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Gay Ole Opry

have pulled off a fringed, electric blue suit for their Grand Ole Opry debut, it’s Leslie Jordan. Just over a year after he became an Instagram superstar — growing 80,000 followers to 5.6 million fellow “hunker-downers,” as he lovingly called those who joined his Insta-journey during lockdown — Jordan played the mothership of country music, the Grand Ole Opry, in late May. And you can bet he dramatically raised the fringed sleeves of his bespoke suit to great effect for that Nashville crowd.

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