Lucy Lawless Reveals She Pleaded with Lorne Michaels to Remove Her 1998 Stevie Nicks Sketch from "SNL": 'I Didn't Find It Amusing'

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If Lucy Lawless had had her way, her cult favorite impersonation of Stevie Nicks may never have happened.

On the latest episode of Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast, the host asked Lawless, 56, about her 1998 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Specifically, Rosenbaum wanted to know all about “Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup,” a sketch in which the Xena: Warrior Princess star spoofed Nicks in a commercial for the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman’s imaginary Sedona, Ariz., Tex-Mex restaurant.

"I had caught a glimpse of Stevie Nicks in some show," Lawless shared with Rosenbaum. "Her eyes were incredibly dark for some reason. So, I requested them — 'Is it possible to get contacts like that?' They quickly arranged for me to get fitted and popped those in for the skit. I couldn't see a thing, and it left me feeling quite isolated in my thoughts."

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At the time, Nicks was experiencing a career resurgence, thanks to Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 live reunion album The Dance and an accompanying MTV special, as well as her own solo career spanning 1998 box set Enchanted.

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