Bianca Del Rio on RuPaul’s Emmy Win: “Gay People Make Everything Happen, Let’s Be Honest!”

RuPaul’s Drag Race season six winner (and soon to be bonafide movie star!) Bianca Del Rio doesn’t EVER pull any punches when talking about, well, just about anything.

In a recent Dragaholic News interview, Bianca got real about Mama Ru‘s recent Emmy win. Here’s the tea,

“Here’s someone who’s been doing this longer than I have, which is what, 30 or 35 years of performing and having every opportunity. Ru had a talk show on VH1, Ru had a Vegas show, Ru has done, you know, everything you could possibly do with drag and done it well.

And with this particular show, what’s fascinating to me, as I was saying when you travel with live audiences, a lot of it is a straight audience that comes to see the show.

What I was most impressed by is that the academy, so to speak, was willing to give him an award. I thought that was pretty amazing because when you think about theatre, or you think about Hollywood, and you think how the hell could you put on a movie or make a play without a gay person?

Gay people make everything happen, let’s be honest! But it was great to see them acknowledge someone of his stature, and someone who’s worked very hard. I thought that was great, and it’s a huge milestone.

I think it was surprising. Because even though it’s well deserved, you don’t think they’re going to give it, and I think that’s where he was coming from.

I can’t speak for him, but I definitely think it’s probably given him a huge pep in his step, and he’s going to be one rich bitch now.

But I think that says a lot about the show, and the show humanises drag queens. They get to see us as ourselves. And you realise that we’re not crazy monsters all the time, that we are human beings.”

Can I get an AMEN?! Her movie, Hurricane Bianca will have its U.S. premiere in New York City, September 19 at 7 PM, with additional screenings in San Francisco, September 20 at 7:30 PM and Los Angeles September 21, at 7:30 PM. All will feature a Q & A with director Matt Kugelman and Bianca. Tickets are available here. If you haven’t seen it yet – watch… or if you have, like me, watch again for the 8th time.