Maddy Morphosis

Maddy Morphosis is a drag performer most known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Maddy Morphosis is the show's first heterosexual male contestant.^[1][2] Since 2023, Maddy Morphosis has hosted a talk show web series Give It to Me Straight.

Maddy Morphosis
Maddy Morphosis at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born	Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.
Television	RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)

Early life

Maddy Morphosis is from Fayetteville, Arkansas and worked at Target before appearing on Drag Race.^[3] Maddy Morphosis dropped out of college.^[4]

Career

Maddy Morphosis has been doing drag since 2017 and describes her persona as "Arkansas's most overrated drag queen".^[5] The name is a play on the word "metamorphosis".^[6] Maddy Morphosis competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race as the first heterosexual, cisgender male contestant to appear on the show. Maddy Morphosis started doing drag after high school because it was "a safe space ... to explore my own gender identity". Maddy Morphosis has also said, "For anyone saying that I'm representing an underrepresented group, I appreciate you, but straight men are not a persecuted and excluded group within the drag community."^[1]

Maddy Morphosis' entrance look on the first episode of Drag Race was inspired by Guy Fieri.^[3] Sam Damshenas of Gay Times wrote "Maddy immediately won over viewers due to her sheer respect for drag and LGBTQ+ culture, as well as her jaw-dropping runway presentations."^[7] Maddy Morphosis received the Golden Boot award during the reunion episode,^[8] and wore an Elvis Presley-inspired outfit during the season finale.^[9][10]

Personal life

Maddy Morphosis's partner Jennifer Standridge is a former drag performer, known as Miss Liza.^[3][11] Maddy Morphosis identifies as heterosexual and cisgender,^[12] and uses the pronouns she/her when in drag. Maddy Morphosis has said, "I identify as a cisgender straight man, but I'm gender non-conforming in my presentation."^[13]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Place	Ref
2022	RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)	Herself	Contestant (10th place)	[14]
2022	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2023	RuPaul's Drag Race (season 15)		Special guest; Episode: "Reunited!"

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2022	Whatcha Packin'	Herself	Guest	[15]
	Drag Us Weekly			[16]
2023	Give It to Me Straight		Host	[17]
	Death, Drag, and Decadence (with Bombae and Evah Destruction)			[18]

• Bring Back My Girls (2023)

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Ref
2022	"GAGA"	Grace Gaustad	[19]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award-giving body	Category	Work	Results	Ref.
2022	Critics' Choice Real TV Awards	Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series (Shared with the Season 14 cast)	RuPaul's Drag Race	Won	[20]

See also

• List of people from Fayetteville, Arkansas