Marmalade (drag queen)

{{Short description|Welsh drag performer}}

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| name = Marmalade

| image = File:Marmalade - Leather Drag Outfit - 2025 01.jpg

| alt = Marmalade with her mouth open in a leather outfit in the middle of a lipsync performance at a cabaret in 2025

| caption = Marmalade performing in 2025

| birth_name = Jack Bourton

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| occupation = Drag performer

| television = RuPaul's Drag Race UK

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Marmalade is the stage name of Jack Bourton,{{cite web|url=https://escentual.com/blogs/editorial/5-men-on-how-they-stay-confident-happy-in-2021 |title=5 Men on How They Stay Confident And Happy in 2021 |website=escentual.com |date=15 February 2021 |publisher=Escentual |access-date=October 23, 2024}} a Welsh drag performer who competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Career

Marmalade is a drag performer and clothing designer. She competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and had previously designed clothes for other drag performers including series 3 contestant Victoria Scone.{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Joseph |date=2022-09-13 |title=The fabulous Welsh acts that would take RuPaul's Drag Race UK by storm |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/drag-race-uk-fabulous-welsh-24963500 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Wales Online |language=en}} Marmalade showcased her Welsh background on the series' first episode.{{Cite web |last=Gosley |first=Ellie |date=2024-09-27 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race fans say 'diolch' as queens represent Wales |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/rupauls-drag-race-fans-say-30018549 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Wales Online |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927205136/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/rupauls-drag-race-fans-say-30018549 |url-status=live }} She won her first main challenge on the eighth episode.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024z6z/rupauls-drag-race-uk-series-6-episode-8 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK - Series 6: Episode 8 |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-11-18 |via=www.bbc.co.uk}}

Personal life

Marmalade is based in Cardiff. Marmalade uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him out of drag.{{Cite web |title=Meet the queens competing on RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 6 |url=https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-6-cast-queens#rebelltitem7 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916010057/https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-6-cast-queens#rebelltitem7 |url-status=live }} Tia Kofi and Victoria Scone have been described as Marmalade's "drag mother" and "drag grandmother", respectively.{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2024-09-12 |title='A new direction for the franchise': Drag Race UK stars on "mind-blowing" season 6 |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/amplify/drag-race-uk-season-6-cast-amplify-interview/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB}} Marmalade's mother Deborah appeared in the eighth episode of Drag Race.

See also

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