RuPaul’s Drag Race’s much embattled season 2 winner Tyra Sanchez will soon be headed back to court. According to TMZ, Tyra is being sued for child support for her 9-year-old son, Jeremiah. TMZ’s sensationalized headline even calls her out for being a deadbeat dad. “According to our sources, Sanchez is currently paying zero support and has no custody of Jeremiah. We’re told he only sees his son roughly once a month.” Jeremiah was a major storyline in Tyra’s season of RPDR and provided rare glimpses of the ice queen’s softer side. In season 2, Tyra Sanchez was a lightening rod for controversy and she often went out her way to antagonize her fellow cast mates. The only things she really cared about were Beyonce and her son, Jeremiah. Since Drag Queens are predominately gay men, it’s rare to find young Queens with biological children. Tyra didn’t go into detail about her relationship with Jeremiah’s mother but she did touch upon the time in her life when she tried to be straight and live the life her family expected from her. I don’t think anyone who watched season 2 could deny her love for her boy.
This is not the first time Tyra Sanchez has faced the judicial system. In 2011, Tyra was arrested in Georgia for a small amount of marijuana (because, Georgia). She was released the next day on a $1,300 bond. Things got dicier for the RPDR star in 2014 when she was arrested for assault at a night club in Virginia Beach. Reports about what happened that night vary. Some sources claim that Tyra was signing autographs when she got into an argument with a heckler. Others assert that she was a customer at the club (not there in any official capacity) and club security had to remove her from the premises when she got in an altercation with another patron. Tyra went to the police station to file charges against the venue for injuries resulting from the fracas. Unfortunately, the club had already pressed charges against her for assault so she was booked and released. She eventually went before a judge and the charges against her were dismissed by the court.
Through all of this, Tyra’s relationship with Jeremiah’s mother seemed peaceable. She allowed Jeremiah to appear in a music video for the song “Hey Jane” where Tyra played a trans prostitute and mother (it’s quite beautiful and worth watching). More recently, Tyra has been involved in a documentary about her relationship with Jeremiah called Drag Dad. I had the opportunity to watch part of the film in a packed auditorium. It was a very emotional experience. Not only was it beautiful to see the love Tyra and Jeremiah share but it also let us see beyond the guarded facade Tyra presented in her season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. She gained a lot of fans that night. I hope they are able to raise the funds needed to complete the film. It’s a story that needs to be told
On the 2014 Drag Stars at Seas: Mayan Adventure cruise, Phi Phi O’Hara gave an amazing performance where she portrayed (and made fun of) various RPDR cast members. She included a segment about Tyra Sanchez, mocking her arrest for pot by performing “Bad Boys” and “Because I Got High” by Afroman. It was hysterical and the whole room erupted in laughter. I knew Tyra was sitting a few rows behind me and I couldn’t resist looking back. She slunk down in her seat and tried to hide her face. As soon as the performance was over she ran out of the auditorium with a hoodie covering her face. Shortly after, I saw her in the food line just ahead of me. You could tell that her emotions were raw and she was trying to be brave. Everyone in line acted like we hadn’t just seen her humiliation and we watched her slowly regain her composure. I think I explained how to use the ice cream machine to her (oh, the banalities of shipboard life). There was some kind of fragility about her that made me want to protect her. It’s not what I expected after watching her season. I later got my picture taken with her and I think she remembered my kindness (you can see it in her smile). Unfortunately, the woman who took my picture caught me mid-sentence and I ended up with a picture of Tyra Sanchez and my numerous chins (enjoy)
Hopefully Tyra and Jeremiah’s mother will be able to work out their child support issue. I’m not sure what changed in their relationship that led to this filing but it’s in Jeremiah’s best interest that his parents get along. Being an artist, even a RPDR winner, doesn’t really pay enough to support a luxurious lifestyle but Jeremiah deserves to have his needs met. Tyra already gives him the best thing any parent can give: her love. Now she needs to work out the financial support. And big props go out to Jeremiah’s mother for raising a wonderful young man on her own. She must be a strong woman.
He just tweeted that he will be on the “Drag Daddies” panel at DragCon.
BTW, love your recaps!
I’m so upset I can’t go to DragCon this year! I’d love to attend that panel. Next year for sure…
I posted in the Bruce Jenner post about my former foster daughter who has a transgender father. Being a dad in this situation is always a touchy subject. Ultimately kids just want love more than anything. Hope Tyra can get her finances together so she can fulfill her parental obligations. Sending out love to her and her family.
That was such a lovely story, Cheychey. As RuPaul says, “‘If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” So glad they were able to be reunited.
Wow that’s sad. Hope he gets it together or he’ll be back in jail. Kids are expensive for all.
P.S. Lady Cocotte thought you were a fun gay guy inspite of your funny avatar;) You really make that cruise sound fun!
Sometimes I think I’m a fun gay guy, too. And I’m a lot cuter than I appear in that picture. I’m famous on my fb page for posting ridiculous pictures of myself. Because I’m a clown!
I never understood why she won season 2.
I am a huge raven fan and love love love jujubee. Never quite got Tyra, but she pulled it out for the challenges and was always put together. But the first two winners missed the mark in using winner the show to their advantage.
Jujubee and Raven had personalities and are memorable, I didn’t see much of a personality in Tyra. In fact, I had completely forgotten she had won!
Had she been on a later season, I doubt she would have won. She lucked out. I wonder if she ever got over thinking she was Beyoncé.
Same here. I think she’s quite a disaster, really. Unimpressive No legacy. Immature. She acts just like people who are attracted to Atlanta. Contrived, service to self, flashing non existent “wealth”, a hood-ish fake cosmopolitan flair… I can go on. Raven deserved that crown and has done more with her career than this person ever will.
Because she was THE BEST.
Lady Cocotte. Just wanted you to know, you may not have many comments but this post is pulling in a LOT of views! Congrats!
Thanks! It’s getting lots of attention on fb. >
You’re beating out some of MY posts though. 🙁
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Now THAT’S a compliment! >
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Thanks for the post, Lady C! Bless Tyra’s heart. It is hard enough not to present as mainstream without being dragged to court for money it sounds like she doesn’t have.
We all make mistakes, we can decide whether to accept our faults and move on, or wallow in our faults. She wasn’t humiliated when I did the number, she was mad at me because she felt I needed to ask her for permission to do a parody of her. Had I been arrested at this time I would have poked fun at me too, because like Bianca Del Rio, I strongly believe laughter is a huge part of the healing process when dealing with pain and sadness. I hope nothing but the best for her and her future endeavors.
Phi Phi, I didn’t think your performance was mean spirited at all. It was really quite brilliant. I firmly believe in laughing at myself (did you not see the photo I posted of myself?). It’s very freeing. Thank you for sharing the true reason Tyra was upset. All I saw was her reaction. And thanks for commenting.
Her eyes are striking in the picture with her son. I agree laughter is essential, thank you, Dee
Thank you for this update on Tyra. I do remember how much she loved her son.
I was at the club in Va Beach the night that incident went down, she was not signing autographs she was there with a trick which is how it all started. Some guy she was interested in ended up with someone else at the end of the night. She confronted the guy she was with and his new trick and the altercation happened. She was not performing, not in drag and certainly not signing any autographs. She was a regular at the club at that point and was there every other weekend and had been for almost 2 months, so it wasnt a big deal to see her there. The reason why the case was thrown out is she tried to change her story in court and act grand in front of the judge, case closed. That story TMZ ran was her fairy tale to try and get some attention, let me ask you this, how would all of that gone down over the course of 20 or 30 mins and no pictures, videos or anything came out from it? Im just sayin