'Stop The Music': Megan Thee Stallion's VMAs Snake Stunt Goes Wrong In A Hurry

Megan Thee Stallion was seriously not having it with the snake wrapped around her as she tried to pay homage to Britney Spears’ iconic 2001 MTV Video Music Awards performance on Wednesday.

The rapper, whose “Cobra” music video has her crawling out of a snake, tried to show love to the pop icon by donning a reptile around her arms as she hosted this year’s edition of the VMAs.

The skit was a nod to Spears’ performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U,” in which a performer handed off an albino Burmese python to her as she grooved around the stage.

Spears later recalled how “scared” she felt during the performance and Megan, over two decades later, didn’t appear to be pleased to hold a snake, either.

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“OK. OK. Stop the music, stop the music. I’m just playin’, come get this snake,” the rapper shouted before a handler arrived to