2018 Emmy Awards: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” wins Reality-Competition prize for the first time

ConDRAGulations to RuPaul’s Drag Race which, for the first time, won the Emmy for outstanding reality-competition program.

“Thank you so much. This is so lovely,” RuPaul said as he accepted the award. “Thank you to the Academy. This is so lovely. We are so happy to present this show.”

The host mentioned “the 140 drag queens we have released into the wild” before ending his speech on an empowering note to “all of the dreamers out there.” He said: “Listen, if you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an amen up in here? Now let the music play!”