'RuPaul's Drag Race' Producer Talks Cardi B Being 'One of Our Best Judges Ever'
Cardi B is set to appear on the season 18 of RuPaul’s Drag Race!
The 33-year-old rapper will serve as the season’s first celebrity guest judge on this week’s (January 2) season premiere episode.
Ahead of the season’s debut tonight, executive producer Tom Campbell gushed over having Cardi as a guest judge.
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“I want to say she was one of our best judges ever. I don’t want to pay any disrespect to the other tremendous judges we’ve had, but Cardi B and Drag Race were a match made in heaven,” he told The Wrap. “We shoot on these exact days. Is Cardi B, the busiest woman in the world, available? She was. Her team was incredible. What she wore was incredible. What she had to say. I’ve always liked her music and I think she’s fun, but spending that time with her up close and seeing not only how hard she works, but how effortless her personality and her joy is was really exciting to be around. She was the perfect, perfect premiere guest.”
Returning to the judges panel include Michelle Visage, with Ross Matthews, Carson Kressley, Law Roach and TS Madison rotating.
Other guest judges include the returning Jamal Sims, as well as Teyana Taylor, Benny Blanco, Dove Cameron, Brooke Shields, Iman, Annaleigh Ashford, Zara Larsson, Atsuko Okatsuka, Danielle Pinnock, Amyl, Sarah Sherman and Julianne Nicholson.
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 18 premieres TONIGHT (January 2) at 8pm ET/PT on MTV and streaming on Paramount+.