RuPaul Charles, the host of RuPaul's
Drag Race, opens up about his childhood in an online lecture for
Masterclass.
RuPaul's
Masterclass is 16 lessons, each about 12 minutes.
In a trailer for the series, RuPaul
said that viewers will learn about drag and “everything it takes to
unleash the magic that makes you, you.”
In the fifth lesson, titled “Seeing
Yourself,” RuPaul discusses the “shame, trauma, and hard emotions
that many people carry with them.”
“My childhood was very tumultuous and
traumatic,” RuPaul says. “My parents were always at war so my
thinking was, 'This is all too much for me. Just wake me when it's
done.' Until I realized, you know what, I want to be present for my
life.”
“And it forced me to understand my
own value. Everything starts with know thyself, know what works with
you. You have to be present enough to know what feels right,” he
says.
RuPaul also stars in the
Netflix comedy AJ
and the Queen.