I mean, people drop from the ceiling, all that kind of stuff.
So there was a sense of, Oh, God, kindly let nothing [go wrong].
You could feel that.
[Laughs] I love drag queens.
They are my heroes and seeing drag queens on stage is such a thrill for me.
And they’re such beautiful buns.
Buns that I had wondered about but I finally got to see them.
[Laughs]
A great Ruveal.
You mentioned how proud you are of them.
The past few years, in particular, have been quite big for you.
So where does this fit in?
So they want a great show on television, and they want it regularly.
[Laughs]RUPAUL:[Laughs] Because that’s exactly what it is.
You go away and you realize, Oh, I had it so good.
[Laughs]
Take advantage when you’ve got the option to!
There’s alreadyDrag Race.
That’s what we are."
And as soon as you [looking at RuPaul] said that, everything just opened up.
Like, why are we trying to do something else?
This is the show.
It’s already here.
And many have proven to be really great performers.
The six you started with, they were all a knockout last night.
[Laughs]RUPAUL:It had to be done.
It was so clear that she is such a star that it was undeniable.
It’s Broadway level, it’s West End level entertainment.
It’s actually, you know, Madonna or Britney concert level.
And that’s what the audience expects.
Our audience is very young.
Oh my god, it looksso good.So good!
I was very impressed with the quick turnaround of sets, the costume changes.
It felt like you guys have been doing this for years already.JAMAL:Yeah, no.
And not till yesterday did everybody have their costumes.
[Laughs] It was the first time seeing Vanjie’s costumes actually.
[Laughs]
Wow, cutting it close!
And you know, we don’t take ourselves too seriously.
Will you ever beinthe show?RUPAUL:I’d love to do the show.
I think I will eventually.
(Note: Flamingo Las Vegas is a Caesars Entertainment property.)
But I’d love to.
Maybe if Asia needs to go on vacation, I could do the emcee role.
That would be really fun.
And I think we had mine in… well, anyway… [Laughs] All of the rhythms and those sort of things.
And it explains so much of our working relationship because we can finish each other’s sentences.
We know each other’s references.
And that is why it’s so easy to work and collaborate.
And you see he’s a lovely person, alovelyperson and I love lovely people.
It makes it easy when you’re working on something that’s pressurized and challenging.
Well, congratulations on this.
And good luck this coming week hostingSNL.
Do you have tons of ideas for them?RUPAUL:I have a ton of ideas.
So I’m game.
