Everyone has been talking about Lil Nas X this week after her truly epic performance at the BET Awards last Sunday.
Surrounded by a group of muscular and muscular dancers, the 22-year-old rapper performed his single “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”. The homoerotic performance culminated when Lil Nas X grabbed one of the dancers and kissed him passionately on the lips.
It was the first man-to-man kiss in BET Awards performance history. And the crowd went wild.
Madonna subsequently tried to take credit for being the first person to perform a gay kiss at a major music awards ceremony when she pressed her lips together with Britney Spears and Christina. Aguilera at the MTV VMA 2003.
The post, which was supposed to be a joke, sparked a major firestorm, with many pointing out that two straight women pecking at each other’s lips like a publicity stunt is much different from an openly gay rapper kissing another man in front of him. straight peers.
Then people started reminding the pop icon about all the other times she tried to take credit for things she hadn’t really imagined and it got really awkward very quickly.
Gay kissing on live television is still rare today, but it does happen from time to time. Scroll down for four more gay kissing televised by musicians over the years. Mmmwah!
Adam lambert
The American Idol alum performed his song “For Your Entertainment” at the 2009 AMAs. During the performance, he got frisky with one of his male dancers and sparked a homophobic firestorm. Looking back on the recent experience, Lambert said, “I was taken off ABC for a little while. They were in panic. They had groups of Christian parents who wrote. The censors were in panic. What I found so funny was like, “The censors? It’s a kiss. When was that indecent? “
Saint-Vincent and Dua Lipa
While they didn’t actually lock their lips, the erotic chemistry between the queer singer / songwriter and the flourishing gay icon / LGBTQ ally was palpable as they offered alluring looks, flirtatious touches, and sultry kisses during their performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards.
tatu
The Russian music duo released their international hit “All the Things She Said” in the summer of 2002. They have promoted the song on just about every major TV show, including Tonight’s Show with Jay Leno, where they kissed before the cameras quickly cut off. Sadly, this particular story doesn’t have the happiest ending as after it was revealed that none of the singers actually identified as gay, they were charged with gaybaiting. Then, in 2014, one of them revealed that she “would not support a gay son” although she owed much of her success to LGBTQ people.
Boy George and Andy Bell
The openly gay singers kissed on stage at the 1989 Brit Awards. Sadly, few people remember it today because it was a quick kiss and because the show was an absolute disaster which included several missed signals, failed lines, boos from the audience, a pre-recorded message from Michael Jackson that never aired. In 2018, veteran journalist David Owens, who was assigned to cover the ceremony that evening, recalled it in an essay titled “What Was Really Like At The Disastrous Brit Awards Of 1989”.
Graham Gremore is editor and editor at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
