America’s favorite drag queen—er, Queen of Drag—RuPaul Charlesis nothing if not a wry observer of life and the human experience. TheRuPaul’s Drag Racehost has spentthe show’s 17-season runreading contestants like a book and doling out necessary advice to struggling or over-confident queens, oftentimes spot-on in his counsel. So it makes sense that,of all people, RuPaul would be the one contestantto traipse ontoCelebrity Family Feud, improvise a question, and land the top answergiven by the show’s hundred-person survey team, all in a matter of seconds. Survey says: RuPaul just might be psychic.
Family FeudhostSteve Harveyis certainlyno stranger to contestants landing top answersto the show’s survey questions,or even answers that are dead wrong, but it’s unlikely he expected a spot-on answer from a contestant that hadn’t heard the entire question. But hey,at least RuPaul also knew what game show he was appearing on. This particular episode ofCelebrity Family Feudsees the cast ofThe Bold Typeface off againstthe Emmy-winningRuPaul’s Drag Racecast. The two teams both fared well, with TeamThe Bold Typeeventually clinching the victory, but TeamDrag Racecertainly won points for style.
‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Didn’t See RuPaul Coming
The first round begins, andHarvey starts to pose the first survey question to RuPaul andThe Bold Type’sKatie Stevens: “Name a way a woman can flirt with a man without—” but RuPaul hits the buzzer early, before Harvey can finish the latter half of the question.Ever the reality TV show host, and no stranger to improvising on the fly, RuPaul sheepishly acknowledges that he buzzed in too early, andcontroversially guesses the latter half of Harvey’s question: “Name a way a woman can flirt with a man without him thinking that she’s a whore.” We may be setting women back a decade or so with that one, but sure. Harvey shakes his head in network TV horror, and RuPaul locks in his answer: “By batting her eyelashes.” Before it’s revealed if the answer is on the board, Harvey collects himself and issues an ultimatum: “This is not how you play the game!“Be that as it may, “Wink” is the top answer.Close now counts in horseshoes andFamily Feud.
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I don’t think “Snow” comes in a summer storm.
After this most auspicious turn of events, Harvey brings the survey question to the rest of RuPaul’s team, and if Harvey thought he had his hands full with RuPaul,he was not ready for the charisma-bomb that is the extendedDrag Racefamily. Made up ofDrag RacejudgesMichelle VisageandCarson Kressley(also of the originalQueer Eyefame), and former contestantsLatrice RoyaleandRaven, Harvey is left speechless more than once by the team. Michelle lands the second-highest ranked answer on the board with “smile”, but not before turning on the charm and wooing Harvey (is that against the rules?), who continues bantering and spluttering his way down the line as the TeamDrag Racecontestants land one more answer. Harvey and RuPaul’s sizzling chemistry is palpable, and the laughs come loud and easy, making thisCelebrity Family Feudepisode unmissable.
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