RuPaul: Born Naked | Queen of Manhattan | 173
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
RuPaul soon finds that being a starving artist is anything but glamorous. He uses drugs and alcohol to cope with the constant rejection. Things are looking dark – until he discovers a solution in the form of drag.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of even the rich before anyone else. |
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| 0:08.0 | This episode contains strong language, adult situations, and discussions of suicide that some listeners may find distressing. |
| 0:15.0 | Please be advised. |
| 0:17.0 | It's 1988 and Ru Paul is walking down the aisle of a small town beauty supply store. |
| 0:30.0 | He glides past rows of lipsticks and eyeshadows in a rainbow of vibrant shades. |
| 0:36.5 | Down the plush pink carpet past gleaming curling irons and jade-handled brushes. |
| 0:42.3 | The place is a glittery temple to beauty and it feels almost |
| 0:46.2 | sacred. In the middle of the store stands a man dressed in soup pants and an impeccably |
| 0:51.9 | tailored shirt with French cuffs. |
| 0:54.6 | Roo recognizes him, though he's changed a bit over the last seven years. |
| 0:59.2 | Silver has crept into his black hair and his face has more lines than it used to. |
| 1:04.8 | But he would recognize those eyes anywhere. |
| 1:08.1 | The man holds out his arms, and Rue comes in for a hug. |
| 1:12.2 | Then he whispers into Roo's ear, |
| 1:14.0 | I'm so sorry, son. |
| 1:17.0 | These are the words Roo's been waiting to hear for over 20 years. |
| 1:22.0 | And Roo says, that's OK, Dad, I forgive you. |
| 1:25.6 | Suddenly, Ru is jolted back to reality. |
| 1:32.0 | The car he's riding in hits a speed bump. |
| 1:34.8 | The beauty store vanishes, |
| 1:36.6 | and he's back in the passenger seat of his sister's car. |
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