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The Road to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ From A First Encounter in Times Square
When Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato met on their first day of film school at New York University, they had no idea how far their relationship would take them. Fast forward more than 30 years, and the two have cultivated a 5-time Emmy Award-winning franchise adored by fans worldwide: RuPaul’s Drag Race. Last weekend, the two spoke with LAMag at RuPaul’s Drag Con LA 2022 at Los Angeles Convention Center.
Bailey and Barbato have slightly different recollections of how they met Ru for the first time. Still, they can agree that they were immediately attracted to his charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
“We met him in Times Square there. And he was wearing thigh-high waders, and I think he was wearing a jockstrap and shoulder pads with like fringe,” Drag Race co-founder Randy Barbato told LAMag. “It was like he owned the street…He owned the room. He had already arrived even though he hadn’t.”
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