Lil Nas X kissed dancer during 2021 BET Awards performance, does wardrobe change on the red carpet

Lil Nas X has sent the internet into overdrive as the 22-year-old artist took the stage to perform “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” at the 2021 BET Awards.

Wearing a gold Egyptian pharaoh costume with an image of a sphinx behind him, Lil Nas X tore the stage up at Sunday’s show as he gave a performance inspired by the video for Michael Jackson’s “Remember The Time.”

Lil Nas X BET Awards 2021 - Show — Lil Nas X performs onstage at the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)

At the end of his performance, he took his dynamic performance to another level when he leaned over and kissed one of his male backup dancers, a first for the BET Awards stage.

The openly gay artist earned a standing ovation for his bold performance. And, of course, Black Twitter went up. Many noted how apt the moment was for Black gay visibility, especially during Pride Month.

Lil Nas X swallowed that young brotha’s whole tongue on live TV. I love that for him. #BETAwards
— April (@ReignOfApril) June 28, 2021

Me, watching Lil Nas X make-out with another black man on national TV during Pride month pic.twitter.com/TKX7AO6mAy
— Taurus Groove (@jiggyjayy2) June 28, 2021

y’all really like to pretend homosexuality didn’t exist in african culture https://t.co/mGmah0CbP9
— ☆ ‧dreamboy··‧̩̥˟͙冬˟͙‧̩̥l (@LilNasX) June 28, 2021

WATCH Lil Nas X’s 2021 BET Awards performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfsn1vOoNQ

Lil Nas X does a wardrobe change on the 2021 BET Awards red carpet

There is nothing like doing a quick-change on the red carpet and that is what Lil Nas X did at the 2021 BET Awards.

He hit the red carpet in a pink and blue dress from Andrea Grossi, before changing into a floral-print suit by Richard Quinn. for his second trip down the carpet on Sunday (June 27, 2021) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Check out more photos of Lil Nas X at the 2021 BET Awards in the gallery above.

The 2021 BET Awards winners list

Album of the Year

After Hours – The Weeknd
Blame It on Baby – DaBaby
Good News – Megan Thee Stallion
Heaux Tales – Jazmine Sullivan – WINNER
King’s Disease – Nas
Ungodly Hour – Chloe X Halle

Best Collaboration

Cardi B Ft. Megan Thee Stallion – WAP
DaBaby Ft. Roddy Ricch – Rockstar
Dj Khaled Ft. Drake – Popstar
Jack Harlow Ft. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne – Whats Poppin (Remix)
Megan Thee Stallion Ft. DaBaby – Cry Baby
Pop Smoke Ft. Lil Baby & DaBaby – for the Night

Best Female R&B / Pop Artist

Beyoncé
H.E.R. – WINNER
Jazmine Sullivan
Jhené Aiko
Summer Walker
Sza

Best Male R&B / Pop Artist