Who knew a celebrity sleepover could end in bathroom chaos? That is exactly what happened when actress Zoë Kravitz and her mother, Lisa Bonet, nearly lost a pet snake at Taylor Swift’s house. The search for the slithery guest led to some serious demolition in Swift’s private bathroom.
Kravitz, 36, spilled the beans on the August 12 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers. She shared how Taylor Swift, 35, opened her Los Angeles home to them. This kind gesture came after the mother-daughter duo had to leave their own home due to the California wildfires last January. But Lisa Bonet, 57, brought along a very unexpected houseguest: her pet snake, named Orpheus.
As their stay wound down, Kravitz, known for Caught Stealing, wanted to be a model guest. She told her mom, "I want to be a good guest. I like to leave places better than I found them. I do not want her to even know we were here."
Kravitz was tidying up downstairs while her mom was upstairs. Then, her phone rang. It was her mom. "That is weird, because we are in the same house," Kravitz recalled thinking. When she answered, Bonet’s voice was very high-pitched. "I am in a little bit of trouble. Can you come up?" she asked. Kravitz went upstairs to find the bathroom door closed. Inside, her mother was strangely crouched in a corner. "What is going on, Mom?" Kravitz asked. Bonet explained, "Well… I was washing my face. I had Orpheus, and I put her on the floor for a second. I closed the door, and she found this tiny hole in the corner."
Kravitz noticed a small hole in the bathroom corner. It was right next to a built-in bench that had two drawers at the bottom. Bonet was holding onto the snake’s tail. Snakes are incredibly strong, and Orpheus was pulling hard. Kravitz thought maybe the hole led to the drawers, so she quickly pulled them out. No luck. The snake kept disappearing further into the wall. Kravitz admitted she started to panic. She quoted her mom saying, "If I had two hands, I would have slapped you." Kravitz’s frustration showed as she told Bonet, "Mom, I cannot take you anywhere!"
Eventually, Swift’s house manager got involved. He seemed quite surprised to learn about Bonet’s unusual pet. He grabbed a crowbar and began taking the built-in bench apart. They pulled up tiles and scratched the walls. "We completely destroyed Taylor’s bathroom," Kravitz explained. She remembered thinking, "Either we destroy the bathroom, or I have to tell her there is a snake somewhere in her house."
Kravitz finally gathered the courage to call Swift and confess. But it seems the house manager beat her to it. Kravitz had told the manager, "Obviously, I am going to pay for everything that needs to be fixed. Please do not say anything until everything is repaired." She then called Swift, her voice also high-pitched. "Hey," she started, "I wanted to talk to you about something." Swift’s response was direct: "Is it about you almost losing a snake in my house and destroying my bathroom?"
Seth Meyers jokingly suggested the snake would inspire three songs on Swift’s next album. Kravitz quipped back, "Her next album is obviously called Orpheus!" While Orpheus will not be the muse for a new album title, the Grammy winner did share details about her twelfth studio album. Titled The Life of a Showgirl, she announced it Tuesday in a preview clip. This reveal came from an upcoming interview on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s "New Heights" podcast.