Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S18E06 "The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2"

Summary

Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S18E06 "The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2"

Host(s): Bob the Drag Queen & Monét X Change
Date: February 11, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Sibling Watchery, Bob and Monét dive into RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18, Episode 6—the second half of the "Rate-A-Queen Talent Show." As always, they bring their signature mix of sharp critique, tangential humor, and behind-the-scenes Drag Race insight. No queen goes uncritiqued as they break down runways, challenge results, and the ever-complicated inner politics of alliance, strategy, and family ties in the competition.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mood Check and Pod-Banter (01:06–02:44)

• Bob addresses fan comments about his mood in the previous episode with playful venom:

  "Everyone who talked about my mood last week, fuck you. I'm in a mood today, bitch. All y' all lame bitches bombs in a mood. Fuck all of y', all, bitch. How about that?" (01:06, Bob)

• Immediate playful ribbing between the hosts, including a recurring bit about Bob's lipstick.

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2. Recap of Last Week’s Lip Sync and Alliances (02:04–03:40)

• Both hosts agree Juicy and Mia were worthy double winners.
• Monet admits to a change of heart regarding Mia’s wig after letting performance "blindness" fade.
• Discussion about how alliances, especially among the "Florida girls," influenced voting.

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3. Strategic Gameplay and Rate-A-Queen Drama (03:40–09:55)

• Ciara is portrayed as a messy strategizer.

• The fallout from her attempts to secure safety by forming alliances is highlighted as a classic Drag Race case of "telling the wrong people the wrong thing."

• Juicy’s loyalty, or lack thereof, is dissected.

  "She did not agree to Ciara's terms and conditions." (08:15, Bob)

• Athena’s claim of voting on talent over alliance is questioned:

  "She basically saying, luckily my family did well, but I was going to vote for them no matter what. So isn't that really the same thing?" (11:52, Bob)

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4. Workroom Chatter: Makeup, Wigs & Judges’ Disdain (12:56–15:34)

• Lively debate about whether certain queens (e.g., Mikey Meeks) are Asian sparks a comedic aside.
• The hosts dig into the continued shade Tina Burner receives online and from judges.

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5. Michelle Visage’s Walkthrough & Lip Sync Priorities (15:34–17:22)

• Michelle Visage delivers pointed critiques, especially to Kenya about not knowing her words.
• Both hosts reject the idea that lip syncing is a drag queen's #1 priority:

  "I do not think a drag queen's number one thing is to lip sync. I do not." (16:07, Monet)

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6. Runway Review – "Shake it" / Fabric in Motion (17:29–35:32)

Notable Runway Commentaries:

• RuPaul’s Look (17:29–19:06)
  Sparkly catsuit with "the dogs out":

  "RuPaul looks incredible, baby. Zoom in on the shoe. RuPaul said, Honey, I'm having my toes out these days, baby." (17:43, Monet)

• Mikey Meeks (19:33–20:27)
  Upcycled, colorful, creative:

  "I think Mikey Meeks might be my favorite queen from the season." (19:41, Bob)

• Athena Dion (20:38–21:37)
  Evil eye dress—praised by judges, less so by Monet.

• Kenya Pleaser (22:01–23:07)
  Butterfly fantasy, best look so far for Kenya.

• Jane Don’t (23:15–24:05)
  Monet is obsessed:

  "Jane, don't tore me with this. Tore me up. I fucking love this." (23:15, Monet)

• Discord Adams (24:39–26:01)
  Critique: Cumbersome, ambitious but ugly; hit-or-miss for Discord.

• Mia Starr (26:30–27:32)
  Heavily criticized for bulkiness and lack of glamour.

• Darlene Mitchell (28:01–28:56)
  Majorly acclaimed:

  "This is so fashion. This is like New York club, kid." (28:30, Monet)

• Nini Coco (30:50–31:46)
  "David Bowie, Janelle Monae… Club Kitty." Both hosts love it—the fashion queen of the season.

• Sierra (33:24–34:39)
  Both unambiguously pan it.

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7. Talent Show: Challenges, Standouts & Flops (35:38–46:47)

Talent Show Highlights:

• Mikey Meeks (35:38–37:12) Burlesque Frankenstein; inventive but hosts want a stronger ending.

  "If her intestines turned into a boa...that could be really cute." (36:48, Bob)

• Athena Dion (37:22–39:09) Greek comedy dance; solidly middle of the pack but gets a win (spark controversy).

• Kenya Pleaser (39:29–41:27) Big disappointment; poorly lip synched her own song, struggled with her wig and prop.

  "If this is Kenya Pleaser's best form, we got some real problems." (40:18, Bob)

• Jane Don’t (43:09–44:08) Widely considered the funniest—best comedy number in both parts.

• Discord Adams (44:16–45:16) "Not another drag song"—clever but not outstanding.

Misc. Talent Show Moments:

• Discussion of RuPaul's memory for Drag Race references (41:36–42:42)
• Ongoing banter about Jane’s personality being less likable in the werk room than on stage.

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8. Rankings, Alliances & Judging Drama (46:59–52:12)

• The hosts agree the actual challenge top two (Athena and Jane) makes sense but voice disagreement with the overall rankings.

• Mikey Meeks, considered a standout, is strategically ranked into the bottom—prompting outrage:

  "Mikey did one of the best in the challenge, and she looked one of the best in the Runway too. They did Mikey real dirty." (49:37, Bob)

• Vita's loyalty to Discord is called into question after she ranks her low, despite alliance talk (47:53–48:37).

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9. Lip Sync & Elimination (49:43–52:51)

• Mikey vs. Ciara in a lip sync to “Toxic” by Britney Spears.

• Both hosts agree Mikey deserves the win.

• Ciara’s general underperformance is roasted:

  "I don't think Ciara could take out the garbage. She can't do shit. She's not a good lip syncer." (50:31, Monet)

• Kenya is identified as a likely next elimination due to weak looks and performances.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Game Strategy & Alliances:

  "She did not agree to Ciara's terms and conditions." (08:15, Bob)

• On Jane Don’t’s Werk Room Attitude:

  "She's kind of bitchy...like, she's, like, mean to the...How would these absolute dumb fuck drag queens...get my elite, prestigious, really niche reference of Bette Midler..." (10:16, Bob)

• On Athena's Justification:

  "She basically saying, luckily my family did well, but I was going to vote for them no matter what. So isn't that really the same thing?" (11:52, Bob)

• Monet on RuPaul’s Feet:

  "RuPaul looks incredible, baby. Zoom in on the shoe. RuPaul said, Honey, I'm having my toes out these days, baby." (17:43, Monet)

• On Kenya Pleaser’s Flop Talent Show:

  "If this is Kenya Pleaser's best form, we got some real problems." (40:18, Bob)

• On the “Rate-A-Queen” System:

  "Mikey did one of the best in the challenge, and she looked one of the best in the Runway too. They did Mikey real dirty." (49:37, Bob)

• On Sierra’s Lip Sync Skills:

  "I don't think Ciara could take out the garbage. She can't do shit. She's not a good lip syncer." (50:31, Monet)

• Ongoing Jane Don’t shade:

  "Jane is kind of a hater, though. Like, we can agree with Jane's a little bit of a hater. Right? Am I crazy on that?" (46:47, Bob)

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Timeline of Important Segments

• [01:06] – Bob addresses “mood” accusations
• [02:04] – Review of last week’s double lip sync win, alliances
• [05:03] – Ciara’s strategic (and messy) alliance-building
• [12:56] – Makeup and Mikey Meeks Asian identity joke
• [15:34] – Michelle Visage’s workroom walkthrough
• [17:29] – Runway critiques begin
• [35:38] – Talent show reviews
• [46:59] – Discussing the results and “Rate-a-Queen” fallout
• [49:43] – The Lip Sync ("Toxic") and elimination reactions

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Tone and Dynamics

• Consistently irreverent, playful, and a little messy; both hosts spar with each other while providing authentic opinion.
• The humor is both biting and camp—every queen’s performance, look, and strategy is subject to their scrutiny.
• Particular focus on the inconsistencies and political dynamics of Drag Race’s in-show voting systems and alliances.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode provides not just a review but a hilarious, inside-baseball breakdown of Drag Race's shifting strategies, design ingenuity, and the personalities that spark drama or endearment. For Drag Race superfans, Bob and Monét’s sharp perceptions, real-world drag experience, and willingness to call out the flaws in both show format and queen behavior make for an episode full of juicy insight and quotable shade.

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Transcript

[Monet]

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[Bob]

Feel your body relax.

[Monet]

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[Bob]

And breathe. Oh, sorry.

[Monet]

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[Bob]

Before we discuss the Civil War, everyone who talked about my mood last week, fuck you. I'm in a mood today, bitch. All y' all lame bitches bombs in a mood. Fuck all of y', all, bitch. How about that?

[Monet]

And I mean. And you could.

[Bob]

We were on the phone.

[Monet]

We were on the phone, like, a few days after the episode, and I was like, girl, everyone. Everyone saw you in a mood. Bob was like, moni, I was not in a mood. He's like, you. You keep on telling me I'm gonna put me in a mood.

[Bob]

Yeah. That's so annoying. You're in a bad mood. I said I won't talk about that. Fucking ugly ass fucking dress.

[Monet]

Oh, my God, your lips are so red. Are you wearing red lipstick?

[Bob]

I wear lipstick for my show, okay?

[Monet]

Oh, you do. This is the best. Which is cute. No, I use. I wear out of drag. I wear a red lip gusher. It's not a red lipstick, but it gives like a. It gives a hint of red, and I like it. I think it looks good.

[Bob]

This is not our makeup review. This is not sibling. This is sibling.

[Monet]

What? No. Find it. Find it. It's not sibling. What? Sibling what?

[Bob]

And we're reviewing RuPaul's Drag Re Season 18 Episode 6 the Second Raider Queen Riddle Queen Part Deux and no One's gone home, but both the queens won the lip sync. Do you agree that they both won the lip sync?

[Monet]

I do. I think they both won in there each way. Each one did a good job. I will say I have turned the tide on Mia's wig. Mia walked in, I think last week I had performance blindness. I was so blind about how great her performance was. She walked in them doors. I said, that wig is absolutely hideous. Her outfit is hideous.

[Bob]

Well, you. You were clear on that last week. So I don't know what. Yes, you were very clear about not liking the wig or the outfit last week.

[Monet]

I don't remember that.

[Bob]

Mia is very moved by the fact that she could share this win with Juicy. I think because one, because Juicy's so young and because Juicy's her niece and they, you know, apparently Mia has given Juicy a lot of opportunities throughout the Florida. So Mia just seems really nice to me.

[Monet]

Yeah. And she does seem very sweet. And I also love Athena. Felt the need to reiterate. She was like, I didn't have to do any shady. Like, she made a statement, a decorative statement. I didn't have to do any shady voting because the talent spoke for itself, which I think is in her favor because we know the Florida girls had like a pack. They had an alliance together. But she didn't really have to alliance arise because Juicy and Mia were. And Nina Coco was good as well. But there's. You could argue that they were the two best ones.

[Bob]

But she was willing to.

[Monet]

Absolutely. And we're going to talk about it this episode because I find it real rich how last week you're like, well, it's my family. And now this week is a whole. Anyway, we'll get into that.

[Bob]

Well, Juicy now has two wins. She's officially leading the pack at the top of this episode with the only queen with two wins. And Ciara is wondering why the girls voted her low. She's like, was this friendship, was it based on friendship? Was it based on merit? And I think either way, you're in the bottom. No shade.

[Monet]

But no, because I think that informed how you gonna react to everyone else. If it was shady, I'm not gonna be like, yeah, girl, you could bra my blush if it was whatever. You know what I mean? Like, no, that doesn't fact the game.

[Bob]

But I'm saying whether it was friendship or marriage, she's still in the bottom. She has the least friends there and her performance was bad. And then Kenya says, Kenya goes, I'm not going back to South Carolina empty handed. And whenever a drag race plays a clip like that, all I can think is, you're going home empty handed. That's all I can think is going to be someone's going to do a super cut of you doing that and then you leaving the building with no wins.

[Monet]

I, I, I'm so distracted by how red your lips are. I'm, I'm trying to, I'm trying to move on. I'm trying to move on.

[Bob]

This is why Bob's in a bad mood.

[Monet]

No, no, I'm trying to not talk about you. They're so y' all chat. Our Bob looks bad. Red.

[Bob]

And what of it?

[Monet]

But it looks good, though. Like, I like it. It's not like a, it looks, I like it. And I, but I, I, I'm looking. I can't stop staring at your lips.

[Bob]

Oh, my God. We, we need to move on. So the next day, Ciara is trying to. Ciara is trying to make another meeting. Every time this bitch calls a meeting, she's up in the bottom. You need to stop talking to people. Yeah, Works out for her.

[Monet]

She pulls all the week on girls from meeting to also.

[Bob]

Wait, real quick side note, did you watch the Pit Stop this week?

[Monet]

No.

[Bob]

I need to hear the chat discussion because, like, everyone's up in arms about this wig. Whether or not Tina Burner's wig, she just kept doing these wig changes.

[Monet]

I heard about that.

[Bob]

Whether or not the wigs were good. I thought the wigs were great.

[Monet]

Oh, so there's discourse regarding, like, if they were, like, if they, if they looked good on her.

[Bob]

Yeah, if they were good or if they were bad. I thought they were really good. They were rainbow wigs, but I thought they honestly all looked really great. Each wig. Yeah.

[Monet]

From what I saw online, someone on Twitter put them like they did like a, a col Carousel of them. And they look good to me. They look nice. They look styled. They look, they look good to me.

[Bob]

I think people just want to not like Tina Burner.

[Monet]

I know. Why is that? People really, people, like love to hate Tina Burner. Why is that?

[Bob]

Especially the judges.

[Monet]

Um, yeah. So so Ciara's pulling all the week on girls for a meeting. Because I think. Yes.

[Bob]

Oh, real quick too.

[Monet]

Sorry.

[Bob]

I do want to say if you just, you all top tier patrons get to watch our podcast live. They're actually right here with us on Riverside commenting. We read their comments, stuff, and if you would like to be one of those patrons, then please feel free to go over to Patreon, type in sibling rivalry podcast and you'll be able to join us and watch live with us. Sorry, go ahead.

[Monet]

You know, um, yes, it is not, it hasn't working out for her the best, but I think it is smart for Ciara to strategically try to set her up to set herself up for listening for your life. Cause I have been seeing this discourse online. People are like, well, like I like RuPaul gave the queen to rate a queen, they should do it based on merit. I'm like, who says? I'm like, who says? I'm like, they get to rate a queen. I was like, she would be dumb to not try to get someone who she thinks she can be in a lip sync. That's like, if there is a design challenge where we have to rate the girls, I'm gonna rate myself so that I could actually compete against Nene Koko. I'm rating myself so I can sew against Jinkx Monsoon. Cause I know I could probably beat her in a sewing challenge.

[Bob]

Well, I can't wait to because they all gotta know that the rated queen results are coming. By the way, I saw the preview of them dropping the rated queen receipts. If you go back a couple seasons, it was, I think the first time they did it was literally just a binder. It was like a three ring binder with nothing nice on it. And this time they had like graphics on it and like all this stuff. They made it real nice.

[Monet]

Girl Drag Race said, traitors, we want our motherfucking Emmys back. They said, we are putting production value in the show.

[Bob]

Now Juicy is very clear that she. So now Sierra, okay, Sierra made a mistake. I mean Sierra made the mistake that you and me made on the trailer. She told the wrong people the wrong thing. And Juicy immediately, immediately she's like, yeah, I'm gonna. Juicy tells her, she's like, I'm considering friendship. Like I'm gonna be considering friendship. And she also said, but then she goes, I'm friends with everybody. But then she goes and shows who's friend with cuz then she goes over and tells everything that Ciara just said, like everything.

[Monet]

I know, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's a little shady, but I mean, she has no allegiance to Ciara. She don't care about.

[Bob]

Is that shady?

[Monet]

It's not. I mean, it's shady to Ciara. Yes.

[Bob]

But she didn't agree. She did not agree to Ciara's terms and conditions. She did not agree to Sierra's terms and conditions. I think what she did was to Mia was above the board. Cause she never told Ciara she was gonna go with her plan. She just said, interesting, interesting, Fair. But then also Mia said that no matter what, she's gonna Be rating a female no matter what.

[Monet]

Yeah, no matter what. This did not.

[Bob]

I think they had a hand in Mia's high placement. No shade.

[Monet]

You mean. You mean. You mean Athena's high placement?

[Bob]

Athena's high placement? Yeah, no shade. Well, Sierra's like, She's talking about she can. She wants to squabble her opportunity with Discord.

[Monet]

With Discord. But she says that not knowing that Vida and Discord are close. So I'm like, ooh, girl, that's spicy. Cause then later on, Vita goes into Discord to that girl.

[Bob]

Everything Ciara said to anyone was immediately reiterated to people she did not want to reiterate to. Like, she should have just kept her fucking shut her fat ass up because, like, she. Everything she said, everyone went back and got talked about immediately. Like, immediately. I didn't know Vita and Discord were so close, did you?

[Monet]

No, but Vita says it, like, I think they vibed over, like, their tattoos. I think Vita might be also a little punk as well. Maybe not to the extent of Discord. I think they've made a connection in the house. They made a connection in the workroom because of, like, their similar interests, which is cute. But I wrote down that Jane and Athena are really bothered by the conspiring. And Jane is very, very, very perturbed about the whole thing. And I'm like, I mean, I get it. Like, it might be annoying, but she's really bothered by the whole thing.

[Bob]

Yeah. And guess who's irritating me this episode? Chat. You want to guess who it is? You want to guess who's fucking irritating this episode? Something about Jane is rubbing me the wrong way. You know what it is? She's like. She's kind of bitchy. Like, she, like, she's, like, mean to the.

[Monet]

She's.

[Bob]

She's like, first time when she'll be like, well, I'm doing Bette Midler. I don't think any of these fucking idiots will get my reference. How would they possibly know who Bette Midler is? How would these absolute dumb fuck drag queens, literally. They're literally just drag queens. Get my elite, prestigious, really niche reference of Bette Midler, which obviously Bette Midler is making a reference. She's. Bette Midler is referencing Sophie Tucker. So it's really a reference of a reference.

[Monet]

Yeah.

[Bob]

You know what I mean? And I don't know why I hate when queens be like, well, no one's gonna get my super niche, extremely over the top gay reference that literally everyone knows.

[Monet]

Gavin said, jane don't got a good at It Jane don't got a good attitude.

[Bob]

You don't. Is he wrong? Is he wrong?

[Monet]

Yeah. Every time they go to her confession, she's always like. And I'm just like. It's like. It's like she's is very, like, low energy and annoyed and bothered by everything happening. It is.

[Bob]

But in the room, she doesn't hold the energy in the room. In the room, she's like. Then behind, she's like, this bitch can't do rock. She ain't no motherfucking punk rock bitch. I mean, we'll get to the lip sync in a second, but it's just. Oof. Anyway, I wanna move on. Athena is talking about how she. Athena's talking about how she didn't conspire, but she did indeed vote for her family with her family in mind. So she's saying, I did not do any conspiracy. She basically saying, luckily my family did well, but I was going to vote for them no matter what. So isn't that really the same thing?

[Monet]

Yeah, it is the same thing. Also, like, last episode, she literally had Juicy. She was like. She said to her, I'm gonna vote you. Like, I'm like, duh. Like, I'm gonna place you first. Like, she literally said that. So, yes. You didn't call your whole group and had a fucking meeting of the minds. But we literally saw on camera, you were like, whatever, no matter what you do, I'm putting you first. So you had strategy. So don't act like it's so crazy that these other girls have a strategy. They don't have family here. They don't have people like 10 other queens from fucking their city. So, like, what of it?

[Bob]

I can't wait to see where she ranked Nini Coco. I think it might be in my notes. I mean, they don't show them all.

[Monet]

I don't think they show the ones that everyone really wanted to know.

[Bob]

I mean, what I have here is that Athena. Yeah. All I saw was her vote for Juicy and her vote for Darlene. I would really love to see where she put Nini Coco, because that could be really interesting.

[Monet]

Yeah.

[Bob]

You know what I mean? To quote Monique, I would like to see it.

[Monet]

So Mother Visage comes in for a check in with the girls and wait.

[Bob]

I got some more moments for the makeup on before massage comes, before Michelle comes in.

[Monet]

Makeup didn't happen yet.

[Bob]

No, they started doing their makeup. That's why they're in half makeup with Michelle Baker. So Kenya agreed to put Mia high, but she's hoping that she Will return the favor because they all agreed on it, which I think obviously paid in her favor. And then I want to point out that Mikey Meeks at this point said, wow, I look like Bjork. And I want to point out that I also thought Bjork was Asian. And then we went on the Patreon. So y' all don't know. In the Patreon exclusive, I was like, I confidently said, Mikey Meeks is Asian.

[Monet]

And I agree because I think she looks Asian as well.

[Bob]

I DMed her, Mikey Meeks is not Asian.

[Monet]

She's not what she.

[Bob]

Mikey, I didn't. I didn't ask her to give me her 23andMe, but I will read you three DM.

[Monet]

Oh, really? Do the full investigation, bitch. How you gonna do half. Half the investigation?

[Bob]

Well, I didn't tell her. Do a. I didn't. Okay, I'll send her a 23andMe then. Didn't they go out of business? I said, hey, Mikey, I'm sorry if this is offensive and you don't have the answer, but in the podcast this week, I confidently said that you were Asian. And. And Monet was like, what? My question is, are you Asian? Then she laughed at it. She goes, well, the Internet certainly wants me to be, but unfortunately, I am that Miranda Cosgrove type of white.

[Monet]

Ok, Also, that is wrong. Did you watch the episode? You said she's Asian. And I said, yeah, she absolutely looks Asian. What do you mean? I said, what?

[Bob]

Oh, you the one who made me question it. Cause I said you were like, oh, man.

[Monet]

No, you were reading the chat. The chat was like, girl, you crazy.

[Bob]

But no. And then also I thought she was Asian because she opened for Plastique and fucking Nymphi on their tour.

[Monet]

I think that's because she's a drag queen, Bob. I don't think she's Asian. Damn. So? So. So only Asian people can work at the Serpent Store.

[Bob]

I don't know. I didn't get asked to do it. Did you get asked to do it?

[Monet]

I did not get asked to do it.

[Bob]

Well, then there you go.

[Monet]

Anyway, I did write that down. I wrote Mikey Meeks. I wrote Mikey Bjork moment a Bjork.

[Bob]

Then I said, rose, that Vita was like, really? Discord was really. Has been. Has promised that. So when Discord heard that Sierra was, like, plotting against her, she was like, in the bottom, you're going to see the meanest side of me that you've ever seen, which I don't believe. And I was. I was like, I kind of Want to see her be nasty?

[Monet]

I don't think nothing about discord gives me that. She could be nasty and shaded. Rude, even. We'll talk. Because she had a moment in untucked to be this person, and she didn't do it. So I'm not biting that for a second. When Visage came in, she meets with the girls, and I didn't think. I thought Kenya was getting an edit of.

[Bob]

Oh.

[Monet]

Like, I get told this note, and I kill it in my talent. Bitch. Brishelle Visage looked at her and said, bitch, know your words. Like, she tells all the girls, she says, you. I'm talking to you, Kenya. And like, literally hours before, and then we see her do her talent, and she. I was gagged that this bitch did not. We'll get to the talent. But I was gagged that they, they, they. They showed that.

[Bob]

Do you agree with Michelle that a drag queen's number one job is lip sync?

[Monet]

No, I don't. I don't agree with that.

[Bob]

So you disagree with Michelle?

[Monet]

I do.

[Bob]

To quote. To quote. To quote Ross Matthews, I'm going to have to disagree with Michelle.

[Monet]

I do. I do not think a drag queen's number one thing is to lip sync. I do not. I do not think that is. That is true.

[Bob]

But Kenya does point out that she's like, yeah, I get nervous, and I can't remember the words. I'm like, girl, that's tough. That's a tough gig.

[Monet]

I will say a lot of drag queens lip sync. I think that lip syncing is one of the ABCs of drag, but I would not say it's the number one thing you need to know how to do. Do you agree with Michelle?

[Bob]

No, not at all. No. I have to agree with Michelle. I love when discourse starts doing her little mind games, and she's like, I love Britney Spears.

[Monet]

Oh, yeah, that was. I thought that was clever. I don't think it shook the era, but I think it was clever.

[Bob]

And now we're pretty much already ready to talk about Runway. Should we get into it?

[Monet]

Oh, no, no. I wrote this out. I said, jane. Because after Michelle tells Kenya that note, Michelle leaves and doing their makeup. And this sent me, Jane says to Kenya, Jane asking Kenya, what does that mean to Michelle, telling her to know the words is ridiculous. Like, what do you mean? What does that mean, bitch? She said for me to learn the words, like, what do you mean? What does she mean by telling me I should know the words? Do you think there's a secret message that you can't Decipher. Like, what else could James think that Michelle meant by you should know the words to your music? I don't understand.

[Bob]

I didn't even clock that it was.

[Monet]

I was like, this is such a weird question to ask her.

[Bob]

After that, I think that. Let's go into the. You ready to go onto the Runway?

[Monet]

No, I want to talk about the weather in New York. Yes, Bob, I'm ready to go to the run.

[Bob]

Anyway, as we go onto the Runway, we'll start with RuPaul. RuPaul. I really love this, like, this sparkly cat suit underneath her gown. I think it's really cool.

[Monet]

And let me tell y' all something. I think, yes. RuPaul looks incredible, baby. Zoom in on the shoe. RuPaul said, Honey, I'm having my toes out these days, baby. RuPaul said, Honey, give me my toes. She's like, I want to be like the. I want to be like the new girls.

[Bob]

The dogs are out, honey.

[Monet]

RuPaul got the toes out. Yeah, show the chat. I said, that was the first thing I clocked when he walked down the Runway. I was like, RuPaul looks at me. I was like, wait, are those his actual toes?

[Bob]

RuPaul's had her toes out several times on the show. That's not like a. I've never noticed

[Monet]

that if he has. Chad. Have y' all seen her toes?

[Bob]

Have. Since the fucking. RuPaul's had her toes out since the fucking 90s.

[Monet]

No, but I'm saying. But like, when she. But back in the 90s, she didn't pad like that. RuPaul used to have her full leg out. That is a full padded leg.

[Bob]

RuPaul did pad. RuPaul did pad. Ru Paul did pad. RuPaul's one of the first queens padding.

[Monet]

No, but she used to have. Okay, show me, because I don't know what you're talking about.

[Bob]

RuPaul did used to pad. She didn't pad every single time, but RuPaul did pad. RuPaul.

[Monet]

RuPaul.

[Bob]

And also, she had her toes out in the supermodel video.

[Monet]

Yeah, but she was wearing. Go ahead.

[Bob]

I said she was wearing an open toe in the supermodel video.

[Monet]

It looked like she stumbled. I didn't see that. Well, I. I. I never clocked this. I clocked this. I think I was like, rupaul got her little toesies out. I love this sparkly thing. This, like, winter white ice queen outfit is so beautiful on her, and I think she looks gorgeous. This is one of my favorite RuPaul looks. I normally don't love when Ru wears those light blue contacts, but today I'm into it.

[Bob]

Um, so I can't remember the name of the theme, but it's like Shake it. It's like Shake Loose or everything. Like, what's it called?

[Monet]

Shake Shake. I don't know.

[Bob]

Well, a fabric that moves when you

[Monet]

move this lady, or a garment you move. I love this lady's outfit. Her body is everything.

[Bob]

Yeah, she looks stunning. So up first we have Mikey Meeks. And I. I gotta say, I think Mikey might be my favorite queen from the season.

[Monet]

Jacob, are you. Can you give us the next look?

[Bob]

Yeah, I just. I just go on my own little slide on the side. I think Mikey Meeks might be my favorite queen from the season.

[Monet]

Honestly, I do like Mikey Meeks. I like this look. I think this was really creative. It's giving Casey later. If you know, you know. And I think this is a really

[Bob]

Emmy award winning costume designer.

[Monet]

Yeah. Emmy Warner costume. I think Casey has made me something I wore. Oh, my God. Casey made me something I was supposed to wear. It was an option, I think, for my makeover on season on All Stars 4, but I didn't end up wearing it. And I think this is really cool. I love that she's this, like, this multiple multicolored tie dye 70s thing with the zip ties is really cool. And she made this with all of her friends. I loved the weird little antennas. I think this was a really dope look. And I think Mikey looks really cool. I like this outfit a lot.

[Bob]

Yeah, she's great. I'm really, like, turning into a Mikey fan. Like, she's great. I think Mikey's just fantastic.

[Monet]

And I think she was inspired by Nini Coco with this eye. I'm just gonna say Nini Coco's done this eye a few times.

[Bob]

Really?

[Monet]

Yeah. This, like, curved thing.

[Bob]

Interesting.

[Monet]

Yeah.

[Bob]

Let's go on to Athena Dion. Athena. You know, from the waist up, I like this outfit. I do not like that, like, cartoony Judy Johnson hoop at the bottom.

[Monet]

Yeah, I didn't. I wasn't gagging for this look. Like, the judges were like, I thought it was fine, but it was like. I think it was like one of Ross's favorite looks. I was like, I mean, it's fine. Also, I'm not Greek. But doesn't the. Doesn't the eye have more white in, like, the thing? Like the Greek eye? The eye that is really popular over there?

[Bob]

The evil eye. It's called the evil eye.

[Monet]

The evil eye. Yeah. It's like, not fully blue like that. Isn't it white in the middle? Am I bugging?

[Bob]

But it reads. It still reads.

[Monet]

I get it.

[Bob]

Isn't that all that matters as long as it reads, you know?

[Monet]

Yeah. I thought it was okay. I mean, this might be controversial. I hate her makeup. Do you like her makeup?

[Bob]

I don't have particularly strong thoughts about her makeup, but I don't remember loving. There are moments where I think she might need to learn to paint for film.

[Monet]

Yeah. It needs more precision. It's just like what you used to accuse me of. Smudges and circles. It just lacks precision.

[Bob]

Smudges and circles. Smudges and circles.

[Monet]

So since when did Athena tell you that she was a Judy Jetson hooker?

[Bob]

I mean, this outfit she's given Judy Jessen hooker. I mean, this is. She looks like Judy. It's like it's the Jetsons.

[Monet]

Let's go on next to our next queen, Kenya, please.

[Bob]

This look is. I love this look. I love the way it moved. I love the butterflies and the hair. I think that. I love that she's wearing a dark, tight. I just love. I think this is actually a really. This is probably my favorite look Kenya's worn on the show.

[Monet]

Yeah. I think this is a nice look for Kenya. I like she had the butterflies even on.

[Bob]

Ooh, is that shade. What a nice look for Kenya. Is that shade?

[Monet]

No, I was just literally just speaking.

[Bob]

Is it a nice look in general, Is it a nice look? Like, for.

[Monet]

That is a nice look, I would wear this look. And I think.

[Bob]

I don't know if you like. For any of this is good.

[Monet]

Okay. You're trying to do a thing. I think Kenny looks gorgeous.

[Bob]

Tyler Mitchell Foster said low key, so

[Monet]

he's not talking about that.

[Bob]

Yes, he is.

[Monet]

No, he was not. That was three minutes ago. No, he didn't say. Anyway. Shh. I think Kenny looks gorgeous. I love that she thought about the shoe. The shoe could have been like a throwaway, just put on, like, a black pump. But she stuck some butterflies on there. The hair is really. I like that she framed the face with the big wings, and her body looks great. I think Kenny looks. She looks really beautiful. I love this outfit on her.

[Bob]

Yeah, this is a great look. Let's move on to our next queen. Who is. Is that a good eye or a bad eye?

[Monet]

Fucking killed it. I love this. I fucking love this. I want to wear this outfit. Jane, don't tore me with this. Tore me up. I fucking love this. Romantic, Shakespearean. Whatever. The hat was perfect with the ostrich. The colors so beautiful and the way to fit her body. And I love the cutout she had because it's a leotard, but she has, like, the skirt with the ruffles on it, and it cut in the back really beautifully. This was so fucking dope. This looks like some, like, Galliano. Like, this looks like some Parisian shit you'll see at Paris Fashion Week. This was dope as fuck.

[Bob]

Yeah. I loved it. Every Saturday, me and Alfredo get together. We watch the piss off together between shows. Alfredo works on Aladdin.

[Monet]

Mm.

[Bob]

And we're a few blocks away, so we just get together and watch the show. And he was like. He hated this look, which is crazy. Cause I was like, this look is great.

[Monet]

Freebie on freebie's so crazy sometimes. This look is dope. I think, again, but to each his own. But I think this looks also. When they were judging it, Michelle was like, Michelle doesn't understand how people don't like people. Michelle wants people to get over that she doesn't like green thing. But she. Multiple episodes of Drag Race, she finds it to say, I mean, I hate this color green, but I love this look. I'm like, bitch, you keep on telling us you hate green. So how are we gonna move on from it?

[Bob]

I think she's gonna have to just deal with it. Not a green joke. She had to deal with it. Let's go on to Discord Adams.

[Monet]

You know, the boo boo, boo boo. Chop, chop, choppity, chop chop. This looks so cumbersome and too much having, like, the pinstripe thing, the gold on the shoulders, the money coming out of the thing with the blood. Like, I get you're trying to make this, like, capitalist capitalism is bad. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Money is bad, whatever. But this looks so. This was hideous.

[Bob]

Yeah, I don't like this. And is this supposed to be her brains or her. What is this supposed to be on top of her head?

[Monet]

I think it's money falling out of this thing. When money becomes blood, blood is blood.

[Bob]

Is money red? But why is the money on top of her head?

[Monet]

I don't know, girl. I don't know.

[Bob]

Yeah, I don't like this look. Discord is so hit or miss. Sometimes she will hit so hard and it's so good.

[Monet]

But.

[Bob]

But, baby, when she misses, she is really swinging out.

[Monet]

Where is the hit hard? Okay, this is what Discord said. She said Jacob Gov. Yeah. This look was inspired by all the politicians and CEOs running this world into the ground and the insane amount of Never ending greed lining their pockets. I have money pouring out of my hat, turning into blood dripping onto my shoulders, blood on my hands. 20 plus pounds of chains and diamonds swaying in my shoulders, weighing me down. And if you looked closely on the Runway, three bullet holes dripping from my back. DDD I wanted this look to be glamorous and frightening. Well, it's definitely scary. She definitely.

[Bob]

She, she, she got.

[Monet]

You don't know. DDD no. What does that mean?

[Bob]

Didn't that mean Mangioni?

[Monet]

Oh, is that.

[Bob]

Oh, deny, defend to pose. Yeah. Work. Wait.

[Monet]

Dimagioni. Oh my God. Oh my God. Did you hear do. Luigi might not be getting going. Like, he might not be going to jail.

[Bob]

He's not getting. He's.

[Monet]

Yeah, no, he's, he's. He might, he might. His, his. The worst he can, he can get is I think up to 15 years and it's going to be like time served. So he might be getting out in like 12 years.

[Bob]

We'll get him on the podcast.

[Monet]

You think Luigi of everything Luigi will have going on. You think he's coming on stealing rivalry?

[Bob]

Maybe. We'll see. He might be a fan. Let's go into Mia Starr. You know, what's she, what's, what's, what's. First of all, is she borrowing Juicy's wig?

[Monet]

Girl, this, this. The amount of fingerways on the season is insane.

[Bob]

I don't like this outfit. I don't get it. I don't understand it and I do not like it.

[Monet]

This look like what Bellatrix wore when she tried to escape Azkaban. This look crazy.

[Bob]

This is an awful Harry Potter, but that sounds about right. She looks like a dementor and I ain't never seen Harry Potter, but I know she looks like a dementor and

[Monet]

she's demented for fucking. Fuck. Fucking putting this in a suitcase and coming to drag race with it. Like, even when she was explaining on the Runway, I was like, girl, are you serious? Like you having these cassette tape strings on your back. It was a blockbuster. Then it had this like black, this black. What is that? Even on around her waist, she looks so big. Like, this looks crazy.

[Bob]

She's a big back, so I guess she's in line with her.

[Monet]

But like she, but she's not. Like, she with her waist, she like she has so much up there. Like, and she has. Girl, every single drag queen had one of those belts. I had them. Bob had them, them little corset belts from Amazon. And the fact that she's wearing this corset belt on Track right there is

[Bob]

a gagger to me. It's pretty bad. Let's go on to Darlene Mitchell. This look is fantastic. I love that she brought What?

[Monet]

No, I said, bitch. I live for this. I was gagging.

[Bob]

I thought you said no. I thought you said no. I was like. I said this. Look at my desk, and I heard you say no. I was like, what do you mean, no? This is crazy.

[Monet]

No, bitch. Darlene. I DM'd her. I was like, bitch. Finally. I was like, bitch. This is. This was so fucked.

[Bob]

You cannot DM someone and say finally. That's crazy.

[Monet]

I didn't say finally. That's not.

[Bob]

You just said I DM'd her and said finally.

[Monet]

Okay, let me tell you what I said to her.

[Bob]

Cause, Chad, am I crazy? Monae just said, I DM'd her and said finally. Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Monet]

I posted the look, like, on my Instagram story, and I said, okay, bitch. And she said, a toot from Monet, and we had a whole thing. But I was like, this is so cool. This is, like, so cool. This is so fashion. This is like New York club, kid. I love the lopsided lips, the glitter makeup, the messiness of it all. And her legs. You know what it is? Her legs are 29ft long. And it just looks so. She looks. This is such a cool look.

[Bob]

Yeah, she looks really, really fantastic. And I love that she brought back the big, chunky shoe and no one said anything about it.

[Monet]

Cause it works with this look.

[Bob]

Yeah, she looks really good.

[Monet]

Like, I can see, like, aquarium wearing this.

[Bob]

Yeah, this is really good. To quote Monet, as she said in the DMs, finally.

[Monet]

Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hillary said, sibling rivalry. She explained that the outfit at a watch party on Friday. She said she asked two different designers to make the look, but both said, but both bail. So she had to make the tape look. Oh, this was mia. Cause she had to make the tape look with a friend. Oh, well, okay.

[Bob]

I don't care. It's ugly. Let's move on to Vita Von Teese star. You know, I've seen much stronger looks from Vita, but she's not being judged this week. I really. I still don't think that the queen should have to walk if they weren't being judged, because you might actually be able to save that outfit for something else down the line in the competition if you need it. Or you might actually use that for

[Monet]

something, or you don't get to wear it, and then you waste it. Or you. You, you, you You. You don't get to show this thing you spent $2,000 on. So it's like, you can still show it to someone, but not on tv, where the world is gonna see it.

[Bob]

There's a lot of stuff that girls don't get to wear. You remember some girls went home three, four episodes ago.

[Monet]

I know.

[Bob]

So that's part of the game, right?

[Monet]

So, like, every chance you get to, like, show all this stuff that you spent all this money on, I'm like, bitch, I'm. I'm.

[Bob]

I would.

[Monet]

I would love to give me the Runway every time.

[Bob]

I would rather save my look in case I need to wear something else. Cause by the time I got to the end, I was, like, running out of clothes. Cause I was repurposing things. I didn't think that runways. Cause they didn't tell us what was a Runway and what wasn't a runaway in my season. So I was like, I'm out of clothes. Like, I'm out of clothes. But I don't. She looks like a figure skater to me. Yeah. But I do love this wig.

[Monet]

The wig is cool. The outfit is more of, like, a lip sync dance costume, not a Runway. So maybe we should do that. Maybe this is one of her just extra dance costumes. She packs, and she's like, bitch. I'll just make this work.

[Bob]

For this girl category, let's move on to one of my favorite looks, which is Nene Coco. This is like David Bowie, Janelle Monae. What's his name? Klaus Nomi. Yeah. Club Kitty look. I love this. This is so. This was such a cool look for me.

[Monet]

This is dope as fuck. I love the way that she thinks of these runways and where her mind and brain goes. I've never seen anything like this on Drag Race. I don't think. And even down to, like, the. How silly that. And it just all worked so beautifully. This was so, so, so fierce. It's giving labia majora. Labia minora. Like, I am obsessed with this outfit. Nini Coco is such a. She is the fashion queen of the season. I think everyone. We all agree, right?

[Bob]

Yeah, I think this is. And also, this look moved the best. Like, it actually moving, moving, moving, you know?

[Monet]

And I'm wondering, like, does. Is this all of her, like, engineering, schooling that makes her think of fashion so differently? Not so differently, but, like, makes her think of these really? Because I think, like, the science of it all and thinking how to construct this probably is a big part in this look. And it just. Like you said, it just Moves so cool. And every which way she moved, you saw a different outfit and you saw a different peekaboo of color and it was really, really, really well done.

[Bob]

And then last, we have.

[Monet]

No, no, no, no. That's not last.

[Bob]

We didn't talk about the last Juicy Love. Dion. And this look is really cool. This. At some point, I do want to see Juicy in what I would consider a really nice wig. At some point. At some point. Like something more than a. Than like a tiny little wig or a headpiece. I think we deserve that at some point, don't you?

[Monet]

I mean, if it's your drag. I mean, I'm not bothered by what she's doing. I think she. She's a short haired queen and she's making them work. She does. She's doing some different. Like one was getting enough of your people.

[Bob]

You trying to stand up for your people.

[Monet]

No, I'm like, if that's not her thing that she doesn't like, this is like, yeah, dusty. Like, don't do the dots. But I'm like, if the dots is what you do, like, I'm not bothered if every look incorporated dots in your makeup. I'm not like, dusty, please give us no dots. Like, I don't care. It doesn't bother me.

[Bob]

Are you sure you're not just standing up for the short hair community?

[Monet]

No, I said what I said. Okay. Do you like this outfit? I like this outfit. I.

[Bob]

It's cute.

[Monet]

I love this skirt. I love this. I wonder what material is that? Is that like plastic? I don't know what that is, but it's cool. I don't know.

[Bob]

It looks. It does look cute though.

[Monet]

Yeah.

[Bob]

Like, it looks. I mean, it's a good look. It is a good look.

[Monet]

Let's go on to our next queen, which is Sierra, Ms. Awful.

[Bob]

Chippity chip chop, chip, chop down. Chippity chop, chop, chop it into pictures.

[Monet]

But I think what you said, she probably was like, oh, this is just. I'm not being judged, so let me just like wear something else. I think that that's what's happening.

[Bob]

Yeah. And it's an ugly outfit.

[Monet]

I mean.

[Bob]

No, that's not what I said. What I said was, I wish they weren't walking.

[Monet]

Oh, you.

[Bob]

You just made up a whole narrative for me.

[Monet]

First of all, put your fucking hand out with your red ass lips. Calm down, bitch.

[Bob]

That's what it's like working with you, making shit up.

[Monet]

Y'.

[Bob]

All. Y' all see, Bob is.

[Monet]

Bob is a very aggressive person. Y' all have seen this is the real side of Bob.

[Bob]

I've never hated my aggression. And I'll slap any one of y', all, too. Wow.

[Monet]

Not a slap. Yeah. This is an awful look. She had her bare legs out. Wasn't cinched enough in the body. And like, girl, you skinny. Girl, just think, just because you skinny, you can walk your ass out here with just. With no body on and think you're serving, you're not serving. And it wasn't fierce.

[Bob]

Yeah, I don't understand. What. I don't. I can't even.

[Monet]

What kills me is that if it was a big girl, they'll be red. The house down. They'll be red to the floor. But because this bitch is fucking skinny, they're like, oh, yeah, it's fine. No, it's not fine.

[Bob]

I think she would have been red too, if she was being critiqued this week.

[Monet]

Well, we'll see.

[Bob]

I don't think anyone. I don't think anyone was going up for this look. Anyone.

[Monet]

Yeah, it was not good.

[Bob]

And her makeup looks particularly crazy today. Like, it just really doesn't match the fit with. Like, it really doesn't match this outfit. Like, it really doesn't match. This is like an outfit fucking Juicy would wear.

[Monet]

Yeah. I think she should have tried to do it, like, a little more glam and maybe tone the blush down. And I think she brought the blush into her contour onto her nose contour, which looks weird in this picture, but, yeah, I think we should have thought about some different things. Oh, she said. Jimmy says. She said at Roscoe's, it was last minute so she could lip sync because her outfit was really heavy.

[Bob]

Well, it's still got it.

[Monet]

Okay. And so let's go on to the talent show. And it's the iPhone.

[Bob]

Okey dokey.

[Monet]

Okay. Mikey was up first. I thought this was one of my favorite numbers, and I agree with the judges. I think Mikey needed to go a little further. But when she started, I had no idea. What? I had no idea this was going into burlesque. Then she did the finger thing. Fucking hilarious.

[Bob]

Yeah, no, she said it. She said, I'm doing a burlesque number as Frankenstein. She said it in the work room.

[Monet]

I must have missed that inherent. So when she, like, did the Biden thing of thing, I thought that was really cool. I thought the titty reveal was fine. I think where she lost me was when she takes off the corset to reveal her guts. I think she would have been actual, like, stone guts should have fell out of the corset. And then I think on the.

[Bob]

It was sparkly.

[Monet]

Yeah. But it just looked like a sock hanging from her thing. I feel like it should. Like, they should have been packed in there. Literally, when you open it, like, guts fell and have, like, an open wound or open, like, thing on the thing, I think that would have made more sense. And for the last bit, with the light, when she does the thing, I was like, she pulled the electric thing and nothing happened. I was like, was this supposed to be, like, a spark or something? I think she should have asked them to put the lights on in the house and maybe her outfit glows in the dark. Something to give it a big finish. It just felt very, like, okay, where's the big finish? It was so lacking.

[Bob]

I think what could have taken over the top? I don't know how she would do this is if her intestines turned into a boa and she would wear the boa around her shoulders. Like, if her intestines come out and then she wear it. Big tua boa. Even if you attach something to it and it becomes a big tool boa. I think that could be really cute. But I did like this number. I thought Mikey did a really good job, and I think she's really creative, and I think she's really stunning.

[Monet]

Yeah, I thought it was a really cool number. And it was. No one else did anything like her. And, yeah, I thought this was funny. And Mikey, she should be proud of herself because I think she did a great job.

[Bob]

I'm really shocked that Athena did not speak any Greek during her. She was speaking Greek the whole fucking episode. Couldn't a word of Greek during her Greek number.

[Monet]

Yeah, let's go into Athena. I thought Athena's number was fun. I thought it was really interesting. When she did the dancing bit, they showed it for, like, 02 seconds. And then they showed the judges. I'm like, if she was dancing well, but show us the dancing. It was like, literally step, camera, cut.

[Bob]

I don't think she was dancing very

[Monet]

well, but that's what they said. That's what she said in her talking head. She's like, I'm dancing. And normally Drag Race would be shady. They would show us the bad dancing, but they literally just showed one step, then it was a cutaway.

[Bob]

I don't think it was bad dancing, but I don't think it was good dancing.

[Monet]

Yeah. And she also wins. So it would be very weird to, like, show that. And it wouldn't make sense in the edit, But I thought it was a good number.

[Bob]

I Don't think that they care because it's about her family. They've already set the stage that her family's voting her high no matter how bad she is. So we don't care if her dancing is bad. I think this number is solidly mediocre. It's not. This is a solid middle of the pack number, in my opinion. But it wasn't bad enough for me to, like, shit on it, you know?

[Monet]

Yeah. Okay, wait. So Jay said she was not worse than Kenya.

[Bob]

We haven't got to Kenya yet, so everyone calm down. I said middle of the pack. I said solidly middle of the pack. So all y', all, Athena, is this one of her drag kids in our motherfucking Patreon? Calm down. Yeah.

[Monet]

So going into the season, I had such high hopes.

[Bob]

Opa's hag, she didn't speak Greek. That's crazy, right? All she said was opa at the end. That was it.

[Monet]

Isn't that crazy? I mean, I'm not as bothered as

[Bob]

you are, but the whole number was about being Greek. You're speaking Greek this entire episode. As we say spadacopa, as we say in Greece, fucking spada. Copa honey.

[Monet]

It's like olive oil.

[Bob]

If you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready.

[Monet]

So going on to Kenya Pleaser. Going into the season, I had such high hopes for Kenya Pleaser. I was like, this bitch is gonna come and turn it out. She's gonna be such an amazing performer, she's gonna kill it. This talent show was so fucking sad to watch. I could not believe it. First of all, she was fighting the wig the entire time, girl. And literally taking chunks out of performance and just not lip syncing and doing something like it's crazy.

[Bob]

I think these are the bits that get her tips back home. Cause you know when you're lip syncing, the audience loves. Uh huh. They love that stuff. But, baby, this is Ruble's Drag Race. We need to see you in your best form. And if this is Kenya Pleaser's best form, we got some real problems.

[Monet]

Yeah, it was really not good. It was not. It was so. It hurt me as a Kenya fan to watch, which is. Sorry, I'm putting a lot into it. I'm being a little dramatic, but it really. I was like, kenya, get it together. And just taking breaks out also, Bitch, you wrote this. Well, I don't know if you wrote it, but you recorded this song. We're listening to you sing it, bitch. You should have been have it on repeat until you got There. If you know that words are something you struggle with, knowing that you're gonna do a talent show. Like, I don't understand why she didn't prepare better to make sure she knows the words to her song.

[Bob]

At this point, the question is, can you do better? I mean, really. Like, she's fighting for a wig. Also, the flag twirling. We've seen flag twirling done really well on this show. I mean, I don't want saying you have to twirl as well as Latrice did. But if you're literally like. If Latrice is like, a collegiate level flag twirler, and you are literally like kindergartner, who baby's first flag. Don't do that. Don't do that, Kenya.

[Monet]

Like, she tried to throw in a. Like, look at this trick I can do, and you can't do the trick. Like, you try to throw in a trick to impress the judges and to press people at home, but you can't do the trick that you plan on doing. The thing that looks crazy.

[Bob]

And then the judges are pointing out this bitch's lip sync was off. She's lip sync the wrong part of the song. She's fighting her wig. Oof. I was.

[Monet]

When did RuPaul say the thing about. Akisha Carr had a good point. Her story. She was like. She's like, RuPaul cannot remember Jinx is Seattle. But you mean to tell me he remembers that Jiggly lip synced this on season four of Drag Race? He's like, get the fuck out of here.

[Bob]

I believe they remembered it. I mean, Rue remembers the thing that she remembers. Like, when Rue picks something that she remembers, she remembers that she remembers that Lawrence Chaney is from Scotland. I don't think Ru remembers everything, but I don't think that there was, like, a producer whispering in her ear. Oh, and just go quickly say, jiggly did this. Like that. That. That's crazy.

[Monet]

No, I don't think it's that. I think is just saying, like, they probably said in her ear, like, oh, oh, my God. You know, just a casual. I'm like, jiggly did this on. On season four.

[Bob]

I mean, y' all now y' all engaging in crazy conspiracy theory. I mean, just because you forget some stuff, that means you forget everything.

[Monet]

Forgets everything. I forget everything. I don't know anything.

[Bob]

Well, we know you don't know anything, but I think. I think. I mean, that would be weird. Like, and now we're gonna do a thing. Like, what benefit does RuPaul have to being like. And now. I, I don't know. Y', all, Y', all, y' all fake for that.

[Monet]

Jay said, whoever's in Ru's airpiece remembered it. Be serious.

[Bob]

I, I, I. Anyway, let's move on to Jane. Don't. There was some. I would say this. There were some really funny jokes in here. Like, Jane's performance, to me, has some genuinely. It was the funniest of all of the performances from both talent shows combined, in my opinion.

[Monet]

Yeah, I don't think anyone did comedy like that. She don't know who did like comedy like that. Who else did comedy? No one else.

[Bob]

No. Legs. Legs. Darlene did comedy.

[Monet]

Oh, yeah, you're right.

[Bob]

And I would say what Athena did was supposed to be comedy.

[Monet]

I think it was more. No, I think it was more like a. No, no, Bob, that was, that. Was it a learning lesson? It wasn't learning. It was more performance. Like, it was like. It was a performance challenge. Whereas Jane's, like. I would categorize Athena's as a performance challenge and James as a comedy challenge. If we were doing that. I don't think Athena was doing comedy. Athena knows she's not fucking funny.

[Bob]

I think you should go back and listen to the lyrics again. She was trying to be funny. Yeah.

[Monet]

Well, let me tell you something. It was definitely better than Darlene's, for sure. I thought Jane's was really funny. I thought she looked really good. But Jane always looks good, and we know Jane is funny. I just wish Jane's personality in the werk room was a little. You know what? She doesn't have to be warm. She doesn't have to be annoyed in her talking heads, but it would make me enjoy her as a queen this season more. But her number was very good.

[Bob]

Ciara said, Jane, don't get a lot of compliments from Bob. I come back, she looks quite stunning quite, quite often, actually.

[Monet]

Yeah.

[Bob]

Okay. And then last up, we have Discord Adams with, like, not another Drag. Drag song. And I didn't. I didn't love it. I didn't love it. What? I think that, like, this was also kind of like, it was supposed to be funny and kind of like, pointed and also, like, she wasn't playing those instruments.

[Monet]

Yeah, but, I mean, she might have

[Bob]

been playing them, but she wasn't playing them when we heard them.

[Monet]

Yeah, but I'm not bothered by that. I think that taking something that we see every season, multiple times a season, and subverting a little bit and, like, you know, I thought, again, this was A knee slap. Bend over. Oh, my God, I'm dying laughing. But I was watching it and I was smiling. I was like, oh, my God, this is clever. And I liked it. I thought it was like, we haven't seen someone do punk like that in a while. Trying to think who was the last person we saw, like, a punk number. But, yeah, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed Discourse number. It wasn't my favorite number, but I would've loved. But I enjoyed her doing the number for sure.

[Bob]

Yeah. I don't know. It didn't land for me the way that I felt like she hoped it would. I didn't hate it, but for me, it was the bottom half of the group for sure.

[Monet]

Gavin says, why does Irene's cuntiness work and Jane's doesn't? I can't figure it out.

[Bob]

I have a theory. I think it's because Irene. Well, first of all, I think that Irene was really humbled. And Irene is cunty in person. Jane is not cunty to their faces. Jane is only cunty in her confessionals. So in person, she's like, gosh, I hope no one's mad at me. And then in confession, she's like, this bitch ain't no fucking punk rock bitch. And I should have won that lip sync. And that's not. To me, that's not the vibe.

[Monet]

If Nene Coco is this week, who's winning, Nini Coco or Jane Dunn? I think Nene Coco.

[Bob]

You mean between Nene. Nene's performance from last week and Jane's this week?

[Monet]

Yeah. If Nene was in this bracket, is who's winning this week, Nene or Jane?

[Bob]

I think Nene would have been in the top, actually. That's if I was ranking. But because of the way the system is set up, I think that Nene still would have been the top because the Florida girls are going to Florida.

[Monet]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Bob]

You know.

[Monet]

Oh, wait. So one more diamond says, wait. I thought it was kind of funny that Jane was getting on Nene about doing something she's already done. But Jane herself said her number was a reference to something else. Well, that's not quite the same thing she's referencing. She's not using the same material. It's just a reference of a similar act.

[Bob]

I mean, Jane is kind of a hater, though. Like, Jane's kind of a hater. Like, we can agree with Jane's a little bit of a hater. Right? Am I crazy on that? Does anyone chat? Am I crazy? Have I lost my mind?

[Monet]

Well, you are, but that's devoid of what we're talking about.

[Bob]

But, you guys, let's go into the judging. So the top two queens are Athena and Jane. From the ranking system, the top two queens are Athena and Jane Monet. Do you agree with that? Oh, we didn't rank them. Should we rank them tonight?

[Monet]

Oh, yeah. So I would do. I would do Jane don't is my first position. Mikey Meeks is my second position. Third would be Athena. Fourth would be Discord. Fifth would be Kenya.

[Bob]

Hmm. Yeah, same, actually. Exact same. I'm a little flipped between Mikey and Jane because I thought that Mikey's number was more creative than Jane's was, you know?

[Monet]

Yeah.

[Bob]

And I liked her outfit better, so. No, I'm gonna go. Mikey 1, Jane, 2. Athena, 3. Discord 4. Kenya, 5.

[Monet]

Well, bitch, so talk about the rankings. This doesn't make any fucking sense to me. And with friends like this, who needs enemies? Vita went on and on that she was going to make that she was going to have Discord's back, but she ranked her second to last. How the fuck does that make sense? Do you not understand how alliance works? You know, I Discord as my girl. I have her back. You lank you rank her 4 out of 5.

[Bob]

Maybe she had her back by going to her and telling her what Ciara was saying. Maybe that was her version of having her back.

[Monet]

Girl, I was gagged. I was gagged by that. I don't know.

[Bob]

Maybe they ain't that fucking close. I feel like Athena and Jane were honestly pretty evenly matched until Athena pulled out the air guitar. When Athena pulled out the air guitar at the end, I think she chewed Jane up and edged her out. And I think that she deserved it.

[Monet]

Yeah, I think I would agree. I think she deserved to win as well. I think she did a good job.

[Bob]

Why was Jane being like, this bitch ain't like, why was Jane doing all that in the confessional? Like, why she just say, yeah, she beat me?

[Monet]

I don't. I don't. I don't remember that. What did she say?

[Bob]

She's like, the only thing punk rock about her is I can't remember what it was, but it was something about how, like, she's not punk rock. And it kind of insinuated that she felt like she deserved to win over Athena.

[Monet]

I mean. Yeah. Oh, I was like, I was gagged that with the ranking that Kenny and Discord were safe. Bitch. Mikey being in the bottom is. I was. I tweeted about it or threaded about it. I was so upset for Mikey because I was like, Mikey did a good job, and I know it's strategy, but I'm like, I felt so bad for Mikey because I was. I genuinely thought she did. She did, like, one of the best

[Bob]

in the challenge, and she looked one of the best in the Runway too.

[Monet]

Yeah, yeah. I agree.

[Bob]

They did Mikey real dirty. But it doesn't matter, because Mikey went up against Ciara. Against one of my. One of. I think one of the best songs to lip sync to on Drag Race, it is Toxic by Britney Spears. This is such a fucking good song. And, guys, just so you know, I'm not just promoting the show, but there is a great version of Toxic in Moulin Rouge. That is so good. It's at the top of. You remember, you saw when they mix it with an hypocrite, baby, with that romance.

[Monet]

The battle. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's in the lip sync. Ciara is a pointer sister. She's one of these girls. Girl pointer sister.

[Bob]

I honestly do not know why Ciara thought she could take out Discord, because I don't think Ciara could have taken out anyone.

[Monet]

I don't think Ciara could take out the garbage. She can't do shit. She's not a good lip syncer.

[Bob]

That was mean, Monae. That's not the kind of podcast we do.

[Monet]

Shut your ass up.

[Bob]

No, no, no, no. We can't move on from this, Monae, I need you to make an. We don't do that kind of podcast. Okay?

[Monet]

I'm a little nervous of Mikey, too. If Mikey goes against anyone else. Mikey was fine. Mikey was not like a. I thought Mikey was fine.

[Bob]

Mikey ate her up with that triple pirouette. You couldn't do that fucking triple pirouette.

[Monet]

Oh, that was. The triple pirouette was sickening. But that was the only trick.

[Bob]

She's saving them. You don't get it. Mikey thinks in the future. Mikey's not like you girls who do everything. Mikey's not like you who does everything. In your first Pound the Alarm lip sync, you done wasted all your bits.

[Monet]

I literally did not.

[Bob]

You did your wig bit. You did your fucking. Your cooter slang.

[Monet]

I did not do a wig bit in Pound the Alarm. So what of it?

[Bob]

You wasted everything.

[Monet]

Are you gonna admit you're a liar? Just make shit up.

[Bob]

You did your twerk move. You did every. You did your little. You wasted all your shit.

[Monet]

I did none of that in Pound the Alarm.

[Bob]

So what do I got? What do we got to do? Exactly. And you were also. And I heard that you advocated for wanting to lip sync Nicki because you were obsessed with her and you're a big Nicki fan still to this day.

[Monet]

To this day. She's literally coming over later today. We're going to hang out and talk about everything. I'm going to give some advice.

[Bob]

Um, but anyway, I know I thought that Mickey. I thought that I keep calling her Meeki because of Meeki Meeks from fucking this American life. I thought that. I thought that Mikey deserved to win. I thought she did a really good. I genuinely thought she did a great job. And it's. I think it's Ciara's time to hit it.

[Monet]

I don't think it was that. I think Ciara had some more to offer, but I think, well, if not Ciara, then, ooh, candy. I should have went home. I don't think Kandi has anything else to offer the show.

[Bob]

Damn. You know what, Kenya? You're right. Kenya. I don't think Kenya. Kenya don't have. She don't have looks. She can't lip sync. She. She. She has a split. She did her move. All Kenya has is great talking heads.

[Monet]

That's it.

[Bob]

Not even that great, to be honest. I've seen better.

[Monet]

Damn, Bob.

[Bob]

They're not great talking heads. Do you think they're great talking heads?

[Monet]

Don't bring me into it. Talk about yourself. Don't ask me. Don't bring me into it. This is an.

[Bob]

This is an opinion based show, Monet, where we give opinions about our show. You know, I already dragged Kenya through the Serengeti.

[Monet]

The Serengeti is stupid. Anyway, y'. All. Those are our thoughts about the episode. Now we're gonna go into untucked, but you can only hear untucked if you're on our Patreon because there's a Patreon exclusive. So if you want to hear our cause, I have a. I want to talk to Bob about this. Jay and I were having an argument earlier. Not an argument. A discussion earlier about strategy when it comes to R. Queen. And I'm curious what Bob's thoughts are. So what? We're going to discuss that at Untucked.

[Bob]

And we also discuss all the Twitter drama as well. All right, bye, everyone. See you there.

[Monet]

Bye.