Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival | CBC News

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The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Saturday night premiere of film at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall was delayed by about 20 minutes

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Directors Carlos Lopez Estrada, left, and Zac Manuel, right, stand with Lil Nas X as they arrive on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday. (The Canadian Press/Cole Burston)

The premiere of the documentary Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film Festival. 

The Saturday night premiere of the film at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall was delayed by about 20 minutes while authorities verified that the threat wasn’t credible. Lil Nas X was kept off the red carpet during that time. 

Judy Lung, vice-president of public affairs and communications for TIFF, said in a statement that Toronto police investigated the vicinity of the red carpet ahead of the screening. 

“Our standard security measures remained in place during this time and the screening commenced with a slight delay,” Lung said. “To our knowledge, this was a general threat and not directed at the film or the artist.”

Long Live Montero, directed by Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel, documents the pop superstar’s eight-month tour beginning in September 2022 for his full-length debut album Montero

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