RuPaul Net Worth

RuPaul's Quotes

• If you don't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?
• I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses?
• [on his mother Ernestine Charles] As the two of us sat watching television, Kurt Loder popped up on the tube, teasing an MTV News story with footage of me frolicking around a shopping mall in Jersey City. He said "Coming up next, she's er ah he's 6' 4" and supermodel of the world. Me and Mama both looked at each other, and in that moment we simultaneously realized that her prediction, made 32 years prior, had finally come true. I was a star. That was the last time I saw Mama.
• I was having breakfast in the Presidential Suite of the Century Plaza Hotel courtesy of the "John & Leeza Show" when the phone rang and it was my manager. He told me that Elton John wanted to include me on his upcoming "Duets" album and was I interested? I said, "Hold on one minute." The size of the suite gave me the opportunity to flail my arms around while running back and forth screaming "Oh my God, Elton John! Oh my God, Elton John!" I must have screamed for a good five minutes before I got back on the line and answered nonchalantly, Sure.
• Doing what I do for a living has never been easy. I've had to fight countless battles in this game that the public has no idea ever happened. But, I just pick myself up and carry on, I Carry On.

Interesting Facts about RuPaul

1. Is a drag queen.
2. Hosted his own talk show/comedy sketch show on VH1 (1996).
3. Producer and host of "RuPaul's Drag Race" on LogoTV (2009).
4. On the week of RuPaul's 40th birthday, a replica statue of him was unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York City (2000).
5. He was the surprise guest at the VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross in an all star lineup that included Donna Summer, Faith Hill, Destiny's Child and Mariah Carey, performing Ross's hit song "I'm Coming Out".
6. Made a media comeback in 1996 after the tabloids dubbed him "The Wicked Witch of MTV" following his Milton Berle issue. He appeared in an exuberantly done gown by fashion designer Bob Mackie at the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards.
7. Ended what was a prosperous affiliation with MTV in 1993, shortly after the success of his debut album, which was supported heavily by the network at the time. This was in large part on account of the infamous incident at that year's Video Music Awards, in which he was paired with Milton Berle to present an award. The two got along very poorly, spending most of the time on-camera exchanging vicious insults and going off-script than actually presenting the award. RuPaul also claimed Berle was acting very rudely and sexually inappropriate towards him backstage, even claiming Berle touched his fake breasts at one point.
8. Scored four #1 singles from his debut album on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts, with "Supermodel (You Better Work)", "A Shade Shadey (Now Prance)", "Back to My Roots" and "House of Love".
9. His #1 dance single "Supermodel (You Better Work)" was covered by 1980s dance-pop singer Taylor Dayne for The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) soundtrack, though some lyrics were changed to tailor the film's younger audience.
10. Has been considered to be the most successful drag queen of the United States. Has been credited with wider exposure for drag queens from LGBT culture into mainstream society, thanks to his early-career chart success.
11. Ranked #85 on Entertainment Television's "101 Reasons The 90's Ruled".
12. Was voted "Queen of Manhattan 1990" by nightclub owners, promoters and disc jockeys at the annual event.
13. Has appeared in four films with actress Stockard Channing: Smoke (1995), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995), An Unexpected Life (1998) and The Truth About Jane (2000).
14. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6652 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 16, 2018.
15. He appeared in the music video "Love Shack" by the new wave group The B-52's (1989).
16. He recorded "You're No Lady", a dance-pop song with actress Brigitte Nielsen as Gitte (2002).
17. One of his favorite movies is the cult classic Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988).
18. Friends with Jane Lynch.
19. Portrayed the 'Queen of Hearts' in Pirelli's 2018 Calendar.
20. Was the cover of 'Entertainment Weekly' in June 2017 and the 'New York Times Magazine' in January 2018.