That time Kathy Najimy suggested Kornbread do ‘Drag Race’… after she’d already done ‘Drag Race’
RuPaul’s Drag Race, fans were bewitched by Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté the minute she stepped into the Werk Room—we just knew she was destined for stardom.
Turns out, she had the same effect on Kathy Najimy.As was reported earlier this year, “Ms. Bread” was among three Drag Race queens cast in the highly anticipated sequel to the Disney Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus.
Alongside All Star Ginger Minj and Season 13’s Pockchop’d Kahmora Hall, the trio will feature in Hocus Pocus 2 as dragged up versions of the Sanderson Sisters, the three comically villainous witches played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Najimy.While filming a scene where the sisters meet their drag counterparts, Najimy was apparently so wowed by Kornbread that she offered to give her good friend RuPaul a call and recommend the LA queen for the competition series—not realizing she had already filmed her (all-too-brief) stint on Season 14.Related: Is ‘Drag Race’ breakout star Kornbread exiting the werk room and quitting drag forever?Kornbread shared the hilarious moment during a recent roundtable discussion with Entertainment Weekly, revealing that the Sister Act star wasn’t shy about approaching her and suggesting she make the call to Ru saying, “One day I hope you’re on Drag Race!”“[She said,] ‘I know RuPaul personally, I’m the reason Bob [the Drag Queen] got on the show, I’m going to call RuPaul about you,'” Kornbread remembered. “I go, ‘Kathy, baby, you know what, don’t do that.
I appreciate you, but don’t do that.'”Well, there’s no denying Najimy has good taste in drag—and a real eye for talent (should Drag Race just make her an official part of their casting department), even if her timing was a little off.But, in defense of the actress, the.
