Drag Queen Nina West on Her Children's Book The You Kind of Kind and Playing Divine in Weird

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Upon winning the award for Miss Congeniality on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11, drag queen Nina West told the world: "Kindness is king, and love leads the way." Since then she's been proving that sentiment true with every step of her career. Nina West is the drag persona and stage name of Andrew Levitt. Though you may recognize Levitt from Drag Race, he's been performing in drag as Nina West for over two decades. Over the past year, West has embodied the iconic drag character Edna Turnblad in a run of the beloved musical Hairspray. She's also set to appear as drag legend Divine in the Daniel Radcliffe-led musical biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

On top of acting and performing in drag, West is also an activist and author. Her new children's book The You Kind of Kind takes readers on a journey of kindness and teaches kids that the best thing you can be is yourself. I sat down with West to get all the tea on what inspired her to write a children's book, what drives her to create family-friendly queer content, what drag and celebrity Easter eggs are hidden in The You Kind of Kind, why she partners with brands like Disney and Nickelodeon, what went into her cameo as Divine in Weird, and more. You can watch our conversation in the player above or read what West had to say in the interview below.

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