Lil Nas X performed his steamy Montero (Call Me by Your Name) live for the first time on Saturday Night Live – and ripped his trousers mid-song.
“NOT MY PANTS RIPPED ON LIVE TV,” he tweeted later. “OMFG NO.”
The rapper and singer – whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill – attributed the tear to his stripper-pole routine on stage.
The accident is obvious in the video of the performance, as he looks down in surprise when it happens, and he quickly uses his hand to try to cover the damage.
NOT MY PANTS RIPPED ON LIVE ON TV
— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) May 23, 2021
OMFG NO
— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) May 23, 2021
i wanted to do my pole routine so bad this what i get lmaoo
— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) May 23, 2021
SNAKAJSKAKAKSM https://t.co/wOoNUJtGCK
— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) May 23, 2021
The two-time Grammy winner, 22, triggered homophobic outrage among conservatives in March with his video for Montero, which included Lil Nas X grinding on the devil in a fantastical hell.
A limited edition of 666 pairs of “Satan Shoes,” each containing a drop of reportedly donated human blood, were sold as a plug for the video.
Montero debuted at number one in both the US and UK upon its release last month.
The hell-evoking SNL performance recreated some of the same elements as the video.
Lil Nas X also performed his new single Sun Goes Down, about the pain of being a closeted adolescent, on SNL, but it wasn’t quite so dramatic.
Check out Montero up top and Sun Goes Down below…
