“My assistant James Merry, who’s become my collaborator now, introduced me to it back in 2009 when we were in Costa Rica. I would watch it occasionally with him, then.ecently I was looking for something to watch with my daughter, and over the last few months we we watched all eight series. It’s uplifting how [RuPaul] builds up the queens, he gives them tough love and they blossom throughout the series. It’s really life-affirming. But on top of everything else it’s obviously hilarious. I know all the queens now by name; we quote it left, right and centre.”