(Hollywood Reporter) Jeff Goldblum has come under fire on social media for asking if Islam was “anti-homosexuality” and “anti-woman” during Friday night’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The comments came after the seven remaining queens on the show, now in its 12th season, walked a patriotic runway tailored to this week’s “Stars & Stripes” theme. Those contestants included Jackie Cox (whose non-drag name is Darius Rose), who donned a red-striped caftan with a midnight blue hijab outlined with 50 silver stars.
“You can be Middle Eastern, you can be Muslim and you can still be American,” Cox, who is Iranian Canadian, said in a voiceover.
Goldblum, who served as a guest judge on the show, asked Cox after she had walked the runway, “Are you religious, may I ask?”
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