“It was the most challenging thing I’ve ever done” RuPaul on his new show ‘AJ & the Queen’

Michael Patrick King & RuPaul on set

RuPaul & Michael Patrick King have a lot in common. Both grew up as the only boy in a family with three sisters. Both chased dreams of stardom: RuPaul as a performer, King as a writer. And both hit it big.

Michael Patrick King has enjoyed a long career writing for TV series such as Cybill, Murphy Brown and 2 Broke Girls, which he also created. His biggest success came with Sex and the City, writing a full 31 episodes of the series. He parlayed that success into writing and directing the feature film version of the show, and its sequel as well.

RuPaul, is, well, RuPaul. As the world’s most famous drag queen, Ru holds status as a style icon, hit recording artist, and the host/executive producer of RuPaul’s Drag RaceThe reality competition program became an unexpected smash and netted RuPaul six Emmy Awards.

Now the pair embark on a new collaboration: co-creating and co-writing the Netflix comedy series AJ and the Queen. RuPaul also stars as Robert/Ruby, a popular, middle-aged drag queen who has all her money stolen by a scheming boyfriend (Josh Segarra). Dejected, he crosses paths with AJ (Izzy G.), a spunky 10-year-old living on the streets. With the two misfits both hoping for a better life, they embark on a cross-country road tour of drag clubs and learn to love themselves again. Little do they know that a filching assassin named Lady Danger (Tia Carrere) has her eye set on destroying the duo. The series also stars….

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