The always playful Lil Nas X caused a stir over the weekend, as he appeared to turn straight following a breakup with his boyfriend.
Lil Nas X took to Twitter on October 1 to lament the breakup, saying “this gay sh*t was fun at first. i miss p*ssy now.” He punctuated the tweet with a sad face emoji.
this gay shit was fun at first. i miss pussy now. ?
— ? (@LilNasX) October 2, 2021
Of course, the remark sent Twitter into a momentary frenzy. The “Montero” singer, however, dialed things back not long after, adding “nevermind he texted back” in another tweet.
nevermind he texted back https://t.co/Ygy28SCU10
— ? (@LilNasX) October 2, 2021
Twitter then breathed a sigh of relief. Just two days later, Lil Nas X also had some fun with the speculation over his love life, tweeting out, “need someone to come into my life, love me, then abandon me so i can get this deluxe album finished.”
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Needless to say, the tweet prompted more than a few volunteers.
Can I not be gay and still apply for this position?
— A?ex Pr??s† (@AKPriest) October 3, 2021
“Can I not be gay and still apply for this position?” asked user @AKPriest.
https://twitter.com/ovo_baddie/status/1444850670708793344
“I volunteer as tribute! We’re huge fans of the so called “Lil Nas X” haha I also got music video concepts for you, my boy. Montero is fire Fire hmu if you need a baddie/daddy in ur life,” wrote user ovo baddie.
https://twitter.com/LilyWat67550217/status/1444746613075939331
“Can it be me? Face with raised eyebrow I’m a lesbian and you’re gay so we can be the platonic romance that breaks the Internet,” asked @LilyWat67550217.
Since the smash success of his songs “Old Town Road” and “Montero,” Lil Nas X’s romantic life has become the subject of much speculation. Earlier this year, the singer revealed that he had a boyfriend saying: “I’ve had some good boyfriends and some bad ones. A lot of them were emotionally unavailable or had a lot of insecurity and whatnot. I’ve found someone special now.” Just one month later, Lil Nas X confirmed to TV host Andy Cohen that he and his boyfriend had broken up, and he was casually dating several men.
Donston
Some of LNX’s trolling/marketing/attention-whoring does get a bit grating. There are plenty of queers who treat “gayness” as a costume, which they take on and off at their convenience. There are also a lot of insecure guys who treat homo dynamics as shallow or treat their non homo behaviors or their dimensions/fluidity as something that makes them superior to homo’s. There are also guys who “threaten” to “go straight” when they experience a breakup or get their heart broken. There’s also a lot of people who reduce folks to sex or body parts (dicks and pvssy), which is tacky and often misogynistic or misandrist.
I’m sure the Tweet was meant to make fun of all that. But it’s still kinda cringe-y, because there are plenty of queers who do Tweet insecure, tacky, problematic shit like that. LNX could stand to be a bit more careful with how he uses social media. He as well needlessly got into it with someone who tried to come for his album sales. But I guess he is still just 22, and a lot of his persona is doing/saying sassy, emotional and “subversive” stuff for attention/shock.
Mack
It’s in fun, which he is. Lighten up.
Donston
The problem is that there is already so much stuff on social media from queer dudes talking about how they’re tired of being “gay” or talking about how they “miss pvssy” or whatever cringe-y shit. There’s already a ton of queer insecurities, issues with masculinity, internalized phobias, gay shame, guys obsessed with “proving” that they’re not “gay”, guys nonchalantly promoting hetero superiority or homo inferiority, guys who can’t maturely deal with fluidity or contradictions or their mental health issues or where they are in the gender, sexual, comfort, affection, emotional investment, commitment spectrum. And I’m inherently an pansexual person who has dealt with some fluidity. Even I find it all cringe-y and shameful.
Until we have more “straight presenting” guys talking about how they’re tired of being “straight”, don’t want to deal with women anymore and are looking for a boyfriend then the shit’s not gonna be funny, and it’s gonna come off tacky. But no legitimately famous guys are gonna do that because they’ll be widely accused of misogyny or of gay-baiting.
This is also why I’m kinda on the “no labels” train. Just do what you do, be with who you want to be with and try to be honest about yourself. Because too many folks use identities or presented behaviors to troll, to build personas, to simply get some attention and likes on social media.
If this was a nobody, it’ll be different. But you’re a huge star who makes an impression on many. You do need to curb your trolling and attention-seeking sometimes. However, I try to remember that he is still really young, and this type of stuff is a part of his persona.
UlfRaynor
Oh do please explain how ones innate and immutable primary sex characteristic and attractions are misogynistic or misandrist?
Quite literally, the word sex in the terminologies heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual allude to their primary sex attraction to the “sex” of the perspective identity.
How is sex determinate in any living organism? By their reproductive organs.
What couldn’t be more superficial Donston, is their personal appearance, which are usually based on gender stereotypes and biases and can change over time through external and internal preferences, earmarking it as a social construct.
Me saying I identify as homosexual is quite literally me saying I’m attracted to male genitalia. The rest I don’t care about, it’s why I can be just as attracted to effeminate men or hyper-masculine men.
Ones attraction to penis or vagina is just as much a part of ones innate, primary sex characteristics as breathing under water is for fish.
And BTW way, a “genital preference” is whether someone is circumcized or uncircumcized, or if it’s long, short, fat or skinny, angels downward or upward not whether it is a dick or a pvssy.
If someone has a problem with my innate and immutable primary sex characteristics and attractions then they are nothing more than a homophobic gay bashing bigot!
basils_Herald
I don’t clear up rumors
Where’s y’all sense of humor?
I’m done makin’ jokes ’cause they got old like baby boomers
Turn my haters to consumers
I make vets feel like they juniors
Say your time is comin’ soon but just like Oklahoma
Mine is comin’ sooner
I’m just a late bloomer
I didn’t peak in high school, I’m still out here gettin’ cuter
All these social networks and computers
Got these pussies walkin’ ’round like they ain’t losers
AxelDC
He’ll do anything for attention.
banditboy
Not looking at him as boyfriend material, but I’d be happy to breed his ass.
gregg2010
Just like the “gay for pay” dudes. Disgusting.
SFMike
He always seemed a “gay for pay” attention getter to me and I’m waiting for him to eventually come to Jesus and drop the gay act when he decides we wants to be a “legitimate” actor/singer. We’ve seen it all before. As you can guess I’m not a fan.
Donston
SFMike, that makes zero sense. He was “out” on social media before he became big. So, this isn’t merely a fame-based persona. While he chose to once again “come out” after having a huge song and with his label advising him not to. So, he’s not “gay4pay”. Let’s not be ridiculous. He might have more dimensions or fluidity than he’s willing to let on. But I even doubt that. He’s likely thoroughly homo and completely on the homo end of the sexual, romantic, affection, comfort, emotional investment, commitment spectrum. Who knows what he’ll experience or do in the future. But this was likely just a very tacky, troll-like tweet.
Kangol2
It’s a JOKE. Seriously, have people lost all sense of humor? The man is about as gay as gay gets, and openly so. He’s 22, he’s witty and he knows how to stir up a bit of attention. For a performer that’s not a bad thing.
bivector
LOL. Some of you gays are absurd. Did you believe him when he announced his recent pregnancy too?
ShiningSex
HE’S SO ANNOYING. HE’S TOTALLY GAY. STOP SPREADING THE LIES THAT ONE CAN CHANGE WHO THEY REALLY ARE. THE IDIOT IS FUELING THE RIGHT WINGER NUTJOBS.
Gnarfield
Your tone seems very pointed right now
whateverokok
RIGHT ON!!!! This dude is nothing more than an attention wh–e. Artist? And talented artist at that? NO! He couldn’t produce talent to save his life. Liz Phair, Juliana Hatfield, Rufus Wainwright, Ani Difranco, Indigo Girls, R.E.M., and Phish are just some to name that are the very definition of “artist”. And “talented artist” at that. AND many of them are Gay or Lesbian.
This dude is seriously stupid too. NO physical product to sell as far as music goes? Well that just ruined his chances of having a long career or having one at all. How many people in the music field are on streaming platforms looking for the cut of the streaming money pie? ALL OF THEM. So he isn’t going to make much there. At least with physical product all the money spent on your music goes straight to you/the label. I’m sure we’ll be seeing LIl Nas Blows Chunks frying some ch—en at Popeye’s eventually.
bivector
@whateverokok I can just see you on your porch now screeching for children to get off your lawn.
Mister P
The right wing nut jobs don’t need him for fuel. They can latch onto any lie or rumor
David
I’m with the man who posted…we should remember he’s young and fresh not old and sporting a patina. He sill has a lot of growing up and maturing to do.
SDR94103
you were fun at first, now I think your just not worthy of the attention you seek.
bivector
Look at his Twitter, grandpas. He tweets like five of those a day and the fan responses are just as absurdist. This is just their humor. The issue is Queerty reports on the gay-themed tweets like they’re press releases as opposed to irreverent banter..
curiobi
Okay, you guys need to chill. It was a joke and it was funny.
Kangol2
Queerty’s headline exemplifies what the Facebook whistleblower just revealed, which is that if a platform stirs up controversy, especially by promoting misinformation, disinformation, etc., to spark negative emotions and responses, people will spend more time on it, comment more, etc. There have been positive Lil Nas X articles on here that merited 1-2 comments at most, but Queerty’s misleading, negative headline now has nearly 20 comments. Lil Nas X was joking, as he often does, but ShiningSex nevertheless claimed he was giving straight homophobes ammunition. I mean, seriously? Did you miss how hysterically wrecked some “straight” homophobes are by this man’s open celebration of being gay in his music? He is driving some “straight” homophobes insane just by being himself.
Cam
It came off as a joke, the second tweet confirmed it.
No different than the women who joke that they wish they were lesbians after they get dumped, etc..
Seems a lot of examination for a pretty obvious joke. I get the concern for people claiming that you can switch orientations, but I don’t think this tweet was that deep.
bivector
Seriously, people need to relax. Among his most recent tweets are “is Michael Meyers a bottom,” a video of himself giving birth from his “bussy,” and “ life is so crazy. 5 years ago i used to just sit on twitter in my room all day but now i’m rich and i sit on twitter in my room all day.” The subject of this article has already been washed away in a wonderfully absurdist stream of consciousness.
whateverokok
I love seeing those young folk out there treating AIDS as though it’s like getting the sniffles. Casually dating several men? Talk about irresponsible behavior. But that’s par for the course for this generation. Shoot now. ask questions later.
Kangol2
You do realize we live in the era of PrEP and PEP, a range of HIV meds, and the old standbyes known as condoms, so dating one or twenty guys, which may or may not involve sex, is quite safe. In fact, you can be with one person who does not know their serostatus and you can seroconvert. So it has nothing to do with how many people you are with but what you do, knowing your HIV status, and using protections of various kinds so that the sex is as safe (and hot) as possible.
bivector
“Casually dating several men” is also known as “dating.” I think you have it confused with an orgy perhaps?
whateverokok
No. One doesn’t “casually” date several people at one time. That’s called a being a slut here on earth. but then again what do I know. Oh, I forgot: GET OFF MY LAWN YOU OLD FARTS. AIDS Kills. Does not matter if you know your status or how many pills you can take. AIDS don’t care about that shit. It will kill you anyway. Safest is always best. Rubber up.
OhPlease
Like someone else pointed out, and I’ve said this for a long time, he comes off as gay for pay. We used to joke in the 1980s and 1990s that some effetes acted gay to get women. In some respects, he comes off as that.