Drag Race winner Yvie Oddly addresses Republican “outrage” at her show
Drag Race winner Yvie Oddly issued a statement slamming a Republican lawmaker for “feigning outrage” over her performance at an Oklahoma university.
The star was booked as the headline act of Crimson and Queens, an annual drag show held at the University of Oklahoma which exists as “a platform for OU students and other local performers to showcase their art and increase visibility for the local LGBTQ+ community”.
One of the state’s lawmakers, Republican Rep. J.J. Humphrey, called for the president of the University of Oklahoma to be fired for pushing what he called a “woke and perverted agenda” on campus before the show had even taken place on 28 April.
Yvie was reportedly going to be paid $18,000 (£14,300) for her appearance, according to information obtained via a public-records request at a time when her contract was still “pending execution”. READ MORE: Drag is under attack – but these queens aren’t backing down anytime soon Responding to the backlash from Republicans, who are currently pushing an anti-drag agenda across the US, Yvie accused Humphrey of “feigning outrage” at her performance. “He’s upset that my that I was paid ($500) more for a major, one-time appearance than what the school’s football coach makes daily – which is funny to me because I definitely don’t make anywhere close $6.4 million a year,” they wrote on Twitter.
