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Former Rep. George Santos confirmed that he was drag queen Kitara Ravache 'for a day' and told comedian Ziwe in a new interview Monday that he wears far more make-up now.
Santos, who was expelled from Congress earlier this month, sat down with the online personality to talk pop culture, his political future and rap a few bars of a Nicki Minaj song, calling the rapper a 'queen.'
He teased that his political career may not be toast, telling Ziwe that he'd consider running for Congress again.
'Not now, but in the future I'm not ruling it out,' the New York Republican said. Later in the interview he added, 'I'll be back. I'm 35. They're all in their 50s. I'll outlive them. Each and last one of them.'
Ziwe responded, 'This is so menacing, I feel threatened and I'm not even in the House of Reps,' to which Santos let out a maniacal laugh.
Former Rep. George Santosn (left) said in an interview released Monday that he was drag queen Kitara Ravanche (right) 'for a day' when he was 18 - telling comedian Ziwe that he wears far more makeup now
The ousted lawmaker sat down with comedian Ziwe (right) for a nearly 17-minute long interview that was released Monday, where they talked politics and pop culture
At the top of the interview, Ziwe brought up how Santos was accused of lying to the American people, to which she segued and asked 'How long do you think it will be before you'll get called to be on Dancing with the Stars?'
'I'll pass,' Santos replied.
'I don't want to be Sean Spicer, let's just call it that,' the ex-congressman added, when Ziwe asked if he'd call Spicer, the former White House press secretary, for advice.
The former lawmaker struggled through a section of questioning on civil rights leaders - prompted by comments he made months ago comparing himself to Rosa Parks.
'Rosa Parks, believe it or not, is one of my favorite political figures,' Santos said.
When Ziwe asked why she wouldn't believe that Santos added, 'I had a portrait of her in my office, I think that speaks for itself.'
During Monday's interview, Santos walked back his personal Parks comparison.
'I used an analogy,' he said, sighing. 'I'm not like Rosa Parks. Come on. I could never measure. Let's just put it that way.'
After Santos fumbled through answering questions about civil rights leaders, including gay activists Marsha P. Johnson and Harvey Milk, he told Ziwe that Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang 'deserves an EGOT' for portraying the New York Republican on the show.
When Ziwe asked if Santos would like to see Yang play him in an HBO biopic, the ex-lawmaker replied, 'That movie is never going to happen.'
'The book has no perspective of me or anybody close to me. It's a f***ing fiction,' Santos added.
He was referring to the book, The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos by Mark Chiusano.
Ziwe noted that Santos seemed to 'love fiction' and at another point in the sit-down called him a 'messy b***h that lives for drama.'
'You can call me a messy b***h, I've been called worse. But I'll take it. Can you make a pin and mail it to me?' Santos asked. 'I will wear your messy b***h pin any day.'
Ziwe agreed as long as Santos declared the gift on his taxes.
'Definitely. I like paying taxes,' he answered.
Santos then was asked what other members of Congress were 'frauds.'
He said no to Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz.
He answered yes to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Bob Menendez.
He charged that Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat and top Santos critic in the House, didn't pay his rent.
Goldman was sued for unpaid rent by a New York City landlord earlier this month.
Santos said he remained a Republican, but was open to running as a political independent in the future.
'Because I think the country needs more independent thinkers now,' Santos explained.
When Ziwe said, 'like Jill Stein' - the Green Party presidential candidate who was blamed for playing spoiler in the 2016 presidential election - Santos pushed back.
'No, that's a Russian asset according to Hillary Clinton and I believe Hillary on that one,' the Republican replied.
When Ziwe asked Santos what he was an asset of, he replied 'no one.'
He also wasn't interested in changing political parties, he said.
'I love the Gen-Z. Gen-Z loves Trump. They love Trump. He's an icon,' Santos claimed.
Ziwe asked Santos if Kitara Ravache was his drag personality.
'For a day. For a day whe I was 18 years old,' Santos replied. 'Look, if I was a career drag queen then, like everybody likes to claim, then I must be a myth of a drag queen now because I wear far more makeup today than I did in that picture.'
Ziwe then asked if Santos still believed that drag queens were more dangeous to children than guns.
'I love drag queens, let's set the record straight, I don't like drag queens for kids,' he answered.
Pressed on this again, Santos added, 'I still think drag queens are not for kids.'
Santos was also asked about his fashion and what work he's had done.
'I did go under Ozempic treatment for A1C reasons and subsequently lost 100 pounds. Botox, yes since I'm 25. Fillers since I'm 25. I will never deny it,' Santos said.
'I've always worked, Ziwe,' Santos responded when asked how he paid for it.
Santos said he was wearing his trademark Ferragamo shoes and revealed that a Hermes bracelet he was sporting was a gift from his husband Matt.
'I don't actually own Hermes stuff other than the cologne that's all I wear from Hermes. Oh no, and the bracelet,' Santos said laughing. 'This was a gift from my husband.'
Ziwe asked if his husband was 'the American people.' 'Is it a metaphor?' she asked.
'No my husband. Matt,' Santos said, adding a 'not telling you' when Ziwe asked for his last name.
'You could have just said Santos and that would have been less suspicious than Matt no-name,' Ziwe said.
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