Drag Race star Michelle Visage addresses RuPaul retirement rumours
Michelle Visage has weighed in on the future of Drag Race icon RuPaul.
Michelle Visage has insisted RuPaul "ain't going anywhere" after retirement rumours.
The Drag Race icon, who created the longrunning drag queen competition series, has faced speculation she could be stepping down as host after 18 seasons, but judge Michelle has dismissed the idea.
She told E! News: "There's absolutely no end to RuPaul at all.
"She ain't going anywhere, honey, and neither am I. So we can stop that rumour right now. Trust Mother."
The Seduction singer has also played down the idea of the Drag Race ever being able to replace RuPaul.
She added: "I don't think Ru will ever retire. She actually comes to life and loves doing what we do.
"This is the house that Ru built, and nobody, with all due respect to our hosts, including myself, around the world — nobody does it quite like Mama Ru."
The duo have become a fixture on the iconic franchise, which has spawned international versions around the world, and the 57-year-old star has explained that she keeps coming back because of their "deep, profound love for one another".
She said: "Ru and I have done nothing but grow together, with every inception of who we were.
"Do we have different views? Some, but for the most part, we are just so in love with who we are individually that if Ru wants to eat beef and I don't, that's fine."
RuPaul has been rubbishing the idea of retirement for years, and there are no plans to ever slow down.
Back in 2019, the drag icon told Entertainment Tonight: "I love being creative, whether I am making money or not. I love being creative.
"As long as there is a piece of paper and some tape, I can be creative and create something. That is what I am all about. I'm going to keep doing that."
Meanwhile, last year - just before filming got underway began for the current 18th season of Drag Race - World of Wonder creator Fenton Bailey weighed in on the future of the franchise.
Bailey, whose production company is behind Drag Race, played down the idea that the LGBTQ+ show could stall under Donald Trump's regime.
He told The Playlist at the time: "It’s not as if the audience suddenly wants to watch something else.
“The rhetoric may be one thing, and there may be all these sorts of pulling back of initiatives, but to me, I firmly believe that more than ever, people want Drag Race, they want drag… steps forward, steps back.
"But overall, it does keep moving forward, the overall trajectory.”
