A little boy from Orange County,
California got to meet his hero, Bob the Drag Queen, last night on Halloween.
C.J. Duron, 9,
became a viral sensation earlier this month, when photos of him dressing a la
Bob went viral.
After learning
of his superfan, Bob decided to surprise the boy as he got ready to go out
trick-or-treating dressed as the RuPaul’s Drag Race winner,
purse and all. His uncle Michael even got in on the fun.
“I’m very
excited to meet C.J.,” Bob told ABC News ahead of the meeting. “I’ve never met
a kid who dressed as me for Halloween before.”
On Oct. 19,
C.J.’S mom, Lori Duron of Orange County, California, told ABC News that her son
loves Halloween and starts planning his costume in August.
Duron said C.J.
is gender non-conforming and considers himself part of the LGBTQ community.
Since he was
old enough to choose his own Halloween costumes, C.J. has preferred to shop in
the “girls’ section” at the Halloween store, she added.
“Halloween is
his favorite holiday because he can be his authentic self and he looks forward
to it all year long,” Duron said. “[I] feel like he spends so much of the year
editing himself based on what everybody thinks. When this day comes there’s no
editing and I think it’s great.”
When C.J.
opened the door to find Bob the Drag queen on the other side, this happened.
And my heart
broke into a million pieces and I’ll never be able to put it back together
again.
Shantay, you
stay.
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