“We Celebrate By Going Right Back To Work” - RuPaul Reflects On 14th Emmy Win

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

For many years, my best friend was gay. When we would go out he would laugh at me, saying that I might be sexually straight but I was socially gay. When I was with him I felt free to be flamboyant and maybe even a little camp; having fun with it without all the social conventions and judging. I think every one of us would be different, in some way, if we only had the courage to not care what others thought of us. I'm still not gay but I'm 65 now and I really don't care what people think of me. Thank you Andrew RIP.

[@peppermint.patti808]

Sexually Straight but Socially Gay!! I LOVE THAT!!! 😍

[@Xiroi87]

Sexually straight but socially gay... sounds like Frasier and Niles!

[@brandongill5376]

❤

[@London20258]

What a great/honest/open comment. Good for you - and thank you for befriending those of us in the gay community who often feel isolated, condemned and vilified.

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

@@London20258 You are very welcome ny friend. But I can't take credit. My best friend changed me from being an average, casually homophobic man, "it's just a joke", I'm sure you know what i mean, to someone with an open mind full of love instead of hate and judgement. He's been gone 8 years and stil miss him dearly. Straights don't know how to have fun. It's all that testosterone. Keep it a secret. 😁

[@kingayy9267]

2:14 Ru's laugh after Stephen said "you better work" was adorable. They seem to be a fun person!

[@ET-xj3qq]

Right. That was a cute moment.

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

RuPaul is amazing, but can I just say...? The band playing James Brown when RuPaul came out was FIRE 🔥🔥

[@HENJAM48]

Amen to that!

[@ayshapaige]

Cheers to the band!

[@gaflor44]

Shout out to the band! 🎶🎺

[@Dotsaa2]

Best TV band EVER!

[@darrowaajmi9135]

"The way to happiness is to be of service to others"....Amen!

[@thedarthflagger]

My late fiancee was a firm believer.

[@Dotsaa2]

SO TRUE!

[@sevenirises]

It's so easy to catch RuPaul's energy. I know how hard it is to be an introvert in an extrovert world so I'm even more impressed.

[@SugarsugarFruity-hz6lz]

I feel that too. It's hard for me to be an extrovert and make friends. I've faked it before but my gosh, it took so much of energy out of you. It's hard to keep it up and be loud and all that.

[@ayshapaige]

Shocked to learn RuPaul is an extroverted introvert too! This gives me hope.

[@freden9234]

I found myself smiling all through this interview!

[@moniqueengleman873]

I felt that too. I am also an introvert masking as an extrovert. I am "on" in a crowd and when I get home I am happy but exhausted.

[@NuiYabuko]

Isn't that a normal survival mechanism for introverts, though? Just try to fall into what society seems to want from you? Being an introvert also doesn't mean not being social, it just means social gatherings drain our energy, so we have to recharge by doing things by ourselves, so you can just be a socially outgoing introvert.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

It’s just nice to hear someone really enjoying themselves.

[@tiffany_greeneyes4901]

And being a genuinely lovely human being. The world would be a better place if it was more like drag race.

[@elizabethantoine9652]

It’s what I love to! They give feedback it’s not meant to be mean it’s to build the show is just as lovely as RuPaul

[@batgurrl]

I love the chemistry between RuPaul and Stephen. RuPaul, you better work , gave me a big smile. RuPaul’s Drag race is the only competition show i actually watch❤

[@peppermint.patti808]

I love when RuPaul comes on !! They always have the most amazing conversations!! 😍😍😍

[@tiffany_greeneyes4901]

Yes! And even when they are a guest judge on other shows, they make everything they work on better!

[@geraldswan2476]

Living in the UK I’ve heard of Ru Paul but never actually seen him. All I can say is what a lovely man and that incredible laugh…….

[@doricetimko5403]

I’ve loved him since the 80s

[@lesliepedersen2539]

Rupaul brings joy to my life. What a kind man . ❤

[@sunnydaysatl]

Rupaul used to come into my job Atlanta Fulton library back in the days. I got to see him perform at backstreet-what a time to be in Atlanta.

[@raylovelace8588]

I was there then. Not gay but had gay friends and coworkers that I went clubbing with some. RuPaul was just making a name for himself, and the whole scene was party, party, party. Great memories @

[@sunnydaysatl]

@@raylovelace8588 Gay,black,white,straight, ect…everyone partied at Backstreets. One night we was having such a good time we didn’t leave til 10am-we didn’t realize how much time passed. I miss old Atlanta.

[@BenitaBizarre1976]

Backstreet, Club Rio and the gay K (Krystal on Peachtree). Those were the salad days.

[@LiveInSydney]

Flip Wilson and Geraldine. That’s a blast from the past!

[@shiftybat7318]

The mask part is so true (as well as the drag). Remember when David Jones changed his name to Bowie but was still a nervous performer until he invented a persona to do the talking? Then he couldn't stop.

[@kl.8992]

Drag Race is one of the best reality competition shows on TV. Ru deserves all of the success.

[@BasesLoadedLacquer]

i will never not watch a ru interview. this glorious human has been in our lives for over 30 years. one'a my faves was when he was on "in bed with joan." youtube it. it's a riot. i miss her.

[@bravomcqueen]

Two of my favorite human beings in showbiz! They are always amazing together.

[@rikkiechambers4959]

Ru Paul is a gem .. delightful interview Stephen edit to Add that Geraldine impression was pretty good

[@Cantwaittovote]

What a beautiful beacon of light and love RuPaul is.

[@ayshapaige]

These two are the best. When Stephen finished RuPaul's sentence at the end I was shook ❤

[@lizbecker1677]

I've always loved Ru Paul, and this is one of the most fun interviews I've ever seen. Ru and Stephen have such great chemistry together, and I can almost imagine them being friends in "real life."

[@CraigMichael001]

Hey Liz can we be friends please?

[@lindalb9519]

Yes, you cannot be unhappy if you love to dance, sing and laugh. It is the best medicine in the world.

[@MarCapa-ed5uv]

Specially dancing. Love it

[@Craftalyticalrants]

RuPaul is a real delight! I would love to sit and chat with him because he is fascinating, intelligent and passionate! A world wide treasure ❤

[@anthonylicausi3566]

Ru has been on Colbert lots of times, and you can just feel the love between the two of them. It's a good thing to see in this crazy world 🌎 ❤

[@qcp974]

Ok, I have GOT to see Colbert in drag now *goes to look it up*

[@Thomas-rw9nt]

I love RuPaul. Glad he mentioned LaWanda Page. Her standup routines were hilarious.

[@littleguynoir3253]

I love RuPaul. He was my first introduction to someone who was "different". Altho I was young and he was on TV, I knew he was not a typical human. Now I see that I was so right! He is a typical, he is kinder and more loving than most.

[@rachelgallagher6214]

Huge respect ,appreciation, and love for Ru Paul he's a wonderful entertainer ✌️🩷 from Montana

[@Ohsolovely2]

Blind Tom" is using his blindness as a metaphor to suggest that those who rely on sight alone can be deceived or misled, while he, despite being blind, has a deeper understanding or insight. It's a thought-provoking statement that challenges our assumptions about perception and reality.

[@veramae4098]

"They're exactly alike, only different." One of my Mom's sayings; surprising how often it's true.

[@laalaa99stl]

Imagine that. RuPaul and Stephen have almost the same super hero origin story: just trying to make their mom laugh.

[@catherinewalker4526]

And how humble of Stephen to not make the comparison, to not take the focus away from his guest

[@leagarner3675]

@@catherinewalker4526 wow you're right

[@Ian-ie3hy]

not sure i would call them superheros....

[@massexy]

​​@@Ian-ie3hyhe said it was their "superhero origin stories" not that they're superheroes, c'mon

[@Ian-ie3hy]

@@massexy ....superhero origin stories....requires a superhero...no?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

In the immortal words of Mudbone: “you didn’t ask to come to this mfer, and you damn sure can’t decide when you leave..so you better keep some sunshine on your face”

[@GGoAwayy]

Me and some friends from university found out there was a movie filming with RuPaul in it and they needed extras. We woke up early on a Saturday, got there for the crowd scene. RuPaul walked right by me but we weren't supposed to notice him. Then we had breakfast at Dennys.

[@friendlier]

Nice!

[@aiai-j7i]

I danced along RuPaul in nightclubs in NYC in the 90s...great times!! He was really nice, by the way.

[@maxq96]

put Ru on every tv screen. that's where he belongs and that's what the world needs.

[@bdell519]

Such a great comment: "I'm an introvert masquerading as an extrovert" !!

[@tallfreakchris]

RuPaul is so wise and inspiring. Buying his new book to be inspired!

[@kittendiotima4212]

LaWanda page was also a fixture on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast, and she was hilarious

[@charliejackson6192]

Huge fan of both of these people. Ru Paul especially is so inspiring and has such a beautiful view of the world. I really needed this positive message today. Thanks guys you rock

[@LL-lh7om]

Beautiful message Awesome interview

[@ElizabethBremer]

RuPaul, this is for you and Stephen…one for each of you because you bring such light into the world 🤗🤗 and happiness to my heart. 💞

[@Myamou]

RuPaul is such an amazing and classy person.

[@vajrayoga]

omg flip wilson - I used to LOVE watching that w my dad!

[@xoeyfourr]

this was the first interview with RuPaul where you can hear him genuinely enjoying himself and breaking script! Stephen did such a fab job!

[@-laydeeintrigue-]

Seriously gonna need Stephen raising his had and mouthing SLLLLLLUT as a gif.

[@elizabethantoine9652]

Loved it

[@elopersdmv]

Making this now!!!

[@-laydeeintrigue-]

@@elopersdmv yessssss 😁

[@-laydeeintrigue-]

​@@elopersdmvYes please!

[@-laydeeintrigue-]

@@elopersdmv Let me know where I need to go! 😆

[@amusicment4829]

He’s so fabulous! What a great guest he is ❤

[@kristinaspence8764]

These two are DELIGHTFUL.

[@nicolecopland461]

I think I first saw RuPaul in the 90s and I was floored and his absolute beauty.. it makes me tear up to see how far he's come and what an amazing change that he has made on this world

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

RuPaul is always a great interview to see/hear. He seems like a great person and true friend

[@maryalicecoleman4661]

I absolutely love RuPaul!! I loved his Master Class on confidence.

[@Siansonea]

Loved the shout out to LaWanda Page.

[@NorthOf60Gaming]

Great respect for RuPaul, I have enjoyed him over the years.

[@tystkanin9996]

Why does it always surprise me to realize Ru has eyebrows? They pop up above his glasses once in a while and im like "were those always there?..." lol

[@oucatfive6806]

I LOVE RuPaul!!! Thank you for having him on your show.

[@annahoward7949]

I love you Ru Paul

[@MaidenHelll]

Love that jacket 🔥

[@DNTXPCTMCH]

I love Ru. When I'm a guest on the show, I'm going to ballroom dance with Stephen for my intro 😂❤ Broadway style

[@leifharmsen]

I love the drums when Ru sat down.

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

Amen, Rupaul, amen. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.

[@shiva2731]

Love Geraldine ♥️

[@tytn9978]

Now I understand why I like Ru Paul so much ... we share being introverts in an extrovert career. I used to worry about that, but then I discovered that a majority of my colleagues shared the same experience. Dealing with people the way we did required down-time so that we could be at our best when needed.

[@lunamystica6856]

MY FAVORITE PERSON ON THIS FUCKING EARTH. 😢❤😊

[@elizabethantoine9652]

Y’all are both gorgeous!!!!!

[@katekramer7679]

What a delightful interview. Have Ru on more often!

[@JoshyJosh]

Talk about someone who's literally changed the world, wow!

[@tiffany_greeneyes4901]

These moments make me smile remembering smug lame Geraldo talking about club kids as though anything he was saying was a negative, while just actually being one of RuPaul’s early PR guys. I love RuPaul and his entire universe. Introverted extroverts unite!

[@elizabethantoine9652]

Oh how nice !! You guys made a lovely memory and I hope you keep it always !

[@rodrigonarciso]

Ru Paul is a national treasure

[@peterbathum2775]

thank for sharing your time with us here, you amazing delight. mmm

[@robyoung9968]

He’s been doing the talk show circuit. He’s just so great. We all love him.

[@soul_asmr]

Waitttttt whennnn was Stephen in drag??? I need the footage yesterday!!!

[@karenwillough180]

Google is free.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@karenwillough180 _Google_ ? That's so last season.

[@soul_asmr]

@@karenwillough180 I already tried searching it on KZbin before I wrote the comment and couldn’t find anything. So I assumed it wasn’t filmed or wasn’t licensed to be put on YT. So I asked instead lmao

[@angelawilliams1346]

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[@jenxsj3902]

We love Ru, she is looking amazing (for her age).

[@r.l.edgington6533]

earSSSMMMIIILLLEEEear Bravo! Excellent segment - now, one of my favorite, ever. (I've been watching KZbin 15 years, give or take. This is the fifth or sixth, or so, time I have ever left a comment, whoopty doo! "Feel Special.") 🤘😁🤘 Bravissimo! Please and Thank You. RL 🤘🏻🧠🤘🏽

[@jimjimmyjames59]

I’m seeing a lot of Flip Wilson references lately. He was great and deserves the attention.

[@ChipCain]

Legend.

[@patriciadean1649]

Love RuPaul ❤❤❤

[@San-sue]

Stephen said what 😂 “sllllluuut” 😂

[@tjsuperstar]

I preordered this book. When the email came in that it was out…I ran to read!

[@dramafreakm2]

I just love when someone gets Ru cackling like crazy!!! Also the next makeover challenge being all the late night hosts would be epic!

[@bluestrife28]

Ru making me cry before work. Thanks for all the WORK! You have no idea how many lonely people in small towns you have made feel less alone! I haven’t bought a autobiography in a long time, I’m buying this.

[@TheChach19]

The best. Love it.

[@Luannnelson547]

The sayings thing reminded me of something my grandmother used to say: “I see, said the blind man, and he took up his hammer and saw.”

[@bcb7443]

RuPaul is a treasure to America!!

[@cheyennebrennan966]

I LOVE how much Ru & Stephen love each other! 😊❤❤

[@NellieKAdaba]

Me too

[@Nkdc333]

Great interview. Colbert has come so far as an interviewer.

[@ishotthesheriff5686]

It's always the laugh for me!

[@salyol7]

Looking so forward to reading his book

[@patcummings6950]

I do love me some RuPaul ❤

[@minxiv7]

Mama Ru!!!! ❤❤❤

[@helloxonsfan]

*How could anyone not like aunty Ru...?!* 👍🏽

[@mad_router]

RuPaul is an icon. It's amazing that at 63 he is experiencing so many fruits of his labor. He's really done it all. For anyone 40+, you probably remember seeing RuPaul working the circuit in just about every humanly way possible and it's amazing to see it all come to fruition. And one key signifier that you've really reached it is all the TOXIC BICKERING of the inferiors! Let them eat cake.

[@audbertovelez130]

laugh and dancing are my favs tooooooo.... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@fauxpaws]

Stephen knows his scriptures...Scales falling from our eyes. Wow...Just Wow. Instant rapport with his guest.

[@karenwillough180]

“Blind Tom said, ‘Sight beat the world,’ and we shall see.” Tom, being blind, said that those who have sight are easily deceived. And we have to try to not let ourselves be part of that. We need to try to look past the distractions for the truth

[@CraigMichael001]

Can we be friends?

[@tiffany_greeneyes4901]

This one makes the most sense

[@manfredpinedosoto2426]

I love when Rupaul talk about depression, so fantastic that he's doing so well :)

[@MrDLW2010]

RuPaul and Stephen must be good friends, I can only imagine their dinner parties. 'if I wanna drop by' Stephen please..

[@michelebreensimmons5713]

Joy joy joy! Thank you!😂🎉❤

[@thedarthflagger]

Notice how the check pattern in the front of his jacket matches his sleeves perfectly. Ru has impeccable taste and attention to detail.

[@hannahcrouch22]

This convo is so warm I love them

[@kcunning]

Stephen has an amazingly retentive memory & he often finds the perfect literary reference as in his immediate comprehension of Ru Paul’s mother’s saying when he rattled off the evocative passage from Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, King James translation: “For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am now.” I’m an atheist, but appreciate Colbert’s sense of the sublime through his religion. His conversations with Paul Simon, Anderson Cooper, Keanu Reeves, & Andrew Garfield all dealt profoundly with issues of grief & gratitude.

[@garyrobertson6778]

these two together are the best.

[@joannejohnson7006]

Congratulations everyone! 👏🏆🤗😘💌

[@q2_20]

Honestly watching these two have a kiki and spill the tea has been a gas for me! 🦄

[@momkraft]

Extraordinary!