Lil Nas X Calls Out Double Standard When Tony HawkтАЩs Blood-Painted Skateboards Avoid The Controversy Of His Satan Shoes
By
Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk has recently announced heтАЩs selling 100 limited-edition skateboards that feature his own blood in the paint.
Earlier this week, water company Liquid Death revealed that Hawk donated two vials of his blood, which will be mixed into the paint of the skateboards.
The announcement caused zero controversy, unlike Lil Nas XтАЩs Satan Shoes, each of which contained a drop of the rapperтАЩs blood as a promotion for his single тАЬMontero: Call Me By Your NameтАЭ.
RELATED: Lil Nas X Takes Himself To Court Over тАШSatan ShoesтАЩ In Cinematic Teaser For New Song тАШIndustry BabyтАЩ
Lil Nas X certainly noticed, and took to Twitter to point out the double standard due to he and Hawk doing essentially the same thing тАФ with the white heterosexual Hawk receiving no repercussions while the Black, gay rapper was hit with backlash.
Noting there was тАЬno public outrageтАЭ generated by HawkтАЩs bloody skateboards, he asks, тАЬare yтАЩall ready to admit yтАЩall were never actually upset over the blood in the shoes? and maybe u were mad for some other reason?тАЭ
now that tony hawk has released skateboards with his blood painted on them, and there was no public outrage, are yтАЩall ready to admit yтАЩall were never actually upset over the blood in the shoes? and maybe u were mad for some other reason?
тАФ nope ?? (@LilNasX) August 25, 2021
HereтАЩs a sampling of Twitter reaction to Lil Nas XтАЩs comments, with some agreeing while others pointed out that it was the satanic element of the shoes that got some people so upset.
*Gay black man sells blood shoes*
People: тАЬBoooooo!тАЭ
*White dude sells blood skateboards*
People: тАЬLETTSSGOOOOOO!!тАЭ
YтАЩall weird af fr letтАЩs talk about it
тАФ Tweetlord (@RetweetMeKing) August 25, 2021
so lil nas x can make custom sneakers with blood in them and there’s outrage, but tony hawk can make skateboards with HIS OWN blood in the paint and somehow it’s less of an issue???
yeah, makes perfect sense to me ? https://t.co/9mkOVU595S
тАФ KiiLO! ?? тБ╢тБ╢╦втБ▒с╢Ьс╡П (@SADB0YKiiLO) August 25, 2021
Surely people are gonna treat this with just as much condemnation as the Lil Nas X shoes with a drop of blood each ??? ? Tony Hawk and Lil Nas are both delights and their art is sick pic.twitter.com/QlFMJES5es
тАФ Denver Skeeters (@denver_skeeters) August 24, 2021
Oh, but when @LilNasX does it, it’s a problem? pic.twitter.com/269UrrpgTj
тАФ La’Ron S. Readus (@Readus_101) August 24, 2021
I dont recall ever seeing people freak out over the blood in the shoes by itself. Its the fact that you tied it to ‘satanism’ and put your blood into it. You bring in religion to anything and people will flip. Tony didn’t. Thats why it was better recieved. Lmao
тАФ Bathory (@BathoryDusk) August 25, 2021
Using blood in products is gross. End of. But you know damn well the outrage was over the statanic shit. You even called them Satan shoes ffs. Tony Hawk didnтАЩt call it a satan skateboard. Pulling out the race/sexuality card isnтАЩt gonna work for this one. Still gross af though
тАФ Vanilla Bean Cream (@boopmysnoot) August 25, 2021
┬а