The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards was off to a powerful begin Wednesday evening (Sept. 11), however one of the crucial memorable moments got here when Megan Thee Stallion paid homage to Britney Spears — and completely panicked within the interim.

Throughout a promo that aired through the present, Megan, wearing a dressing up paying to tribute to Spears’ 2001 VMAs efficiency of “I am a Slave 4 U,” appeared on stage wrapped in a dwell snake, similar to Spears did 23 years in the past.

Sadly, the slithery critter did not final lengthy on stage as Megan started to visibly squirm and panic whereas holding the reptile.

“OK, OK. Cease the music!” she shouted as “I am a Slave 4 U” performed within the background.

“I am simply taking part in… Come get this snake. I do not know this snake, this snake do not know me,” she continued, letting out a scream as a handler unwrapped the snake from her and carried it away.

“I attempted to carry it down for Britney,” the rapper joked. Watch beneath.

Spears beforehand opened up about her iconic VMAs efficiency in her memoir, The Girl in Me.

“What no person is aware of is that as I used to be singing, the snake introduced its head proper round to my face, proper as much as me, and began hissing at me,” she wrote, in keeping with Enterprise Insider.

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“You did not see that shot on the TV, however in actual life? I used to be considering, ‘Are you f—ing severe proper now? The f—ing goddamn snake’s tongue is flicking out at me. Proper. Now.’ Lastly, I bought to the half the place I handed it again, thank God,” Spears continued.

Notably, Megan included a snake theme in her final album, Megan.

The mission featured such songs as “BOA” and the No. 1 single “Hiss.”