The scheduled headliner for a drag show on a U.S. Air Force base is ripping President Biden‘s administration for scrapping this year’s event, saying it doesn’t line up with the White House’s supposed support for the LGBTQ+ community.
6/1/23TMZ.com
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Coco Montrese joined us Thursday on “TMZ Live” to give us her reaction to the Pentagon’s decision to nix tonight’s scheduled drag show at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
There had been 2 previous drag shows on the base, and in fact, Coco performed at the first one in 2021.
Coco says all the drag queens performed to a packed house, and they were generally well received — which is why she’s disappointed military brass switched course, and scrapped Thursday’s show at the last minute.
She told us the decision is at odds with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin‘s public statements of support for the military’s LGBTQ+ members and Pride Month. Coco suggests the Prez can make amends … by hosting a drag show right there at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
It’s interesting … the Pentagon says the Department of Defense will not host drag events at bases because “these types of events in federally funded facilities is not a suitable use of DOD resources.”
However, Coco says the scrapped show at Nellis was privately funded, so that would have been a moot point.
She thinks there’s a deeper reason behind the rug pull … and feels it’s a distraction from more pressing issues facing America.
