RuPaul received the 2 631st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday. The Emmy-winning drag queen and host of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” fought back tears as he accepted the honor.
“I love all of you and I wish for each and every person within the sound of my voice that your dreams can come true as mine have. This is absolutely the most important moment in my professional career,” he said.
Born RuPaul Andre Charles, he studied theater at the North Atlanta School of Performing Arts.
He says: “I am overcome with so much emotion right now. You know as a kid, I’m from San Diego, as a kid we’d come up here and they dropped me off right here on Hollywood Boulevard so I can look at all the stars and dream that one day I could be one of the stars on Hollywood Boulevard.”
Jane Fonda sang his praises saying: “What I found is behind the glamour, behind the drag queen, is a man of great depth, incredible intelligence, compassion. One member of our crew said that RuPaul is so zen that he felt his blood pressure drop when he was around him.”
Rupaul became a popular figure of the New York club scene in the 1980’s and skyrocketed to fame in the 1990s with his hit album “Supermodel of the World.”
He’s been hosting “RuPaul’s Drag Race” since 2009; the show pits drag queens against each other based on their looks and talents.
