Bob The Drag Queen On The Origins Of His Stage Name

The name Bob the Drag Queen won’t exist today were it not for a drunken joke at a bar throughout the early years of his profession.

Bob reflected on the origins of his stage name during an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” just ahead of constructing his Broadway debut this week.

Throughout the conversation, the fact TV star looked back on his move to Recent York City in pursuit of an acting profession.

He revisited the early challenges he faced, and the way those youth have also helped to shape the performer and brand he has turn out to be.

During his cameo on “Late Night,” Bob went into detail about how a drunken interaction at a bar led to the birth of his now-iconic stage name.

Bob recalled being introduced to a crowd by an intoxicated man who repeatedly got his name flawed. “This drunk guy was like, ‘Guys, you bought to present it up in your host, Kate!’” he told Meyers.

Bob saw the humor in a drag queen taking over essentially the most odd name possible, and he decided to lean into the moment and escalate the joke throughout the night.

“I kept making it more plain, — ‘Give it up for me, your host, Joe the Drag Queen,’” Bob continued. “And by the top of the night, I used to be like, ‘And provides it up for me, your host, Bob the Drag Queen.’”

Before landing on Bob the Drag Queen, the long run TV personality performed under Kittin Withawhip, a nod to the 1964 crime drama “Kitten With a Whip,” which starred Ann-Margret.

Bob (born Christopher Caldwell) was even featured in his Kittin persona in photographer Leland Bobbé’s “Half-Drag” photo series of 2012.

Actually, the drunken mix-up on the night he became Bob stemmed from his often telling people to call him Cait or Cat as shorthand for Kittin.

Based on Bob, this particular name stuck for roughly three to 4 years, until that dramatic encounter at a bar in Chelsea modified your complete trajectory of his profession.

By the top of his hosting duties that evening, Bob said he was already falling in love with the thought of adjusting his name.

“I used to be like, ‘Oh, my God, that is a terrific name,” he recalled, explaining that he immediately told his friends about his plans.

Their response was overwhelmingly negative, something Bob said only strengthened his resolve.

“All of them went, ‘Don’t try this. That is a horrible name,’” Bob said. “And all I would like is one person to say, ‘Don’t do it.’”

Beyond the origins of his stage name, Bob also joked with Meyers about his physical appearance during his early days in Recent York City.

“You understand what a twink is?” he asked. “Yeah, I used to be a giant 6’2” twink!”

The pair went on to debate Bob’s life after relocating to NYC, including stories of mice-infested apartments and living with multiple roommates, including a pregnant woman and her husband.

On the time, Bob was dreaming of breaking into Broadway, though he admitted he didn’t quite fully understand what it might take to succeed on this path.

“Nobody told me that to be in the corporate, like a chorus boy on Broadway, you actually got to have the option to sing and dance!” he said.

While those early Broadway dreams didn’t materialize straight away, Bob is now set to make his official debut this week, playing Harold Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

Satirically, Bob revealed that he had never watched Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, from which the play is tailored, until recently.

“I had never seen the movie before,” Bob told Meyers. “I actually watched the movie for the primary time like three weeks ago.”