'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.
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'Drag Race' EP Explains Shady Season 18 Theme and Calls Cardi B the Perfect Premiere Guest
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…
Drag Race season 18 star DD Fuego: 'I was stressed the moment I got the call'
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 18 star DD Fuego is in a taxi heading to the airport in New York when we catch up. She’s heading back home to Monterrey, Mexico, for what will likely be the most memorable holiday season of her life. “I’m performing for the first time back in my hometown,” she says. “I’m very excited to do that now that I’m, you know, a Ru Girl!” In December, the fashion and stage production designer was one of 14 queens announced as a…
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