In the special, the comedian recalled meeting the "Industry Baby" rapper at a party. He said he was unaware of who Lil Nas X was at the time but said he came in "dressed like C-3PO," the humanoid robot character from Star Wars.
Dave proceeded to call Lil Nas X "the gayest [n-word] that ever lived" before referencing the music video, where he "[slid] down a stripper pole, all the way to the depths of hell, and "suck[ed] the devil's dick," referring to Lil Nas X's controversial visuals for his 2021 song "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)."
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"I met this [n-word] at a party. I had no idea who he was," Dave recalled. "But the minute he walked in that party, I knew I was in his dream. Everybody in the party was another dreamer. Everyone was famous. But when that [n-word] walked in, he was dressed like C-3PO. He was shining. And everyone was like, 'Oh my god, there he is. That's Lil Nas X!' I didn't know who he was."
Dave continued and said Lil Nas X walked right up to him and told him how he'd tried to get him in one of his music videos. He said the encounter reminded him of how teachers will ask students what they want to be when they grow up, before giving his impression of how a young Lil Nas X would have answered that question.
"i am not gonna spend my entire career trying to cater to your children. that is your job," he tweeted at the time.
He also responded to Dave's jab on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, writing, "yall gotta let call me by your name go."
