Lil Nas X Looks Back on Nearly Naked Met Gala Run-In With Bad Bunny: ‘I Don’t Regret It’

Lil Nas X may be a modern-day fashion icon in the making, but it turns out he doesn’t look back on every one of his risk-taking sartorial choices fondly.

Stopping by The Jennifer Hudson Show on Thursday (May 8), the rapper reflected on nearly baring it all at the Met Gala in 2023.

“There are definitely moments where I’m just like, ‘OK, I love that I did that; I don’t want to see it ever again,” he told Hudson as a compilation of his most editorial ensembles from over the years flashed on screen. Case in point: “The one from the Met Gala like two years ago where I’m, like, kind of naked and covered in crystals.

“I cannot explain to you how it feels walking up to Bad Bunny, like, ‘Hi Bad Bunny’ and just talking, and then walking away knowing that he’s seeing your ass covered in crystals,” Lil Nas confessed before covering his face in embarrassment.

Even still, the rapper managed to defend his jaw-dropping look, telling an amused Hudson, “I don’t regret it. I don’t regret it, I don’t want you to think that. But it was like, ‘I want to get out of my comfort zone, I want to feel good about my body,’ and I just wanted to step out there. And then just looking back, going, ‘Damn, everybody saw my ass covered in, like, silver crystals…”

“Well it was a good ass!” Hudson retorted, to which Lil Nas gamely replied, “Yeah, I love it! One of my favorite asses: mine.”

That year, the dress code for the annual gala organized by Anna Wintour was “in honor of Karl,” to pay tribute to late Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld, who was also the subject of the Costume Institute’s 2023 exhibition: “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.” While the Billboard Hot 100 record-holder dazzled in his pearl-encrusted birthday suit for the A-list event, Bad Bunny rocked a breathtaking, backless all-white suit and floral train by Jacquemus on the famed steps of the Met.

Elsewhere during the sit-down, Lil Nas X also opened up about unlocking his “feminine energy” on new single “Hotbox,” teased his upcoming album Dreamboy and more. Watch the rapper’s chat with Hudson below.