Hey, everybody, it's Kai Rizdahl.

Thanks for listening to this episode of the Corner Office podcast.

You know, there aren't too many people that you can point to and say this person created an entire industry. But then there is

RuPaul, host of the hit reality competition, RuPaul's drag race. Rue turned being a drag queen

into a media empire. He's got a bunch of recent projects beyond just drag race, including a new book

called Guru, also a new Netflix comedy called AJ and the Queen. Anyway, I met up with him early one morning a week or two ago while he was busy producing the latter. We met for coffee at the Marty restaurant out in West Hollywood, not too far from his office. So please excuse the coffee slurping sound you're going to hear. What are you taking your coffee? I'll have it black. Actually, black with cream. I'll have some cream.

I'm surprised that you came by yourself. You have no entourage. I'm not that bitch. No. You know, I work with a lot of people. I'm working with some people now. They come with 20 people. Yeah. You know, I get things done. I want to get the job done, get in, out, and be on my way.

Amen. You know, I get things done. I want to get the job done, get in, out, and be on my way.

Amen.

And I was never that, the entourage person, never.

I have a few people who work with me, but that's it.

That is delicious.

Is it good?

I usually get up at four. This morning, it was, I woke up at, I think, probably 1.40. I tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't. So are you an early-to-bed-bed guy? Yeah, I was in bed by nine. So I got maybe four hours. Is that? I'm not good with math. Is that four hours? Yeah. Is that a chronic thing?

Have you always done that? Always have, yeah. Well, when I was in the club world in New York,

I would go to bed at six in the morning and probably wake up at noon, one o'clock. This is probably

an inelegant way to start this, but since we're on the topic of the passage of time, as it were, you're no spring chicken anymore.

So how do you keep going at the pace you keep going?

I like colors and beauty and love and music and art.

I like things that are pretty, and the beautiful things keep me going.

All through the long day. All through the long day all through the long day

yeah and i love solving problems at work creative problems you know then i think how are we going to do this

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