[1] Currie grew up in Palmerston North, and is the son of a microbiologist and a kindergarten teacher.
[2] Currie moved to Auckland for university, and later spent a year in Germany, working as a chef in an Australian-themed restaurant.
[3] He moved to New York City as the spouse of a diplomat, and worked as a bartender at a gay bar on the Lower East Side.
[3] Currie was formerly a reporter and presenter for the documentary television series Queer Nation, and a writer for the soap opera Shortland Street.
[7] In 2021, Currie appeared as a member of the Pit Crew in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.