Viewers react to RuPaul’s new game show Celebrity Lingo: ‘Can we keep RuPaul?’
RuPaul hosts ITV’s Celebrity Lingo (ITV)
RuPaul’s new ITV game show, Celebrity Lingo, premiered last night – and fans reactions are… divided.
It was announced in May that RuPaul – drag queen superstar turned TV empire mogul – would be taking over hosting duties of Lingo for this special celeb version from comedian Adil Ray.
The “fast-paced wordplay game” sees celebrity couples battle it out in various linguistic challenges to win money for their chosen charities.
Catch our fabulous host @RuPaul on brand new @lingo_tvuk tonight at 6:30pm on ITV 👑#MayTheBestLinguistWin! pic.twitter.com/SkSEX7PpEZ
— ITV (@ITV) September 4, 2022
The series had its first episode last night, and let’s just say some fans liked it more than others.
“rupaul hosting lingo is such a bizarre concept,” one tweeted, while another said: “so we’re flicking through what’s on tv to find something to watch WHY IS RUPAUL HOSTING CELEBRITY LINGO ????????”
Others were more positive about the change, writing: “I thought RuPaul was a great addition personally!” and: “This was so much better than our daytime version which is dull and boring, bring RuPaul to do ours please”
Many fans were quick to point out that while RuPaul is a supermodel of the world, his (lack of) knowledge of British trivia was an unintentional highlight of the show.
watching rupaul charles trying to understand what kurt from corrie is saying on itv celebrity lingo is honestly the funniest thing in the whole world to me— alicia (@whouffaldi) September 4, 2022
My fave part of celeb lingo was Kirk off Corrie informing RuPaul about one of the greatest movies of all time… Coronation Street Out Of Africa…and Ru having no idea what Kirk was even saying 😂 #celebritylingo— Natasha #teamtia (@Blockbustargirl) September 4, 2022
Twitter user @bella__mela even made this (hilarious) dig at RuPaul and his alleged fracking ranch.
Sweet lord RuPaul presenting Celebrity Lingo. The word is eight letters long and begins with F and ends in G. Rhymes with lacking.— Melissa Johnson (@bella__mela) September 4, 2022
Safe to say, whether they liked the show or not, fans were having a good time watching along.
Rupaul hosting Lingo is so weird to me 😂 how did they pitch this to him? #celebritylingo
— BLAKE (@blakekinman) September 4, 2022
https://twitter.com/SarahIsobel84/status/1566518217010561027
stumbled upon a celebrity edition of that word puzzle game show “Lingo” on itv earlier, and to my great surprise it was @RuPaul hosting! And I must say, her consummate skill at presenting kind of drew me into it! It was also quite funny to see her talking to Kirk from Corrie 😂— Four-K-Pride (@Four_k_tweetin) September 5, 2022
One viewer even called the drag superstar a “bald bloke with a high voice”, to which @theplanetbeau clapped back: “*Correction! – Just a multiple Emmy award winning bald bloke with a high voice and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”
You can’t say fairer than that.
RuPaul hosts the remainder of the series, airing on Sundays at 6.30pm, on ITV.
