Current:Home > StocksRuPaul's Drag Race Queens Tell What 200th Episode Means for the LGBTQ Community -WealthX
RuPaul's Drag Race Queens Tell What 200th Episode Means for the LGBTQ Community
View
Date:2025-04-12 17:59:10
Two hundred laps later and still going strong.
RuPaul's Drag Race just crossed a major milestone, so to celebrate the reality competition's 200th episode, MTV threw RuPaul a televised ball and a party at Heart WeHo on Feb. 24.
Among the Drag Race royalty in attendance were season 15 sisters Sasha Colby and Marcia Marcia Marcia, who exclusively told E! News what the moment meant for themselves and the LGBTQ community.
"Two hundred episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race means 200 times that people could learn to not be ignorant," Sasha explained. "Two hundred times where we got to finally be normalized, our art got to be celebrated, and people who are really hard-working drag queens get to have their flowers."
For her part, Marcia Marcia Marcia reflected on what Drag Race's legacy means amid anti-drag legislation in some states.
"With everything going on politically right now, I think for a franchise like this to have reached a 200th episode is a really big deal," she noted. "It is tangible proof that people in this country love drag and that people love queerness. Anybody trying to silence that or negate that is blatantly incorrect."
Sasha went on to win the night's main challenge on TV and followed it up with a live drag show in West Hollywood. She also shared what fans have missed out on due to the network's shortened, 60-minute episodes.
"We had an amazing conversation with the Old Gays," Sasha recalled. "We all got to ask certain questions to them and really just talk one-on-one to understand if we are lucky enough to get old, it's a blessing. Especially for us queer people."
She continued, "Hearing the facts, the advice they gave us was so great. Going through life without regrets. Not feeling like you held back, which is a really big thing later on in life. Hearing that at that point in the competition was really effective."
Still, once the 90-minute episodes return March 10, fans can expect more of the show they know and love (Drag Race, which first premiered on Logo in 2009, has aired super-sized episodes alongside aftershow Untucked since its move to VH1—its home before MTV—in season 10 in 2018).
"It's gonna get really good," Sasha confirmed. "The momentum's gonna pick up. Hopefully, it'll give old school Drag Race seasons—a lot of shade and a lot of fierce drag."
See how season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race plays out, Fridays on MTV.
Get the drama behind the scenes. Sign up for TV Scoop!veryGood! (21)
Related
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- CVS closing select Target pharmacies, with plans to close 300 total stores this year
- A 4th person has died after fiery crash near western New York concert, but motive remains a mystery
- Former Pennsylvania defense attorney sentenced to jail for pressuring clients into sex
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill, Fred Warner unanimous selections for AP All-Pro Team
- More drone deliveries, new AI tech: Here's a guide to what Walmart unveiled at CES 2024
- Family sues school district over law that bans transgender volleyball player from girls’ sports
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Detroit officer, 2 suspects shot after police responding to shooting entered a home, official says
Ranking
- What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
- CVS closing select Target pharmacies, with plans to close 300 total stores this year
- Winter storm to bring snow, winds, ice and life-threatening chill to US, forecasters warn
- Dog named Dancer survives 60-foot fall at Michigan national park then reunites with family
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Usher Super Bowl halftime show trailer promises performance '30 years in the making': Watch
- As Vermont grapples with spike in overdose deaths, House approves safe injection sites
- Kate Cox on her struggle to obtain an abortion in Texas
Recommendation
Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
Patriots hire Jerod Mayo as coach one day after split with Bill Belichick
Kristen Stewart says 'Twilight' was 'such a gay movie'
Usher Super Bowl halftime show trailer promises performance '30 years in the making': Watch
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
American Petroleum Institute Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure
Live updates | Israel rejects genocide case as Mideast tensions rise after US-led strikes in Yemen
How much do surrogates make and cost? People describe the real-life dollars and cents of surrogacy.