When issuing an apology for his controversial music video, the 'Old Town Road' hitmaker also tells his Christian fans in a lengthy clip that he wasn't 'against' them.
- Jan 16, 2024
AceShowbiz - Lil Nas X has expressed his remorse amid backlash over the "J Christ" music video. Admitting that he "messed up really bad," the singer/rapper clarified what his intention was really about.
"Hello, everybody," the 24-year-old said in a video shared on Instagram and Twitter on Monday, January 15. "I wanted to, not necessarily apologize but I wanted to explain, like, where my head at and where it's been for like the last week."
"So first of all, when I did the artwork, I knew there would be some upset people or whatnot, simply 'cause religion's a very sensitive topic for a lot of people," he continued. "But I also didn't mean to mock."
Lil Nas X went on to note, "This wasn't like a 'f**k you to you people. F**k you to the Christians.' It was not that. It was literally me saying, 'Oh, I'm back. I'm back like Jesus.' That was the whole thing." He then elaborated, "I'm not the first person to dress up as Jesus. I'm not the first rapper. I'm not the first artist, and I won't be the last. And I know, given my history with the 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' video, anything that I do related to religion can be seen as mockery. That just was not the case with this."
"And I will say though with the Communion video, with me eating the crackers and juice, I thought that video was going to be the video to lighten the mood," the Grammy winner explained. "To take it down, less serious or whatnot. I thought that was something that we all wanted to do as kids or whatnot, but I didn't understand the idea of... the reality of what it is."
Insisting that he didn't "mean it as like a cannibalism thing or whatever the freak," Lil Nas X apologized for the promo tactic. "But I do apologize for that, I will say I am sorry for that. Though I don't agree with all of Christianity's rules or whatnot, I know not everybody follows Christianity by the book one hundred percent or the world would be a lot crazier."
"But I do apologize for that. This is not to try to get everyone on my good side or whatnot, this is more so to clear my own head about my own decisions," he further shared. "I know I messed up really bad this time, and I can act unbothered all I want but it's definitely taken a mental toll on me."
The "Old Town Road" hitmaker also told his Christian fans that he wasn't "against" them. "I was put on this Earth to, you know, bring people closer together and promote love. That's who I am, I'm not like some evil, demon guy trying to destroy everybody's values and stuff. That's not me," he said.
