Cardi B debuted her baby bump shortly after announcing shes expecting her second child with husband Offset and Zendaya paid tribute to Beyoncé in a near-identical purple gown. The 2021 BET Awards kicked off on Sunday night (June 27) and boy was it eventful. As one Lil Nas X fan summed up on Twitter, in response to tongue-clucking over the androgyny and lurid sexuality of the video: “Either you getting piped by satanhimself or u ain’t livin right.”Ĭorrection Fri., March 26, 2020: An earlier version of this piece misstated David Harris’s last name. Lil Nas X has clapped back at a homophobic comment about his BET Awards performance. So there you have it: Lil Nas X has the Church of Satan’s stamp of approval. The fact that he crowned himself as Satan - now, that’s Satanic,” he says, noting it’s especially empowering in the context of Lil Nas X making a statement about his own journey as a black gay artist who has faced bigotry.Īs for the infamous intratheistic lap dance, far from being sacareligious, Satanists believe in all forms of consensual sexuality, so “someone giving a lap dance to anyone who wants one is obviously more than welcome within the confines of Satanism,” he says. Cardi B debuted her baby bump shortly after announcing she's expecting her second child with husband Offset and. Lil Nas X has clapped back at a homophobic comment about his BET Awards performance.
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Indeed, the ending of the video, in which Lil Nas X snaps Satan’s neck and puts the horns on his own head to crown himself as a god, is what struck Harris as “the most Satanic part of the video.” “We view ourselves as the most powerful beings in the world. Lil Nas X's 2021 BET Awards performance was everything and more. We refer to ourselves as I-theists,” says Harris. Rather, the Church of Satan is more humanistically centered, with members referring to the organization as “the world’s first carnal religion.” “Basically we worship ourselves.
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“Whether he consulted with us directly or did his own research, he clearly put a lot of effort into this video.” (Harris was also a fan of “Old Town Road,” in case you were ever wondering how Satanists feel about the yeehaw agenda.)įounded in 1966 by Anton LaVey, the Church of Satan does not actually believe in a Christian version of Satan or worship Satan as a deity. “He obviously did his homework,” he tells Rolling Stone. As it turns out, at least one Satanist loves “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”: David Harris, magister for the Church of Satan (essentially, the Church’s equivalent of a Catholic cardinal). The performances and video, man I got a lot of respect for bruh because he had the courage to live his truth, but that s ain’t for me.