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00:00I still have PTSD because 17 years ago when we pitched this show to all of our friends and all
00:05the cable networks who are, you know, our besties, they were like, oh, we love this show and we love
00:09you and we love Rue, but you know, we can't get this past our ad sales team, you know? And it was
00:14like, and it was Logo, who was a fledgling, you know, gay and lesbian network that took us. And
00:20at the time we were like, we're on Logo? You know, it seemed like the smallest, like a step back from
00:24RuPaul's 90s days, but it ended up being the perfect place to be. They let queer voices tell
00:29queer stories about queer people. And, you know, pop culture, queer culture and pop culture aren't
00:35that different. They bubble up, right? Queer culture kind of bubbles up and whether it was
00:39disco or all kinds of different things throughout culture. So Drag Race had that time to kind of,
00:44I think it was eight seasons before we were ever even nominated for an Emmy. And so it's not our
00:51goal, but it's an awfully lovely thing for the people that work so hard, for the queens who
00:56aren't just contestants, but they're performers. So being on the show gives them this world
00:59platform. And, you know, you didn't say the dreaded mainstream word, but people say, oh,
01:04drag now is mainstream. And it's like, well, did you see the Olympics opening ceremony?
01:08There's a lot of controversy. It's an old playbook. It's old and tired, but it's still effective
01:13to sort of attack drag queens and, you know, and all they're trying to do is to sort of express
01:19themselves. And, and, and shouldn't we all be able to express ourselves? So, I mean, it's just,
01:24it's been a pleasure to, to year after year to reinvent the show and for people to find it. And
01:29I think people are still finding it. And that's the exciting thing.