‘RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race’: What Is Jermaine Fowler Most Known For?
RuPaul’s Drag Race has perhaps pushed its furthest into the mainstream with a new edition of the show, RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Among the three celebrities featured on the show this week was Jermaine Fowler, who you probably recognize from several things.
Jermaine Fowler’s claims to fame
Fowler is a writer, actor and comedian who has been in several television series and films. In 2013, he began appearing on the show Guy Code on MTV2. A couple of years later, he was cast in the truTV sketch-comedy series, Friends of the People, which also starred fellow comedian, Lil Rel Howery.
In 2017, Fowler was cast in the CBS comedy series, Superior Donuts. He was also an executive producer for the series, which ran for two seasons on the network. At the time of the show’s debut, Fowler was thought to be the first black actor to be a lead on a CBS sitcom in “a generation.”
Fowler has since begun to expand into film. In 2018, he starred in Sorry to Bother You with Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson. In 2019, he appeared with Zoey Deutch in Buffaloed. This year, he is set to appear in Coming 2 America and the Untitled Fred Hampton project.
Here’s how he performed on ‘RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race’
Fowler was one of the first three contestants on RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag race alongside Jordan Connor and Nico Tortorella.
His drag queen persona, Miss Mimi Teapot, was a hit during the Snatch Game. The name comes from his mother’s name and the nickname that he calls his daughter. Coming onto the show, Fowler set out to challenge the norm of masculinity and broaden horizons.
He also wanted to tribute his mother, who identified as lesbian and passed away a few years ago. Fowler, noticing that he looks just like his mother when in drag, provided a lot of the episode’s emotional moments. It was also very emotional when RuPaul asked him on the main stage what he mother would think of him right now.
His character during the game was portraying Kevin Hart in drag as the character Kevina Hart. However, Teapot’s Lip-Sync for Your Life performance was lackluster. Connor’s drag queen, Babykins La Rue, ended up winning out of this week’s batch.
RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race will continue airing for the next three weeks, Fridays on VH1.
