"madonna running to make every queer celebrity's moment about herself," tweeted one critic, as another posted, "Imagine being this big ally(?) To the community and when you see one of us do well you decide to centre yourself.
Taking to her Instagram, she shared a photo of Lil Nas X's kiss above a photo of her kiss with Britney and Christina, captioning it "#diditfirst." Meanwhile, Madonna received backlash for her own reaction to Lil Nas X's performance. came out as gay in 2019 following the runaway. Nas and Fike begin kissing passionately on the ground. "There is so much good will for someone like him, and I'm just happy to be able to have the perspective to appreciate it," he added. Lil Nas X and Dominic Fike star in Brockhampton's new music video for 'Count On Me.'. "Of course, there's still a lot of problems, and there's still a lot of work to be done, but I think for a lot of people, we've moved past the shock and the alien nature of seeing gay representation in action." Brian Bell J4 Lil Nas X The reign of Montero in the culture continued at Sunday’s BET Awards when out gay rapper Lil Nas X ended his scorching performance by locking lips with one of. "Two men kissing is sort of old news," Lambert said. Now he believes audiences have progressed enough to accept someone as outspoken as Lil Nas X. "I just remember thinking that was the biggest slap in the face - it's like, that proved my point! It's so crazy to me that this double standard was so blatant and obvious, where two women kissing was not indecent, but two men kissing was."ĪDAM LAMBERT WALKED SO LIL NAS X COULD RUNĢ009 2021 /SoPL7QSdjQ- er!n ? J Lambert never apologized, he did say he had to "toe the line a bit" because he was just starting out in his career and the culture was less accepting back then. The program then played Lambert's kiss with his keyboardist, adding censors over their mouths. When "Good Morning America" cancelled Lambert's appearance the day after the kiss, another morning show interviewed him and showed a clip of Madonna kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the VMAs a few years prior. The thing I found so funny was like, 'Censors? It's a kiss! When was that indecent?'"
"They were freaked out, they had Christian parent groups writing in, the censors were freaked out. "I was pulled off of ABC for a little while," Lambert explained. While Lil Nas X had some conservative critics in an uproar for his kiss, it wasn't much compared to Lambert's public lashing. Lambert was asked his thoughts on the "Monetero (Call Me By Your Name)" singer's gesture as he received major backlash for kissing his male keyboardist at the 2009 American Music Awards. Lil Nas X Calls Out Haters After 'Montero' Hits Number One: 'I Want Your Tears to Fill My Grammy Cup'