Saturday Night Live star Heidi Gardner says she lobbied hard to get Travis Kelce on the sketch-comedy show as a host. She said on a recent episode of Amanda Hirsch’s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that she pressured Lorne Michaels for some time before he agreed to invite the Kansas City Chiefs tight end on the show.

Heidi Gardner had been campaigning for Travis Kelce to host for years.

SNL's Heidi Gardner said she campaigned for Travis Kelce to host the show — something EP Lorne Michaels eventually agreed to on one condition.

Heidi Gardner advocated for Kelce to host for years even before he was publicly dating the world's biggest pop star.

Gardner thought Michaels was putting "so much pressure" on Kelce, but the Chiefs tight end rose to the challenge.