HBO’s drag reality show “We’re Here” has come to an end.
via: EW
The Emmy-winning drag makeover series, starring RuPaul's Drag Race alums, was canceled after four seasons on the cable network, co-creators and executive producers Johnnie Ingram and Stephen Warren announced on Instagram Friday.
“Although the current run of our show has ended, We’re Here’s message of love and acceptance has already made a lasting impact for 2SLGBTQIA+ people across the country,” the post reads. “Creating We’re Here was a dream come true and our hearts are overflowing with love.”
“It took a lot of courage, sequins and sweat to make We’re Here,” Ingram and Warren said in the Instagram post. “And we are so proud to leave behind four Peabody, Critics Choice, GLAAD and Television Academy award winning seasons that are wildly entertaining, enlightening and give hope to anyone struggling to live their truth.”
The show premiered in April 2020 with Drag Race standouts Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka, and Shangela traveling from town to town to dole out makeovers and open minds. The first season was disrupted by the COVID-19 shutdowns, but the show returned for a second season in October 2021.
Season 4 saw a host turnover as Drag Race franchise winners Sasha Velour, Priyanka, and Jaida Essence Hall, plus the legendary Latrice Royale stepped into the spotlight.
The docuseries also shifted its focus in what turned out to be its final season, highlighting the queens’ work to combat the rising tide of anti-LQBTQ+ sentiment in the United States.
"The world has changed. We're all experiencing in our real lives, on social media, just a greater amount of misinformation around queer people, of fear and hatred and shame surrounding what we do, which we know could not be further from the reality," Sasha, who won Drag Race season 9, previously told EW. "Faced with opposition, directly in our faces, sometimes screaming at us, we somehow managed to channel this beautiful power of drag to stay calm, to combat myth with fact, and to just show what is so great about what we do."
Throughout its run, We’re Here scored seven Emmy nominations, with four wins, including Outstanding Hairstyling, Outstanding Makeup, and two for Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming.
Ingram and Warren concluded their Instagram post with an outpouring of thanks.
“We are grateful to HBO for giving us this opportunity, to our fierce drag mothers and drag community, to our production team at IPC, and to all those that shared their hearts and stories with us,” they wrote.
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