“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has taken the almost unprecedented step of disqualifying one of the contestants who is set to appear this season.
Sherry Pie, whose birth name is Joey Gugliemelli, has been kicked off the show after admitting to catfishing allegations made by several young actors.
In one Facebook post by Ben Shimkus, Gugliemelli is accused of having posed under the pseudonym of Allison Mossey and asked Shimkus to “film scenes that felt particularly sexual” for an audition.
Later, having sent the tape to Mossey, Shimkus never heard from her again. “In light of recent developments and Sherry Pie’s statement, Sherry Pie has been disqualified from RuPaul’s Drag Race,” confirmed a statement from VH1 and the show’s producer World of Wonder.
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