Drag Race's Brooke Lynn Hytes on hugging Justin Trudeau
You recently met Justin Trudeau – how was that? "He gave us the best hugs. He is one of those people that when he hugs you, you can feel it. I felt every one of his abs pressed against me."
Oh my Jesus. Yeah, it was lovely. He had a full on conversation and then we took pictures. You know when someone says ‘let’s take a picture?’ and it signals the end of the conversation? We took the picture and then he kept on talking [laughs]. I was like, ‘Oh, we’re still talking?’ So he was really lovely, sweet and engaging, and could not have been nicer.
Do you realise how many people you’re gonna make jealous with that abs comment? It was body pressed against body. It was a hug hug, like a bear, a tight good squeeze. I was like a little school girl, ‘Hehehehehe.’
Okay stop I can’t take this anymore. LGBTQ people love him. You’d never seen other high-ranking officials hugging a drag queen… No! The gag of it was, his team reached out to us. We literally got an email the day before saying, ‘Hey, Justin wants to meet Brooke Lynn.’ That was the craziest thing of all, that they reached out to me. I think a lot of people on his staff were fans of mine. I don’t think Justin was like, ‘Oh my god, Brooke Lynn Hytes!” The leader of a country reached out to a drag queen.
You were literally summoned by Justin Trudeau. I was summoned to meet the Prime Minister. Like, ‘Hey, I want to meet you, man in a wig.’ I was like, ‘Okay.’ It was the highlight of my life.