{"id":95214,"date":"2026-06-21T17:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95214"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:08:46","slug":"update-from-lil-nas-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/06\/21\/update-from-lil-nas-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from Lil Nas X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An old story surfaced in our <strong><em>Ask Billy<\/em><\/strong> sack a couple of weeks ago.&nbsp; <strong>Roger <\/strong>in Phoenix asks, \u201c<em>What\u2019s going on with <strong>Lil Nas X<\/strong>?&nbsp; I would think you\u2019d have an update by now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I held onto this question until there was something to actually report.&nbsp; Lil Nas X has finally emerged from his cocoon to let us know what\u2019s been going on.&nbsp; First things first \u2013 he looks great and appears to be in good spirits!&nbsp; He\u2019s somewhat tentative when it comes to his revelations \u2013 understandably so.&nbsp; He says that he spent a few months in rehab and, since then, has been splitting his time between Atlanta with family or in LA alone.&nbsp; He\u2019s continuing therapy, which he\u2019s finding helpful.&nbsp; And he\u2019s been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (the late-night strolls in undies and cowboy boots were clearly a sign).&nbsp; \u201cI feel like I had known for the past few years, but I didn\u2019t want to admit to it because I didn\u2019t want to have to take medication and, I dunno, have people think differently of me.&nbsp; I dunno \u2013 I\u2019m already black and gay!&nbsp; Damn, God, I\u2019m black, gay and bipolar!&nbsp; I\u2019m like living life on like extreme hard mode.&nbsp; But on a serious note, I\u2019m doing much better.&nbsp; I\u2019m doing better.&nbsp; I\u2019m feeling better.&nbsp; I\u2019m creating freely.&nbsp; And there\u2019s less fear in my heart.\u201d&nbsp; If he feels as good as he looks, he\u2019s definitely on the right path!&nbsp; You can see his full statement on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>When stars are showing up in \u201cour\u201d places, it\u2019s definitely time for me to end yet another column.&nbsp; While all of these luminaries are frolicking in the States, I\u2019m still cavorting on the Continent.&nbsp; But no matter where I am, the one thing that never gets neglected is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that tells (and shows) all.&nbsp; If you\u2019ve got a question, send it along to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> and I promise to get back to you before Billy Porter brings Hasselbeck to her first drag brunch!&nbsp; Until next time, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old story surfaced in our Ask Billy sack a couple of weeks ago.&nbsp; Roger in Phoenix asks, \u201cWhat\u2019s going on with Lil Nas X?&nbsp; I would think you\u2019d have an update by now.\u201d I held onto this question until there was something to actually report.&nbsp; Lil Nas X has finally emerged from his cocoon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95215,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95214\/revisions\/95215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}