{"id":28055,"date":"2021-07-01T13:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=28055"},"modified":"2021-07-01T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:56:50","slug":"did-lil-nas-x-copy-madonnas-infamous-stage-kiss","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/did-lil-nas-x-copy-madonnas-infamous-stage-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Lil Nas X Copy Madonna\u2019s Infamous Stage Kiss?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Sunday, Lil Nas X<\/a> delivered an epic (and of course, frenzy-stirring<\/a>) performance at the 2021 BET Awards<\/a>. Performing his controversial single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” the pop phenom sealed his set sharing a passionate kiss with one of his male dancers. Aside from the applause on Lil Nas X’s awe-inspiring declaration of his identity<\/a>, Madonna claims that the kiss is merely a derivative of one of her most memorable moments.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Instagram | @madonna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday, the “Material Girl” songstress took to her Instagram story with a photo of her infamous stage kiss with Britney Spears during the 2003 MTV Awards. Comparing the moment of intimacy to Lil Nas X’s jawdropping act, the 62-year-old legend captioned the collage: “#diditfirst.” While we are brooking no arguments against the Madonna Britney smooch being indelibly etched into pop culture history, some fans are raising their brows at the legend’s comment.<\/p>\n

For some, Madonna’s bombshell performance felt like queer baiting — a strategy used to tease queer individuals without explicitly stating one’s sexuality. The kiss is also being called into question as a harmful instance of hypersexualizing lesbian relationships. One user on Twitter wrote<\/a>, “That Madonna post really pissed me off. She\u2019s a white heterosexual woman who capitalised off a lesbian fantasy. Did so while being established and sharing any\/all backlash with two other megastars. Lil Nas X, did THAT all on his own, while still climbing the ladder.” Another user, decrying Madonna’s seeming criticism, tweeted<\/a>: “Not Madonna saying that she did what Lil Nas X did first \u2014 when she was actually queer baiting? That woman never ceases to be vile.”<\/p>\n

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me and madonna are friends. it\u2019s just a joke.<\/p>\n

— nope \ud83c\udff9 (@LilNasX) June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n