GM: I think it was season 4 where it
took off.
MV: I agree, season 4 was the one that
turned it.
GM: It must be amazing to be part of
it?
MV: It’s not only amazing to be part of it,
but to see what my best friend has done
and to work with him and to be part of his
vision and dream. He’s amazing.
GM: Did it bother you the outcry over
the ‘You’ve Got She-mail’ and having
to take it out?
MV: This Country looks at things very
differently than our Country. In our
Country a few people like to be very vocal.
This Country they realise the words are
never meant to hurt and they get it. We
changed it because we of all people,
especially Ru, would never want to be
considered offensive.
GM: The whole show isn’t meant to
hurt anybody.
MV: Are you kidding me? That show is
nothing but love. So it bothered me
because I didn’t think it was necessary,
because you knew it wasn’t coming from a
place of hate. It was having fun with
gender identity and f**king around and
being poky poky and tongue in cheek. The
whole show is irreverent. Drag is
irreverent. If a drag queen can’t take a
fucking joke then you’re in the wrong
industry bitch.
GM: So how did you feel about Free
Pride Glasgow, the alternative to
Glasgow Pride, who banned drag
queens?
MV: Are you kidding me? I was real vocal
about it, it was disgusting. People come to
see the drag.
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GM: They banned drag queens
because some in the trans
community might be offended by
them.
MV: Let me tell you something. I have a
gazillion trans friends. M to F, F to M and
back again some of them. None of them are
offended by drag. Some of them still work
as drag entertainers.
GM: I don’t understand how you can
be offended by drag?
MV: It’s a few squeaky wheels that want to
be oiled.
GM: I need to ask about ‘TrannyGate’.
MV: Oh, god. It’s the same thing, we’ve
talked about it on the podcast. For me, I’m
not a gay man, I’m not a trans woman, but
I can tell you growing up with many trans
women to this day the trans girls will still
call me that ‘T’ word. Growing up the