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- Sen. Cory Booker appeared on the season finale of RuPaul's Drag Race Friday night.
- During the show, RuPaul shared that the two are cousins, saying "no, really, we are related."
- "Thank you, cousin RuPaul," Booker said in a recorded video played for the final four queens.
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Sen. Cory Booker made an unlikely appearance Friday night on the season 13 finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race." Show host RuPaul also shared a surprising fact when introducing the New Jersey lawmaker.
"Now, to explain the rules of the Lip Sync Smackdown, please welcome United States Senator – and my cousin – Cory Booker," RuPaul said.
When people seemed surprised, RuPaul added: "No, really, we are related."
"Thank you, cousin RuPaul," Booker said in a recorded video where he addressed the final four queens: "I just want to say, thank you. In life we were not born to fit in. We were born to stand out. To make the most out of ourselves and always elevate and enrich the lives of others."
The Democratic congressman then quoted the late Rep. John Lewis: "Never let anyone, any person, or any force, dampen, dim, or diminish your light."
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"Thank god for you, thank god for America, and thank god for my cousin RuPaul," Booker said.
Booker and RuPaul found out they are related in 2020, after RuPaul participated in the PBS series "Finding Your Roots," which examines US history through analyzing prominent Americans' DNA. Booker had participated in an earlier season of the show and testing revealed that RuPaul and the senator shared "a long stretch of identical DNA."
Booker isn't the first US lawmaker to appear on the popular VH1 show: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared as a guest judge earlier this season.
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