“But you played this very wrong.”

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Hosting a variety show isn’t all fun and games it can even get a bit dangerous.

Spoiler alert: It didn’t work out.

John Mulaney’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Story on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney

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“We had something very special planned for you this evening that we had to scrap very recently.”

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Things initially went smoothly.

What followed was a series of red flags.

Rap artist Bone Thugs N Harmony pose for their first portrait in 10 years in Woodland Hills, California on July 20, 2008

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Bizzy Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone in 2008.Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

“I couldn’t pay it through the show budget, okay?

So now I need to withdraw $2,800,” he said, before revealing a bigger problem.

“I say, ‘Hi, how are you?

John Mulaney’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Story on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney

John Mulaney on ‘Everybody’s Live’.Netlifx

I need to get $2,800 cash, and I need it today.’

And she said, ‘What is it for?'”

“And I said, ‘It’s for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.'”

If you want to tell me something, you could tell me it.’

And I, in an effort to calm her down, said, ‘You don’t understand.

I have to have this.

I have to have this right now.'"

Upon further research, Mulaney discovered that he may have dodged a bullet by cutting the contact.

In fact, several sites list a different person," he said. "

I’m concerned now that I never had any direct contact with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony."

I do indeed look like someone you could hustle over a booking for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

But you played this very wrong.

Indeed I am pretty unaware of what things should cost or how much money it takes to sing songs.

He added, “Instead, you have nothing.

Representatives forEverybody’s Live and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony did not immediately respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for comment and updates.

But one member of the grouphasoffered a response to the tale on social media.

Resharing the post on BlueSky, Mulaney responded, “Can you get me his number?”

Watch Mulaney tell the full story of his failed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony booking above.