When questioned by reporters, Rep. George Santos said he never performed as a drag queen but then implied he had dressed in drag, saying, “I was young and I had fun at a festival.”
Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos said claims that he had performed as a drag queen are “categorically false.” His denial comes shortly after a Brazilian drag performer shared on social media an image of herself and another person in drag, whom she identified as the newly sworn-in congressman from New York.
“No, I was not a drag queen in Brazil, guys. I was young and I had fun at a festival. Sue me for having a life,” Santos told reporters as he walked through New York's LaGuardia Airport. His remarks were recorded and then shared online by multiple outlets. NBC News has not independently verified the images posted on Rochard’s social media accounts, which she said originally appeared in a Brazilian newspaper in 2008. As of Thursday afternoon, the images had been widely circulated on social media and news websites.captured on videoFragah said he was very confident Santos was the person he interviewed and was the same person in the photos Rochard shared. However, the journalist noted that the interview was done a long time ago.
Rochard, who described herself as the “RuPaul” of Brazil, said she knew Santos when he was “coming up” in the drag world and said she was a mentor to him. She described him as having an “outgrown sense of grandeur” and added that “he lied all the time.”
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