CARMEN CARRERA: Drag Race DRAMA, Public FEUDS, and Becoming a HOUSEWIFE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
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In this episode of Our Queer Life, I sit down with the iconic Carmen Carrera, a trailblazing transgender model, actress, and advocate who has inspired countless people around the world. Together, we dive into her incredible journey from her days on RuPaul's Drag Race to becoming a fierce advocate for trans rights and visibility. Carmen opens up about breaking barriers in the fashion industry, the challenges she's faced as a trans woman of color, and her vision for a more inclusive future. This heartfelt conversation is packed with moments of inspiration, resilience, and the powerful reminder that authenticity is the key to true success.
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You need to interview me matt guri
Great interview Matt, well done. You have a great way of asking open ended questions, giving your interview subject the opportunity to really talk. Your demeanor and cheerful attitude makes for a comfortable discussion rather than a boring predictable or confrontational 'gotcha' type of interview.
It's been great seeing your confidence grow alongside your views and channel subscriptions. Take care from Australia. 🌈🇦🇺💙
When Carmen was on drag race I had the biggest crush on her before she transitioned. Now she's a gorgeous woman.❤
Are you still attracted to her?
Still a man
Thissss
Transwoman
ME TOO 🥰
I am deeply inspired by the work and dedication of Carmen Carrera in championing trans rights and visibility. As an Asian trans woman, her efforts resonate profoundly with me, reminding us all of the strength, resilience, and beauty of our community. Her advocacy has not only uplifted trans voices but also shed light on the unique challenges faced by trans individuals across different cultures.
Let us continue to support and amplify the work of activists like Carmen, ensuring that every step forward leads us closer to a world where trans people are celebrated, respected, and empowered. Together, we can create a future where all trans lives thrive with dignity and pride.
Carmen is one of the most real people Matt has interviewed. She's has such a chill vibe. Absolutely wonderful interview.
I remember that interview with Katie. Carmen handled it as best she could while being put on the spot but Laverne Cox came out to be interviewed soon after, joining Carmen, and Laverne really was more eloquent and knowledgeable with her words and really helped Carmen and supported her. It was wonderful to see ❤
She did what they say MEN DO . Katie is out of line . That’s inappropriate just because she is a female . Still not cool to ask.
Another amazing interview. I remember Carmen Carrera when she was Chris. I live in New Jersey. She was a handsome man as she is a beautiful women. I use to see her in drag shows in the different clubs in New Jersey and New York. Her performances were always epic. Her hair, makeup, costumes were always well made and quality. She had a big following. Carmen was always friendly and respectful to her audience (fans). We all loved her becoming a contestant on drag race. I was surprised when Carmen said she was transitioning to a woman. This because she as a man was extremely handsome and had a butch/glam to his dress and attitude which was very appealing. She lived in Perth Amboy, New Jersey at the time. She was very popular in the community at the time. Glad to see her evolution on this interview. Excellent work.
same here! I'm from southern Connecticut and was always in NYC. She was so iconic back in those days and so cool to see her growth over the years.
Best episode yet. What a full circle story. Imagine being able to donate that amount of money to a charity profiting the same disease your father or loved one died from. That’s truly meant to be and a sign you’re on the exact path you’re supposed to be on. Truly inspiring. All your episodes are amazing btw.
Carmen didn't donate the money. A person at the auction paid that money.
Carmen was the first one making a conversation about being trans in the media!! I remember back in 2014 she was always out and proud about it!! She was and is a pioneer!! even now, she’s still making a conversation about what it’s like being trans. love her
The first? Please Google Christine Jorgensen.
this beautiful interview changed everything for me omg.. Matt Cullen, Carmen Carrera-ICONS! thank you~
As a gay male, I feel so proud to have someone like Carmen, in our community.
22 years ago, I worked in the same building as a Trans woman who out did herself every day in high fashion. We worked in a somewhat dreary building in Midtown Manhattan, but she was always dressed to the 9's from the heels to the 36 inch wigs, if they were wigs who knows. The fur coats in the winter and the shorter dresses in summer was a sight for eyes. She never got an odd stare mainly because she passed so well, but if you knew, you knew. It made me feel special that even though I didn't know what floor she worked on, she worked in my building and that was cool.
Outdid herself everyday, wow no periods or female biology to deal with. Yes so easy to cosplay a woman.
I adore this woman… she’s touched my life so much even as a cis woman. I reached out to Carmen on Twitter years and years ago and she touched my heart at an extremely hard time! I will always, always remember your kindness, carmen thanks! And wow just thanks xxxx
And this was during the highs and lows she had…. Her personal response will never ever be forgotten! Honest this had me in Tears of happiness and joy! ❤
You're lost.
The idea that being a woman is a feeling and not a biological reality is a fundamental denial of what it means to be a woman and of the struggles we have fought for centuries against patriarchy. Being a woman is not something that can be 'chosen' or a collection of stereotypes like wearing makeup, dresses, or high heels. These ideas are not only deeply misogynistic but also reinforce patriarchal notions that feminists have fought against for generations. Reducing us to a caricature, to a subjective idea, is equivalent to a sexist 'blackface' that erases our real experiences, oppressions, and struggles.
It is incredibly disappointing to see how some sectors of the left, who should be allies in the fight for equality, have embraced this postmodern and reactionary discourse, moving away from the material and structural bases that uphold inequalities. The queer delirium and the trans narrative that defines women as something anyone can 'feel' is not only antifeminist but also threatens fundamental rights we have fought for with effort.
We must remember that progressivism cannot be based on the denial of reality or the erosion of the spaces, rights, and categories of women. Act how you want, dress and paint yourself however you like-I don’t support conservative ideas-but don’t call yourselves women, because you are not. Saying that a man who wears makeup, high heels, and claims to 'feel like a woman' is the same as being a woman perpetuates oppression and strips women of our agency. This is not progress; it is a regression to patriarchal ideas disguised as inclusion. It’s time for the left to get back on track toward materiality and leave behind these narratives that only serve to divert and fragment our struggle for the real liberation.
i’ve always loved carmen as a fellow puerto rican, i’ve run into her at some jlo events & she’s always been SO SWEET. love you down carmen!!!!!!
Carmen is a beautiful woman. She has amazing energy about her.
She really does!!!!
CARMEN!!❤
Thank you for interviewing her!
So proud of both of you!!
Seeing Carmen convey such awareness, growth, and accountability is beautiful! The maturity she has is so wonderful.
Another great interview, Carmen was always a favorite , It is so great to see her being so happy and successful.
Crazy to think that one of the last times I saw Carmen on tv, she was still going through her process and now…just seeing this amazing, confident, well spoken, mature and beautiful woman. Just wow!
This was an amazing interview ✨
Im also very happy for Carmen, mentally she looks like in a very healthy place. I hope the best for her and for my trans sisters 🫶🏼🌈
Watching Carmen back on season 3 & jump to now she really has grown and seems more at peace, internally. Love this interview ❤, it kinda feels like 2 friends catching up w/ one another🤗.
Love ur interview skills, always feels like we're just watching old friends catching up from not seeing each other after a few/several years. It's light & effortless but it's always empowering ❤❤ thank you both of you 💐✨️🍬
Ugh I always deeply love your interviews and videos in general, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO!!!
This interview was so wholesome. Seeing and hearing Carmen's story and how she's doing is amazing. She is such a pioneer for our community. Thank you to you both for all you do ❤
The content has been CONTENTING! Keep up the great work!
Thank you Alex!
This interview was so calming and insightful. Keep it up!❤
Such a good interview omg Matt you are an ICON
Love you Timmy!!!!
One of my favorite interviews of yours!
Wow Matt, what an amazing conversation! I hope you know & realise how important this will be to people’s perception of Carmen. I’ve always loved her, & it’s always great to see people you like grow & mature x
Carmen really stood out on drag race. She was gorgeous as a man and as a woman, she got criticized for doing a lot of simple body-con looks, but I think it was just because everybody was so jealous! And after she announced her gender reassignment and transitioned she just kept getting more and more beautiful. And her beauty also radiates from within! Way to go Carmen!
They treated Courtney the same. They just jelly. ❤
@fraserferguson4269 it's true
You are a wonderful person. I enjoy your interviews. It helps people like me , 70 year old grandma. Have a Happy holidays♥️♥️♥️♥️
Carmen is what all the "gurls" should aspire to be. She is so polished, mature, sincere, educated and professional.
CORRECTION: Katie Couric knew at the time that the question was offensive.
Perhaps others who knew not any better deserve grace, but a professional journalist (even 15 years ago) is not one of them.
I agree. It was rude, aggressive & just plain foul.
Love this interview. I made her more human and approachable than the public persona that is forced to us through social media and you did an amazing job of interviewing her. Thank you for that.
the fact that 2012 is kept referred to "back then"...btw this interview changed my perspective on Carmen. great interview.
She seems to be completely comfortable in her own skin, her authentic self. I hope to find that level of zen at some point.
I’ve always loved Carmen. She’s so beautiful inside and out. Great interview.
Love this interview. One of my favourites of yours Matt, and I've watched them all.
Carmen has grown into an amazing, snart and sensitive lady. Glad she did the show.
I met Carmen when she was doing the local drag shows! We love her. I remember running into her in the bathroom and my friend and I were so star struck. I’m so happy to see her where she is now.
This is a tweaked quote from Carmen that I am going to keep close to my heart for as long as I can,
"People who are going to love me, they’re going to love me. People who are going to vibe with me, they’re going to vibe with me. If I try to force it, it’s fake-what’s the point? I’m not going to spend my whole life keeping up an act."
There is a universal message here that we should all be able to connect with and understand. At the end of the day, we're all just people with a temporary existence, why spend your time not being you! Why spend that time making anyone feel less than.
“the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” ~Gandhi
Matt is so adorable. He seems so engaging. I think its his voice.
She gives me Daisy Fuentes vibes….always has been naturally beautiful ❤ Bella
I’ve always thought so too!
Natural beauty, 😂😂😂.
Her voice is identical to Daisy Fuentes
@@Ladybugseason😂 extensions 😂
Que entrevista más divina ❤ desde principio al final, un gusto escucharlos ❤
Love Carmen! Shes so poised, well spoken and elegant
Wonderful and interview and loved hearing from Carmen. I had no idea we had a few things in common.
I'm from New Jersey as well. My dad also passed away from AIDS when I was 2 years old. It's good to know I'm not alone.
Thank you for sharing and God bless everyone. 🤍
OMG!!! I had no idea that’s where the “I’m feelin Puerto Rican” audio came from!!! I feel like I live under a boulder yet have been following all the kweens for 12+ yrs 😭🤣
I could be wrong but it first originated with TS Madison while she was live. I don’t know if they were referring to the live clip
TS Madison is the voice and originator, and the meme started on TS Madison's social media channels. The meme has nothing to do with Carmen.
It's about getting a new wig and putting it on and feeling that the wig is giving Puerto Rican, and then it morphs to a joke about Jennifer Lopez, a Puerto Rican, playing Selena who was Mexican.
You give the best interview's for queer life and for these queens 👑 so proud of you man!!! And Carmen still a knockout!!! 🎉
CARMEN SOUND AMAZING AND IM GLAD THAT'S SHE REPRESENT NOT ONLY PUERTO RICO, BUT SHE INCLUDE THE TRANSGENDER LATINO VERY PROFESSIONAL AND AUTHENTIC, BRAVO.😊
I have always felt a majorly strong connection to Carmen since I first saw her om drag race. She is authentic, true to herself and underneath all that beauty, a real person who has lived a complex life, made mistakes that she is happy to own up to, but most important is a trail blazer for queer rights and representation. Thank you Matt for a magical interview with one of my favourite drag and trans icons!!!
Great interview - I was mesmerized by Carmen on her season. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, experiences and your personal goals at the end, Matt. That was really nice.
Carmen is always one of my favorites beyond beautiful, caring, loving❤
As soon as I saw this video I stopped what I was doing to watch. So glad Matt will be posting twice a week. Loved the interview. Great content. The people demands more Matt. ❤❤❤
Matt, I never comment normally but this interview is a perfect example of what a great job you do with these and it’s so exciting getting to watch anything new from your channel. Happy Holidays and excited to see what 2025 has for your channel ❤
Congratulations Miss Carmen Carrera 💃🏻 When I first seen you on Drag Race 3, You were a Handsome Young Man and Now your A Beautiful Woman Being all Authentic. I’m so Proud of you 👏🏽 Keep Moving Forward. May God Bless the Path you Walk on💃🏻🌹🥰😘😘😘😘
This was so warm, heartfelt, it was a delight catching up with Carmen and id definitely consume any content she would come up with.
This is why I am a HUGE fan of yours #MattCullen. No matter who you are interviewing, you asked your questions that way that I was taught when I went through journalism school via the US Navy in 1991.
You have even allowed myself to really "listen" to what the person being interviewed has to say and it reminded me of some of the things I went through between the end of 2016 through most of 2017 when I did something called "extreme therapy" and listening to #CarmenCarrera (who I will admit that though she was drop dead gorgeous, because I was an Alexis Mateo & Shangela fan along with my mother - who passed away later in 2011 after Season 3 of RPDR aired - we weren't big fans).
Oh, the similarity to my therapy is what I had to do was go back to all the "big, emotional events in my life" but go back not as myself, but as the people that were there with me for whatever reason and understand why they say and/or did what they did, likewise with me and found out that sometimes, I was the "villain." When you ask for forgiveness for the things you said/did that may have hurt a loved one, friend or even an acquaintance, you may not be granted it. And that when you admit to your mistakes, instead of seeing it as a "character weakness" but it is a "character strength."
Excellent interview and though I have never met her, I want to say I'm sorry for being one of those outspoken "critics" of someone in my own community because when I read (not hear her as in this interview), I read the tweets, interviews not as she was saying it, but how I would say it. I applaud you Carmen, I respect you and I wish you nothing but peace and happiness for the rest of your life and keeping be lit af! xoxo
I love this version of Carmen, she seems far more secure with herself and her life, and the maturity from her experiences is so noticeable. All the best to her and well done for all the personal growth.
A great interview much needed
Matt, you're a sweetheart. Thank you so much for inviting Carmen, she's a very beautiful, insightful and strong woman.
I really enjoyed this interview. I love Carmen so much. She’s always very sweet and genuine.❤️
I have been travelling in Thailand for the past 2 years and the role of trans people is a non issue. Trans people work in all areas here that I have seen in my short time here, banks, customer service, hospitality, hospitals etc. America is so stone age in this area. It really makes this bi woman sad. Keep educating and shouting out the beauty that is the queer community Matt!! I love your channel ❤
She's intelligent, beautiful and very kind. Makes NJ proud.💚❤️💚
Why isn’t this interview longer! I love her I love her very much
Say what you will , Carmen C was the first Trans woman to bring respect on trans women’s image and how people have to interact with us , unlike any of the others !! Ts , included , but her hair was cute af in that interview with Carmen
What? What? You just skipped right over Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, and Isis King on ANTM, etc.
Carmen is not the first. She may be the first you know about, but there are a lot of transwomen, like TS Madison, who paved the way for Carmen.
You may not like TS Madison, but she makes conversations happen, and she is an open book that is ready for any and all questions. Many transwomen like Carmen do not want to discuss some things. Madison is not, and through her comedy, people are realizing the commonality between all people. Madison fights for all trans people.
Kyle Sonique RPDR season 2 reunion Kylie spoke about being trans
@@TanukiOfficialexactly ts is definitely an open book
That was an awesome interview! Carmen is beautiful inside and out!💙👍🏼💙
An interview with someone who isn’t a sex worker, yay!
I met Carmen at an award show in 2011, and she was so friendly and kind - exactly how she is here.
Carmen was a beautiful person during drag race, and her confidence of who she is makes her more beautiful. I saw her as this person before she started transitioning, and seeing her in this light, to see her growth in her activism, and her growth as a human being, is just so beautiful. I'm not sure how many times I can use the word "beautiful" to describe a human being like this, but this word seems correct for her. I loved her on her season of drag race, and I was so curious about her transition when she came out, and to see her growth over the years, again, just beautiful!!
Beautiful interview, Carmen is so nice, I remember when she was on Drag Race, now she looks so open and authentic that she really inspires other human beings
Family is so important ❤. I just lost my dad ....i was angry, because of lost time. And, then? I realized, I was always there early on! And i will keep those memories with me always!❤
Thank you Mattt for that informative and candid interview with Ms Carmen she has really evolved and matured as a woman.❤❤❤❤❤❤
I knew nothing about Carmen and now I do. Great woman and if I say so myself a great interview! Thanks Matt and Carmen of course! 😘
I loved this interview. Of course, with such an expert interviewer, who really is interested in the individuals, why would I be surprised? You put everybody at ease, but this really gave me another view of Carmen where, before my view of them was not positive and that they were adversarial. Great job! Wishing you both the best for the holidays.
Matt, great job as always. Carmen, you do come across as warm, honest, grounded and pretty damn happy. I wish you the best and thanks for sharing yourself with us.
Overall love the mature and grown and also honest mindset Carmen has she's been a trail blazer without having to be messy to prove a point or make a difference.
She carries herself so classy.
I lived in Vienna when the posters were up (still live here :)) and I loved them! It's such a beautiful picture 💗
Thank you for sharing.
You’re on Spotify now! Doing such big things! So happy for you. ❤
Really great episode. One of the few places that actually make me laugh out loud.
Respect💯🔥
Be blessed, Matt, and so are all your guests 💝
I’m going to meet Matt Cullen one day….I just love his content.
I would love that!!! 🙏
I loved Carmen since I was a kid, she's so elegant and calm. ❤
We truly need Carmen more than ever
Oh Matt this was so good. I was more not a fan of carmen... But I like her. She had me at Dog Mom.
I love that you interviewed Carmen ❤ I would love for you to interview her again! Maybe in a more intimate setting :)
Carmen is legendary 💘
Great interview. I never knew about Carmen. I learned something today. Continued success!!!
My favorite woman interviewed by my favorite journalist. Carmen is the epitome of femininity and she's demure and defensive of our people she's sexy and mature and polite, and emotionally intelligent. She carries herself like a feminine, demure, polite graceful woman. She speaks for us so well. She's a trailblazer.
Such an absolute professional and pure grace. We don't deserve you, Carmen. ❤
Such an amazing interview! also thanks for the long video with the full thing!
I think your channel is changing the game! I love your channel so much.
How so?
I love her. She is such a Superstar. ♥️ matt kudos to you such a great journalist 👏🏻
Great episode Matt you did your big one, love love ❤❤ Carmen 💕💕
Matt, you are such a sweetheart. Thank you for doing this great work. 🖤
This interview was incredible ❤️
I remember being like 12 and watching her and being starstruck
Ms. Carmen Carrera is an ICON. She exudes eloquence, and grace.
She super impressed me with this interview, she's very intelligent and self aware, I wish her all the happiness in the world, beautiful inside and out ❤
I love her love story
Some Diva's should be women.Some should not be Bruce Jenner.She is soooooooo amazing and beautiful.Bless her always Best Paul from Chicago.
Beautiful, smart and very articulate… you are an inspiration, Carmen!
Another great video, Matt! You are such a great interviewer!