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Lil Nas X accidentally ‘rips pants’ during performance on Saturday Night Live

‘I wanted to do my pole routine so bad this what i get lmaoo,’ joked the ‘Old Town Road’ star

Louis Chilton
Tuesday 25 May 2021 16:04 BST
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Lil Nas X 'rips pants' during SNL performance

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Lil Nas X suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction while performing on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live last night (22 May).

The “Old Town Road” rapper appeared on the long-running sketch series to perform his new single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”.

During the performance, Lil Nas X (real name Montero Lamar Hill) is seen gyrating against a pole, wearing tight-fitting leather trousers.

Around two minutes in, he stands up and covers his pelvis with his hand, keeping it there for the remainder of the performance.

Writing on Twitter after the episode aired, the artist joked: “NOT MY PANTS RIPPED ON LIVE ON TV”

In a follow-up post, he added: “OMFG NO.”

“I wanted to do my pole routine so bad this what i get lmaoo,” he wrote in a third Twitter post.

Reflecting upon the incident on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he said: “I was pretty much going down the pole, you know, doing my little sexy drop-down, and boom: I feel air. I was like, ‘OK, there’s definitely a breeze going on.’ And I also feel, like, some popping still happening while I was down there. I was like, ‘Oh god, I hope it’s not…’ I

He continued: “I was like, ‘Just please don’t be on TV already,’ you know? And SNL is actually live, so… You know what the worst part is? At the end of the performance, the dancers are supposed to touch me and tug on me or whatever, and they were tugging on the pants, and I was like, ‘Please stop.’ […] I couldn’t say it because I would ruin the performance, like, ‘Guys, stop, please,’ but I couldn’t say it.”

The season finale of Saturday Night Live was hosted by The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy, and also featured a guest appearance from Chris Rock.

Fans of Lil Nas X may have expected something eventful to arise from his performance on the show, with the music video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” having recently drawn the ire of some right-wing critics for its tongue-in-cheek spin on biblical imagery.

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