Lil Nas X Is Not ‘Upset’ Controversial ‘J Christ’ Song Isn’t on Top of the Charts: ‘I’m Proud of My Song and Video’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events The new HBO documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” chronicles the Grammy winner as he embarks on his debut concert tour of the same name.
The behind-the-scenes film includes the Grammy winner talking about how his family has come to not only accept his queerness, but embrace his sexuality.
He’s even taken his dad to a gay bar. “I thought [coming out] was just going to be like an elephant in the room for a very long time,” Lil Nas X told me Wednesday night at the doc’s Los Angeles premiere. “I never would have thought to do gay stuff with my dad, but he insisted.
He was like, ‘No, I want to go with you guys!’ So, yeah, that was the best night ever.” Lil Nas X’s brother, Tramon Hall, comes out as bisexual in the film. “I didn’t expect him to open up like that on camera because when we shot that, it was very new to him coming out to even the family.
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