Lil Nas X's 'Long Live Montero' Documentary: The Biggest Takeaways, Including the Family Member Who Struggled With His Sexuality & the Moment He Was Afraid 'Doomed' His Career

On coming out…

“[After I came out] I was so against doing anything feminine or bringing that side out at all, or even like having gay men on stage with me,” Lil Nas X explained. “At first, I wanted to stay as the ‘acceptable gay person.’ Like, ‘This is the one that doesn’t shove it down our throats, this is the one that keeps it to himself.’”

On wearing femme clothes in front of his family…

Lil Nas X famously changed his perspective on that and became a style icon who plays with the line between feminine and masculine fashions. Despite the persona he projected onscreen, he later explained that it was harder at first to do so in front of his family.

“That skirt is low key a big transitional moment in my life that was so small but such a big thing,” he said in reference to an outfit he wore when speaking to his family. “It’s easy to go to a music video set and do some super fruity s–t. But to walk out in front of both sides of your family and wear this little skirt and a shirt that has every version of the LGBT flag on the back of it is really freeing, almost. Not almost, it actually is.”