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'Drag Race' EP Explains Shady Season 18 Theme and Calls Cardi B the Perfect Premiere Guest

Season 18 highlights queer joy as resistance during polarizing times with a slightly older cast and Cardi B as a standout guest judge, executive producer said.

Summary by The Wrap
When “RuPaul’s Drag Race” returns for Season 18 on Friday night, it’ll be up to the new crop of queens and premiere guest judge Cardi B to keep the lights on — intentionally so. As executive producer Tom Campbell told TheWrap, the season’s theme of “In shady times, let there be light” came in response to some real-world darkness. “We never want ‘Drag Race’ to be political, but Ru has also said that he makes a political statement every time he ba…

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TVLine broke the news in on Friday, January 2, 2026.
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