They both have fathers who are civil engineers. In addition to a reverence for Beyoncé, Jarrar - Gay’s IRL friend and her interviewer for the evening - rattled off a slew of other qualities that she and Gay share. “ Bey,” said Gay, nodding, without hesitation. From the stage at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Tuesday night, Randa Jarrar revealed that both she and Roxane Gay worship “the same deity.”
