Lil Nas X Dishes On That BET Awards Kiss: It 'Needed To Be Done'

Lil Nas X is opening up about his infamous kiss during the 2021 BET Awards.

If you missed it, the 22-year-old shared a kiss with a backup dancer at the end of his performance, and he’s explaining how it came to be and more.

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Lil Nas X shared that it was the same dancer who licked him during his SNL performance.

“I was like, ‘Hey, what if we kissed in this one?’” he told People. “He was like, ‘Yeah, sure.’”

“I feel like it’s what needed to be done,” he added. “Because it’s easy to just hug a guy, but I feel like if you kiss the guy, you get straight to the point. I really sugarcoat the performance, and it gets the job done.”

The rapper’s family was even surprised by it at the same time as everyone else!

“My family had no idea it was about to happen, but they loved it,” Lil Nas X told the site. “I think one of my sisters, I forgot exactly what she said… She was like, ‘Wow, you absolutely murdered that.’ She was like, ‘The best performance of the night, not just saying that.’”

You can re-watch the fiery performance right here!