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Discussion about Lil Nas X's performance of "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" at the BET awards, which culminated in a gay kiss, is ongoing.
After several people compared it to the Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears kiss that took place at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna herself weighed in on the moment.
Madonna reacts to Lil Nas X's #BETAwards kiss: "#DidItFirst" https://t.co/21thPlirCsโ Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1625022399.0
People initially did not react kindly to Madonna's response.
it's giving https://t.co/E5vVd1bKJg https://t.co/ps515udKZ3โ #WinstonSmithWasAssassinated (@#WinstonSmithWasAssassinated) 1625074271.0
Ahh yes madonnna the black queer representation weโve always had ๐ https://t.co/XAb03h0OEkโ Killer King ๐ช (@Killer King ๐ช) 1625060439.0
Sheโs so annoying dhdjdjd https://t.co/cMohvxwFuUโ ํธํธํธ (@ํธํธํธ) 1625057909.0
How bout you go give some of those Vogue royalties to a house or something and go lay down https://t.co/IGYKWN1G2gโ not LGBT, S-I-N (@not LGBT, S-I-N) 1625056813.0
But Nas wasn't having it.
Replying to the PopCrave tweet, he simply said:
"Me and madonna are friends. It's just a joke."
I love the way you handled this @LilNasX. Let's do more celebrating of each other rather trying to find things wronโฆ https://t.co/n1ABE8xSAkโ Scottie Campbell (@Scottie Campbell) 1625148110.0
Okay good because I was gonna be on her ๐ https://t.co/zZVpEQtftNโ ๐ (@๐) 1625147136.0
MY SISTER IS IN THE CLEAR https://t.co/W6Ojq6uZrEโ aidan๐ (@aidan๐) 1625100053.0
he's winning and he's the moment https://t.co/I1FDEt4pBtโ Gabo (@Gabo) 1625090179.0
Madonna has received a fair bit of negative press over the last year, after a now-deleted post where she delivered a speech about how the virus and ongoing pandemic were the "great equalizer," shared from her Soho, UK apartment in a rose petal-filled tub.
@LilNasX @PopCrave So did your friend call you and tell you to post that because icon or not It was a seriously badโฆ https://t.co/2dzBxt47yOโ will (@will) 1625063109.0
@LilNasX @LukeAPrayer @PopCrave Nobody needs madonna.โ myr.wrld (@myr.wrld) 1625065607.0
@LilNasX @PopCrave Very classy of you but @Madonna shouldโve simply congratulated you & left it at that. This wasโฆ https://t.co/CtGKgb9wnZโ Maryscott O'Connor (@Maryscott O'Connor) 1625065265.0
@LilNasX @PopCrave You need to have a talk with your โfriendโ. ๐๐๐๐๐โ ConglomeNERD (@ConglomeNERD) 1625061273.0
@LilNasX @PopCrave well ur friend doesnโt make funny jokesโ venus ๐ช๐โ๏ธโจ๐ต๐ธ (@venus ๐ช๐โ๏ธโจ๐ต๐ธ) 1625061354.0
Madonna and Lil Nas X appeared to strike up their friendship on the LA stop of Madonna's Madame X tour.
She and Nas then sat down together on stage, where he sang a bit of "Old Town Road" and she told him she would "teach [him] how to ride" horses at her horse ranch.
Both artists are well-known for their boundary pushingโbut the public may have more of an appetite for Nas' than for Madonna's work lately.