RuPaul's Drag Race "Season 12" (partially found unreleased Sherry Pie footage of reality competition TV series; 2020)
On March 4th, 2020, 25-year-old actor Ben Shimkus made a post on Facebook detailing his experiences being sexually coerced by Sherry Pie, real name Joey Gugliemelli, a drag queen competing on Season 12 of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2] After Shimkus' post multiple other victims came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Gugliemelli.[3] On March 6th, 2020, Gugliemelli admitted to sexual misconduct in a Facebook post made to the official Sherry Pie account:
"This is Joey. I want to start by saying how sorry I am that I caused such trauma and pain and how horribly embarrassed and disgusted I am with myself,” he wrote, stating that his actions were due to mental health issues. I know that the pain and hurt that I have caused will never go away and I know that what I did was wrong and truly cruel. Until being on RuPaul’s Drag Race, I never really understood how much my mental health and taking care of things meant,” he added, saying he was getting mental health treatment. I learned on that show how important ‘loving yourself’ is and I don’t think I have ever loved myself. I have been seeking help and receiving treatment since coming back to NYC. I truly apologize to everyone I have hurt with my actions."[4]
On the same day VH1 released a statement announcing that Sherry Pie had been disqualified and would not be appearing at the season finale scheduled to be filmed in spring 2020.[5][6] VH1 also announced that the rest of Season 12 would air as planned out of respect for the work of the other competing queens.
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Despite VH1 claiming that they would air Season 12 as planned, footage of Sherry Pie has been removed from the episodes following her disqualification; her confessionals, her Frozen runway and the #TeamSherry segment at the end of episode 12 did not air, and have yet to be released or shown to the public in any official capacity.
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- ↑ Vox article on Sherry Pie's disqualification. Retrieved 17 May '20
- ↑ Ben Shimkus' Facebook post on being sexually coerced by Sherry Pie. Retrieved 11 Apr '22
- ↑ Buzzfeed News article on Sherry Pie apologizing after the catfishing incident. Retrieved 17 May '20
- ↑ Sherry Pie's Facebook post admitting to the sexual misconduct. Retrieved 17 May '20
- ↑ RuPaul's Drag Race's official tweet announcing Sherry Pie's disqualification. Retrieved 17 May '20
- ↑ NBC article on Sherry Pie's disqualification. Retrieved 11 Apr '22