subversive fur coat-clad character that earned him another Academy Award nomination. (“I didn't win the Oscar, it was just out of reach,” he sang to a pinkhued statuette).

“Oh that sweet definition of my washboard abs/ Singing Indigo Girls in the car with Babs / If I said that I was doing fine / You know I'd be lying / Because I was just Ken/ And now I'm just Ryan,” Gosling lamented as he was interrupte­d by Blunt.

The “Oppenheime­r” and “Mary Poppins Returns” star gave Gosling a stern talking-to onstage, calling him out for ruining their “The Fall Guy” promotiona­l spot and for embarrassi­ng himself by “Kenning” again.

 ?? JACK PLUNKETT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES ?? Ryan Gosling has been promoting his new movie “The Fall Guy” in recent public appearance­s, including at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March.
JACK PLUNKETT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES Ryan Gosling has been promoting his new movie “The Fall Guy” in recent public appearance­s, including at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March.

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