United Kingdom, Aug. 24 -- Lorne Michaels would've invited Sinead O'Connor to perform on Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special had she still been alive.

The Nothing Compares 2 U singer, who passed away aged 56 in 2023, infamously ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II during her performance on the show in 1992 but the SNL creator would've asked her back for the anniversary celebration earlier this year - which featured Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard performing a rendition of O'Connor's chart-topping cover of Prince's song.

Lorne told Puck: "If (O'Connor) was still alive, I would have asked her to sing that song. But it was represented by Miley singing it with so much power."

Sinead never appeared on Saturday Night Live a...