{"id":1002996,"date":"2021-11-12T11:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1002996"},"modified":"2021-11-12T11:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:58:47","slug":"country-music-awards-broadcasts-its-first-ever-gay-kiss-between-t-j-osborne-and-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-music-awards-broadcasts-its-first-ever-gay-kiss-between-t-j-osborne-and-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Music Awards Broadcasts Its First-Ever Gay Kiss Between T.J. Osborne and Boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcountry-music-awards-broadcasts-its-first-ever-gay-kiss-between-t-j-osborne-and-boyfriend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1002996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TJOsborne1-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Country Music Association (CMA) Awards saw its first gay kiss Wednesday when T.J. Osborne of the duo Brothers Osborne celebrated his Vocal Duo of the Year win by kissing his boyfriend,&nbsp;Abi Ventura.<\/p>\n<p>Osborne and Ventura\u2019s kiss marked the first on-air same-sex kiss in CMA Awards history, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/madisonmcgee\/tj-osborne-kisses-boyfriend-cmas-history\">BuzzFeed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a crazy rollercoaster of a year for us in so many ways, especially for me emotionally,\u201d T.J. Osborne said during his acceptance speech at the CMA Awards. \u201cAnd to have you all support me, it really does feel like love wins tonight. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brothers Osborne Accepts the 2021 CMA Award for Vocal Duo of the Year - The CMA Awards\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QcxLVx8wYoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGive this boy a round of applause,\u201d&nbsp;T.J. Osborne\u2019s brother and bandmate, John Osborne, added.&nbsp;\u201cWe love this genre. We love the people. We love all of you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same-sex kiss at the CMA Awards comes nine months after&nbsp;T.J. Osborne came out as gay, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/love-wins-tonight-nine-months-after-coming-out-tj-osborne-celebrates-by-kissing-boyfriend-at-cma-awards-043210781.html\">report<\/a> by Yahoo! News.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening, Brothers Osborne performed one of their songs, \u201cYounger Me,\u201d which T.J. wrote after he came out&nbsp;publicly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many years I would watch this show, year after year, and I always thought how incredible it would be \u2014 I would dream of being up here on this stage,\u201d T.J. told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s so many things that were so many hurdles for me, and I always felt, truthfully felt, like it would never be possible, because of my sexuality, to be here,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I just wish my younger me could see me now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brothers Osborne - \u201cYounger Me\u201d | CMA Awards 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9LQYc-w75rw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brothers&nbsp;Osborne then began their song, of which the lyrics appear to be T.J. addressing his younger, closeted self, singing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYounger me made it harder than it had to be, trying hard to dodge my destiny, would get the best of me. Yeah, younger me, way too young to pace a bedroom floor, always dreamed of kicking down the door, what were you waiting for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, younger me, overthinking, losing sleep at night, contemplating if it\u2019s worth the fight, if he only knew he\u2019d be alright,\u201d the song\u2019s lyrics continued. \u201cYounger me, hanging out but not quite fitting in, didn\u2019t know that being different, really wouldn\u2019t be the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Country Music Association (CMA) Awards saw its first gay kiss Wednesday when T.J. 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