Fenton Bailey

producer and director

Guest

Producer and director, best known for RuPaul’s Drag Race and the documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye; Co-Founder & Co-President of World of Wonder Productions

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Jan Crouch and her late husband Paul collaborated with the late Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker when Trinity Broadcasting Network began four decades ago.

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