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(#1) Ru Is Named After Gumbo
RuPaul tells a lot of amazing stories about her mother. In a 2013 interview with US Weekly, Ru said that her Louisiana-born mother Ernestine "Toni" Charles came up with the "Ru" half of RuPaul "from roux, which is the term for the base of gumbo and other [Creole] stews and soups."
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(#12) Drag Race Is So Huge, Ru Got Asked To Ring the Bell On Wall Street
On February 24, 2014, RuPaul was chosen to ring the closing bell for NASDAQ on Wall Street. Granted, it was a promotional event for the season premier of Drag Race, and she was representing Logo TV, the parent company of Viacom, but that's still a testament to Ru's business prowess.
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(#4) Ru Regrets Recording An Album Called Sex Freak
In 1985, RuPaul recorded an album for Funtone called Sex Freak. Years later in an interview, he revealed that he regretted the title. He said it was “meant to say that I am a sexual oddity, an androgyne. People saw it as... I'm a... freak for sex."
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(#2) RuPaul Is 6'4" And Wears A Size 13 Shoe
RuPaul is a slim, tall person, but as a drag queen, she towers over the other queens, coming in at 6'4" before heels. And those heels are no joke – she wears a men's size 13.
Ru once told Rolling Stone: “I haven’t found a heel that’s been too high for me yet. The highest I’ve found are eight inches. Now if you have pumps that are closed, that can be painful. But if you have open-toed shoes, it’s no problem.” Just for reference, Ru would be an even 7' tall in 8" heels...
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(#6) RuPaul's Big Break Was Dancing In The "Love Shack" Music Video
1989 was a weird year. The B-52s released their smash hit "Love Shack," which featured none other than RuPaul as a dancing extra. The video was wildly popular and helped launch Ru's rise to stardom.
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(#15) RuPaul Was Obsessed With Drag Racing As A Kid
According to an interview with US Weekly in 2012, RuPaul was once into a different kind of drag. He said that, "[as] a kid, I was obsessed with hot rods, Cadillacs, and drag racing." That actually explains a lot...
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