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He became increasingly known for outlandish stunts onstage, each time trying to outdo what he had done before.

At one performance, held in the Hippodrome in London, that coincided with American Independence Day, Divine rose up from the floor on a hydraulic lift, draped in the American flag, and declared that " I'm here representing Freedom, Liberty, Family Values, and the fucking American Way of Life.

" When he performed at London Gay Pride parade, he sang on the roof of a hired pleasure boat that floated down the Thames past Jubilee Gardens.

At a performance Divine gave at the Hippodrome in the last year of his life, he appeared onstage riding an infant elephant, known as Bully the Elephant, who had been hired for the occasion.

Nonetheless, Divine was not overly happy being known primarily for his drag act, and would tell an interviewer that " my favorite part of drag is getting out of it.

Drag is my work clothes.

I only put it on when someone pays me to ", a view that he also echoed to his friends.