RuPaul did not hold back while talking about his past drug use! On the latest episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, the 63-year-old mastermind behind RuPaul’s Drag Race shared how he was a drug user for “30 years” of his life.
And your jaws will drop at this detail: he began using at the age of 10! RuPaul recalled: 10 YEARS OLD! Wow! And just three years later, when he was 13 years old, he started to experiment with hard drugs. Related: RuPaul Reveals Epic Madonna Feud In New Memoir! Although RuPaul doesn’t remember how the substance affected him at the time — after all it’s been a LONG time — he did note he “wasn’t afraid of drugs.” In fact, he continued to use for decades afterward.
Through his struggles with substance abuse, the television personality insisted he “never shot up” but said he “dropped acid every weekend” in his 20s: Well, that’s… Huh.
And that isn’t the only positive impression RuPaul had about his drug use. Looking back, he felt that “the first 20” years of his drug use “were a blast” and “a great time.” However, “those last 10,” according to the singer, “were pure hell.” Despite the rough last decade, he surprisingly doesn’t regret his 30 years of drug use!