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  • ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: WHY, HELLO THERE!

  • EXCUSE ME.

  • I HAVE TO DO THIS.

  • MY NEXT GUEST IS A POP CULTURE ICON AND THE MOST FAMOUS DRAG

  • QUEEN IN THE WORLD.

  • PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," RUPAUL!

  • HELLO, RuPAUL, NICE TO SEE YOU.

  • >> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.

  • >> Stephen: HAPPY NEW YEAR, OBVIOUSLY.

  • HAPPY RU YEAR.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE

  • ANYWHERE, HONESTLY.

  • >> Stephen: I KNOW THE FEELING.

  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING -- OR WHAT IS THE THING THAT YOU

  • ARE MOST GLAD TO BE LEAVING BEHIND IN 2020?

  • >> YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, I ALWAYS TAKE EVERYTHING DAY BY

  • DAY.

  • I TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME.

  • IN FACT, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING A LITTLE BIT WEIRD LIKE THE

  • PLANETS ARE ALIGNED IN A WEIRD PLACE, SO I DIPPED INTO MY -- I

  • REBOOTED MY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM, AND I TAKE SONGS THAT MAKE ME

  • CRY, AND I'LL CRY MY EYES OUT, AND IT ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL

  • BETTER.

  • YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN THESE LIFE HACKS.

  • >> Stephen: I LIKE THAT.

  • I LIKE THAT.

  • CAN YOU OFFER -- WHAT'S A GOOD SONG FOR A GOOD CRY?

  • >> YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES ME CRY?

  • IS BETTE MIDLER'S VERSION OF "IN MY LIFE," THE BEATLES SONG,

  • CARLY SIMON'S SONG "THE CARTER FAMILY" FROM THE "NO SECRETS

  • ALBUM," AND THERE'S A SONG BY KENNY CHESNEY -- I GET TEARED UP

  • EVEN SAYING THE TITLE -- "I'D DO A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENT ," BY

  • KENNY CHESNEY.

  • ALWAYS TEARS, TEARS, TEARS.

  • >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.

  • CONGRATULATIONS.

  • YOU'VE GOT SO MANY MILESTONES IN YOUR CAREER BUT YOU JUST HIT A

  • BIG ONE.

  • YOU ARE NOW IN THE "GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS" FOR

  • HAVING THE MOST -- LET ME GET THIS RIGHT -- THE MOST

  • CONSECUTIVE EMMY WINS FOR A REALITY SHOW HOST.

  • CONGRATULATIONS.

  • >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

  • >> Stephen: IS THERE ANY OTHER RECORD YOU WANT TO BREAK?

  • >> YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR THE WORLD'S

  • RICHEST TELEVISION HOST.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S JUDGE JUDY.

  • THAT IS ABSOLUTELY JUDGE JUDY.

  • >> Stephen: AND I KNOW YOU'RE A FAN OF JUDGE JUDY.

  • YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF JUDGE JUDY.

  • >> THE BIGGEST.

  • >> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IT, AFTER 25 YEARS,

  • SHE'S RETIRING, SHE'S GOING OFF THE BENCH?

  • >> WELL, THAT SHOW IS RETIRING, BUT SHE'S GOING TO DO A NEW SHOW

  • JUDGE JUDY -- SHE'S DOING A SHOW FOR AMAZON.

  • >> Stephen: WE CAN DROP JUDGE JUDY, I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR

  • EMOTIONAL REACTION.

  • AMAZON, YOU SAY?

  • I'LL CHECK IT OUT, EVERYBODY.

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

  • THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE'VE HAD, RU, CROTCH FOR PLUGGING JUDY.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) LET'S GET BACK TO YOU, SHALL WE?

  • 13 SEASONS OF "DRAG RACE."

  • WHAT'S THE BIGGEST LESSON YOU'VE LEARNED?

  • >> IS TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

  • I WALKED INTO THIS THING OF AN IDEA OF WHAT DRAG IS, AND THE

  • KIDS HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA, THEY KEEP CHANGING IT.

  • YOU KNOW, THIS SEASON, WE HAVE A TRANS MAN WHO IS ON OUR SHOW WHO

  • IS COMPETING WITH THE OTHER DRAG QUEENS.

  • AND THIS MAN IS FANTASTIC!

  • FANTASTIC!

  • SO, YOU KNOW, I KEEP MOVING WITH WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING, YOU

  • KNOW.

  • >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT DRAG IS THE

  • ASSUMPTION OF PERSONA, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE THAT

  • GOES INTO IT AND THE COMMITMENT, AND PART OF THAT IS A GREAT

  • NAME.

  • DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE DRAG NAME THAT YOU'VE EVER HEARD?

  • >> LISTEN, I'VE NAMED SO MANY DRAG QUEENS, AND I HAVE --

  • THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES.

  • THERE'S THE WORD PLAY DRAG QUEEN NAME, WHICH IS LIKE MIA COPA OR

  • SIERRA TONEN, OR TERRACOTTA.

  • >> Stephen: MY FRIEND JACKIE KAUFMAN MADE UP ONE WHICH IS

  • CONSUELA CANSWALLOW.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> I LOVE JACKIE, I WORK WITH

  • HER ON A NEW ANIMATED SHOW.

  • >> Stephen: LET'S PLUG JACKIE HOFFMAN FOR A WHILE.

  • WE'VE DONE JUDGE JUDY.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, YOU ARE AN ICON OF ELEGANCE

  • AND GRACE AND GLAMOUR, VIVA GLAM.

  • >> UH-HUH.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE GLAM DURING COVID,

  • FOR MANY PEOPLE.

  • EVIE AND I, OBVIOUSLY, I'M MAINTAINING THE GLAM HERE.

  • THE TWO OF US, SHE'S WEARING HER DEBRA BURK SCARF TONIGHT.

  • GIVE ME A LITTLE DR. BIRX OVER HERE.

  • SHE CAN TIE IT SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE FOR

  • MAINTAINING A GLAM LIFESTYLE UNDER COVID?

  • >> WELL, GLAMOUR, IT REALLY HAS TO START WITH YOU, WHETHER IT'S

  • A PANDEMIC OR NOT, YOU HAVE TO ENJOY IT YOURSELF, AND THE

  • NUMBER ONE THING, REALLY, IS TO DO WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL HAPPY.

  • NOW, OF COURSE, IN THESE TIMES, WE ARE ALL VIDEO CONFERENCING,

  • IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR LIGHTING RIGHT.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT MY COMPUTER FACING A WINDOW, IT'S

  • LIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WORKS.

  • SO ALSO I HAVE ANOTHER RING LIGHT BEYOND THAT SO THAT THE

  • LIGHT IS COMING THIS WAY.

  • YOU DON'T WANT AN OVERHEAD LIGHT, YOU DON'T WANT A SIDE

  • LIGHT.

  • >> Stephen: WHY NOT AN OVERHEAD LIGHT?

  • >> BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU LOOK ERGLY.

  • >> Stephen: ERGLY.

  • AND THE SIDE LIGHT IS TOO DRAMATIC?

  • >> THE SIDE LIGHT ACCENTUATES THE FOLDS AND CREASES IN YOUR

  • FACE.

  • >> Stephen: DON'T WANT THAT.

  • YOU WANT IT STRAIGHT ON.

  • >> Stephen: YOU WANT THE BRIGHT OPRAH FRONT LIGHT.

  • >> THAT'S RIGHT, BABY.

  • >> Stephen: "DRAG RACE" ALWAYS HAD GREAT CELEBRITY JUDGES.

  • BY THE WAY, SEASON 13, CONGRATULATIONS, HIGHEST RATED

  • SHOW OF ALL TIME IN DRAG RACE HISTORY WAS YOUR SEASON PREMIERE

  • THIS YEAR.

  • >> YES.

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE ALWAYS ON TAKEOFF.

  • >> WELL, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

  • YOU KNOW, THIS WORLD HAS SO MANY GREAT -- THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT

  • THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, THERE ARE SO MANY AWFUL THINGS

  • HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.

  • SO TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET, STEPHEN.

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A DREAM CELEBRITY JUDGE THAT YOU

  • HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE?

  • >> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

  • CHER, I MEAN, SHE'S THE ULTIMATE DRAG QUEEN.

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK TO CHER?

  • >> PLEASE.

  • PLEASE!

  • >> Stephen: CHER, HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT?

  • >> WELL, YEAH, SOMEBODY WILL TELL YOU.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO HER, TELL HER THIS, SCHNAP OUT OF IT!

  • >> Stephen: SCHNAP OUT OF IT!

  • ( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.

  • WELL, ALWAYS A DELIGHT.

  • ALWAYS A DELIGHT TO SEE YOU.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING YOUR RU-NESS AT ALL

  • TIMES AS A MODEL FOR ALL OF US JUST TO KEEP IT TOGETHER, TO

  • KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

  • CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON SEASON 13, "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" AIRS

  • FRIDAYS ON VH1.

  • IT'S RuPAUL, EVERYBODY.

  • BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY MAREN MORRIS.

  • STICK AROUND.

♪♪♪ >> Stephen: WHY, HELLO THERE!

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