'Don't give up': Charlize Theron 'strongly supports' drag community during debut on 'RuPaul’s Drag Race'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Charlize Theron showed up as a guest judge on the season premiere of MTV’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’
The ‘Mad Max’ star strongly supported the drag community in the opening episode of Season 16. “Given the climate in our country right now, there’s a lot of energy being put toward your community not existing. I truly believe that all of that is coming from a place of fear,” Theron said.
“The beauty of what your community brings and the truth of who you are and represent will come out. Don’t give up," she added.
Contestant Xuname Muse speaks on Charlize Theron's comment
The Oscar winner has been a longtime champion of the LGBTQ cause, and contender Xuname Muse, daughter of Kandy Muse, praised her. “I love that Charlize came here,” Muse said.
“She is using her platform to protect our rights. It’s affirming as an artist when our allies share the message of love that we bring when we do this,” reports Variety.
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Theron, in a post-show ‘Untucked’, talked about her two young ones. “I want them to grow up in a world where they know what it means to accept what’s not you, what is different and love that, to not be scared of that, and to embrace it, and that’s my job as a mom,” she said.
“I feel like we’re living in a day and age where our words can so easily be weaponized against us. I worry about us as people and what we can do to each other, and how powerful it is when you love and how powerful it is when you hate. One destroys and one builds," she added.
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Who all are competing ins season 16 of 'Drag Race'?
In an Instagram post, Theron said it was “a dream come true” to have the opportunity to serve as a ‘Drag Race’ judge. “It’s a dream come Ru! 💫 I’m guest-judging the premiere of #DragRace TONIGHT at 8p on @mtv 👑 #queensonly,” she captioned.
‘Drag Race’ returned to its previous 90-minute format, where Xuname Muse, Amanda Tori Meating, Dawn, Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jete, Megami, Mhi’ya Iman LePaige, Mirage, Morphine Love Dion, Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Plasma, Q and Sapphira Cristal are competing for the title of 'America’s Drag Superstar.'
