One Of "RuPaul's Drag Race's" New Cast Members Is A Cisgender, Heterosexual Male, And A Lot Of Fans Are Displeased

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The cast for the 14th season of RuPaul's Drag Race has been announced, and for the first time, a cisgender, heterosexual queen will be competing.

The cast of the 14th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race"
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Maddy Morphosis is from Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is a self-described cisgender, straight male who has been doing drag since 2017.

Maddy in a promotional photo wearing a striped and ruffled open dress with a bodysuit and a painted bald head

Maddy said, "While I am straight, I don't consider myself a straight drag queen. I'm just a drag queen who happens to be straight."

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Maddy stated, "I think my being on the show can tap into a lot of the guys watching at home — like, cisgender, straight guys — and really just, like, projecting to them that, like, gender is completely arbitrary. Just be yourself."

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Obviously, with this being the first cisgender, heterosexual queen on the US Drag Race, fans had a LOT of opinions and many weren't in favor of it:

Many others defended the casting:

And of course, people had quite a few jokes lololol:

The new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race premieres on Friday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. ET on VH1.

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