Oh, the SHADE!: RuPaul says it “feels weird” that Madonna is “chasing arena tours” at 65
must-read profile in The New Yorker.Because even though Ru has become one of the most famous drag queens—one of the most famous people—in the world, with his Emmy-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race now a global franchise he’s actually quite the private person.But perhaps he’s a bit more of an open book at the moment, ahead of the release of his new memoir The House Of Hidden Meanings on March 5.
Otherwise, we’re not quite sure how Farrow managed to get so much piping hot tea straight from the mouth of Mama Ru.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.A post shared by The New Yorker (@newyorkermag)For starters, there’s the revelation that “the queen of drag” has been studying castles—spending most of his nights binge-watching a “Secrets Of Great British Castles” docuseries—in preparation for the worst.“We are moments away from f*cking civil war,” Ru tells Farrows. “All the signs are there.
Humans on this planet are in the cycle of destruction. I am plotting a safety net.” While he “wouldn’t call it a bunker,” he reveals he’s in the middle of constructing a “fortified compound” on he and his husband’s ranch in Wyoming designed to keep them safe (“it’s a lot of concrete and a lot of things”) in the event of impending doomsday—whether than be the aforementioned civil war, or some other sort of end-of-times catastrophe.Of course, sharing the location of said fortified compound in a glossy magazine profile feels like #1 on a list of “things not to do when you’re building a secret bunker,” but you can’t fault Ru for planning ahead. (Personally, we can’t wait to tune in for the spin-off RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Wyoming Neutral Territory once that civil war breaks out.)And speaking of: What goes down on that Wyoming ranch seems to be a big part of why Ru’s been more press shy in recent years. “Oh, the fracking?” Yes, the fracking, which also comes up in the piece.
