RuPaul seen for first time since The Vivienne's tragic death and delivers powerful speech
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RuPaul has made his first public appearance since the news broke that The Vivienne had died. The star and host of RuPaul’s Drag Race - the show that made The Vivienne, real name James Lee Williams, famous - was seen in London on Friday when he opened DragCon UK at the ExCel.
It was announced on Sunday night that The Vivienne had died aged 32 and today RuPaul shared powerful words for those in attendance at the event, which celebrated the drag community. RuPaul, 64, appeared on the verge of tears towards the end of the week and stepped out with close friend and former Strictly Come Dancing star Michelle Visage, who wore a dress stamped with The Vivienne’s name.
TV icon RuPaul said: “We are here to celebrate life and celebrate love and to spread it around. We want to focus on love.”. He added. “We are going to remember our dear The Vivienne with love and life, because that's what she was all about and she would love for you to live your lives and to be free and to have a lot of fun and spread it around.”.
The event featured an incredible memorial wall at which the thousands of punters expected to show up could pay their respects to The Vivienne, who won RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019. RuPaul’s Friday outing comes directly after he shared a throwback clip of himself 'slapping' former Drag Race star Tyra after they shared vile tweets on X, formerly Twitter, mocking The Vivienne’s death.
She quote-tweeted a post from 2020 by The Vivienne which had read: "Bet Tyra was fuming when she realised Netflix spoiled the win too. Sorry gal. You tried though." Tyra, writing years later, replied: "Yet it doesn't compare to the fumes of the crematorium.".
