The fallout over allegations of misconduct by RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Joey Gugliemelli–also known as Sherry Pie–continue. Though Drag Race producers have announced that Sherry Pie has been disqualified and will not return for the season-end reunion episodes, Sherry has continued to appear in the season, which was filmed before the charges of sexual exploitation emerged. Now fans of the show on Reddit have uncovered evidence that said filmed episodes have undergone hasty reedits to minimize Sherry Pie’s screentime.
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Out reports that the third episode of the season, which aired last week in the US, has some very different edits and storylines when compared with the international version of the show, which was released to iTunes at the same time. Fans of the show have put together a side by side edit to highlight the changes.
Two different versions of the episode exist, one was re-edited to make Sherry less prominent in one scene. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of both versions. from rupaulsdragrace
The international edit featured Sherry Pie as a more prominent figure in the episode, with Gugliemelli appearing in a number of shots, in confessional videos, and as the subject of other contestants’ rants. The US version removed those images and appeared to have even cropped shots to block Sherry Pie from appearing.
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Production company World of Wonder has not made any official statement about reediting the season.
azjeff17
Rightfully, she should be edited out and receive no notoriety from RPDR.
Crystix
Oh she received notoriety from RPDR. Just not the the notoriety she wanted. SMDH
kiriakis1
Notoriety does not mean what you think it means.
Cam
I’m glad they’re doing this, because when she comes on screen it’s hard to watch knowing what kind of person she is. If they’re running her scenes on the international feed, it means she’ll probably be able to book a bunch of gigs over in Europe in spite of all of this. Not sure if that is their intention or not.
steve_michaels
Well, now I wanna see the international version! Good, bad, sucky, air time, no air time, I wanna soak up every drop of Drag Race, so point me in the right direction y’all ’cause I wanna see it 🙂
Lovebug69
I’m fine with editing. Edit the pie out of it completely. Fine with me. Thanks.