Mendacity ex-Rep. George Santos donned a protracted wing, crimson lipstick, faux lashes and a feather boa as he introduced again “Kitara Ravache,” his former drag persona that he previously denied existed, in a video posted on-line.
The disgraced Lengthy Island GOP congressman revived his drag queen previous for the primary time Tuesday in an look on Cameo — an app by which customers pay for private video messages from celebrities and different well-known faces — which Santos claims to be making six figures by.
“It’s your favourite, Kitara. After 18 years within the closet, George Santos pulled me again out — no matter,” the 35-year-old stated within the clip shared by Cameo on Instagram.
Santos, who was expelled from the House of Representatives on Dec. 1., announced on Monday that he was bringing again his trashed alter ego for a “restricted time.”
He added that he could be donating 20% of the proceeds to the Tunnel to Towers Basis and the Worldwide Fellowship of Christians and Jews — although the Republican famously doesn’t have a great record on the subject of utilizing donations for the supposed goal or recipients.
Santos faces a 23-count federal indictment accusing him of ripping off marketing campaign donors and laundering their money for private use, although he has pleaded not responsible to all counts.
“Kitara” wore a crimson feather boa and spoke to the digital camera with a contact of a Lengthy Island accent.
“I hear you’re a bunch of little freaks on the market and you’re keen on to bounce all night time lengthy prefer it’s no one’s enterprise,” the drag queen stated to the Cameo recipients. “You realize what? You gotta elevate it, gotta make it extra risque, you gotta make it extra enjoyable. The place’s the zhush?”
Santos then advised they struggle on drag as nicely.
“I’ve an recommendation for you. How about put some wigs on? Get some boas and go have actual enjoyable. Let’s see who whips your hair quicker — you realize aspect to aspect — no matter however y’all gotta cease being boring,” he stated.
Kitara’s existence was first revealed in January 2023 by journalist Marisa Kabas on her Substack web site, the Handbasket.
Eula Rochard, a Brazilian drag queen and former pal of Santos, instructed Kabas she met the long run Republican politician “when he was round 16 or 17 years outdated,” including: “He used to hang around in my home whereas his mother was enjoying Bingo.”
Rochard additionally stated that Santos, who glided by the title Anthony Devolder in these days, was solely an novice within the native drag scene — and maybe wanted to take his future self’s recommendation to zhush it up.
“He didn’t have what it takes to be knowledgeable,” she reportedly stated. “George didn’t have the glamour for that.”
When the information broke, Santos — who’s overtly homosexual — staunchly and repeatedly denied that he had ever achieved drag.
“The latest obsession from the media claiming that I’m a drag Queen or ‘carried out’ as a drag Queen is categorically false,” he stated on the time.
“The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life whereas I’m working to ship outcomes. I can’t be distracted nor fazed by this.”
The denial added to the Republican’s twisted and ever-changing backstory that turned out to be stuffed with lies — which finally got here to a climax with him being tossed from Congress.
All of the sudden out of a job, the scandal-clad Santos turned to Cameo to make fast money and have become a minor sensation on the app, reportedly raking in $500 per video message — and even being enlisted by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to troll another indicted lawmaker, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).
Tunnels to Towers, which helps the households of fallen service members and first responders, stated they didn’t learn about Santos’ donations plans till they noticed they have been tagged in his publish to X.
“Now we have not engaged in any conversations with Rep. Santos or his crew. The Basis didn’t learn about his deliberate donation earlier than his publish on X,” a rep for Tunnels to Towers, which offers properties to households of fallen service members and first responders, instructed The Submit.
The Worldwide Fellowship of Christians and Jews didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
