FOF #2466 – Mama Ru and Mother Monster Make Magic – 03.23.17
Jackie Huba as Lady Trinity (center) next to her two drag inspirations: Lady Gaga and RuPaul. Photo of Jackie Huba: Julián Ledezma. Photos of Lady Gaga and RuPaul courtesy of Logo/VH1.
Since Lady Gaga tweeted her support for RuPaul’s Drag Race many years ago, fans have been clamoring to get Mother Monster on Mama Ru’s show. Well hold on to your weaves hennies, cause on the season premiere, Lady Gaga walks into the workroom like any other contestant to join the 13 queens (and one mysterious 14th goil).
It’s a huge win for drag queens and for RuPaul’s Drag Race, and it beautifully brings an artist full circle whose roots comes from the New York City drag scene.
Today, Jackie Huba, author of two books on Lady Gaga and drag queens joins us to talk about how successful drag queens turn their followers into super fans and what you can learn from these gals to make your own business and life a sparkling success.
Plus—
➤ Audience polls predict who will be the top queens of the season
➤ Olympic ice skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi reminds us why shade is so important.
So shady the ice underneath her never melts.
➤ Lindsay Lohan makes a comeback in her new reality TV series The Anti-Social Network.
➤ Zac Efron gets into drag in the comedy rebooty of Baywatch.
Featured Book:
Jackie Huba:
FIERCELY YOU: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen: Amazon: Amazon
Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics: A Memoir: Amazon