Lil Nas X ruffles feathers with his wild pregnancy announcement

Lil Nas X has once again shocked the internet with his bold and over the top promotion of his upcoming debut album.

Lil Nas X has once again taken the internet by storm, this time upsetting the masses by having a ‘maternity’ shoot for his upcoming album, ‘Montero’.

Posing as elegantly as any pregnant woman with a ripe belly on display, the Old Town Road rapper has posed for a full maternity shoot for People Magazine to promote his upcoming album Montero, “due” on September 17.

SURPRISE! I can’t believe i’m finally announcing this. My little bundle of joy “MONTERO” is due September 17, 2021 🦋💕🥲 pic.twitter.com/dry8lAhpPr

— MONTERO 🦋 (@LilNasX) September 2, 2021

Chatting to People, Lil Nas X said that he came up with the idea to do the shoot after listening to Megan Thee Stallion’s verse on his upcoming song Dolla Sign Slime for the first time.

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is amazing,’ so I immediately called my stylist,” he says. “She was like, ‘Wow, this all comes together. Your album. Your baby.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, this is my baby, huh?’ As a joke, she was like, ‘Yeah, you should do a pregnancy shoot.’”

“I was like, ‘You know what? That’s actually brilliant,’” he continues. “So now we have this entire thing coming out, and it’s going to be amazing.”

He followed up the photos with a tweeted “sonogram” showing the album cover art inside a womb.

https://t.co/iqhwxFeq1ipic.twitter.com/Jb5B12J8ue

— MONTERO 🦋 (@LilNasX) September 2, 2021

As fully expected, the online reactions have been pure outrage.

One Twitter user wrote: “This is not amusing, it’s embarrassing”.

“This ain’t the wave. They got women who can’t celebrate pregnancy das infertile n’ dude doing this,” said another.

However, there were many who came to the rapper’s defence.

“Stop stressing him he’s pregnant and could lose his baby!” one fan joked.

“If he thinks that this is a good way of promoting his album then he’s right because I’M LOVING THIS,” said another.

Others claimed to be the father, while one pointed out this would make a “Lil lil nas x.”

Of course, Lil Nas X hasn’t let the negative reaction get him down one bit.

Instead he feeds off that negativity, as he did when he was trashed for his controversial music video for both Montero (Call Me by Your Name) and Industry Baby.

“let me get offline, all of this negative energy is not good for the baby,” he tweeted.

let me get offline, all of this negative energy is not good for the baby

— MONTERO 🦋 (@LilNasX) September 2, 2021

Classic.