Today we’d like to introduce you to Cody aka Butter McGhee.
Hi Butter McGhee, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I started drag in LA in 2018 when I randomly decided to join an amateur competition called Dragged Out. I was and am a huge fan of drag and thought it was something that I could apply my talents to and succeed in. If you could have seen how I looked back, then you would say to yourself, “Talent? Where?” but, hey, we all start somewhere, and I ended up getting the runner-up spot.
From there, I got my own show hosting Fam Feud at a club as well as being the host of The Roccettes, which was a cast of amazing up-and-coming Queens in West Hollywood.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I consider myself genuinely blessed for the ease of my personal journey in the drag world. Luck and timing definitely plays a role, as with anything, but I can attribute the success I’ve had to being easy to work with, professional, fun, and able to get people in the seats.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I love drag: before I was ever a paid Queen, I was a fan of drag and attending drag shows. In having that voyeuristic opportunity to observe the artform I was able to take the aspects I loved about the Queens I admired and integrate them into my own character and express them in an authentically “Butter way”.
I’d say I’m most known for hosting shows and the way I connect to an audience. I’m super proud of that ability to be accessible and relatable to people watching a show. Death dropping and doing a split is amazing and, frankly, something I can only dream of doing because, with these old wooden legs, it ain’t happenin’ honey. But the most important thing for me is having that connection and getting feedback after the show from the guests really having loved what I did and how I made them feel, and that sets me apart and what makes Butter Butter.
Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
Seeing others happy makes me happy. Call me a people pleaser, but something about seeing a smile on someone’s face makes me happy, especially if something I did put that smile there… I mean, what better feeling is there? Also, pizza. Pizza makes me very happy.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buttermcghee/
Image Credits
Shaun Vadella
Dylan Thai
