Willam Belli, mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber.
29 Facts About Willam Belli
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Willam Belli has continued to perform in a variety of films, television series and web series, often in drag.
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Since 2012, Willam Belli has recorded three albums of comedy music, mostly consisting of parodies of popular songs.
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Willam Belli lived in Florida for middle school and high school.
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Willam Belli was overweight when he was young but lost the extra pounds by becoming vegetarian before being emancipated at 16.
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Willam Belli's first acting credit was as the role of a street hustler named Bart Jaker on two episodes of The District and his first TV appearance was on an episode of the game show Street Smarts.
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Willam Belli had a small role in the film American Wedding.
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In 2008, Willam Belli was featured on the single artwork for the song "Breakin' Up" by Rilo Kiley.
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Willam Belli has modeled as part of the Tranimal Master Class Workshop at the Machine Project, which was photographed by Austin Young.
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Willam Belli is a member of the band Tranzkuntinental, which made its debut at The Roxy in 2009.
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World of Wonder contacted Willam Belli's management asking for him to audition for the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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In November 2011, Logo TV announced that Willam Belli was among 13 contestants competing on the fourth season.
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Willam Belli won the main challenges in the episodes "Float Your Boat" and "Frenemies", but was disqualified in the latter.
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In that interview Willam Belli claimed that the genuine reason for his removal was due to increasing hostilities and issues between the contestants and the crew.
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Willam Belli claimed that outside of filming hours the queens weren't being adequately fed, for example noting that $75 was all that was allocated to feed the 12 contestants, Willam Belli claims that this necessitated visits to the store for food etc.
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Willam Belli used the publicity of his disqualification to release his single "Chow Down", which was a parody of Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" that addressed the 2012 Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy.
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On March 21, Willam Belli released "The Vagina Song", a parody of "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars as his third single, which had been previously uploaded to YouTube in 2010.
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Willam Belli released "Love You Like a Big Schlong" on April 29,2012, which became a viral hit being viewed more than a million times on YouTube alone.
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In November 2012, Willam Belli was featured with country music artist Drake Jensen on a cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man".
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That same month, Willam Belli self-released his debut album The Wreckoning via his website.
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In January 2013, Willam Belli would have his biggest viral hit with 20 million hits on YouTube alone, when he released "Boy Is a Bottom", featuring Detox and Vicky Vox, to coincide with the fifth season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Willam Belli's trio, including Detox and Vicky Vox, called DWV, officially split in June 2014 due to a personal conflict between the members.
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In 2018, Willam Belli appeared in the critically acclaimed film A Star Is Born.
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Willam Belli's character, Emerald, is a Dolly Parton impersonator who flirts with Jackson.
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In 2020 Alaska and Willam Belli announced that they would be setting up their own podcast network in collaboration with Forever Dog, Moguls of Media, featuring a "star-studded roster of iconic drag queens and queer luminaries" to bridge "the past, present, and future of LGBTQ+ entertainment".
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In 2021, Willam Belli was announced as the star of Iconic Justice, a courtroom show in which Willam Belli will hear and rule on various legal and social disputes between LGBTQ people.
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Willam Belli was nominated for his performance on the Netflix dark comedy web series EastSiders at the 47th Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Willam Belli was nominated for his role on RuPaul's Drag Race at the fifth annual NewNowNext Awards which aired on Logo network on April 9,2012.
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Willam Belli lost to Nadia G of Bitchin' Kitchen which airs on the Food Network Canada and the Cooking Channel.