JamesG
05-06-2024, 03:51 PM
"RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 1 Alum Shannel is Happy to do Some Explaining When it Comes to her Collection of Lucille Ball Memorabilia
by Joey Nolfi
March 6, 2024
"RuPaul's Drag Race" season 1 alum Shannel — the first-ever queen to walk into RuPaul's Werk Room back in 2009 — is happy to do some explaining when it comes to her collection of Lucille Ball memorabilia.
"As far as how much? Too much. There's so much," the Las Vegas queen and returning All Stars 9 competitor exclusively tells Entertainment Weekly in the video interview above, referencing her massive haul that represents one of the largest collections of Ball artifacts in the world.
"I do have a pair of shoes that Lucy almost always rehearsed in when she was doing I Love Lucy. I have some of her makeup that was used back in the day, and some prop pieces that were actually used on set of I Love Lucy."
Shannel even has things that once belonged to Ball's husbands, Desi Arnaz and Gary Morton.
"I have several things that Lucy, Desi — and later on, Gary Morton, her other husband — gave out as gifts, that have their signatures on them," Shannel exclaims.
None of Ball's items, Shannel confirms, made it into her All Stars 9 runway package (they're far too rare and precious for that, she notes).
https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-9-shannel-lucille-ball-memorabilia-8642659
by Joey Nolfi
March 6, 2024
"RuPaul's Drag Race" season 1 alum Shannel — the first-ever queen to walk into RuPaul's Werk Room back in 2009 — is happy to do some explaining when it comes to her collection of Lucille Ball memorabilia.
"As far as how much? Too much. There's so much," the Las Vegas queen and returning All Stars 9 competitor exclusively tells Entertainment Weekly in the video interview above, referencing her massive haul that represents one of the largest collections of Ball artifacts in the world.
"I do have a pair of shoes that Lucy almost always rehearsed in when she was doing I Love Lucy. I have some of her makeup that was used back in the day, and some prop pieces that were actually used on set of I Love Lucy."
Shannel even has things that once belonged to Ball's husbands, Desi Arnaz and Gary Morton.
"I have several things that Lucy, Desi — and later on, Gary Morton, her other husband — gave out as gifts, that have their signatures on them," Shannel exclaims.
None of Ball's items, Shannel confirms, made it into her All Stars 9 runway package (they're far too rare and precious for that, she notes).
https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-9-shannel-lucille-ball-memorabilia-8642659