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Watch Katy Perry Mount the ‘Drag Race Live’ Queens on her Vegas Stage
The gay crossover event of the century!
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March 17 2022 8:20 PM EST
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The gay crossover event of the century!
In a move that feels like a long time coming, the queens of RuPaul's Drag Race Live joined the one and only Katy Perry on stage during last night's Vegas residency show, PLAY.
During her house-inspired track "Swish Swish", Perry brought up Kameron Michaels, Derrick Barry, Coco Montrese, Alexis Mateo, Trinity K. Bonet, and Jaida Essence Hall.
After reminding the world that Barry was actually in her 2009 "Waking Up In Vegas" video, she lets the dolls strut down the stage to that house beat. Towards the end of the moment as Hall and Bonet dance, Perry quite literally climbs atop the two for a hilariously awkward moment we're used to getting from the pop star.
\u201cWhen @katyperry invites @RuPaulsDragRace Live to the stage. @DerrickBarry #BritneySpears confirms he was in the \u201cWaking Up In Vegas\u201d video \u2026 Yes, we remember. #RJNow @reviewjournal #Vegas\u201d— John Katsilometes (@John Katsilometes) 1647499644
Just ahead of the appearance, Jaida Essence Hall geeked out over performing on stage with the pop star.
"This is the tea," she tells PRIDE, "going on stage with Katy Perry is like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I came here to do the Vegas show, yes. But then the number of opportunities that I've been having since being in Vegas, especially getting to go on stage with Katy Perry is just wild and it shows you like in Vegas, anything is possible."
Hall joined the Drag Race Live lineup in February and has been having the time of her life in sin city. "Like the other day, f*cking oh my god... The other day, Shania literally came over to the show and watched the girls. Unfortunately, I was not there that day, but I had the chance to meet her before a video shoot we did. Vegas is so wild and literally, anything can happen here. To be able to work with Katy and like to go on stage and dance and celebrate with her with my sisters of the Vegas show, I mean like what other better feeling is there in the world?"
Is this a premonition of Perry apprearing on Drag Race as a judge? Only time will tell...
Catch RuPaul's Drag Race Live at Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, and PLAY is running on the Resorts World Live stage through August.
Watch the full moment below:
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!