Here's What Happened to the Writer Who Wore Lizzo's Dress to Out100

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Photo: Yeka Gyadu (left) & Getty Images (right)

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Here's What Happened to the Writer Who Wore Lizzo's Dress to the 2022 Out100 Party

2022 Out100 honoree Aurielle Marie opens up to Out about serving looks thanks to Grammy-winning popstar Lizzo.

Watch out for the big grrrls!!!

Lizzo made one poet and essayist's night when she sent her one of her red carpet dresses to wear to last night's Out100 event.

Writer Aurelle Marie is one of the most important queer voices in the literary world, and last night, she got to celebrate with other LGBTQ+ luminaries in New York City for a celebration of this year's annual Out100 list. And she got to do it wearing one of Lizzo's gowns!

It all came together when Marie, a huge fan of Lizzo, reached out to the pop star on social media asking if they could borrow one of her dresses -- specifically the one she performed in during the 2019 American Music Awards -- for the Out100 event. Surprisingly, a short time later, they received a package containing their dream dress.

Marie's unboxing video where she tries on Lizzo's dress and can't stop crying and smiling went viral. Now, the event has taken place, and of course, Marie was working it, looking (as Lizzo would say it) "Good As Hell."

"I'm having a great time so far, I'm in a little dress that was sent to me by everyone's favorite singer Lizzo, and I'm with my good friends," Marie said at the party.

"And I put a book out last year - nothing anyone would read in the middle of the pandemic," she joked,." And a year later I'm with the most fabulous, amazing, the top 100 gay people in the country.

"I think LGBTQ+ people are the culture keepers, we're the wisdom tellers, we're the storytellers. We are not just countercultural, we are the culture and queer people across the country and across the world are on the frontlines, fighting for what's right," she continued. "We're building community and modeling perfect community. And we are also making it look damn good."

Marie also celebrated the moment on social media.

"I'm sitting in this hotel room crying and drinking water bc I drank a lil too much last night lolll," she wrote on Twitter along with a video of her dancing and spinning at the event, showing off her beauty and the gorgeous dress. "I had the time of my LIFE. I really, deeply thank y'all for that. You made my world, Lizzo. Thank you sis."

\u201cI\u2019m sitting in this hotel room crying and drinking water bc I drank a lil too much last night lolll. I had the time of my LIFE. I really, deeply thank y\u2019all for that.\n\nYou made my world, @lizzo. Thank you sis.\u201d
— queer & black & beloved (@queer & black & beloved) 1668694414

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

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This 'Glee' episode was Kevin McHale's 'actual breaking point'

The actor said, "I remember when that number came up. I was like, 'What are we doing?'"

Kevin McHale has opened up about the Glee episode he calls his "actual breaking point."

The actor starred as Artie Abrams, one of the members of William McKinley High's glee club — the New Directions — in all six seasons of the show. And yet, McHale opened up even more in the latest episode of his Glee recap podcast cohosted alongside Jenna Ushkowitz (who played Tina Cohen-Chang on the show).

The two cohosts of And That's What You REALLY Missed podcast discussed an episode from season 5 of Glee titled "Previously Unaired Christmas" — with McHale revealing that this episode was his "actual breaking point" while working on the show.

Many fans consider this to be one of the most outrageous episodes in Glee history. For instance, this episode includes Rachel, Kurt and Santana inhaling helium to sing "Christmas Don't Be Late" before getting robbed by a sexy Santa; Marley, Unique, and Tina singing The Supremes' "Love Child" with Unique dressed up as pregnant Virgin Mary; and a live nativity scene where Becky, a student with Down syndrome, played Jesus as a baby.

McHale offered an apology to anyone who was on set while he was filming the Nativity scene in particular.

"My mustache was causing some sort of allergic reaction, and I was itchy and upset, and it was late at night," he said. "[I'm] not proud, but I remember when that number came up, I was like, 'What are we doing?'"

The episode was presented as a Glee episode that was "too problematic" to air, before being recut into the version that aired.

Ushkowitz pointed to the version of Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" that she performed alongside Marley and Unique in the episode as a low point.

"It was like… you had to commit so hard, because it was so bad. That's what I felt like in this number," the actress said.

"But that's the thing: I don't think it's supposed to be bad," McHale said. "It's supposed to be controversial… But I mean, bad is good when it's funny. But I didn't think this was good… this just felt like being controversial for controversial."

Ushkowitz added that she "hated this song so much." She also hated "everything in this episode."

"I was so angry in everything in this episode," the actress revealed. "But yet like, watching it, I'm like, 'This is ridiculous,' and it's so funny to me; I couldn't stop laughing during 'Mary's Boy Child.' And I hated the number so much. I didn't want to be there, but I had fun doing it… because the stakes were so low at that point, right?"

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Here's What Happened to the Writer Who Wore Lizzo's Dress to the 2022 Out100 Party

2022 Out100 honoree Aurielle Marie opens up to Out about serving looks thanks to Grammy-winning popstar Lizzo.

Mey Rude

Mey RudeMey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

The actor said, "I remember when that number came up. I was like, 'What are we doing?'"

Mey Rude
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.