Bad Bunny shares a smooch with male backup dancer during his 2022 VMA performance Aumag The Talk

Bad Bunny shares a smooch with male backup dancer during his 2022 VMA performance – Aumag

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Bad Bunny isn’t afraid to make a statement.

During the Puerto Rican star’s performance from Yankee Stadium at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, he surprised the crowd when he gave his backup dancer a big poof.

The “Moscow Mule” singer, 28, performed his hit song “Tití Me Preguntó” and in between belting out the lyrics with energetic dance numbers, he leaned over to give his female backup dancer a kiss. Shortly after, he turned the other way and gave his male backup dancer the same feeling.

His performance came immediately after he was named artist of the year, up against Drake, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Lizzo. He made history by being the first non-English speaking performer to win the coveted award.

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Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is known for challenging the status quo by challenging toxic masculinity in the Latinx community.

“I think sex is a huge world and everyone is free to see it how they want and do it with who they want, how they want, with endless possibilities,” shared Bunny – who dates Gabriela Berlingeri – Playboy in a 2020 cover story. “At the end of the day, we’re human. Everyone feels, everyone falls in love with who they’re meant to be.”

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In March 2020, he made another statement by dressing in drag for his “Yo Perreo Sola” music video.

In the meantime, in May of this year he opened up to GQ in a cover story interview about his evolving style — and said that when it comes to fashion, he doesn’t follow a rule book.

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“It depends on my state of mind,” Bunny told the magazine. “Everybody should be comfortable with who they are and how they feel. Like, what defines a man, what defines being masculine, what defines being feminine? I really can’t gender clothes.”

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He continued: “To me, a dress is a dress. If I wear a dress, would it stop being a woman’s dress? Or vice versa? Like, no. It’s a dress and that’s it. It’s not a man’s, it’s not a woman’s. It’s a dress.”

The star is currently hitting the road for his Bad Bunny: World’s Hottest tour. He also recently starred in the action comedy Bullet train along with Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Sandra Bullock, Joey King, Logan Lerman, Zazie Beetz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

The 2022 VMAs aired live Sunday night from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

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