Madonna and Adam Lambert react to Lil Nas X BET Awards kiss in very different ways

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During Lil Nas Xโ€˜s performance of โ€œMontero (Call Me By Your Name)โ€ during the 2021 BET Awards on Monday (Jun. 29, 2021), the rapper ended his set by kissing a male dancer while dressed as an Egyptian pharaoh.

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Conservatives had a field day with the kiss, and Lil Nas X responded in the best way, tweeting, โ€œyโ€™all hate yourselves so much. yโ€™all live your lives trying your best to appease straight ppl. yโ€™all are uncomfortable with what i do because yโ€™all are afraid they will be uncomfortable with you. work on yourselves, i love who i am and whatever i decide to do. get there.โ€

There were some people who compared the onstage kiss to when Adam Lambert kissed his keyboard player while performing on the American Music Awards in 2009 and the world FREAKED OUT.

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Of those comparisons, Lambert told Billboard, โ€œI was pulled off of ABC for a little while,โ€ he says. โ€œThey were freaked out, they had Christian parent groups writing in, the censors were freaked out. The thing I found so funny was like, โ€˜Censors? Itโ€™s a kiss! When was that indecent?'โ€

These days, Adam says, โ€œTwo men kissing is sort of old news. Of course, thereโ€™s still a lot of problems, and thereโ€™s still a lot of work to be done, but I think for a lot of people, weโ€™ve moved past the shock and the alien nature of seeing gay representation in actionโ€ฆ.Iโ€™m just happy to be able to have the perspective to appreciate it.โ€

As for Lil Nas Xโ€™s kiss, โ€œI thought it was hot,โ€ he said with a laugh. โ€œI mean, heโ€™s really giving it to us. I think he is definitely like the gay pop star that is 2021 โ€” heโ€™s bold, heโ€™s controversial, heโ€™s pushing boundaries. Thatโ€™s what we want our pop stars to do. Itโ€™s just taken this long to have it be a gay one.โ€

Madonna also felt that she had to weigh in on the kiss, posting to her Instagram Story an image of Lil Nasโ€™ onstage kiss above another picture of her own famous kiss with Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV VMAs. She captioned it: โ€œ#diditfirst.โ€

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Fans were not here for the post and Madonna making the moment about herself and not letting Lil Nas X have his moment.

Watch Madonnaโ€™s โ€œdid it firstโ€ moment

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All of the kissing controversy/non-controversy aside, we are apparently finally getting Lil Nas Xโ€™s debut album which will arrive soon!

He announced the release of his debut album, Montero, with a trailer heavily inspired by Marvel Studiosโ€™ opening sequence.

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