Milhiser told the singer he was a Little Monster moments before showtime.
John Milhiser recently recalled howLady Gagaoffered him creative support onSaturday Night Live.
“I did this character in my audition for the show.
Lady Gaga and John Milhiser on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Saturday Night Live/YouTube
When I heard Lady Gaga was coming to host in November I saved pitching it for her episode.”
“She got a literal kick out of it,” he said.
“Gaga brought me into her office before table read to rehearse the choreography.
Lady Gaga; John Milhiser.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
We performed it at table read and it got selected.
It was my first sketch to make it in [the show].”
“On Friday, Lorne brought me into his office to discuss the sketch.
He liked it and wanted me to succeed, but he wasn’t sure about a wig and mustache.
He told me, ‘We want America to see you and get to know you.’
I thought that was a nice sentiment.
But we kept the wig and mustache for dress rehearsal.
The sketch went well at dress.
Then a minor disaster struck.
“I didn’t see it up on the board.
Gaga nudged my back with her foot and said, ‘Wait, I fought for it.’
Lorne started the meeting with his notes for the show.
A few minutes in someone walked up and put our sketch up in the lineup.
It was going to air!
‘Told you,’ she smiled.”
“Lorne 86’d the stache and wig,” the former cast member recalled.
“We were about to go live.
She squeezed my hand.
I leaned over to her and said, ‘By the way, I’m a little Monster.’
She smiled and said, ‘I had no idea.’
Then it was time.
It was a dream come true.
Once the sketch ended we embraced and she was pulled away to get changed.
It was the coolest moment.”
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Milhiser concluded his anecdote with kind remarks about the show.
“Congrats,SNL!”
“I loveSNLand still religiously watch it.
He also wrote me a heartfelt birthday letter once.”
Milhiser included a photo of the letter.
Milhiser was the second openly gaySNLcast member after Terry Sweeney.
Since departingSNL, Milhiser has appeared on series likeDrama Club,9-1-1,Adam Ruins Everything, andBetch.
Saturday Night Live’s 50th season premieres Sept. 28 with host Jean Smart and musical guest Jelly Roll.
Lady Gaga’s new film,Joker: Folie a Deux, hits theaters Friday, Oct. 4.
