RuPaul Drag Race winner Yvie Oddly has hit back at a state representative who campaigned to get a university president fired over a drag show in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma state representative Justin Humphrey launched a bid to have University of Oklahoma president Joseph Harroz Jr fired after Oddly headlined the University of Oklahoma’s annual drag show.
Oddly, who won season 11 of Drag Race and went on to compete in the all-winners season, took issue with Humphrey after the Republic lawmaker demanded that Harroz be “instantly terminated” from his role.
Speaking to Fox25 Humphrey said: “I’m gonna call on other legislators, I’m calling on the governor. Let’s fire him today.
“I openly oppose it and feel it is perverse. The school seems to have lost their moral compass and they’re pushing a woke and perverted agenda.”
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The Pink News says that Humprey’s biggest issue with Oddly was the reported $18,000 fee she received for appearing.
However, Oddly reckons that Humphrey has other issues on his mind than money, and has taken to Twitter to fire back a response.
Oddly claims that Humphrey was furious that she was paid more than the university’s football coach, and that “he and his lil friends are upset I got paid at all because to them I’m a ‘pervert’”.
“It’s ludicrous that any lawmaker would be this deeply concerned with how student groups choose to spend their budgets,” Oddly said as she pointed out that the show was paid for by student activity fees rather than state tuition funds.
“I’m an openly queer celebrity, meaning I’ve never been paid as much as my straight counterparts,” she added.
“Because I’m a drag queen. Because my very existence is just a hot-button issue right now.
“Because there are people who are truly scared of how I dress, who I love, and what bathrooms I use.
“But mostly because politicians see that social fear as an easy way to rile up their constituents and win another term. They’d rather control people they don’t understand instead of focusing on the difficult, life-threatening issues they’ve been unable to fix.”
Oddly told her followers that Oaklahomo is currently ranked in the lower half of the 50 US states when it comes to education, healthcare, crime, the economy and more.
“How much of his taxpayers’ money does he make per day to ignore their actual issues?” she asked. “At least I actually do the job I’m paid for.”
