RuPaul’s Drag Race queen: ‘I was exorcised because my parents thought I was possessed by a gay demon’

Dusty Ray Bottoms has revealed on RuPaul’s Drag Race that his parents sent him to be exorcised because they thought a “gay demon” was possessing him.

During last night’s episode, Dusty – whose real name is Dustin Rayburn – opened up to the other contestants about his parents’ horrific reaction to him coming out.

The 30-year-old recalled: “When I came out to my family, the night before it happened, I literally was at my breaking point… my lowest low… I cried out to God and was like, I need a change in my life.

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“I need something to happen and be different for me.”

He was confronted about his sexuality the day after.

“Literally the next morning, my mum was like: ‘Come downstairs, we need to talk about this.’

His parents told him they had “found something” on his computer.

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It was then, he said, that “the whole me-coming-out happened.”

His parents responded terribly, he said.

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