The Masked Singer: Traffic Cone's identity sealed as Drag Race star?

Published date22 January 2022
Publication titleExpress, The/The Express on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England)
The presenting pair sat and chatted about the hit singing contest, with Ria, 39, certain it's RuPaul's Drag race star River Medway

River Medway, real name Dexter Clift, was a contestant during season three of the drag reality show, can perform and is no stranger to dressing like a Traffic Cone.

During a dress as your hometown runway challenge on RuPaul's Drag Race season three, River came as an iconic Medway statue with a traffic cone on its head.

As a comedic young Drag Queen, River had fans in laughter as she walked the catwalk, stopping to pose as the statue and point at every opportunity she could.

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"Now you'll remember from RuPaul's Drag Race last series, now River Medway, she had the most iconic outfit," Ria said as she talked about The Masked Singer predictions.

Lorraine added while looking at photos from the show: "Oh, that was the best because we've got a traffic cone very similar to that in Glasgow; she was the statue. Haha, I love it."

Lorraine has been a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race which could have her favouring that guess over Ria's second option.

She also teased the 62-year-old Scottish presenter that former professional footballer Chris Kamara could be behind the mask.

Continuing, she said, "Or completely off-piste, it could be Chris Kamara?"

"He's got the moustache for it, look. And if you were listening really closely at the end, there was a little chuckle, and he's got quite a distinctive laugh," she added.

Nodding in agreement over the cone's facial hair comparison, Lorraine said "He has."

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