RuPaul’s Drag Race star Carmen Carrera has alleged that popular series Pose has used her life story without permission. On X/Twitter, the model and transgender advocate said that a storyline about Angel Evangelista, played by Indya Moore, is eerily similar to her own, and that executive producer and director Janet Mock “completely ripped off” her life story. She also claimed that she auditioned for the popular series, which is about New York City’s ball culture throughout the 1980s and 1990s, but producers never got back to her about the role.
“Sometimes with power comes oppression,” Carrera said on X/Twitter. “Like how Janet & her writing team completely ripped off my real life storyline for Angel’s character on Pose.” “I was always curious why Pose had 3 seasons & the biggest trans cast but had no spots for me.
” Sometimes with power comes oppression.. like how Janet & her writing team completely ripped off my real life storyline for Angel’s character on Pose.
I was always curious why Pose had 3 seasons & the biggest trans cast but had no spots for me 🤔 https://t.co/wcpIw4MjOo — CARMEN CARRERA (@Carmen_Carrera) June 18, 2024 Carrera wrote the pose in direct response to being tagged in a thread on X alongside Mock, which spoke about honouring transgender women in media. Carmen Carrera says Angel is based on her, not Tracey Norman She continued on to say that press coverage for the popular implied that Angel’s storyline was about the life of Trac.