1. Kerri Colby stated that she has never fit in with those beliefs, and after watching the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, she learned about drag.
12 Facts About Kerri Colby
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Kerri Colby left home at 15, and she has stated the reasoning for leaving is the toxic environment that her family created for her.
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Kerri Colby couch-surfed, mostly in Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood, which is the city's gayborhood, and found friends to take care of her after leaving home.
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Kerri Colby has stated that many of the people taking care of her were much older, and it led to abusive situations.
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One day when Kerri was resting at a train station, a stranger named Manuel who was of El Salvadorian descent recognized her from her posts on both Instagram and online and offered to help.
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Kerri Colby told them that unless they helped with her homelessness, they could not help.
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Kerri Colby moved to Los Angeles at 18 after someone hit her up on an app, ending up living in West Hollywood, California with a man who flew her to the city.
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Kerri Colby competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Kerri Colby was a featured performer during Jennifer Lopez's performance at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
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In 2022, Kerri Colby appeared in an advertising campaign for cannabis beverage brand Cann, alongside fellow season 14 contestants Willow Pill, Jorgeous, and Kornbread, as well as other LGBTQ+ celebrities including Hayley Kiyoko and Gus Kenworthy.
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Fellow Drag Race contestant and trans woman Kornbread Jete credits Kerri Colby with helping her in her own transition.
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Kerri Colby has helped inspire Jasmine Kennedie to come out as a trans woman on an episode of Untucked on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race.