From small businesses to local restaurants, the COVID-19 outbreak impacted everyone. However, none more so than those in the entertainment industry. Because of this, RuPaul's Drag Race will air a new a behind-the-scenes documentary special about filming during the coronavirus pandemic.
"In the face of a global pandemic that shut down film and television production around the world, the resilience and ingenuity of this season’s queens made herstory as one of the very first productions to be shot in the age of COVID-19," the network shared in a press release announcing the doc on Wednesday.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Corona Can't Keep a Good Queen Down, will explore the ongoing season 13 of the competition. With never-before-seen footage and casting reels, audiences are sure to be awe. Consequently, interviews with this seasons cast — including Kandy Muse, Utica Queen, Symone, and Tamisha Iman, all of whom are featured in the new trailer will be featured.
"I've been tested, my hands are washed, I've been quarantined," Muse says in the preview. Meanwhile, Utica adds, "They were doing everything in their power to make sure COVID didn't rain on this parade."
When to watch?
RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 continues this Friday on VH1, followed by the pandemic special, RuPaul's Drag Race: Corona Can't Keep a Good Queen Down on Friday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. ET, in place of a new episode of season 13. However, the regular competition resumes with the fan-favoriteSnatch Game challenge on Friday, March 5.