Overview
- In a podcast with Maniesh Paul, Ali Asgar said he walked away after realizing writers kept casting him only in female characters.
- He described feeling boxed in by convenience casting and asked makers for chances to try other kinds of roles.
- He added that he kept accepting drag parts for a time because he needed steady work and feared being replaced if he refused.
- He said bullying of his children at school pushed him to take a nine‑month break from female roles, including after his son asked if he could do something else.
- He noted he has not done drag on television for seven to eight years, yet corporate shows still book him off the popularity of those past characters.