Drag Race Down Under now face charges of racism from fellow contestants.Scarlet Adams and Karen from Finance, two current contenders on the program, both issued apologies for past behavior.
In the case of Adams, a series of old social media posts resurfaced showing the drag performer wearing a Native American headdress, a burka, and–most disturbingly–yellow and blackface as part of previous drag outfits.
The images came to light after a fellow drag performer, Felicia Foxx, reposted them on social media.“It makes me sick to my core to see numerous people in the LGBTQ+ community who are profiting off of making a mockery and disrespecting peoples cultures,” Foxx wrote in an Instagram post. “My people & our culture is not a joke for anyone,.