RuPaul has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Host of a Reality or Competition Program and remains the most decorated host in Emmy history.
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RuPaul now has eight consecutive wins and also holds the record for most wins by a person of color.
In his speech, the producer and host said: You are my family,” RuPaul said. He went on to thank his family and World of Wonder producers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey.
He shared a story about when he was at „rock bottom“ and sleeping on his friend Larry Tee's couch. „He said to me, 'These are terrible times,' and he said, 'Don't forget who you are. Don't give up,'“ RuPaul told the audience. . Please do not give up. Stick to it, boy, and remember who you are. ”
This victory earned RuPaul numerous awards. He won a Tony Award last year for producing the Broadway show „A Strange Loop,“ but he's just an Oscar and a Grammy away from earning EGOT status.
RuPaul defeated „Queer Eye“ hosts (Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness) „Nailed It!“ ” (Nicole Byer), “Top Chef” (Padma Lakshmi), and “Baking It” (Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph). „RuPaul's Drag Race“ also regained the trophy for Outstanding Competitive Program after losing to „Beware of Lizzo's Big Girl“ last year.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 15 was yet another historic season for the show. Winner Sasha Colby was the first Native Hawaiian queen to appear on the show, as well as the first winner of Polynesian descent.
The episode submitted for Emmy consideration was „Wiggles: The Rusical,“ a parody of „Footloose.“ The story is set in a small town called West Bumtuck, where drugs are illegal.
This timely episode was conceived over a year ago. At the time, anti-drug and anti-transgender laws were proliferating in the United States, and hate crimes against the community continued.producer Tom Campbell said, „I realized how timely it was and something so beautiful and important.'' He added, „I'm not going to take it for granted and I'm not going to be a scaredy cat.'' Not at all. Sometimes people say, „Oh, there's too much Drag Race, enough is enough.“ No, it's like our existence might be exposed like that. ”
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