Carson Kressley on When He Figured Out Jackie Would on ‘Secret Celebrity Drag Race’ Was His OG ‘Queer Eye’ Co-Star (Video)
01.10.2022 - 01:33
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Carson Kressley had a special connection to one of the stars who took part in Season 2 of “RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race” – they were co-stars on the original installment of “Queer Eye (for the Straight Guy”).Thom Filicia turned up on the show earlier in the season, taking on the drag persona Jackie Would. As Kressley settled in as judge for the VH1 show, it took a minute for him to recognize that his co-star from “Queer Eye,” also his co-host on “Get a Room with Carson & Thom,” and a longtime close friend was the queen onstage. Of course, he’d left his glasses backstage.“We filmed it on a new stage.
It just felt very, very different from the regular ‘Drag Race,” Kressley told TheWrap when we spoke with him Friday ahead of the show’s Season 2 finale on VH1. “I was out of my element and out of sorts a little bit. I didn’t have my glasses that day, which I can see, but I can’t see like, real detail.
… So I’m just watching the performance and I think was, blame it on my ‘Juice,’ which I know is one of his favorite songs – we’re very close. And I saw the person doing the thing, and I was like, ‘She’s interesting.’ And then when it was time for the contestant to speak, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I know that Syracuse, New York Finger Lakes-region accent. That is Tom Filicia.’ And I was as the kids say, I was gooped and I was gagged that I didn’t recognize him sooner.
But I just wasn’t expecting him to be there. Like, of all the 500 billion people in the world. I didn’t think Thom Filicia would be there.
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