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The Untold Truth Of RuPaul
ByAndy Scott
He's arguably the world's most famous drag queen, but how well do you really know RuPaul Andre Charles, better known simply as RuPaul?
From a tense childhood, to partying in the '80s and finding fame in the '90s, RuPaul has lived a life most people will never experience. Here are some of his most pivotal moments.
His childhood was 'tumultuous'
In various interviews over the years, RuPaul has opened up about the many struggles he faced growing up in a "tumultuous" family home.
"[They were] crazy hillbilly people," RuPaul told BuzzFeed in "It was a war zone."
In , Rolling Stone reported that RuPaul's mother would often try to get her philandering husband's attention in extreme ways—like, you know, by "dousing his car in gasoline and taunting him with a book of matches." RuPaul said his mother "was a bad b**ch," who split from his father when he was just a kid.
"Everyone in the neighborhood called her