David Ludford pays emotional tribute, while UK show’s host RuPaul says the performer was ‘a lovely human being’

The ex-husband of the drag artist known as The Vivienne has said “my heart is shattered” after the death of the RuPaul’s Drag Race star, as the hit TV show’s host paid tribute to “a lovely human being”.

James Lee Williams, known professionally as The Vivienne and who won the 2019 first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, died at the weekend aged 32.