Drag Race Star Eureka Allegedly 'Kicked Out' of Madonna Event, Says Julia Fox Defended Her: 'Treated Like We Were Nothing'

Drag icon Eureka O Hara recently detailed what happened to her as she was kicked out of the Abbey by security for no reason.

via: EW

RuPaul's Drag Race finalist, American Horror Story actress, and cohost of HBO's Emmy-winning docuseries We're Here Eureka has alleged that, over the weekend, she was forcefully "kicked out" of Madonna's Confessions II album teaser event at popular West Hollywood LGBTQ+ nightclub the Abbey.

The drag star shared several videos and photos of herself inside the event, including one that showed an alleged altercation she tells Entertainment Weekly unfolded after she was "treated like trash at the door" of the venue, which she attended alongside Drag Race All Stars 6 winner Kylie Sonique Love and popular drag entertainer Lushious Massacr.

Eureka alleges that there was "an armed security threatening violence," who "then eventually escorted me through the bar." She says she "was pulled into the booth along with Luscious and Kylie," and later "transferred in the booth several times" more after attempting to move. Eureka alleges that this was done "to be more aesthetically pleasing once Madonna was on stage," until she was "removed completely."

She adds that "the person that tried to stand up for me the first time I was moved was Julia Fox," the actress who was previously considered to play Madonna's friend Debi Mazar in the pop icon's delayed, self-directed biopic.

In videos Eureka shared from the event, she can be seen standing in an area behind Madonna as the "I Feel So Free" singer performs a DJ set with her longtime producer and Confessions on a Dance Floor collaborator Stuart Price. The crowd also included Addison Rae, Tori Spelling, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Meredith Marks, and Eureka's fellow Drag Race alums Kelly Mantle, Courtney Act, Jessica Wild, and Willam.

In the footage seen below, the crowd dances to Madonna's set, with Eureka audible in the background telling an unidentified figure, "Y'all are only bothering me, you’re not bothering none of them," and "I'm not moving. I promise y'all that."

Later, Eureka can again be heard saying, "I don’t care, I’m not moving. I promise you I’m not, because these are my friends. I’m with my friends right here. All of these people are my friends,” before it cuts to a shot of Eureka speaking to the camera.

"Literally yoked up by security. They’re trying to escort me out the back door, bitch," Eureka says. "Literally invited into the booth, I’m the only bitch they’re trying to drag out."

In a subsequent Instagram post and in a direct message to EW, Eureka shared what appeared to be a screen recording of a reported conversation on the social media platform she says occurred between her and the Abbey bar's verified Instagram account.

"Not only were all the Drag Race girls treated like we were nothing at the front door but then this happens," Eureka captioned the screen recording. "The invited drag race girls whom were guests were told to get to the back of the line or they weren’t coming in at all! Then this happens. Drag artists are expendable to these people and mean nothing."

She continued, "These are meant to be the safe spaces we have to exist but most of the queens created their own section on the patio. I was pulled into several VIPs by fans that were 'talent' allowed in the VIP and was singled out and kicked out of the club. Wearing a wristband given to me by one of them. I was forcefully removed out of everyone not wearing bands, after being moved several times in the same booth."

Eureka, who competed on Drag Race seasons 9, 10, and All Stars 6 and used her platform to champion body positivity throughout the competition, wrote that it felt like she "didn't fit the aesthetic and was so unimportant I could be Grabbed by security before demanding my release and I would leave myself."

Eureka wrote that after she was outside the venue, "one security guard eventually felt bad for me and walked me through the club to leave. I walked out smiling and saying goodbye to people not making a fuss about it to not ruin anyones time and out of respect for the ONE security guard that saw the injustice and gave me a hint of respect."

She clarified at the end of the post that she does "not work for the Abbey" but occasionally works for a promoter that does business with the popular bar.

In messages Eureka said were from the Abbey bar's account, an individual appears to ask her to remove her videos depicting the alleged incident, before identifying themself as "Brian Rosman." A Brian Rosman is quoted in several online articles as a public relations representative for the Abbey, and listed as a point of contact for the Abbey in a September 2024 press release.

The person identifying as Rosman in Eureka's provided video tells the drag star that the Abbey's team didn't take action in the alleged incident, and that it was instead "the team whose booth it was" who had her removed from the area. "I'm sorry the night ended that way and that you felt uncomfortable," the person wrote to Eureka.

Eureka declined to identify the people who rented the booth she was in when the alleged incident took place.

EW has reached out to Rosman, Kylie Sonique Love, representatives for Julia Fox, and representatives for Madonna for comment.

Saturday night's event marked the latest in Madonna's ongoing promotional campaign for her upcoming Confessions II album. The sequel to her 2005 global smash Confessions on a Dance Floor is due out July 3.

Madonna first teased the album with the release of a promotional single, "I Feel So Free," on April 17, one day after she took the Coachella stage with Sabrina Carpenter to perform their upcoming single "Bring Your Love," which will be released Thursday.