Soccer cutie Josh Cavallo has a new gig that’s making all the gays gag!
publicly came out in 2021, will soon make his debut on RuPaul’s Drag Race.Guest starring on the cultural phenomenon is a right of passage for any gay celebrity worth his Insta followers.Cavallo will be a guest edge on Season 3 of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, the Australian version of the international franchise.“As the first openly gay male professional football player, embracing your authentic self means freedom but for so many of the queer community this isn’t as easy as you think,” he wrote on Instagram. “It’s a battle hundreds of millions are going through everyday around the world as we speak.
RuPaul’s Drag Race is important for everyone to celebrate walking in your own shoes and showing the world the real you in your journey.”Multiple out gay athletes, including soccer stud Jake Williamson, pro soccer player Thomas Beattie and pro basketball player Isaac Humphries, extended their congratulations.A post shared by J O S H C A V A L L O (@joshua.cavallo)With his upcoming guest judge stint, Cavallo joins a distinguished club among gay athletes.
Olympic icons Gus Kenworthy and Adam Rippon have also sat alongside Ru at the judge’s table. A post shared by gus kenworthy (@guskenworthy)Cavallo’s story fits with RuPaul’s message of self-love.
At the end of each show, Ru declares: “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”When Cavallo came out, he said he could no longer take living a lie.“I was ashamed I’d never be able to do what I love, and be gay … All I want to do is play football and be treated equally,” he said. “I’m tired of trying to perform at the best of your ability and to live this double life.
