Emmy Awards: Taylor Swift makes surprise appearance in pre-taped sketch

Taylor Swift and her cat made surprise appearances at the Emmy Awards on Monday (14.09.26) in a pre-taped sketch.

Taylor Swift and her cat made surprise appearances at the Emmy Awards on Monday (14.09.26).

The Opalite singer wasn’t in attendance at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater but she was part of a pre-taped sketch alongside the evening’s host, Mariska Hargitay.

The presenter was in character as her Law and Order: Special Victims Unit alter ego Olivia Benson and urged her colleagues to “think like Swifties” in order to answer the night’s biggest question: “Will Taylor Swift be at the Emmys?”

As they brought out a “crime board”, the sketch played on Taylor’s love of Easter eggs, with the investigators drawking links such as the singer’s lucky number 13 tracing to DTF St. Louis because it had 13 nominations, linking to St. Louis, Missouri, which connects to Kansas City, Missouri, where the Love Story hitmaker’s Travis Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.

As they mused on the subject, Taylor herself, in a grey suit, walked into the room and said:“Hey guys, this isn’t adding up.”

Ice-T asked:. “And who asked you, rookie? Our perp has a clear M.O. A lot of this doesn’t fit the pattern, and I don’t think everything is a clue.”

Mariska said: “It is to the Swifties.”

Taylor then uttered a string of words which may or may not be real clues as to her plans.

She said: “Saccharide, Aries, from the vineyard, north or south.”

She then mused that the real Taylor Swift would be most likely to be at home with her three cats, one of which is called Olivia Benson.

As Taylor held the cat in question, Mariska said: “Wait, I’m Olivia Benson.”

The Fate of Ophelia singer had insisted she wouldn’t perform at the ceremony.

But she said: “Maybe she’ll do one of those cool pre-taped sketch things to support the host.

The skit ended with the Law and Order bumper music and Taylor and Mariska observing how “cool” it was to hear the iconic theme.

However, the real Taylor was not at home to see the Emmys as she was pictured at Travis’ first game of the season, cheering on Kansas City Chiefs against the Denver Broncos while seated alongside Tom Cruise.