Sibling Advicery: Starting Drag/Cheaters

Summary

Sibling Rivalry Podcast Summary

Episode: Sibling Advicery: Starting Drag/Cheaters
Date: February 28, 2022
Hosts: Bob The Drag Queen & Monét X Change

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Episode Overview

This installment of "Sibling Advicery" sees Bob and Monét X Change doling out their signature comedic-yet-sincere advice on all things drag, friendships, relationships, and queer life. The episode covers practical tips for baby queens, the realities of starting drag on a budget, how to approach sticky workplace and relationship situations, and frank, funny real talk on everything from masturbation mishaps to eating ass confidently. Throughout, the duo’s chemistry and humor sparkle, peppered with anecdotes and plenty of teasing.

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1. Sibling Banter & "Same Outfit" Debacle

Timestamps: 01:09–05:36

Key Points

• Bob and Monét immediately bicker about wearing the same outfit for multiple podcast recordings, with Bob nonplussed and Monét insisting it's noteworthy.
• The conversation becomes a playful debate on behind-the-scenes podcasting, personal preferences, and perceptions from their audience.

Notable Quotes

• Monét: "Everything is about me, actually." [01:21]
• Bob: "I do not feel the need to change my clothes so people on the internet will make fun of me." [03:04]

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2. Advice for NYC Baby Drag Queens

Timestamps: 05:56–11:59

Key Points

• Listener asks about best places to start drag in Manhattan and where to source wigs/costumes on a budget.
• Monét recommends "Star Search Barracuda," a long-standing drag competition that welcomes all levels and helps build connections.
• Both suggest thrift shopping (Rainbow, Goodwill), Manhattan wig stores, and the Garment District for affordable materials.
• Bob explains beginner sewing tricks (the "tube technique") and gives empowering advice for DIY costuming.

Notable Quotes

• Monét: "You just go, you show up. No matter how great you think your drag is or...if you're just starting out…you have a chance to win $150." [06:47]
• Bob: "I genuinely believe anyone can learn how to sew. You don’t have to be Alexander McQueen..." [08:22]
• Bob: "The best advice is: just start doing it." [11:00]

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3. Should I Schmooze My Ex for a Job?

Timestamps: 12:34–16:44

Key Points

• A listener wonders if "sucking up" to their ex, who works at their dream company, is worth the awkwardness.
• The duo clarifies whether it's emotional manipulation or networking, and both land on a balanced approach: Use the connection, but not at the expense of self-respect or comfort.
• Bob and Monét riff on "schmoozing" in the entertainment industry and joke about potential casting couch antics in audio engineering.

Notable Quotes

• Bob: "If you are trying to be kind to someone because you want to work at the job that they work at, but they are shady in your social interactions—there’s a small chance they’re a shady boss, too." [13:13]
• Monét: "Use that connection to the best of your ability to get the job…once you get the job, you don’t need to be best friends." [15:24]
• Bob: "Don’t do anything you’re not comfortable with. You have to be able to live with your decision." [16:44]

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4. Starting Drag with No Money

Timestamps: 17:31–24:30

Key Points

• Listener "Puss on a Penny" asks how to approach drag with literally zero funds.
• Monét stresses that you don't need fancy gear: buy drugstore makeup, thrift for fabric, and learn as you go.
• The hosts discuss the prevalence of human hair wigs and the pressure to keep up with trends, but stress affordability for beginners.
• Bob adds realism: If you truly have zero dollars, consider saving—drag can't be free, and passion should outweigh money motivations.

Notable Quotes

• Monét: "Don’t waste your money when you’re learning how to do drag. Don’t go buy some human hair wig to go tease it up into a rat...” [21:35]
• Bob: “If you literally have zero dollars...focus on saving money before you start trying to do drag.” [22:50]

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5. Roommate Masturbation Noise

Timestamps: 24:32–28:16

Key Points

• Listener is troubled by consistently hearing their roommate masturbating.
• Both struggle to understand how it’s so noisy but propose two main approaches: bring it up directly, or play it off by mentioning an unrelated loud noise.
• Frank, non-shaming honesty is encouraged if it’s truly disrupting peace.

Notable Quotes

• Monét: “You’re not telling him, ‘how dare you masturbate’...you’re being like, ‘babe, when you jerk off I can’t get to sleep, it’s so loud.’” [25:09]
• Bob: “I’ve never heard masturbating making noise...maybe when they say beat their meat, this person really said, BEAT.” [27:01]

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6. Navigating Privilege & Awareness in Friendships

Timestamps: 28:23–33:01

Key Points

• A Black woman writes in, frustrated by her white male friend’s blissful ignorance of social issues.
• Bob points out the privilege of tuning out, and the burden often placed on marginalized people to be "political."
• Both recommend gentle honesty—sharing resources, articles, or TikToks to educate, rather than ignoring reality or feeling forced to embrace ignorance for comfort.

Notable Quotes

• Bob: “Ignoring problems doesn’t mean they’ll go away...It’s not really ignorant bliss if you literally know what’s happening.” [31:15]
• Monét: “If someone is living in his privileged way...chances are he may just be in a bubble.” [32:23]

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7. Telling Friends About Cheating

Timestamps: 33:01–41:08

Key Points

• Listener grapples with whether to reveal rumors of infidelity to a friend.
• Monét would share the info with close friends so they're aware, but not with distant acquaintances.
• Bob hesitates, fearing backlash if the couple stays together, but would tell very close friends (like Monét)—and admits he’d gossip about it to others.

Notable Quotes

• Monét: “If it was Bob, I would want him to have the information, so I would tell him. [That’s] looking after your best interests.” [34:53]
• Bob: “I don’t like to get involved in people’s relationships...especially with rumors...I’d only tell someone very close, and make it clear it’s just what I heard.” [38:46]

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8. First-Time Ass-Eating Anxiety

Timestamps: 41:08–45:06

Key Points

• Eighteen-year-old listener seeks tips on eating ass: how to make sure it’s clean and how to do it well.
• Bob describes a discreet “whiff test” and reassures that most people will warn if unprepared.
• Monét offers a detailed (and hilarious) tutorial for maximal pleasure: get wet, don’t be shy, think “pie-eating contest.”

Notable Quotes

• Bob: “Most people are cognizant of the cleanliness of their asshole.” [43:01]
• Monét: “Act like you’re at a pie eating contest...Someone has tied your hands behind your back and there is a key at the bottom of the pie and you’re trying to find that key.” [44:00]

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9. Building a Social Circle & Where to Move

Timestamps: 46:22–49:39

Key Points

• Listener seeks advice on relocating and rebuilding community as a queer Black man.
• Both recommend cities like Atlanta or New York and suggest indoor and outdoor queer activities: sports teams, choirs, bar scenes, and company resource groups.
• Nightlife is highlighted as a great way to find community.

Notable Quotes

• Bob: “There are queer sports teams, choirs, and great bar scenes...You start to build a community around that.” [48:05]
• Monét: “Nightlife was so good to me...I found my tribe and my community and people I can love and trust thanks to nightlife.” [48:50]

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10. Passing as Straight: Gender Expression Advice

Timestamps: 51:20–54:56

Key Points

• A listener feels frustrated at being “read as straight” despite being queer and wants to present more fluidly.
• Both suggest playing with wardrobe and presentation, but also highlight that gender expression and identity don’t need to match for validation.
• Bob emphasizes the freedom to dress as feels comfortable, and the pros and cons of visually signaling queerness.

Notable Quotes

• Monét: “You should wear faggy clothes...like what people you want to be identified as are wearing.” [53:50]
• Bob: “Your gender expression and your gender identity don’t always line up...You don’t have to present your queerness in a way that seems digestible for others.” [53:58]

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11. Notable Moments & Humor

• Extended drag queen trivia, inside jokes, and playful shade abound.
• Bob and Monét’s dynamic often devolves into pretend courtroom drama over their own memories:
  • Monét: “Yes, she’s backtracking!” [04:54]
  • Bob: “Your honor...” [04:55]
• Bob accuses Monét of antagonizing him, recalling: “From the top of the podcast...I was like ‘I have pimples’ and she’s like ‘whose fucking pimples, bitch?’ I wasn’t even talking about you.” [21:14]
• Playful running commentary about each other's moods, habits, and shared history.

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12. Closing Thoughts

• Bob and Monét reinforce that passion, not perfection—or money—makes great drag.
• They consistently center personal comfort, communication, and community-building across all advice.
• The episode ends as it began: with banter, teasing, and a sense that, ultimately, queer resilience and creativity shine brightest together.

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For listeners new and old, this episode distills Sibling Rivalry’s best qualities: practical wisdom, honest and irreverent sex talk, unfiltered drag scene advice, and the deliciously competitive chemistry of Bob and Monét.

Transcript

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Oh, honey. What pimples, honey. What pimples, honey.

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Recording, honey. Pimples. Oh, I was talking about me talking about you. No one's. No one's nothing. Everything's not about you. I was talking about myself.

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Everything is about me, actually. I know.

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Just in case y' all are wondering,

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this video is coming directly after Advisory. What is this? Advisory or rivalry? What is this?

[B]

This is advice for you.

[C]

Okay, so in the last episode of Rivalry, you guys may have noticed that I wore the same clothes. I'm in the same space. I am currently going through a situation and I'm, like, living in just super

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secret, super secret situation. Monet and her super secret situations, girl. Bobby, here's the thing. If you can't talk about it, just don't talk. That's the thing. If you can't. Like no one's prom. No one's even prompting you.

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I'm not trying to give context. That's why I'm trying to give context as to why I'm doing the thing.

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No one cares that you're in the same shirt. Yes, they do.

[C]

People say that on the podcast. They're like, oh, I see Bob wearing the same thing again, or bitch, people do care and I care.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, you all caught me. I don't wear my clothes once and throw them away.

[C]

Not throw them away, but back to back. Back to back is a little much.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. And sometimes we do our podcast and we film podcasts.

[C]

Be conscious of that, honey. Be conscious, honey. Be conscious, honey.

[B]

I don't feel like I need to change my clothes to placate people on the. On the Internet who are like, are you still wearing the same clothes? If I don't feel like changing my clothes so people don't make fun of me for wearing the same clothes in back to back episodes. Oh, it just takes a lot to be like back in the day when

[C]

we used to record on YouTube and I was like, oh, we can just wear the same outfits for every episode. You threw a whole Monique, we can't do that. Number one, we should change outfits every episode. But now you want to wear the same outfit every episode.

[B]

You know what?

[C]

Then you wear the same outfit. You wear this outfit every time we re record the podcast. How about that? Since you don't care. Wear this outfit every time.

[B]

I don't remember doing this whole big hissy fit. You're saying also that was back when we were doing them in full drag. Are you going to. That was also when we were doing them in full drag and I was like, I'm in drag. When we were in drag. It's about showing our looks and I don't want to wear the same drag look. I'm wearing a poncho from my living room. So I don't know if you're trying to showcase your Monet Shane sweatshirt you're wearing and you're. You're fantasy is like flaunting. I put it this way. I do not feel the need to change my clothes so people on the Internet will make fun of me. And if you feel the need to do that, then live your dreams. So y' all know. Or explaining yourself.

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Y' all know Bob fully was you.

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You threw.

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I w. Who was around that time? It wouldn't be. It wouldn't be Kennedy. Maybe Patty, maybe Mitch. Mitch will probably definitely know. You absolutely were like Monet. We can't wear the same outfits when we're in drag. We have to change it up. That was you. I was all about wearing the same thing the whole day to record a YouTube because we're recording podcast episodes. And I thought it was fine. You threw the whole stick about that. So. And you know you did. Stop acting like you didn't because you know you did.

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I re. I do not. I. There's been a trend in the podcast lately of you acting like you know how I feel more than I do and you being like that is what you did. That is what you mean. It's not knowing how I feel. I remember what happened. I know it's. I know it's what you felt. That is what happened. And I.

[C]

That is what happened.

[B]

I don't have the same memory of me throwing a fit about you wearing clothes.

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Obviously, Bob, not a fit. Okay. Oh, here we go.

[B]

How do I know what words are the biggest. I don't know what words are the things you mean and what words you

[C]

mean is the thing you act like.

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I'm just repeating back the words you're saying to me.

[C]

This is the part where you act like. We don't speak in hyperbole, literally all the time on this podcast. And yes, literally is another.

[B]

Okay, so I don't know what's hyperbole? So did I throw a fit? Did I mean it? Did I say it? Did it happen? I don't know. What I'm telling you is, bottom line is you made a statement. I feel the need to change my clothes. I do not feel the need to change my clothes or explain to people. I don't care if people will notice I'm wearing the same shirt.

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Yes, she's backtracking.

[B]

Your Honor, sometime Monet, and sometimes Monet and I wear this film multiple episodes in a day, and we don't change our clothes. How am I. What is. What am I backtracking on? I don't understand. What am I backtracking on?

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This is me backtracking, honey. I mean, this is me doing you, but backtracking, Honey, wait.

[B]

Explain how I'm backtracking. I will not interrupt you for the next minute. Google. Google, set a timer for one minute. Now explain how I'm backtracking.

[C]

Well, I'm not gonna dive into an argument with you. This is advisory. We can rehash this when we do rivalry, but. But this is advice where we're here to give people advice. And we are five minutes into the podcast and we should start getting to the advice giving. How about that?

[B]

You still have 45 seconds at this point. All right, I'm going to start us

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with our first question.

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I know.

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Thank you, Jacob.

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I want Monet to. Monet is in a mood. I am not in a mood. Wild mood today.

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This is advisory.

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I'mma get that ass on the.

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On rivalry.

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How about that?

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Let's get to the advice giving motherfucker.

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Hi, Bob and Monet. My name is Juni. I'm 22. And thanks to Monet's maybe oversharing in past episodes, I found out that I recently moved really close to where Bob used to live, on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. So my question is, what are the best places for a aspiring young yet to debut drag queen to hit the scene? Like, best places to start, best places to buy wigs or fabrics or costumes or just like. Any advice for people who want to be queens in this area?

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Oh, thank you.

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Love you.

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What is not oversharing? Once Bob moved from the. Once Bob moved from his old place, from the first place I knew from Amsterdam to Washington Heights, we kind of started talking about his old place. And when Bob left, when Bob moves and he leaves, we talk about the old place. Same thing with me. So it wasn't oversharing. We kind of just talk about 945Amsterdam. My advice would be places to start. I say go to Star Search Barracuda or on Thursday nights, it is the longest running drag competition in New York City. And you just go, you show up. No matter how great you think your drag is or how knockered you think it is, if you're just starting out, you've been doing drag for one day, 100 years, whatever it is, if you're falling anywhere between there, you go to Star Search, you can perform and you have a chance to win $150. The tricky thing about Star Search is that back in the day it has had controversy because audience applause chooses the winner. So if you are a bitch that you doing drag at Star Search, at Barrett Quitting, you, you roll like 25 deep of your friends, bitch, you're winning $150.

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So.

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But it's still a great way to get your toes wet and to meet a lot of the queens in the city who are also starting new, also making friends with the host. I think it's still Tina Burns. Maybe it's Keisha Car now. I think Keisha Carr and Tina alternate, whatever it is. You can meet two legendary New York City drag queens and yeah, get your feet wet with people who are in the city. And in terms of wigs and stuff, I don't even know if people buy wigs anymore, Bob. Cause, you know, there's still the place on 31st, 5th and 8th, but it's not called Beauty 35 anymore. It's called something else. Manhattan wig supplier, something like that. That's a great place to get wigs and bitch. When I used to get wigs, I mean outfits when I first started, Bitch Rainbow. And you can. It's easy to take like a. Cause they have these like catsuits, literally catsuits or leotards. You can take the catsuit and alter it really easy because they're always four way stretch. That's a great way to start getting, like little drag pieces together to perform.

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If you're gonna look to start drag. If you're gonna buy a wig, you're gonna want to go to 125th Street. 125th street is a great place. There's like probably six or seven wig stores just like from, from. If you get off the one train and walk toward the Apollo between those places, you'll find a lot of wig stores. Orange Beauty place to buy wigs. There's a lot of great places over there. And honestly, just go to the. You should go to the garment district and buy yourself some fabric and learn how to sew. Um, I, I honestly, genuinely, genuinely believe that anyone can learn how to sew. I don't think everyone's gonna be, you know, Alexander McQueen or, you know, making a Vera Wang gown, but you can make yourself something to perform in at a drag show. Um, but if you're talking about like shopping, I would recommend you go to those two places. 125th and then the garment district, which is like below 42nd. It's between, it's from like 41st to like 35th. And in that area on the, on the west side between 7th and 8th west of. There's going to be lots of, lots of fabric stores where you can. And start with four way stretch and just, you can just Google how to make a leotard, how to make a dress. You can learn anything on Google.

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Also the tube technique. Anything. The tube technique.

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I mean, it's kind of hard to describe without showing someone, but you basically make a tube, make a pillowcase, but the seam is up the back. And then you cut out holes for the arms. Then you cut out where the show where the shoulders meet. You can make a leotard like that. You make a gown like that. Then you add a godet, which is just a triangle that you put inside of a seam or inside of a cut to make a gown. Or you can put a circle skirt on the bottom to make a, to make a mermaid. You can make a cat suit. And it all starts from a tube just from making, like, with one piece of fabric. That's how I learned this. That's how I taught Monet how to sew. I'm not great at sewing, but I did make a lot of my outfits for a long time. And if you need to, you diversify your outfit, your, your wardrobe, you can basically have a gown for yourself for like less than 40 bucks also. It just takes some sewing skills also.

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Another great way is if you, like, go to the Goodwill or somewhere that has consignment clothes and you get something really cheap that you like

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a Lot

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of seamstresses say this. And designers, you get off and you just take it apart and you see how it's sewn together. And then you can. From there, you can start making your own shit,

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or you can. Yeah, you pat. You can pattern it by picking it apart and then putting it back together. But if you cut it apart and put it back together, it will get smaller.

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Oh, yeah, don't cut it.

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That is something that you should know.

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Yeah. Get a.

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If you cut your outfit apart, put it back together, it will be smaller than when you made it because you're losing the seam allowance.

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I experienced that anyway, a lot.

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A lot of people always asking how to. How to start dragging, how to do drag. And really, the best advice out of everything we just said is you just. Just start doing it. If you just start doing it and go on the scene, you will end up learning how to do drag. Like, it will just. You'll be surrounded by people who are doing drag. You will end up being a part of it, and you'll end up learning. If Matty Morphosis can learn to do drag, if Matty Morphosis can find. Can find a home in drag, then so can you.

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Matty Morphosis has a funny TikTok. Matty Morphosis is funny.

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Yeah, I told you about her TikTok. It's really, really, really. I wish she would have made it to Snatch Game. I wish I could have seen what she would have done. Her and Cornbread. I really wish I could have seen what they both have done in Snatch Game.

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But it seems like Maddy has found their voice after being on the show, because, like, on the show, Maddie has been really. But again, maybe the other girls in the room are just. Well, on the show. The vibe I got was mez. Maddie wasn't as confident as Matty seems now through social media. So, I mean. And maybe he just lived a lot of lives. I mean, they filmed the show, like, almost a year ago. So I think it seems like, well, some people just.

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Some people. Some people just thrive on their own. On their own circumstances. So some people are like, I don't do well in, like, a competition show where I'm being edited, surrounded by people, but when I'm in my own space, I can do my own thing. I'm on TikTok. It's kind of like how, like, Rakim Sakura, you know, thrives off of Drag Race, but she didn't do so great on the show. Same with Trixie. I mean, she ended up doing great and winning, but her first go round, she, she got eliminated twice. Didn't do super great on the show, but really thrives outside of Drag Race. Maybe that's just not the medium for Ms. Msmorphis question.

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So the theme of my question is whether or not I should keep sucking up to my ex with the hopes of potentially landing my dream job. So basically we both work in audio and I just found out that she is now working at Forever Dog and obviously like, hi, I'm a patron, I work in audio. That kind of thing is obviously a dream of mine. I have been trying to reconnect with her for a while, but every time we make plans, she cancels last minute, which obviously feels so shitty. However, I would do anything to work somewhere like Forever Dog. So I'm just kind of conflicted if I should keep putting myself through this.

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Like. So Forever Dog is actually the company that the company, the umbrella company for, for mom, which is moguls of media, which is Alaska and Willems podcasting network. So if you listen to, if you listen to Sloppy Seconds or Race Chaser, the chopper Chopped, they're all on Forever Dog. What do you mean sucking up to your ex? I mean like, are you, are you, are you all like dating, right? Is this, is it just social? Is it just social at this point? I think that, I mean, if you are trying to be kind to someone because you want to work at the job that they work at, but they are shady in your social interactions, there's a small chance, not a definite chance, but a small chance that there might be a shady boss as well. And I don't know why you would want to. To deal with that. It sounds like you don't like her.

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So the ex, it sounds like,

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I

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mean, the ex seems to have some sort of hiring power or seems to be some sort of a higher up at Forever Dog. It's fully Willem. Some higher up position at Forever Dog. And they want, they don't want to, they want to stay in good graces with the people who make the decisions over there.

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And

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I don't know, it seems like it might be. Might create an uncomfortable work situation or you can also just. I mean, if your ex just wants to hang out and be friends, it also is kind of. Is maybe a little strange to like hang out with your boss too. That might be a little strange. Like socializing with your boss might be a little odd.

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I mean, I listen, hey, I could be a little messy. I think that when you say sucking up, I'm with Bob. I need more definition of what sucking up means like, bitch, are you literally sucking it up, slobbing on a knob or whatever your version of slobbing a knob is to get a job? Like, is it that? Like, are you exchanging sexual favors for job for to get hired? If so, that might be messy, but

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it sounds like they're just being social. It sounds like they're just being social, but the boss, but the ex keeps canceling. That's what it sounds like.

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Yeah. I mean, listen, I say, I say use that connection to the best of your ability to get the job. I mean, once you get the job. I mean, I don't foresee a world, but again, I don't know how it is in audio, but I don't foresee a role that you getting fired once you stop being cordial, if that's your plan after you get the job. But I think again, that's a little shady to do is to be nice to get the job. And once you get the job, start paying them. Thus, that seems really messy too. But I'll say you don't need to be best friends, but try to be a little extra kind or do nice things to get you that plug to get you that hookup into the industry that you want to be in.

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I do think schmoozing is a thing. I've seen it work for lots of people. And sometimes you gotta schmooze. I do not know how intense the audio engineering world is. I don't know how much, how many casting couches there are in the audio engine in the world of audio engineers. Maybe some, maybe some, some documentarian needs to do a deep dive into the shady practices behind the audio engineering business.

[C]

Oh, my God. Have you ever heard a scandal about Jacob Ritz? He does audio engineering for Cinema rv, Podcast girl. I heard a day of some tea on her.

[B]

I don't think Jacob does audio engineering for our podcast.

[C]

I mean, he does for you. Jacob's fully setting up your mic. He's recording your audio. He's. What's the audio? He's audio engineering for you.

[B]

I don't think. I mean, I don't work in audio engineering. I don't think setting up a microphone is audio engineering and capturing the sound. I think it might be more complex than that. But I also, I don't work in audio engineering and I don't think Jacob identifies as an audio engineer. But yeah, don't do anything you're not comfortable with. Don't do anything you're not comfortable with. That's the ultimate answer. You have to Be comfortable with what you're doing. You have to be able to live with your. Your decision. That's. That's my advice. We have another audio. We should do some live things where they actually come in and, like, we can ask them these questions and be like, what do you mean by we're

[C]

going to do it on stereo? Or it might do a little Riverside moment.

[A]

Hi, Bob. I'm Monet. I just wanted to know what tips you would have for someone who wants to start drag but literally has no money in their bank account. Because there seems to be a lot that goes into the basics of drag. And, like, I don't know, like, where do I invest my money in. In the beginning, Do I buy good wigs? Do I focus on buying good makeup? Should I buy good fabric? Should I focus on shoes? You know what I mean? Like, what tips do you have for someone who wants to start off drag with limited resources? Sincerely, Puss on a Penny.

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Puss on a Penny. Love their name themselves.

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Drag is an expensive art form. I do agree with that. But when you're starting out, a lot of baby queens, because of drag race and because of the influx of drag and how accessible drag has become, they feel the need to go by Dior Dior makeup or to go buy, like, a $1,500 human hair wig to start out drag. And it's like, you don't need to do that to start drag. When I first started drag, bitch, I was wearing elf coat.

[B]

Who's doing that?

[C]

Bitch? I mean, I'm not gonna say any names, but two queens in New York specifically, I'm thinking about maybe not $1,500, but spending money on, like, a human hair wig. Because that's, like, the vibe now. That's, like, the trend. Everyone has, like, a human hair wig anyway. But when you're starting out, Dragon is not.

[B]

I want to talk about human hair wigs after the suit because you and I had a whole moment. I had this whole moment in actually. We'll talk about it. We'll talk about it right now. We had this whole moment in Chicago. We were celebrating Monday's birthday in Chicago, and everyone kept talking to me about my wig and being like, bob, you need to do it. So everyone there is wearing. Actually, no, me and Batty were not wearing human hair wigs, but Layla, Naysha and Monet. And Monet kept being like, bob, you need to do human hair wigs. You have to do one. Bob, you need to do one. And I was like, I just don't think it's my vibe. I would never wear my hair down like that. I mean, the only time I wear my hair down is if I wear braids or, like. Like, locks or something. But I never just wear. I very rarely wear, like, a long, straight wig. I have one wig that I wore one time as Morticia Adams. Long, straight wig, straight down. And then this. This guy who makes wigs is like, but if you ever need one, you know? And I was like, well, I just. I don't think it's my thing. Thank you for offering, but it's just not my thing. Of course. Monet is like, bob, just do it. You need to do this. You have to get into it. Look at it. And then she's, like, waving a wig around.

[C]

I was like.

[B]

And everyone started being like, yeah, Bob. And I was like, it's just not my thing. Like, I don't.

[C]

I.

[B]

It's not like I've never worn one. I just don't want to do it. I don't know why. Everyone in the room was like, bob, just do it. I'm like, I don't want to work. I've tried it, and I don't like it. Y' all were acting wild.

[C]

It was not wild. It was fine. It was.

[B]

It felt wild to me. That was my experience. It felt like a lot of people were, like, ascending on me, and I was like, I don't want to do it. Like, why am I. Why do I have to defend my. Like, I'm trying to sit here. I wasn't giving nobody in the room tips on their drag or their numbers or their comedy. I would just, like, do your thing while you do your thing.

[C]

Humor her wigs, honey. Gotta have those bundles. Honey, those bundles. Material, girl.

[B]

It's very trendy. You're very on trend, Monet.

[C]

So back to the queen. So what's it called? Puss in Boots. What's her name?

[B]

Puss on a Panty.

[C]

Puss on a Penny. Puss on a panty does not have to be.

[B]

You get some ginkgo biloba, girl. Gotta get some ginkgo biloba, Bitch. You be forgetting shit.

[C]

Do you know what?

[B]

Right the fuck away.

[C]

Do you know what you should get?

[B]

What?

[C]

A human hair wig.

[B]

Oh, my God. Answer. Puss on a Penny. I have a human hair wig. I just don't wear it very often. I love it.

[C]

I love what you. Because Bob is not in a mood. Bob is. Bob is on the spectrum of moodage. Bob is. Bob is currently.

[B]

Great.

[C]

Very sweet. But if

[B]

you're intentionally and Antagonizing me from the top of the podcast. I was like, I have pimples. And she's like, who's fucking pimples, bitch? I don't have any. I was like, I wasn't even, I wasn't even talking about you. I was just talking about my own pimple. Monet has been. You have been like acting wild this episode. I don't know what you are going through.

[C]

Oh my God.

[B]

I don't know what you're on Today

[C]

puts on a penny. So drag does not have to be expensive to start. When I first started drag, which I was wearing Elf cosmetics, I was going to the CVS and getting foundation stuff there. Like I would look up tutorials online and see what they were using and to get a general sense of it. Then just go and find cheap alternates and cheap, not alternative, what we're looking for. Cheap alternatives. Alternatives. Thank you. To what they were using that would. And again, it wouldn't look as good. But again, I was just learning how to start it and I was teaching myself. So don't waste your money when you're learning how to do drag. Don't go buy some human way wig to go tease it up into a rat and you're like, I just wasted $300 however much your wig costs you. So I think you can get some. There is a way to do drag cheap, but you don't have to get the most expensive things you see all these girls doing on Instagram or on TikTok or whatever. Try to get things that make sense to your pocket. Don't try to break the bank to start learning drag. And yeah, so drag can be expensive. But when you are first starting your career, as you level up, you'll want to change these things. You want to get nicer wigs and you might want to get a wig refronted or you learn how to do those things yourself so that you look better and how you want to present your drag to start it does not have to break the bank and suck suck you dry of all your coins.

[B]

You know, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how strong your passion for drag is. But I will say if you literally have zero dollars in the bank, I would honestly focus on saving money before you start trying to do drag. Because it is, it is in the realm of impossible to do drag for free. Like it is in it is. Unless you, unless you are surrounded by drag queens who are going to give you a lot of free stuff. It is in the Neighborhood of impossible. To do drag for free, you're gonna have to pay something. It doesn't have to be expensive. And I would make sure that whatever you're spending, because for a lot of people, not everyone, but for a lot of people, drag does not start making money for a long time. And your. I think your passion for drag has to outweigh your desire to make money. When it comes to doing drag, when it comes to any art form, that's not just drag. When it comes to any art form, your desire to do what it is has to outweigh your passion for money. So there's a chance that maybe if money is stopping you, that might be a telltale sign. That might be a telltale sign because, you know, makeup does cost, shoes cost, heels cost, wigs cost lashes. All of that stuff. It does cost money. And there are certain ways to do it for less, ways to do it for cheaper while still maintaining a lot of great quality. It just requires a lot of learning on your own. You have to really up your skill set and a lot of different things. But again, weigh your passion for it and then ask yourself, is this worth putting myself in the red to. To make. To do drag, you know, work?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And now we are on to written preguntas. Dear Bobby Monet, I can hear my roommate jacking off every night. Wow. Not the sound of the video, not him making sounds, just him beating his dick. I feel. What about telling him? Because I don't want to shame him, but, like, it's a. What do I do? Sincerely, night terrors. All right, you go ahead, Monet.

[C]

I mean, how thin are these walls? Like, how thin are these walls?

[B]

What are they hitting? Their. Slapping the meat?

[C]

Like, I'm just trying to think. Like, that is. Maybe they like a lot of pressure and a lot of force. Like, they like. They like to have a tight grip on the dick and, like, fucking slamming that hand down to pelvis to really get, like, a really rough sensation. Maybe that's their thing. But I think. I think it's having a conversation. Or if you feel awkward about being like, you're jerking off too hard or I can hear you masturbating, maybe just bring it up and be like, oh, my God, last night, I was hearing this really loud sound. Find a way to bring it up. If you feel uncomfortable mentioning your roommate masturbating, you might just want to bring up that you keep on hearing a loud sound and you don't know what it is, and it was keeping you up. Maybe that's a Way to get in there. Because you seem like also. But if you don't feel awkward about it and your thing is just about you don't want to. I don't think telling your roommate, hey, you're masturbating, it's keeping me up. I don't think that's shaming them. I think that's telling them, like, what's keeping you up? You're not telling him, how dare you masturbate. You're being like, babe, when you fucking jerk off, I can't get to sleep, it's so loud. So, yeah, those are my two thoughts.

[B]

I'm just wondering. I mean, I've seen a lot of people masturbate, but never really heard it make a noise. Like, yes, for sure. I said, I have never heard masturbating making noise. I've seen people jack off, but where is the noise coming from? I don't understand

[C]

hitting the base of your, like, there, like, you're the fat.

[B]

Jacob, have you ever heard this before? Yeah, of course You've heard, like, this?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

I mean, it's not that loud or like this. Yeah, like, even this for sure. You couldn't hear this on the other side of that door.

[C]

That's what I'm saying. These walls must be thin. This must be somebody living in New York City.

[B]

Do y' all have, like. Do y' all have curtains dividing your rooms? I just don't understand how this could be her.

[C]

Ooh, roommate. Maybe they're in college and they're like a dorm together, and they're in, like, the same open space. Maybe that's what it is.

[B]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe y' all are in the same room together. I'm just thinking when I masturbate, I don't hear any. There's no. There's no slapping noises. There's no splacketing.

[C]

That's because you don't want to bed enough.

[B]

I. I always reach my goal. I'm just not bruising. I'm just not bruising my pelvis in an attempt to get off. You know, I think that. That sometimes it's okay to say something like, hey, I don't know what you're doing last night, but maybe play a little music next time so I can't hear it if it's really. I mean, how long is it lasting? Like, I have so many. This is why we need to start getting it, because I have so many questions, like, how long is this lasting? How. How is it making so much noise? Are you in the same room? What is dividing You. This sounds. This sounds wild. I'm so. I've never heard anyone masturbate. Maybe I heard the masturbate, but definitely not. We were in the same room. Like, if you were in the next room, you would not hear me masturbating. I don't, but maybe when they say beat their meat, this person really said beat.

[C]

I say you're masturbating at 945Amsterdam.

[B]

That's not true. All right, read the next question.

[C]

Wow. It's gonna tell me about my experience work. Hi, aunties Roberta and Macaroni xgs. I have a friend who is a white male, and I feel they are very disconnected from the world as far as social issues and politics go. As a black woman, I feel I have to pay attention to that stuff, since a lot it pertains to me. However, my friend has a blissful unawareness that I sometimes envy. Am I really better off just shutting myself off from the world or ignoring these things? Sincerely, unpaid labor, bitch. That is called privilege. Go ahead. You know,

[B]

it sounds like the question is, should I just ignore issues in the world? And I think that if you ignore issues, it won't actually stop them from happening. You know, I have a friend in college who used to drive her car, and if the car made a weird noise, she just turned the radio up. She would never go check what it was. She would just turn the radio so loud that she couldn't hear the noise. And eventually her car broke down. She just kept cranking the radio up more and more, and eventually the car broke down. Of course, social justice issues are much bigger than that because it takes a lot to affect social change, and one person can have an impact. But also, often it takes several people, and even when that one person's doing, it is usually because they're influencing other people. But there also are cases, like Supreme Court cases and things like that that have influenced other people. So I know that my white friends

[C]

who

[B]

I felt were not paying attention to social issues the way I. I. I feel like I have to as a person of color. I just told them straight up. I was like, well, this is how I feel. Especially. Especially in 2020. I was really making a lot of phone calls and telling a lot of people about this stuff. And, I mean, but I think it is a personal thing. Like. Like a while back, people were really mad at Beyonce because she. She didn't. Because she wasn't making her music super, super political. She was, you know, this yonce Beyonce. It was like, you know, I am Sasha Fierce, and Stuff. And they were like, why. Why don't you just make your stuff political? Which I do think is something that happens a lot more to black people than white people. I mean, no one's yelling at Dolly Parton to make her stuff political. No one's yelling at Adele to make her stuff. I can't say no one. That's not true. I'm sure someone is yelling at Adele to make her stuff political. And maybe I just noticed more when it was Beyonce because she's black and I'm black and I was hearing people in black spaces talking about it. But. But, you know, Beyonce came around in her time and did what felt comfortable to her. Same with Dolly Parton. You know, when she felt like she needed to politicize, she did. And when she feels like she doesn't want to politicize, she doesn't. And I think you have to do what. What feels comfortable to you. It makes sense to you. But just bear in mind that ignoring problems does not mean they will go away work. Because it's not really. It's not really ignorant bliss if you literally know what's happening. Let's say ignorance is bliss, but you knowing you're ignorant is not ignorant because now you know.

[C]

Yeah, I agree. I mean, sure is the way for you to ignore worldly issues. I'm sure you can. But like you said, your experience is that of a black woman. So it'll be pretty hard for you to do and probably cause you start causing you internal struggle and turmoil and probably. It'll really probably start to fuck you if you just start ignoring this stuff and acting like it's not happening. So, yeah, I don't think that's the answer. I think the answer is telling them. Telling them, just being like, also, how close are you? Your friend? Is this like a bestie or is this like a co worker? I guess you would have said co worker if they weren't like a friend. If this person is someone that you are calling a friend and something that's really bothering you, I would be like, yo, have you seen this thing, this Supreme Court case? Or have you seen this? Or send them articles about stuff via phone to help educate them. Because if someone is living in their prova jat way and acting like it doesn't exist, there are. He has the comfort of being in this bubble and not paying attention to it. And probably chances are he may not know because he just does not have to see it. He does not have to see images of George Floyd, does not have to know about Breonna he doesn't have to know. So chances are he may just be in this bubble that he doesn't know. So I think just send him, text him articles from New York Times, send him a TikTok of someone explaining privilege. Well, maybe that might be aggressive for a first one, but send him tiktoks of people talking about issues that he may not know about. You'll open him up and he may become a great ally. Who knows? But he probably is just living in his ignorance of not having to know.

[B]

Yeah, like actual real ignorance and not, you know, feigned ignorance. Dear Bob Monet, I'm a 30 year old gay man and I found out that one of my other friends has been cheated on by his boyfriend consistently for the past few months. I don't have solid proof or receipts, but multiple people have told me, do I tell my friends? Sincerely, Boom boom. Rumor has it. Oh girl. Go ahead, you're up mo.

[C]

No, you.

[B]

No, I read it. I read it. Then you answer. That's how we do it. The person reads, the other person goes first.

[C]

All right.

[B]

That's how we normally done it.

[C]

Okay. My three year old gay man. I found out other times that she didn't have consistently.

[B]

Did you not listen when I read it?

[C]

Yeah, I wanna. Well, every time when you read one as you're answering, I read it to make sure we're getting. Cause sometimes we go back and reread and have solid proof. Over the season, multiple people have told me this sounds like, I mean, hearsay bitch. Okay, scenario. Let's say Bob was in a monogamous relationship and Bob and Jacob had been dating and I had heard that Jacob had been cheating but I didn't have solid proof. I would still tell Bob. I would like. Just so you know, this is what world on the street is. I don't know if it's true or not. I don't have any proof. But this is what I heard about Jacob. And then let the things fall and let things happen after that because then they would have a conversation their business. But if I heard that it's a thing just because I didn't see my own two eyes or I don't know factually, I would still want Bob to have the information so I would tell him. That's what I would do now. But again, Bob is my best friend. Right. So that's something. If it was someone. No, it was any like friend. Yeah, I think I would do the same thing for a friend. But obviously it's heightened because it's Bob and We're best friends and I'm looking after his best interests a lot, but I would do that for him.

[B]

So what is the qualification of friend? I'm wondering now, like, if you saw Michelle Visage's husband at the club.

[C]

I would not. I would probably not tell Michelle Visage. That is not. I'm like, girl, that is not my business. But Michelle and I are friends. Michelle and I close friends.

[B]

What if you saw Patty's. Patty's partner?

[C]

I would absolutely tell. Bitch. I would absolutely bitch. I would call Patty. Like, girl, absolutely. But like, yeah, that was a great. Michelle and I are friends. I text Michelle, I talk to Michelle maybe twice a year on the phone. I work with Michelle a lot. But if I saw Michelle's husband cheating on her at the gym, I would not tell Michelle that. Would that. That, girl, I would. Girl, no, I would not do that.

[B]

Even if you saw it with your own eyes?

[C]

You wouldn't say anything if I said my own eyes.

[B]

Cold blooded. That's what you said. You just said if I. You just said if I saw Michelle's husband cheating. With cheating on her at the gym. I don't know why it's at the gym. And also, like, which dress? Like, that's wild. This is. You created a really wild scenario there. They're like, they're. Michelle Visage's husband is a raw dog and some bitch by the water fountain. And Monae sees it. So you wouldn't tell Michelle?

[C]

Oh, if I saw my own two eyes, I wouldn't call on the phone. I would text. I would call. I couldn't call. I could text it like a picture.

[B]

Would you sneak a picture?

[C]

Oh, for sure. If I had the picture, I would absolutely. I would send a picture. I'd be like. I would send a picture and then my next text message would be girl.

[B]

And then Michelle turns back and says, that's that is. That is. That's his sister. Why are you sending me a picture of your. Of my husband and my sister in law? Why are you sending me that picture of them? What you gonna say, a raw dog? No, they're. They're just. They're just. Yeah, okay, never mind. I did say raw dog.

[C]

I forgot the scenario I made up.

[B]

I forgot the scenario.

[C]

All right. What about you?

[B]

You know, I. Okay, this is very strange. Cause I do not like getting. I do not like to get involved in people's relationships. It just feels like it's not my. It really feels like it's not my business. And I do remember a while back and Monet can decide if we keep this in or not. I. With Monet's ex, I found out that Monet's ex had had sex with someone that Monet knows before they were together. And I do remember telling when I was like, you know, this is really out of character for me, but I just want you to know that your boyfriend hooked up with this person and this person and you know those people. And Monet was like, oh, I know. And I was like, all right. I just want you to know that, that, by the way, that is very out of character for me. I normally do not do stuff like that. That's because, baby, you're right. Or die. You love me. Baby, I am again, I am not ride or die. I have. There are, there are terms and conditions to this ride, okay? But I, I, I, I don't like getting involved in people's relationships. I don't want to get involved anyone's drama because I have this fear that, like, they're gonna stay together and then I'm gonna end up lose. Become creating an enemy. Why could I just minded my fucking business the whole time, you know what I mean? Especially when it comes to relationships. People are weird about their. When they're in love with someone, especially if they're in, like, a toxic relationship and they know it's toxic, and they're like, doing all they can in their mind to, like, defend the toxicity. I can't thrive in a situation in a scenario like that if it is, especially if it's rumors. If it's rumors, and I don't even know for sure, you're just putting yourself in drama, you know, you're just putting yourself in someone else's drama. It depends on how. Well, if it was Monet, I would be like, yeah, girl, I just want you to know that, like, I heard from someone else that this might be happening. I do not know that it's fact. I don't want to insinuate that it's a fact, because I don't know that, but I have heard that that is happening. So. So now you know. And what do you want for dinner?

[C]

Okay, well, what about if it was Michelle Visage?

[B]

If I heard the grapevine that Michelle Visage's husband was cheating, I would not say a word. I would not utter a single. If I heard the grapevine, I wouldn't say shit.

[A]

Right?

[B]

Never would I ever even mention it because me and Michelle again, we talk

[C]

twice a year, and then you see, and then y' all end up doing some gig together and you See Michelle? And she's like, hey, girl, look at what my husband just got me for our anniversary.

[B]

I'll say, congratulations. That's so amazing. I'm so happy for you.

[C]

Okay, now, what if you saw Michelle. Oh, my God, Michelle, we. Michelle is listening to this.

[B]

We see Michelle's husband, raw, dogging his trainer by the water fountain and take a picture. First of all, like, first of all, I'd be like, how did I get back to the gym? I have not started my New Year's resolution yet. What am I doing here? I have another couple of months before I go back to the gym. And then secondly, I would not take a picture. I would not say or do anything. I would mind my business. I really would mind my. I wouldn't say a word. I would mind my business.

[C]

Bob, you see it?

[B]

He is. Michelle Bazas has. Michelle has children. I'm not about to drop a bomb that is going to explode all over her family. That's not my business.

[C]

Oh, no, she didn't. No, because then you send the picture. Send it to her. She's like, oh, yeah, girl, we have an open marriage. Like, good. Just wanted you to know.

[B]

I would not take the picture and send it. I would not. I would go to the dressing room, change and leave.

[C]

You wouldn't even report. You wouldn't even report those two people having sex on the gym floor by the water fountain. You would leave that alone.

[B]

You know, I'm not. First of all, no, I'm not snitching. Let's get that clear. We know what I would do. I would tell every. Oh, but I would tell everyone else.

[C]

Toxic.

[B]

I would tell. I mean, I would tell every other person I knew. And money. First of all, I would be calling you on the way out, on the way down the stairs.

[C]

I'd be like, ouch.

[B]

Did you check your DMS? Check your DMs?

[C]

You're the first person I'm calling.

[B]

Then I would. And then I would rely on everyone else and tell everyone else. Then Michelle would find out eventually. Oh, word.

[C]

Okay, let me read the next one. Dear Bob. Ooh, I guess I won't answer this one. Dear Bob, I'm an 18 year old gay male who just started having sex. I feel nervous about eating ass. How do you know it's clean before you go down there? How do you do it? Well, what are you supposed to do? Sincerely, new to this.

[B]

You know, I feel like when I was younger and I was in college and I first wanted to dabble in Analinguez, I Was also like, this is wild. I'm, I'm very nervous about this. And there's all the, the best thing you can do is first of all, when you're with someone, if they're not clean or they're not good, they will, usually they will stop you before you get there. Nine times out of 10 they will be like, we've all been with someone. They were like, buh, buh, buh, buh. Not that. Not now. We've all been. Not we've all. But I know that I've been there a lot of times. They'll be like, hey, I actually need a little time to prepare before we do anything like that. So let's just, you know, keep it to the front, you know, Otherwise there's always, always the touch and secret whiff. So what you do is you just place your hand on that asshole and then at some point, why are you like making out or something? And within the next few seconds you just like give your, give your nose a little push and then that will pretty much answer your question for you. You will have all your questions answered right there. But also a lot of times back when you go to touch, if they're not ready, they'll be like, hey, watch it, watch it, honey. Typically speaking, most people are, are cognizant of the cleanliness of their asshole. What's your experience?

[C]

Yeah, I agree with the cleanliness. And especially as myself being someone who bottoms, I make sure if someone is going, if Andy, or before Andy someone was going back there, I would be like, whoa. I'd be like, yeah, I can't today. Or find a cute way to say it about doing it. Well, I think first of all you have to. Don't be afraid of the ass. Just know if the person is letting you eat your ass again, it's probably as clean. So just go to town, bitch. I want you. A good way is licking the whole asshole with the white of your tongue. Like doing that a few times and then going around clockwise turn with the tip of your tongue, go the other way clockwise and just start fucking their asshole with your tongue. Like make your tongue hard and slow and start fucking their asshole with your tongue. And make sure you're just getting it very wet and make sure you're being like, bitch, go in. Act like you're at a pie eating contest. Someone has tied your hands behind your back and there is a key at the bottom of the pie and you're trying to find that key so you can unlock your handcuffs. You don't want you to just go in and don't get wet. Get gross. Get nasty, bitch.

[B]

Well, there's way. There's a. What pie eating contest has handcuffs?

[C]

I've seen that. When you're not supposed to use your hands, so you just. You can only use your mouth.

[A]

Mouth.

[C]

Maybe not a handcuff, but they tie your hands behind your back so you only use your mouth and the key.

[B]

I was like, key hand. What kinky ass fight you contest is this. I was just repeating what. Every time I repeat what you say, you always go, okay, Bob, You. I didn't say.

[C]

I did not say. Did I just say, okay, Bob, Rewind the tapes. Did I say. I did not say, okay, Bob?

[B]

What you did say was you went, okay, and then I cut you off. You went, okay?

[C]

Yeah, because you cut me off anyway, so I want you to go in and fucking eat that ass. Don't. Don't.

[B]

Don't try to be cute.

[C]

Don't try to be cute and eat ass. Okay. Fucking go in on that. I mean, I've never eaten pussy before, but I assume they're not the same. But I assume when you eat pussy too, people want you to get real wet and real nasty. Don't be. Don't be cute eating ass. Okay. Just go in. It's an ass.

[B]

You know, I. I feel like you really have to listen to what your partner's up to. Cause, you know, everyone has a different feeling for what they want.

[A]

Also.

[B]

It really also depends on what's on your face. Like, do you. Or do you have stubble?

[A]

Stubble.

[B]

If you have a lot of stubble, you need to be cognizant of that. Don't be rubbing your stubble all on someone's. Because can be very, very sensitive.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean? If they have a. If they have a penis. I love to hold on to that while doing what I'm doing. That is also that. Yeah, yeah, just grab. Grab the whole.

[C]

Do you suck the dick down?

[B]

Like,

[C]

bring it down.

[B]

Sneak off and are you sneaking hits in between questions? Of what? Of, like a pen? What are you leaning out of frame to do? And why are you coughing? You kept doing this. You're like, what were you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?

[C]

I'm checking my phone.

[B]

And you don't have a little pan over there?

[C]

No.

[B]

Oh. How does this look to you? That's what you. That's what you're doing, Bitch. Go to the next question.

[C]

Hey, Bob and Monet, I've lived in Virginia my whole life, and I'm ready To get out and experience a new place to live. I am no stranger to traveling. However, I'm a bit strange. Stressed about going someplace completely new and basically starting over with friends and a social life. Do you two have any tips to creating a new social circle? Also, what places would you recommend for a queer black man like myself to potentially thrive in? Sincerely, Fish out of water

[B]

work.

[C]

Go ahead.

[B]

And I. And you're in your. You're looking. So it doesn't say so. So you're asking what town you should maybe move to. Well, I think that also depends on what you do for a living. It also probably depends on your politics and the kind of social. Those kind of social circles you want to run in. If you want to go to a big town, are you looking for something big but still with the Southern vibe, Maybe you want to go to Atlanta. If you're black and you're queer and you want to thrive, I think Atlantic could be a really wonderful town for you to visit. Atlanta is. Atlanta is great. I love. I mean, I'm not moving back, but Atlanta, that is great.

[C]

I mean, I really love there. But for you. You love it. It was good for you.

[B]

I mean, are you. I mean, mean, I'm sure you think New York's great, but you're not moving back anytime soon.

[C]

You know what I mean?

[B]

I think New York's great, too. I mean, actually, if I could. If I could afford to, I would be bicoastal right now anyway.

[C]

Yeah, you broke. You can't afford no bo.

[B]

You are on one today. I think that there's always stuff you can do, you know, there's so many great social things that you can do as a queer person. I think that a lot of the queer community is really centered around social events because of our lack of it being able to socialize with people like us, ourselves when we were younger. There's queer softball teams there. There's queer dodgeball teams.

[C]

The queer teams are so fun.

[B]

There's queer dance teams all. I mean, also. And not to mention, like, honestly, you'll realize that a lot of the gay bars themselves just have communities built into them already. Like, there are people who come by a lot, you know, that you. You end up supporting the same drag queen, the same dj, the same bartenders even. And then you start to build a community around that. But there's always great social events. I don't know if you. If you consider yourself physically active, but queer sports are really exciting. There's also queer things like, you know, choruses and choirs. The Queer people's chorus. Most towns have a queer people's chorus, which is always an exciting social event as well. And you can also volunteer. Volunteering is great, too. Yeah.

[C]

I think for me, one answer would be maybe it's because I am from nightlife, and nightlife was so good to me, and nightlife is how I found my tribe and my community and people who I can love and trust and all that stuff. So, I mean, I do cling to going to, like, a bar setting and finding people there maybe at work. A lot of places now because of, you know, 2020 and we're in a new age, people are trying to learn and really facilitate diversity. Companies. Companies, normally, if you. I don't know what company you work with, but companies normally have activities for queer folk or for minorities as well, especially during Black History Month and stuff like that. So maybe try to do stuff with work friends. But if you want to keep work separate, I'm a big advocate for going to a bar and just linking with people that way, for sure.

[B]

When we were in Chicago, this. One of the patrons of the bar stood up and was like, bob, I have a question for you specifically. Like, I don't know if I have a problem with, like, this person. They were like, I don't know how to tell if I have a problem with drinking. And I jokingly said, wait, did you lose Monet? No,

[C]

I'm here. I'm here. I don't know why I didn't want it.

[B]

And I joked. I jokingly said, well, first of all, put the drink down. Cause she was holding a cocktail in her hand. Do you remember this?

[A]

Monetary.

[B]

And she was like, I don't know if you. And I was like, I jokingly said, well, first of all, put the drink down. But then Monet was like, bob, don't. And I was like, I mean. And then. And then I just. I genuinely said. I will just say this. Most people who. Who ask about if they have a problem with drinking usually have a problem with drinking. So I did say that. Give that earnest advice. But that was. That was a wild. That was wild. In a crowded crowd. That was gas.

[C]

Because again, we're watching Drag Race, we're at a club, People are cracking jokes. People are your. And she. And most of the questions are. Most. 90% of the questions are, like, lighthearted and whatever. And then she's like, bob, this is for you. I don't know if I have a problem.

[B]

But also, holding a cocktail. That's the thing. Holding a cocktail, taking sips and slurring.

[C]

Her sentence like a little bit. I was like, girl, what's the team

[A]

anyway?

[B]

Let's go on to. We have time for one more.

[C]

We have the last one.

[B]

BD bop boop boop. I'm loving it.

[C]

Is this me?

[B]

I can't remember who read the last one, so I'll just go. If you're cool with that.

[C]

Jacob, who did it? Who read it?

[B]

I don't remember. It's fine. I'll just read it. Unless you really want to. Do you want to read it? Okay, here we go. Hey, Bob. And monetary.

[C]

Just read. Because you could just keep on saying that you guys are going to do it. You didn't even really consider if I wanted it. But it's.

[B]

Hey, Bob and Monet. Just wanted to wondering if you have any advice on how to come off more fluid. Even before kids. Even before kids, I was always assumed straight. Like, before I was a kid. I was always assumed before I was a. Before you. Even before you were a kid?

[C]

Even when I was a kid.

[A]

Even before.

[B]

Oh, I was like, how.

[A]

What was.

[B]

What was before? Like a baby. People said you were a straight baby. Even. Even. Even before as a kid, I always. I was always assumed straight. I modeled. So I come off as girly. As a girly girl. But I'm a tomboy at heart. I have plenty of friends throughout the community, But I appear on the straight DAR Even if I try and flirt is taken. Am I having a stroke? Even if I try and flirt. Flirt. Even if I try and flirt is taken more as a joke. Sincerely, straight passing. Got it. So you want to. You want your gender identity to reflect your. Trying to clarify that this person wants their. Their gender identity to reflect their gender presentation. To reflect their gender identity.

[A]

Which.

[C]

Which. Which a girl. Well, because it sounds like they're getting off both vibes, right? So because they're saying they come off, they come off girly, girly. Oh, but they're a tomboy at heart. Got it. I mean, I don't want to say, like, I mean, a lot of people.

[B]

A lot of people.

[C]

Clothes can be a very big indicator of how you choose to identify. So I feel like maybe changing up your wardrobe, like, what you're wearing. Like, people who you may see are presenting the way that you want to be perceived. I think then that's a good way of modeling your wardrobe after clothes. Like what? Like what they're wearing. Another way is to just correct people. Like, once you. I guess. No, because they are referring to you correctly. They're just not. You just don't think.

[B]

Everyone thinks.

[C]

You don't.

[B]

Everyone thinks she's straight, which seems to be bothering her.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I think that you should wear faggy clothes and wear clothes like what people who look like what you want to be identified as are wearing.

[B]

Also bear in mind, too, your gender experience, expression, your gender identity don't always line up. That is. That is actually pretty common for a lot of people for their gender identity, their gender expression to not necessarily be on the same wavelength. You don't have to present your queerness in a way that seems. That seems digestible for people to accept you for the way you are. Just so you know, this goes to people who are CIS queer, gender fluid, no matter what their gender identity is. You have to. You have to really just kind of dress what feels comfortable for you. But I will say there is an ease to dressing in a way that is easily identifying, identifiable. There is an ease in dressing in a certain way and then people being like, oh, I see this, and I recognize this as a person who is blank, blank, blank. But if you. If you maybe experiment with that, and if it feels comfortable, I would say keep. Keep doing it. You know what I mean? Because that is. That is a thing. I was having a hard time today just understanding some of these questions. Was it just me, Monet, or was it. Or were you with me on that?

[C]

I mean, I felt fine.

[B]

I was having something. I was. I was like, what is this saying? Maybe I am, like, tired or something? Because I was like, this. This word wild to me. Maybe it was just the one, to be honest.

[C]

Well, I mean, I have noticed with, like, sober people when they, like, read like, like a question for what?

[B]

You're obsessed.

[C]

It's just like,

[B]

you're obsessed. What is your obsession with sober people? You're obsessed. What is your. Bitch, do you want to be sober? Bitch, do you want to be sober?

[C]

No.

[B]

Why are you so obsessed with us?

[C]

No.

[B]

Why some SES with us?

[C]

All right, I think we did it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, my God.