George Santos is back in the news again, this time for inspiring a viral drag performance.

A Los Angeles-based drag queen who goes by the stage name Meatball became the talk of TikTok this week after transforming herself into the embattled Republican congressman — and his own drag alter ego, Kitara Ravache.

Meatball appeared Sunday at the Manhattan concert venue Le Poisson Rouge as part of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Sasha Velour’s monthly drag showcase, NightGowns.

In an interview with The Post Tuesday, Meatball revealed that Sunday was the first time she performed the Santos routine in public.

“It was an honor when [Sasha Velour] asked me to do the show,” Meatball said. “I said I had to do something big and take a risk… I was saving it for a big show.”

Meatball explained that she was inspired to portray Santos in drag after being told by friends that she bears an “uncanny” resemblance to the GOP lawmaker.

“I kinda got obsessed with him for a while,” the performer cheekily admitted.

The performance opens with Meatball taking the stage in Santos’ signature blue sweater and suit combo, accessorized with black-rimmed glasses and a pair of stilettoes, to the sound of Kesha’s 2017 hit song “This Is Me.”

Meatball, 33, told The Post that her music choice was tongue-in-cheek because the Kesha track is considered “corny” and “cliché” in the drag community from being overused.  

As Meatball’s drag version of the Long Island lawmaker lip-syncs to the lyrics of the song, she incrementally begins to strip away the suit, revealing a short, glittery red dress underneath, reminiscent of the one Santos famously wore in a photo as his one-time drag persona, Kitara Ravache.

Meatball, who has been a drag performer for the past seven years, said that she had hand-made the eye-popping skimpy frock covered in sequins last minute.

“I decided to do the number the day before I flew to New York,” she recalled. “The glue [on the dress] was still drying.”

The routine is performed with much aplomb and plenty of attitude, complete with dramatic head tosses and hip swivels, drawing loud cheers from an appreciative crowd.

The number reaches a crescendo when Meatball as Santos as Kitara Ravache pulls a long black wig out of an unmistakable white Amazon bag and puts it on her head. She proceeds to whip around her cut-rate artificial tresses, to the audience’s delight.

Meatball sticks the landing by yanking an equally cheap-looking red boa from the top of her dress, draping it around her neck and striking a playful pose, making the fans go wild.

Meatball shared that while she was backstage donning a suit over the dress and getting ready to perform with minimal makeup on, the other drag queens were confused about her number, but she deliberately kept them in the dark so as not to spoil the surprise.  

Afterward, she said host Sasha Velour praised her act, with the Amazon bag being her favorite bit because Meatball explained that it’s “the worst thing” for drag performers to end up with a “cheap Amazon wig.”  

Meatball’s spirited performance has been viewed more than 488,000 times on Twitter and has drawn over 31,000 “likes” on TikTok as of Tuesday.

Meatball told The Post the reaction to the video of her performance has taken her by surprise.

“I didn’t realize it was gonna [be] like this,” she exclaimed, referring to the brouhaha surrounding her Santos number.  “It’s crazy… everyone has been texting me and sharing [the video].”

The real George Santos, who has launched a thousand late-night jokes and parodies after being exposed as a relentless serial fabulist, is facing multiple state and federal investigations, along with bipartisan calls to resign, which he has ignored.

Santos admitted to some of his fabrications in an interview with The Post in December, when he acknowledged that he lied about key details on his CV before the November elections, including his family history, religious background, education and work experience.

When a photo emerged of Santos decked out in a red dress and wig during his youth in Brazil, the fabulist vehemently denied being a drag queen.

“I was young and I had fun at a festival,” Santos, who is openly gay, told reporters at the time.

When asked to weigh in on Santos’ drag persona, Meatball was not impressed.

“To me, I wish he would talk about it a little bit more,” she said. “I truly believe he only did it once or twice. I just want to know who did [his] makeup so we would make them quit.”  

Meatball, who also has a podcast where she and her partner interview drag performers and nightlife entertainers, marveled at Santos’ capacity to lie and his refusal to step down.

“It’s time to resign,” she said, before jokingly addressing the beleaguered politician directly: “Take a year, come to a gay bar, we’ll have a good time.”

But Meatball isn’t ready to hang up her Santos suit just yet: she is planning to perform the viral act at a St. Patrick’s Day party at Precinct DTLA in Los Angeles next month.  

Santos’ web of lies and scandals has inspired a parade of comedians to impersonate him on screen, including “Saturday Night Live” cast member Bowen Yang, “What We Do In The Shadows” alum Harvey Guillen and veteran comic Jon Lovitz.

Santos has been left unimpressed by all the TV impersonations, judging them to be “terrible.”

“These comedians need to step their game up,” the politician opined in January.

Santos has yet to weigh in on Meatball’s impersonation — but the performer said she is eager to hear from him.

“Honestly, I hope he drags me,” Meatball quipped.