Drag Race's Joey Jay on TV Stardom, the Politics of Drag, and His Love for the Phoenix Scene
It’ll go down as one of the iconic moments of RuPaul’s Drag Race, season 13. As Joey Jay lip-syncs to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” in the season premiere, his red chicken feather-adorned outfit starts shedding all over the stage. Typically in the first episode, each queen enters the room one by one, after which they get an opportunity to mingle. Instead, after just two entrances — Jay and Kandy Muse — host RuPaul announced a lip-sync challenge. Jay’s outfit — red leotard with voluminous feather sleeves, garters, and high-heeled beaded red boots — wasn’t exactly co...
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