The drag queen turned entertainment mogul’s The House of Hidden Meanings still has dishy details, but is a stripped back look back at his early life
The click of his shoes on the tile floor announces RuPaul Charles before he can introduce himself. Towering over the publicist who accompanies him – RuPaul is six feet, four inches – the drag queen turned entertainment mogul glides through the otherwise empty third floor of the Four Season s Hotel in Toronto. He appears for a flash, just long enough to wave hello, then disappears behind a wall covered in decorative mirrors.
has become a global phenomenon with adaptations everywhere from Canada to Thailand. It has also solidified RuPaul’s status as one of the pre-eminent queer celebrities of the 21st century.. For years now, fans have debated who might take over the show, should RuPaul, 63, ever pass along hosting duties. Until this year, there were few signs that might actually happen.
He’s more eager to talk about the New York nightlife of the late eighties and early nineties that he chronicles at length in the book. “Oh my god, it was so much fun. We were so lucky,” he says. “That’s why it’s so important to live in the moment, because I think back then we actually knew how lucky we were in the eighties in New York. Because you do not have that any more.”
She offered him a job on the spot. “He had this charisma,” she says. “You can’t buy it. You have it or you don’t.” RuPaul served as the MC at her parties at the Copacabana, then became one of the go-to entertainers she’d call on when throwing parties for her high-end clients in the fashion world. This May, Bartsch will release her own memoir,, with a foreword from RuPaul. He remains, Bartsch says, generous and loyal – the type of friend who texts back within an hour.
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