Madonna Reacts To Lil Nas X BET Awards Kiss: I ‘Did It First’

Madonna must have taken a page out of Courtney Love’s book, calling out another young person in the music industry for something they’ve done decades ago. The 62-year-old “Queen of…

Updated Jun 30, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

Britney Spears(L) , Madonna, and Christina Aguilera perform onstage during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 28, 2003 in New York City. Lil Nas X performs onstage at the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

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Madonna must have taken a page out of Courtney Love's book, calling out another young person in the music industry for something they've done decades ago.

The 62-year-old "Queen of Pop" declared her famous onstage kiss from the 2003 MTV VMAs with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera as "#diditfirst" on her Instagram Story. She compared a still from that moment with Lil Nas X's kiss with one of his dancers during his performance of "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" at this past Sunday's (June 27) BET Awards.

However, Lil Nas X has declared that he and Madonna are friends and that it is all just a joke:

Madonna's post follows Lil Nas X's reactions to those who really have been criticizing his makeout moment on Twitter saying, "since y’all still doing all this over a kiss imma just f--- the n---- on stage next time."

The 22-year-old rapper said it took him a lot of time to mentally prepare for the BET performance, "trembling" at the thought of his straight peers:

You can compare the two moments below: