After teasing panini collaboration on Twitter, Lil Nas X and Gordon Ramsay get cooking
When he dropped his latest song, hip-hop artist Lil Nas X said not to take the title literally.
"Panini is not about a sandwich," the "Old Town Road" artist tweeted June 20.
And if you look at the lyrics, that's easy to believe. He talks about eating up success, not lunch:
Ayy, Panini, don't you be a meanie
Thought you wanted me to go up
Why you tryna keep me teeny?
But that hasn't kept him having fun with the name. The same day Lil Nas X tweeted the sandwich comment, he followed with, "tryna get gordon ramsay on this panini remix." A few minutes later, the celebrity chef replied, "Tell me more…"
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So, why not?
Lil Nas X was in London last weekend, performing his hit single with Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus at the Glastonbury Festival and, oh, by the way, coming out as gay.
So he decided to ping Gordon Ramsay again Monday, tweeting the chef, "teach me how to make paninis while i'm still in london."
Once again, Ramsay was right there with a response: "Name the day..."
Name the day... https://t.co/xNQn6NTvVJ
— Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) July 1, 2019
The rapper seemed pretty happy about his upcoming cooking lesson: "y'all not gone believe who finna hop on panini."
y’all not gone believe who finna hop on panini
— nope (@LilNasX) July 3, 2019
And then, photographic proof from both, with Ramsay tweeting on Thursday, "Paninis. Done."
Paninis. Done. @LilNasX enjoy @LuckyCatGR pic.twitter.com/QdS3b5hDGt
— Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) July 3, 2019
me & @gordonramsay made paninis 🥪🥪😎 pic.twitter.com/9nlX96t9c5
— nope (@LilNasX) July 3, 2019
Fans were, well, atwitter. "DID HE YELL AT YOU?" asked one (Lil Nas X responded, "no sadly") and more than one asked if Ramsay was "a meanie." (Ha.)
DID HE YELL AT YOU?
— Lil Nas X Fanpage (@lilnasxmajor) July 3, 2019
Lots of people wanted video, either for proof or just entertainment.
please tell us we get a video
— nic⎊le (@lethalnicole) July 3, 2019
And some are waiting for the Ramsay Remix. We'll see.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Lil Nas X and Gordon Ramsay cooked paninis in London