Rapper Lil Nas X appears near-naked at Met Gala in bedazzled look

If you thought the famous guests at this year’s Met Gala fashion exhibit played it safe, you clearly missed Lil Nas X walking the read carpet.

Lil Nas X arrives at the 2023 Met Gala. Picture: Getty

Just when you thought the Met Gala was less crazy and more chic this year, along comes Lil Nas X.

The theme for the 2023 fashion extravaganza is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty in honour of the iconic designer’s work and aesthetic, but it appears the musician took the opportunity to instead dress up as the late celebrity’s beloved cat, Choupette.

The rapper – real name Montero Lamar Hill – wowed on the red carpet in a crystallised cat look by Pat McGrath and Dior Men.

The 24-year-old’s ensemble was made up entirely of glitter, crystals and pearls – with only a G-string and metallic paint covering his modesty.

US rapper Lil Nas X arrives for the 2023 Met Gala in New York. Picture: Angla Weiss/AFP

The rapper appeared to channel Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette. Picture: Angla Weiss/AFP

Even the rapper’s shoes were spray-painted a with metallic coat. Picture: Angla Weiss/AFP

Even Lil Nas X’s face was bedazzled with sparkly stones while a set of beaded whiskers appeared to rest above his rhinestoned lips.

According to Entertainment Tonight, the rapper stayed true to his catlike character, cooing “meow” as he made his way down the red carpet.

Imagine washing all that off at the end of the night. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Body paint and a whole lot of confidence. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

It seems the musician was not the only celebrity guest to pay homage to Lagerfeld’s Birman cat, Choupette – who now lives in Paris with her nanny and former Lagerfeld housekeeper, Francoise Cacote, following the designer’s death in 2019.

Jared Leto dressed as Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette, to the Met Gala. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images via AFP

Jared Leto only revealed his identity towards the end of the red carpet. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images via AFP

Unlike the Montero singer’s ambiguous nod to the famous feline, Jared Leto rocked up dressed in a life-size cat costume complete with removable head.

The Morbius star slinked down the carpet before eventually removing his furry white headpiece to reveal his identity.

This isn’t the first time Lil Nas X has pushed the fashion boundaries at the Met Gala.

In 2021, he walked the fashion event in an extravagant three-in-one look by Donatella Versace.

Lil Nas X attends the 2021 Met Gala in 2021. Picture: John Shearer/WireImage

The 2021 theme was In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion. Picture: John Shearer/WireImage

He first appeared on the famous steps of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art draped in a dramatic gold cape. He then shed the regal coat to reveal a golden, robot-like suit. Underneath the armour, the singer wore a bedazzled bodysuit with sequins.

“We wanted to start with, like, royalty, you know. Or like, a cloak … like we’re in our shell,” he told Vogue on the red carpet at the time. “And then we break out of it a little bit more … it’s kind of like me when I got into the industry. No one knew who I was.”

“It’s like I built this shield around myself … I came out, and this year, I feel like I REALLY came out. I think it represents this breakdown to THIS,” he said of his sparkly bodysuit.