After seeing a post by Pop Crave about Madonna’s reaction to his kiss, the hip-hop artist commented, “me and madonna are friends. Lil Nas X tried to put an end to the fury by coming to Madonna’s defense. Shame on you!!,” another user commented.īut it was all for naught. “Hey you may have ‘done it first’ but deserves his moment as well. “Not over the fact that Madonna got bitter that an actually gay person had a gay kiss on tv,” wrote one Twitter user. That sent Twitter into an even deeper spiral, with fans bashing the singer for her comment and trying to cancel the superstar.
It was none other than the legendary Madonna who took to her Instagram story to say #diditfirst, alongside a split screen photo of Lil Nas X’s kiss and Madonna’s famous kiss with Britney Spears (and Christina Aguilera) at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. He’s clearly making a statement about it and making everyone talk. All the haters need to really get their heads around the concept of equality. “Two men kissing ain’t indecent, explicit or inappropriate for children. On supportive comment came from singer Adam Lambert after reading the negative comments. That kiss sent the Twitter-sphere into a tizzy with both backlash and supportive comments hurled toward the artist. “I hope that double standard is very clear to people.It all started Sunday night (June 27) when Lil Nas X performed his single “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” at the BET Awards, ending the performance by kissing one of his male dancers on stage. “If it's par for the course for a female pop star to put on a performance like that, then why can't a gay male pop star do the same? The singer noted the hypocrisy of some of the outrage. It's just taken this long to have it be a gay one.” I think he is definitely like the gay pop star that is 2021 - he's bold, he's controversial, he's pushing boundaries. Lambert said: “I mean, he's really giving it to us. Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage, madonna via Instagram, Amy Sussman/FilmMagic Last night (Jun 29), Madonna took to Instagram to post a side by side image comparing Lil Nas Xs BET kiss to the time she kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the MTV VMAs in 2003. He told Billboard he thought Lil Nas X kissing his dancer was “hot.” Madonna called out for saying she did Lil Nas Xs gay BET kiss first. Someone else who sparked outrage with a same-sex kiss during an awards show is Adam Lambert, who planted one on his keyboard player at the American Music Awards in 2009. the difference between a white woman queer baiting to ‘express her sexuality’ whilst not being queer is eons different from lil nas x expressing his sexuality.” your vma kiss was literally you queer baiting. “Let a queer black man have his moment!!!”Īnother person tweeted: “your whole career was built off of voguing. She captioned it with the hashtag “#diditfirst.” In an Instagram Story, the 62-year-old pop icon posted a screenshot of the Lil Nas X kiss alongside a photo of the moment she kissed Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV VMAs. Madonna came under fire by some fans for her reaction to what Lil Nas X called his “LGBET” moment. Magazines, cologne, art, clothes, real estate, phones, music, cars.the list is endless. Straight people use sex to sell EVERYTHING.
even during the performance i was having a hard time calming my nerves.”Ĭanadian duo Tegan and Sara tweeted: “The outrage over using sexuality to sell music is homophobic + hypocritical. while on stage i was trembling knowing that i was performing something like that in front of my straight peers.
“It took me a lot of time to mentally prepare for this performance. Lil Nas X acknowledged that he was aware the kiss would spark mixed reactions. “like the song is literally about gay sex what y’all want me to do play the piano while baking a cake?” “We are 4 months in and people are still acting surprised that i am being gay and sexual in performances of a song about gay and sexual s**t,” he tweeted on Monday. Of course, others took to social media to share their disgust and outrage about the final second of a performance of a song that was released in March. Paris Jackson, the daughter of Michael Jackson, tweeted that Lil Nas X “absolutely f**king killed it” and added “you have all of my support, legend.” Lil Nas X got tongues wagging with a steamy version of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” at Sunday’s BET Awards.Īt the end of a performance that paid tribute to the 1992 video for Michael Jackson’s “ Remember the Time,” Lil Nas X kissed one of his male dancers.Īmong those who loved the moment was Diddy, who tweeted: “Lil Nas X did that!! Be fearless!!! Along with three clapping-hands emojis.