Lying ex-Rep. George Santos donned a long wing, red lipstick, fake lashes and a feather boa as he brought back “Kitara Ravache,” his former drag persona that he previously denied existed, in a video posted online.
The disgraced Long Island GOP congressman revived his drag queen past for the first time Tuesday in an appearance on Cameo — an app in which users pay for personal video messages from celebrities and other well-known faces — which Santos claims to be making six figures through.
“It’s your favorite, Kitara. After 18 years in the closet, George Santos pulled me back out — whatever,” the 35-year-old said in the clip shared by Cameo on Instagram.
Santos, who was expelled from the House of Representatives on Dec. 1., announced on Monday that he was bringing back his trashed alter ego for a “limited time.”
He added that he would be donating 20% of the proceeds to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews — though the Republican famously doesn’t have a great record when it comes to using donations for the intended purpose or recipients.
Santos faces a 23-count federal indictment accusing him of ripping off campaign donors and laundering their cash for personal use, though he has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
“Kitara” wore a red feather boa and spoke to the camera with a touch of a Long Island accent.
“I hear you’re a bunch of little freaks out there and you love to dance all night long like it’s nobody’s business,” the drag queen said to the Cameo recipients. “You know what? You gotta elevate it, gotta make it more risque, you gotta make it more fun. Where’s the zhush?”
Santos then suggested they try on drag as well.
“I have an advice for you. How about put some wigs on? Get some boas and go have real fun. Let’s see who whips your hair faster — you know side to side — whatever but y’all gotta stop being boring,” he said.
Kitara’s existence was first revealed in January 2023 by journalist Marisa Kabas on her Substack site, the Handbasket.
Eula Rochard, a Brazilian drag queen and former friend of Santos, told Kabas she met the future Republican politician “when he was around 16 or 17 years old,” adding: “He used to hang out in my house while his mom was playing Bingo.”
Rochard also said that Santos, who went by the name Anthony Devolder in those days, was only an amateur in the local drag scene — and perhaps needed to take his future self’s advice to zhush it up.
“He did not have what it takes to be a professional,” she reportedly said. “George did not have the glamour for that.”
When the news broke, Santos — who is openly gay — staunchly and repeatedly denied that he had ever done drag.
“The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or ‘performed’ as a drag Queen is categorically false,” he said at the time.
“The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life while I am working to deliver results. I will not be distracted nor fazed by this.”
The denial added to the Republican’s twisted and ever-changing backstory that turned out to be full of lies — which eventually came to a climax with him being tossed from Congress.
Suddenly out of a job, the scandal-clad Santos turned to Cameo to make quick cash and became a minor sensation on the app, reportedly raking in $500 per video message — and even being enlisted by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to troll another indicted lawmaker, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).
Tunnels to Towers, which helps the families of fallen service members and first responders, said they didn’t know about Santos’ donations plans until they saw they were tagged in his post to X.
“We have not engaged in any conversations with Rep. Santos or his team. The Foundation did not know about his planned donation before his post on X,” a rep for Tunnels to Towers, which provides homes to families of fallen service members and first responders, told The Post.
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
