Current:Home > InvestRuPaul's Drag Race Queens Tell What 200th Episode Means for the LGBTQ Community-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
RuPaul's Drag Race Queens Tell What 200th Episode Means for the LGBTQ Community
View Date:2025-01-11 03:22:30
Two hundred laps later and still going strong.
RuPaul's Drag Race just crossed a major milestone, so to celebrate the reality competition's 200th episode, MTV threw RuPaul a televised ball and a party at Heart WeHo on Feb. 24.
Among the Drag Race royalty in attendance were season 15 sisters Sasha Colby and Marcia Marcia Marcia, who exclusively told E! News what the moment meant for themselves and the LGBTQ community.
"Two hundred episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race means 200 times that people could learn to not be ignorant," Sasha explained. "Two hundred times where we got to finally be normalized, our art got to be celebrated, and people who are really hard-working drag queens get to have their flowers."
For her part, Marcia Marcia Marcia reflected on what Drag Race's legacy means amid anti-drag legislation in some states.
"With everything going on politically right now, I think for a franchise like this to have reached a 200th episode is a really big deal," she noted. "It is tangible proof that people in this country love drag and that people love queerness. Anybody trying to silence that or negate that is blatantly incorrect."
Sasha went on to win the night's main challenge on TV and followed it up with a live drag show in West Hollywood. She also shared what fans have missed out on due to the network's shortened, 60-minute episodes.
"We had an amazing conversation with the Old Gays," Sasha recalled. "We all got to ask certain questions to them and really just talk one-on-one to understand if we are lucky enough to get old, it's a blessing. Especially for us queer people."
She continued, "Hearing the facts, the advice they gave us was so great. Going through life without regrets. Not feeling like you held back, which is a really big thing later on in life. Hearing that at that point in the competition was really effective."
Still, once the 90-minute episodes return March 10, fans can expect more of the show they know and love (Drag Race, which first premiered on Logo in 2009, has aired super-sized episodes alongside aftershow Untucked since its move to VH1—its home before MTV—in season 10 in 2018).
"It's gonna get really good," Sasha confirmed. "The momentum's gonna pick up. Hopefully, it'll give old school Drag Race seasons—a lot of shade and a lot of fierce drag."
See how season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race plays out, Fridays on MTV.
Get the drama behind the scenes. Sign up for TV Scoop!veryGood! (533)
Related
- 2 dead in explosion at Kentucky factory that also damaged surrounding neighborhood
- A state senator has thwarted a GOP effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for Trump
- Fantasy football Week 4: Trade value chart and rest of season rankings
- There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
- Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands
- Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
- You may not know about the life of undefeated Mercury Morris. But you should.
- University of California accused of labor violations over handling of campus protests
- Police cruiser strikes and kills a bicyclist pulling a trailer in Vermont
- Doja Cat Shuts Down Joseph Quinn Engagement Rumors With One Simple Message
Ranking
- Princess Kate makes rare public appearance after completing cancer chemo
- How Craig Conover Is Already Planning for Kids With Paige DeSorbo
- Texas jury clears most ‘Trump Train’ drivers in civil trial over 2020 Biden-Harris bus encounter
- Chiefs RB Carson Steele makes his first NFL start on sister's wedding day
- Trading wands for whisks, new Harry Potter cooking show brings mess and magic
- Sur La Table’s Anniversary Sale -- Up to 50% off on Staub & Le Creuset, Plus an Exclusive $19.72 Section
- Man fatally shot by police in Connecticut appeared to fire as officers neared, report says
- Alsobrooks presses the case for national abortion rights in critical Maryland Senate race
Recommendation
-
Ryan Reynolds Makes Dream Come True for 9-Year-Old Fan Battling Cancer
-
You'll Be Sliving for Paris Hilton's Adorable New Video of Son Phoenix
-
Inside Octomom Nadya Suleman's Family World as a Mom of 14 Kids
-
Fantasy football Week 4: Trade value chart and rest of season rankings
-
Princess Kate to host annual Christmas carol service following cancer treatment
-
Struggling Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis is searching for an new CEO
-
Oregon elections officials remove people who didn’t provide proof of citizenship from voter rolls
-
Inside Octomom Nadya Suleman's Family World as a Mom of 14 Kids