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13 Facts About Randy Rainbow

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Randy Stewart Rainbow was born on July 6,1981 and is an American comedian, singer and actor.

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Randy Rainbow is best known for spoof interviews that he uploads to YouTube that blend political satire and musical parodies from a liberal perspective.

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Randy Rainbow was born to a Jewish family in Huntington, New York.

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Randy Rainbow was a combination of Joan Rivers, Elaine Stritch, Betty White, and Bea Arthur rolled into one.

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Randy Rainbow posted his breakout video, "Randy Rainbow is Dating Mel Gibson" in 2010.

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Randy Rainbow's videos have been featured on a number of blogs.

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Randy Rainbow made a guest appearance in Tituss and the Tightass Band, a 2010 benefit concert for The Trevor Project at New World Stages.

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Randy Rainbow made a guest appearance in the third annual Living for Today benefit concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

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Randy Rainbow gained a larger audience and shifted focus during the 2016 American presidential campaign, with a series of spoof interviews and musical parodies skewering the election process and the candidates, especially Donald Trump, who became Randy Rainbow's primary subject following his nomination by the Republican party and subsequent election.

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Randy Rainbow was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in 2019 and 2020.

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Randy Rainbow was born on Long Island, lived in Queens for 17 years, attended community college in Plantation, Florida, and since July 2019 has resided in Manhattan.

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In mid-August 2020, critics of Randy Rainbow circulated several dozen of his tweets, all but a few published between 2010 and 2012, featuring jokes widely described as racist and transphobic.

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Randy Rainbow apologized on August 20,2020, in an interview with The Advocate.