RuPaul’s Drag Race has left one of its season 12 contestants in the dust over a major controversy! Contestant Sherry Pie (real name Joey Gugliemelli) has been axed from the reality competition series after facing multiple catfishing claims that Joey eventually admitted to and apologized for in a statement.
According to BuzzFeed News, at least five aspiring young actors say Gugliemelli catfished them over several years over email, pretending to be a casting director who coerced them into submitting audition tapes of themselves doing degrading and embarrassing things.
The drag performer is accused of deceiving his former classmates at SUNY Cortland in New York, as well as actors he worked with in a Nebraska theater company.
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