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

Last updated: June 28, 2021 7:27 AM
Miu von Furstenberg
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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.”

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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.

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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)

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.

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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)

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

— The Casual Sex Captain (@jiggyjayy2) June 28, 2021

y’all really like to pretend homosexuality didn’t exist in african culture https://t.co/mGmah0CbP9

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) June 28, 2021

WATCH Lil Nas X’s 2021 BET Awards performance

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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.

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Lil Nas X attends the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

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.

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Lil Nas X attends the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

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

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