A clip teasing an upcoming episode of The Maury Show is raising all sorts of questions.
In it, Lil Nas X confronts his former(?) boyfriend/backup dancer Yai Ariza’s apparent secret wife, telling her “Me and Yai have been together for a month and a half.”
“You’re a liar!” she yells back. And before the 30-second spot has finished, it’s featured a paternity test and Yai proposing to X — basically all the drama you’d want from Maury, set to air Wednesday.
Tune in next WEDNESDAY, November 17th to an all new EXCLUSIVE Maury! #Maury24 pic.twitter.com/iZCJBvQmr7
— The Maury Show (@TheMAURYShow) November 11, 2021
So first question: Is this real life?
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All signs point to: no.
Lil Nas X has proven to be quite the marketing genius, often making headlines with comedic stunts. This billboard for his debut album, Montero, comes to mind:
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So we’ll go out on a very short limb here and say this Maury segment is meant to be funny. And it is. Plus, the acting isn’t very convincing.
But the more difficult question to answer is: Are Lil Nas X and Yai Ariza still dating?
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Last month, X confirmed to Andy Cohen that he had been seeing Ariza, but that they’d split.
“I heard you had a boyfriend!” Cohen said to X during an interview on SiriusXM.
“I was seeing someone, um, I kinda decided I didn’t want to anymore.” He went on to explain that he was taking some time for himself after the breakup.
So either the Maury segment was filmed when they were still dating, they got back together, or they’ve remained friends and the whole thing is meant to drum up even more confusion.
We’d say watch the episode on November 17 to find out, but somehow it seems unlikely that will shed any real light.
Mr. Stadnick
But the more difficult question to answer is: Why is this relevant? Queerty is now trolling Maury for stories? Bottom of the barrel.
mz.sam
No shit, Sherlock!…Sad.
Robothedestroyer
It’s relevant because this segment on Maury is literally a continuation of the “That’s What I Want” video. The woman and the kiddo are the same actors. Also it’s just a bit of fun stop being a stick in the mud just for clout or whatever reason you’re being grumpy for… it’s not a good look.
barryaksarben
How is he any different to MADONNA? I like him and want to hear about him even tho Im in my 60s but I am not some tired bitter grump who thinks the kids should do it the way we did. Just trolls on this sight pretending to be gay
PollyDarton
The more talent one lacks, the more stunts one must rely on to stay relevant.
Mack
He has more talent than you could ever dream of.
GameBoy
While I will agree he lacks the talent in comparison of more talented LGBTQ artists such as Frank Ocean, Sam Smith, Elton John esc but he does serve great music and visuals while bringing forth gay representation in the rap community that’s rather homophobic.
barryaksarben
he is no different than Madonna
Den
He produces witty lyrics. He has as good a singing voice as many other successful pop personalities. His creative vision regarding his videos is great. His sense of humor is great. And he is very aggressive regarding the representation of gay men, specifically black gay men in modern popular culture.
So he has the talent, and the self-promotion is simply one manifestation of that (a pretty common one in the 21st century, in case you had not noticed).
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Pathetic
Essie
Maury is still on??? I had no clue. I thought his show ended YEARS AGO!! So, thanks for this otherwise worthless story.
Kangol2
Lil Nas X is having a bit of fun and it’s even got his haters commenting, which is exactly what he set out to do!
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I can’t wait to see which Republican or Christofascist falls for this first.
Mike Hunt
Who CARES about any of these people.
barryaksarben
tons of us. What is wrong with him? He is a courageous out gay man. He is not afraid to be a sexual being in a world that denies gay men’s sexuality
Den
What rock do you live under Mike? He has done more for the visibility of gay men in the hip-hop community than anybody, and made some hilarious and trenchant comments about the nature of modern publicity and promotion.
Anybody with an interest in popular culture and gay people in modern society “CARES” about “these people”.