Some on social media pointed out that if a drag queen was of any other religion, she wouldn't have been asked the same questions.
Goldblum's questions came after contestant Jackie Cox walked the runway in a patriotic red and white striped kaftan and a blue hijab outlined with 50 stars for the show's"Stars & Stripes" theme.," Cox, who is of Iranian heritage, said in a voiceover.
RuPaul quickly chimed in noting how drag has always"shaken the tree" and if there was ever a place to make that sort of statement,"this is the stage to do it." "I had to show America that you can be LGBT and from the Middle East and there's going to be complicated around that and that's OK," Cox said. "But I'm here and I deserve to be in America just as much as anyone else."People on social media called out Goldblumfor his"dangerous" comments.
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