Ru-Paul urges people to 'listen to a drag queen' as he uses his Emmy acceptance speech to defend performers reading in libraries

Ru Paul urged people to ‘listen to a drag queen’ as he used his Emmy acceptance speech to defend performers reading in libraries.

The Drag Race host, 63, won the Emmy for Outstanding Competition Program at Monday’s ceremony – which was held at the Peacock Theater, Los Angeles.

It is the sixth time Ru Paul’s Drag Race has won the accolade since 2018, and Ru used his speech to call out backlash towards drag story-time.

The drag supermodel declared: ‘Listen, if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her because knowledge is power and if someone wants to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you.

‘So listen to a drag queen, we love you, thank you.’

Ru Paul urged people to ‘listen to a drag queen’ as he used his Emmy acceptance speech to defend performers reading in libraries on Monday

The drag supermodel declared: ‘Listen, if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her because knowledge is power and if someone wants to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you’

Ru was joined at the awards by co-judges Michelle Visage, Ross Matthews and Carson Kressley, as well as a number of the show’s stars – including season two’s Raven, and Season 15’s Luxx Noir London, Salina EsTitties, and reigning queen Sasha Colby.

‘We are so honoured to have this award,’ Ru said. ‘Listen, you guys are just pure lovely for honouring our show and recognising all these queens.

‘We have released into the wild, hundreds of drag queens and they’re beautiful.’

He was presented the award by The Hangover’s Ken Jeong and Community’s Joel McHale.

Ru also won Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys – taking his total Emmy wins to date to 16.

In 2021, Ru celebrated becoming the most Emmy-awarded black person in history with his 11th win for the reality show.

At the time he said: ‘Wow, thank you so much to the Academy and all of you gorgeous people here tonight. All of the people at World of Wonder and Viacom-CBS who have been so wonderful, but really thanks to all of our lovely children on our show from around the world.

‘They are so gracious to tell their stories of courage and how to navigate this difficult life, even more difficult today.

‘This is for you and for you kids out there watching. You have a tribe that is waiting for you, we are waiting for you, baby. Come on to Mama Ru!’

Ru was joined at the awards by co-judges Michelle Visage , Ross Matthews and Carson Kressley

A number of the show’s stars – including season two’s Raven, and Season 15’s Luxx Noir London, Salina EsTitties, and reigning queen Sasha Colby – were also at the awards

Ru Paul was presented the award by The Hangover’s Ken Jeong and Community’s Joel McHale

Ru also won Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys – taking his total Emmy wins to date to 16

In 2021, Ru celebrated becoming the most Emmy-awarded black person with his 11th win for the reality show

Succession and restaurant dramedy The Bear dominated Monday’s 75th Emmy Awards, earning six trophies each as Hollywood handed out its top accolades for television at a star-studded ceremony which featured a star-studded red carpet.

The widely-acclaimed HBO series about the Roy family’s high-stakes battle for control of a global business empire, won the prestigious Best Drama prize for its fourth and final season.

The Bear was named best comedy at a ceremony that was delayed by four months because of last year’s labour turmoil in Hollywood. Road rage drama Beef, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, claimed Best Limited Series.

Succession was named Best Drama Series for a third time while Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen won acting trophies for their roles as part of the wealthy but miserable Roy family.

The on-screen siblings Sarah and Kieran led the highly-popular series to a massive night as the 36-year-old Aussie actress and 41-year-old American actor were crowned in the Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series categories, respectively, before the series as a whole earned top honour Best Drama Series in its final season.

Sarah faced heavy-competition including: ‘Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters, Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets, Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale, Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us, and Keri Russell – The Diplomat.

Meanwhile Kieran beat out some of his castmates including Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong in addition to: Jeff Bridges – The Old Man, Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul, and Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us.

Succession siblings Sarah Snook (left) and Kieran Culkin led Succession to a massive night at the 75th Emmy Awards on Monday

Jeremy Allen White took home Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White

Castmates Ayo Edebiri (left) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (right) earned Supporting Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively

Earlier in the night, Matthew earned the first Emmy win for Succession at the event as he earned Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

He beat out a talented feed including: F Murray Abraham – The White Lotus, Nicholas Braun – Succession, Michael Imperioli – The White Lotus, Theo James – The White Lotus, Alan Ruck – Succession, Will Sharpe, The White Lotus, and Alexander Skarsgård, Succession.

Meanwhile, The Bear enjoyed a similar night to Succession as the FX series mauled the competition including the Best Comedy Series prize.

Jeremy Allen White took home Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White while castmates Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach earned Supporting Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively.

The 32-year-old actor cooked the competition which included: Bill Hader – Barry, Jason Segel – Shrinking, Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building, and Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso.