‘Drag Race’ Producers Have a New Sense of Urgency Post-Election: ‘It’s Going to Motivate Us to Produce More’

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” and World of Wonder co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato were exchanging text messages early in the afternoon on election day. “Randy texted me an obscenity and said ‘We’re gonna lose,’ very early on,” says Bailey. Barbato sent the message at 3:48 p.m. precisely. How did Barbato know, when most felt optimistic […]