Per Teen Vogue, pop icon Christina Aguilera appeared on the Season 10 premiere of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Host RuPaul Charles jokingly announced her as Farrah Moan, a Season 9 competitor with whom Aguilera had a sweet interaction backstage (via YouTube). Although “Drag Race” fans immediately got the joke, alongside the rest of the judging panel, over on Facebook, a user responded to a clip of the moment by complaining, “F***ing World we live in today where men dress like that.” Netflix’s account fired back immediately, destroying the homophobic commenter with three simple words: “That’s Christina Aguilera.” And thus, a legendary meme was born.
In true “Drag Race” fashion, Aguilera’s appearance on the show generated a ton of hilarious reactions, with one Twitter user sharing a gif of Season 2’s Tatianna looking unimpressed, to poke fun at participants mistakenly thinking Farrah was about to re-join the competition. Another joked Aguilera could appear in Season 11 and do Farrah as her “Snatch Game” character (which would be iconic, obviously). Although “Drag Race” is 14 seasons strong at the time of writing, with numerous successful spinoffs from all over the world, clearly the show is still indispensable when it comes to battling homophobic stereotypes and spreading awareness of LGBTQ+ issues.
As RuPaul himself told The Guardian, drag “is a social statement and a big f-you to male-dominated culture. So for men to do it, it’s really punk rock, because it’s a real rejection of masculinity.”
