Sibling Watchery: Drag Race All Stars S10 E8 "Stagecooch"

Summary

Sibling Rivalry – Sibling Watchery: Drag Race All Stars S10 E8 “Stagecooch”

Date: June 27, 2025
Hosts: Bob the Drag Queen & Monét X Change (appearing here as Bob and Naomi)
Episode Recap & Analysis: Reviewing Drag Race All Stars 10, Episode 8

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Episode Overview

In this Sibling Watchery recap, Bob the Drag Queen and Naomi Small review Drag Race All Stars S10 E8, "Stagecooch." The duo brings their signature comedic banter to a deep dive discussion of the episode’s performances, looks, drama, and group dynamics, with a special focus on the bracket twist, alliances, standout moments, and (of course) “Night of a Thousand Miley” runway. With insightful shade, personal stories, and quotable commentary, this episode is a must for Drag Race superfans—and even more so for those who care about the ins and outs of the competition, production, and queer excellence.

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Travel & Catch-Up Banter

(01:09 – 03:58)

• The episode opens with Bob and Naomi catching up on recent gigs and tour life.
  • Naomi recounts mispronouncing “Macon” as “Macone” on the mic in Georgia, with hilarious audience confusion.
    (Naomi, 01:45) “What’s up, Makone?” (cue record scratch)
  • Bob shares a Georgia fun fact and memories of smoky drag bars in the South, recalling how cigarettes can permeate costumes and dressing rooms.
  • Both chat honestly about their personal dalliances—or lack thereof—with smoking and vaping.
    (Bob, 04:08) “My cat suit smelled like cigarettes…because the person who was stoning it smoked and stoned my outfit!”

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Vaping, Community, and Accountability

(05:11 – 12:19)

• Bob comes clean about a current attempt to quit vaping nicotine, sharing his struggles and tools for quitting.
  • Bad influences: “Dancers are bad influences…so fashionable, so cool.”
    (Bob, 06:04)
  • On community support: “I love a community…I love being able to hear other people’s experiences…so you’re not doing it by yourself.”
    (Bob, 07:46)
  • Discusses how the accessibility of vaping makes addiction insidious and difficult to quit.
  • Describes using a quitting support program with reminders, community forums, and “nicotine replacement” discounts.
  • Naomi supports Bob on this journey: “I’ll be with you on this journey. To stop or not stop.”
    (Naomi, 09:44)
  • Engaging call-to-action for listeners who want to quit nicotine:
    (Bob, 13:11) “Text JOIN BOB to 88709...We can be in community together.”

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Starting the Episode Discussion: Bracket Drama

(13:56 – 16:55)

• Immediate hot takes on episode dynamics: Cynthia and Acid Betty believed their teams deserved recognition in the top, and critiques leveled at Alyssa’s and Cynthia’s (and Denali’s) challenge looks.
• Notable shade from Bob on runway craftsmanship:
  (Bob, 14:13) “There comes a point where Alyssa’s outfit just looks like painted cardboard—not even covered cardboard…”
• Humorous speculation about queens’ pads and color choices, ending in a shout-out to Denali’s padded/real legs debate—“Denali’s legs are tanks!”
  (Naomi, 15:43)
• On group voting dynamics, with Alyssa faking out that she’d vote for Denali:
  (Bob, 16:43) “Alyssa was really camping it up, really leaning into the drama of ‘I might give it to Denali’”
  • The group ultimately votes in expected Kumbaya fashion.
• The “Ginger Minj/Diabetti alliance” is discussed—humorous analogies to “Abbott and Costello” and the play-by-play on unexpected (and ineffective) alliances.

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Queen Music, Music Video Tangent

(18:51 – 19:13)

• Brief divergence into Ru Girl music videos and songs, with Bob teasing a personal YouTube ranking: “My top 10 favorite Ru Girl music videos…there are some bangers and some garbage…”
  (Bob, 19:11)
• Fun tangents on Drag Race legacy and the value of “so bad it’s good.”

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Challenge Announcement & Bracket Structure Critique

(22:07 – 24:18)

• RuPaul reveals the “hoedown throwdown” challenge, “Stagecooch”—praised as “one of my favorite names they’ve ever given to anything.”
  (Bob, 22:17)
• Both hosts question the effectiveness of this bracket system for TV drama: (Bob, 22:36) “There’s no suspense…we know for sure two of the girls going on.”
  • Speculation about whether viewership drops during these non-merge episodes, with Acid Betty called out as carrying the bracket’s “television weight.”
    (Naomi, 23:15) “Acid Betty is doing all of the work. All the weight is on her shoulders.”

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Stagecooch Song Assignments & Group Dynamics

(24:18 – 27:55)

• Song assignments: Everyone wants “Trailer Hitch,” only Cynthia wants “Key Your Car;” teams form as “The Mudflaps” (Diabetti, Ginger Minj, Cynthia) & “Whiskey Chicks” (Alyssa, Denali, Acid Betty).
• Extended admiration for Denali’s confidence in writing her own verse—leading into Ru Girl verse recaps and Tamisha Iman shout-out.
  • Classic Tamisha Iman verse recited by Bob—“Drag is my game, and I do it well…”
    (Bob, 25:47)
• Guest coach Orville Peck appearance appreciated; Bob and Naomi tell stories about Orville’s mask and Vegas Halloween shenanigans.
  • “There was a phase where I was doing really slutty Boy Halloween costumes…my rule was just, like, a mask.”
    (Naomi, 27:19)

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Challenge Rehearsals & Production Throwbacks

(28:18 – 32:08)

• Challenge rehearsals are low-drama except for the Mudflaps’ awkward choreography debate and Diabetti’s “ultimate veto” role—shady or supportive?
• Discussion about how earlier Drag Race seasons required more “DIY” creativity, with less production support than now. (Naomi, 31:13) “We literally choreographed those things ourselves…we did not get to bring makeover looks, we had to make it there.”
• Both hosts keenly miss higher stakes in challenges and the creativity required to adapt to diverse bodies and on-the-spot design.

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Alliance & “Super Pac” Talk

(32:51 – 36:40)

• Acid Betty spearheads a “super pac” among the lower-scoring queens, planning to consolidate votes to boost one nominee against the bracket leaders. Bob and Naomi delight in Acid Betty’s firm “I speak for the group” line.
  (Bob, 34:19) “I speak for the group is so cunty. And, you know, it's fierce because the group did the same.”
• The (di)function of alliances: “What’s the point of being in an alliance with someone who’s going to be winning the game?”
  (Bob, 35:59)
• General agreement that Ginger is the only true comedy queen in this bracket, with Cynthia being “a different kind of funny.”

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Pre-Performance Judging & Runway Looks

(37:06 – 54:48)

• Judges’ first impressions discussed:
  • RuPaul’s glam “white quaffed hairstyle” and column dress: “She looks like a trophy. A column.”
    (Naomi, 37:35)
  • Ross’s pants and style evolution, plus a battle over American Apparel drag nostalgia.
  • Drag Race herstory about American Apparel’s grip on early queen closets: “Drag Race was clothed by American Apparel.”
    (Naomi, 40:00)
• Verse, performance & runway critiques for each queen in both groups:
  • Cynthia called “the best in this group” for vocals, presence, and ease.
  • Diabetti's performance: “The delivering…not great. I wish I would have seen her really embrace Western.”
    (Naomi, 41:54)
  • Ginjer Minj’s verse: Highlights include the witty “I’m your wife” delivery and a campy, big-haired western look.
  • Acid Betty: Praised for lyric bite (“hog tie you up and flip you upside down”), dynamic presence, and the best look of the group—“Betty is a dom top!”
  • Alyssa: Performance panned (“I did not like this performance. No, this is pretty bad.” – Bob, 50:10), though she looked fine.
  • Denali: Lyrics commended (“Those are great lyrics, fantastic.” – Bob, 53:02), but performance critiqued as “overperformed/overchoreographed.”
  • Recurring admiration for Denali’s “incredible edible ass.”
    (Bob & Naomi, 54:22)

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Runway: Night of a Thousand Miley

(55:57 – 72:13)

• Deep appreciation for the “Night of a Thousand Miley” theme.
  • Bob: “I didn’t grow up watching Hannah Montana…I really became aware of Miley Cyrus during Party in the USA.”
  • Naomi reveals her original Twitter was literally “David Cyrus,” and her first book report was Miley’s autobiography.
    (Naomi, 56:26)
• Fashion critiques:
  • Acid Betty’s drag interpretation of Miley’s 2015 VMAs: “She ate this. A great look.”
    (Bob, 58:18)
  • Alyssa Hunter recreates “Flowers”-era Miley—too literal for the queens’ taste.
  • Denali’s iconic but perhaps “on the nose” 2013 VMA bear look, though her wig is praised for being “impeccably snatched.”
    (Naomi, 62:58) “It’s so snatched. So flattering to her body.”
  • Cynthia’s pop-arty sequins ensemble—“my favorite look I think I’ve ever seen Cynthia in.”
  • Diabetti’s punk Met Gala Miley—interpretation preferred over the original, though “still pretty plain.”
  • Ginger Minj’s Elvis-inspired suit: Critique for saggy fit and wish for more playful, varied grommets. “This hair for a Miley Cyrus themed Runway should be illegal.”
    (Naomi, 70:22)
  • Unfulfilled camp suggestion: Why didn’t Ginger do “the wrecking ball”? The hosts call for more camp and creativity.

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Judging & Lip Sync

(72:13 – 77:46)

• Praise for Acid Betty’s group energy, dancing, and contribution—though she’s not given the flowers she deserves by the judges.
• Naomi laments Michelle’s continuing refusal to appreciate Acid Betty’s signature wigs.
• Top two: Judges select Ginger Minj and Denali. The hosts disagree—both would swap in Cynthia for the top, with Bob emphasizing that Cynthia “should be in the top” for her performance.
• Lip sync song: “See You Again.”
  • Internet drama: Some fans call Denali “robbed.”
    (Bob, 75:12) “They’re acting like…Ginger was kind of just, like, tapping her boot. [That’s not true.]”
  • Critique of queens whose lip sync becomes distractingly about upstaging the other—“I’m not into it…I blame BenDeLaCreme for this.”
    (Bob, 76:10)
• Conspiracy theory: RuPaul’s laughs during lip syncs now likely pre-recorded. “I don’t believe these laughs are happening.”
  (Bob & Naomi, 77:08)

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Finale: Bracket Strategy & Who Should Advance

(77:47 – 79:24)

• Ginger Minj wins the point and further secures her place in the bracket.
• Bob shares bracket strategy: Underdogs should “catapult” a favorite (preferably Acid Betty) forward in the next round—a call for collective underdog action.
• Both hosts hope to see someone “shake things up” in the next episode, with Acid Betty named as the most deserving non-frontrunner to make the merge.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “Maniac. You’re crazy. That’s insane. Why would you do that? But someone, you vaping in your car, like, oh, it’s not that big of a deal, right?”
  — Bob, on the double standards of vaping (08:40)
• “I speak for the group.”
  — Acid Betty via Bob (34:19) [“So cunty…so fierce!”]
• “This look is so fucking good.”
  — Bob, on Acid Betty’s Stagecooch look (45:59)
• “Betty is a dom top.”
  — Bob, paraphrasing Betty’s lyrics (46:52)
• “Drag Race was clothed by American Apparel.”
  — Naomi (40:00)
• “She should have been in the top this week.”
  — Bob, on Cynthia Lee Fontaine (64:43)
• “Denali, thank you for showing your butt so much. I want every time. I’m happy to see it.”
  — Bob (54:27)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:09] – Episode intro and gig banter
• [05:11] – Bob’s vaping confession & quitting plans
• [13:56] – Bracket dynamic, team voting, and outfit critique
• [22:07] – Challenge announcement (“Stagecooch”) & bracket system debate
• [28:18] – Challenge group formation & rehearsals
• [32:51] – Acid Betty’s super PAC strategy
• [37:06] – Judges’ panel reactions, RuPaul’s look, and runway fashion
• [55:57] – Night of a Thousand Miley runway discussion
• [72:13] – Lip sync critique & conspiracy theories
• [77:47] – Bracket analysis & predictions

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Closing Thoughts

This episode is a combination of sharp humor, loving shade, insightful fan-girl moments, and hard-nosed Drag Race analysis. Naomi and Bob’s chemistry and knowledge shine as they analyze group dynamics, judge decisions, and runway creativity—while never letting the podcast stray too far from their signature humor. For listeners missing the episode, this recap offers a thorough walkthrough of both the key Drag Race moments and the best Sibling Rivalry energy.

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End of Summary

Transcript

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[A]

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Sibling Watchery. My name is Bob the Drag Queen.

[C]

And my name is Nami Small.

[A]

And we're reviewing RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 Episode 8 Stagecooch I'm so

[C]

happy we're back together again.

[A]

I love getting to. First of all, you have been. Am I like. It's just because we've been hanging out more lately that I'm like, you are on the road.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, it's pride. I'm a good girl. I live in the clubs, the gigs.

[A]

Listen, you were in Toronto.

[C]

Since I seen you. I was in Toronto. I was in Georgia. I was in Miami.

[A]

Where were you at in Georgia?

[C]

Macon.

[A]

That no shade to the making girlies. But as an Atlanta girly, you making hoes could never.

[C]

I did get on the mic, and for some reason, I just didn't hear them say the town name. So I was like, what's up, Makone? And you could hear the audience just be like, record scratch.

[A]

No one's ever said macaroons. Macaroon.

[C]

You could hear it just switch.

[A]

No. Macon, Georgia, actually, fun fact. Macon, Georgia was supposed to be the capital of Georgia because all the trains go there, but then all the highways got built to Atlanta, so Atlanta is the capital. And. As it should be. As it should be. Oh, yeah. Here's Naomi. This you in Macon.

[C]

This is in Miami.

[A]

In Miami. You look like you from Miami too, honey. Whip this hair around you love to get up in a rafter.

[C]

I just love to give levels.

[A]

You will stand on something.

[C]

Yeah. Business.

[A]

Them little wobbly, wobbly legs. Then when you put that leg up, she'll be like, oh, okay. Can I tell you what's really wild about. Okay, so I don't know how it is now because I've not lived in Georgia in a long time, but when I was in. I believe I was in Bebops.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

In. I think it's in Mobile.

[C]

I've heard iconic things about this place. I've never done the gig, but I've heard iconic stories.

[A]

Okay, so when I was in Bebops, what happened was, first of all, they can smoke indoors.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

So someone is, like. Someone is, like, is tipping you.

[C]

Oh, wow.

[A]

Like, so they're like. They're like, holding their. Their. Their. Their cigarette in their hand and their tip. It's like all. The whole. The whole front of the stage is all like. I mean, the whole bar smells like cigarettes.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Which is why.

[C]

So your drag smells like cigarettes afterwards.

[A]

Oh, and. Oh, and what do you think the queens in the dressing room do smoke as well? What do you think the queens dressroom do? They are all smoking, huffing, puffing, smoking down, like, smoking. Very much so. Smoking cigarettes. So I obviously don't like. And do you remember on season eight when we. You probably don't remember this, but when we did the. The challenge. The. The Rupos Empire challenge, okay. My cat suit smelled like cigarettes.

[C]

Because of performing there?

[A]

No, because the. The person who was stoning it was smoked cigarettes and stolen my outfit. So the whole thing just smelled like stale cigarettes.

[C]

You mean under all.

[A]

Literally all this nicotine? Literally under all this. And I've. I've actually never. I've never been a cigarette smoker. I've never smoked cigarettes. That's not true. In college, I would, like, drink and, like, have, like, a cigarette, but I never enjoyed it. I never went through a pack. I never bought cigarettes, so I was just never a cigarette smoke. You ever been a cigarette smoker?

[C]

No. I tried one at one time just to, like, impress a boy.

[A]

And it was he impressed?

[C]

No, because it was embarrassingly. Yeah.

[A]

I can't see. I don't see you, you know, being like.

[C]

Like, people like to do it for, like, the look. How did you hold it? I think it was. I think I literally grabbed it.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm sure that really impressed them. When you. When you. When you. When you were like, you. You put the lid in. In your mouth, you were like, is this not how you. Is this not how you do it? But I think you're supposed to do this thing. But I. Obviously, I. I never smoked cigarettes, but I did. And Low key. Currently am addicted to nicotine. Vaping.

[C]

Via Vaping.

[A]

Via Vaping, which is honestly kind of a great drag name. Give it up for via. Via vaping. But I ended up. Have you got. I feel like the two things everyone's doing now is, like, labubus and vaping.

[C]

Oh, I'm not into either yet.

[B]

Are you.

[A]

Would you do a little boo boo?

[C]

I was gifted a little boo boo at a meet and greet. That was very nice.

[A]

Those are hard to get.

[C]

Are they apparent?

[A]

Yes. I just spent a week trying to get one with my friend for him. He finally got two.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

And it took over a week and a half.

[C]

I feel like I can't give it away.

[A]

No, no, I wouldn't give. I got one. Kimchi gave me one. I won't.

[C]

Oh, that's sweet.

[A]

But I started. I started vaping because I was on tour and all. First of all, can I just say out loud, dancers are bad influences. Can you. Can you agree to that?

[C]

I can attest to this. I can attest to this.

[A]

Dancers are bad influences across the board. They're. They're bad influences and they're enticing. They're very sexy. They're the hottest people there. They're dressed so fashionable. They just seem so cool. And I started fucking vaping.

[C]

Dang. Their schedules are also a lot more. More lax than yours.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

On tour?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Like, while we're spending hours on the, you know, getting ready, they're in the

[A]

back, puffing blueberry air, you know, liquid banana goo. And you know their name. The name. The flavors of the vapes are like. Some of them are like, colors, essences. It's like how they. How they name perfume and stuff.

[C]

Well, how they market it now it's like, I understand how it's easily curious. Like, those flavors are not just like,

[A]

have you ever vaped?

[C]

I've hit someone's vape to impress them as well.

[A]

Did it work? That was.

[C]

That one was a lot easier to get laid from.

[A]

It is a question. Yes, but you would have got laid regardless, Naomi.

[C]

I mean, I would hope so.

[A]

But I started vaping, and then, like, I started doing it because I was like, what are they? What's this up to? What's this blueberry air you're smoking on or vaping on? Because vapors are like.

[D]

It's not.

[A]

It's not smoke. It's vapor. They're very like. It's not, it's not smoke. I'm not smoking. I'm vaping, which is how vaping is kind of dangerous because you can do it. You can, like, sneak it more than you can sneak, you know, a cigarette. But now I'm trying to quit. I'm trying to, like, get off. So I'm using X program to try to quit. Okay, try to quit vaping. I don't, I don't want to also. I don't know what, I don't, I don't know what the side effects are.

[C]

Does X program make it easy to like?

[A]

It makes easy. It makes it easier for.

[C]

Keep yourself accountable.

[A]

Yes. So you can. First of all, there's like a community, you know, I love a community. I love, like, when I'm going to like Patreon, love Reddit. I love it. I love a discord. I love being able to hear other people's experiences. Someone's going through something you're going through. You get a chance to, like all, you know, you get a chance to just basically like, experience stuff together. So you're not. It doesn't feel like you're doing it by yourself.

[C]

Love that.

[A]

So that makes it easier for me. Also, I love a good reminder, you know what I mean? Like, sometimes, because when you're, when you. The thing about vaping is it's so easy to do it because you just is right there. You don't have to go. One vape will last you a while. So you don't have to like, constantly go to the store. And people don't seem to be as offended by the vapor as they're offended by cigarette smoke. So it's easy for it to just kind of sneak into every aspect of your life. And then next thing you know, like, if I see someone smoking a cigarette in the car, I'm like, you're a maniac. Smoking a cigarette in your car.

[C]

Maniac.

[A]

You're crazy. That's insane. Why would you do that? But someone you vaping your car, like, oh, it's not, it's not that big of a deal, right? So it's, it's easy. It was easier for me to get addicted to nicotine through vape, which I thought I wouldn't be addicted. I was like, I'll be able to withstand this. But no, girl, nicotine is very insidious. It is very sneaky. It will sneak up on you. So getting a daily text in the

[C]

morning, what have you noticed, like, your, in your health from starting vaping to

[A]

now, it's really my habits.

[C]

Okay?

[A]

It's this.

[C]

Got.

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It's this, it's this. It's constantly this. It's like, I can't go to. I can't go. First of all, I can't take a shit without my phone.

[C]

I mean, I feel that now.

[A]

Now I have to find my phone and my vape. And I'm looking around, I'm like, I can't, and I can't. So I. I'm like. I'm literally, like giving myself a hemorrhoid because I can't find my vape. That's crazy.

[C]

Yeah, that is crazy.

[A]

That is insane. And people do judge you when you vape. People judge you. You too.

[C]

I would never judge you.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

I'll be with you on this journey. To stop or not stop.

[A]

Well, you already. It's going to be easy for you vaping. They was like, I'll quit too. But what I'm saying in the morning, it makes easy because, like, in the morning, if you. The two things I. I would normally reach for in the morning would be the vape and the phone. Not necessarily in order. The phone's easier to find because it's attached to a cord. But if the first thing I see in the morning is a text reminding me not to vape, then it's easier to go. To do something else for sure. To do a breathing exercise, to. To, you know, have a piece of candy. Even though I'm pre diabetic, I'm working on that, too. One thing at a time. One thing at a time, please. But, yeah, so I'm trying to use X program to help me with this. With. With the whole process. It's been helping me a lot. And also, if you want to quit vaping with me, you can also join X program. You can text JOIN BOB to 88709. You can join the program with me. We can be in community together. I am in the. I'm in. I'm in the rooms chatting. But I have a pseudonym, so you won't. You won't know it's me because I don't want people being like, hey, like,

[C]

you can get a hint.

[A]

No. Because no, literally no. I'm not gonna tell y' all my pseudonym. It's my pseudonym. It's just money exchange.

[C]

Oh, perfect. She looks like she babes.

[A]

But also it helps me because I'm trying to do like. I'm trying to decide if I want to do, like, nicotine replacement or, like, through gum or lozenges. So there's like, a 25% off if you are an ex program, which, by the way, is free.

[C]

Oh, lovely.

[A]

That's.

[C]

Yeah. How do you beat that? And it's for your better health.

[A]

Yeah, it's literally just free. And you still get 20% off things like, you know, nicotine replacement, gum, or lozenges. So I'm on the journey, y'. All. If you see me in the streets, I'm doing my best. If you see me in the street and I'm stressed, leave me alone, because I'm working. But also what makes it great is this. I am in the early stages of my. Of my. My journey to quit vaping. So whether you have been. Whether you quit smoking cigarettes or cigars or is anyone still doing it, if you live in Macon, you probably smoke a pie. If you live in. If you live in Brooklyn, if you live in Bushwick, you probably one of these. But also, it doesn't matter if you've been doing it for a long. If you quit a long time ago, you can help other people, give your experience. And so it doesn't matter where you are in your journey. If you're new like me, come on over. If you're. If you are just. If you had a recent relapse because of a rough breakup, that's your business. I'm not here to judge. You can still join the program.

[C]

I love it.

[A]

How's your lung capacity?

[C]

Should we test it out?

[A]

We're gonna sing a note. We're both gonna do the ending note to Defying Gravity.

[C]

No, not singing.

[A]

And so you can hold it the longest. Ready?

[C]

How about we just go underwater? Just dunk our heads underwater.

[A]

It's gonna. Oh, God, no. I want to do this one. I want to make her uncomfortable. I'm uncomfortable because I'm in withdrawals.

[C]

You will never make me uncomfortable. You've been telling. Yes.

[A]

Okay, here we go. One, two, three.

[C]

Oh, my God. I feel justified. That's for the hand wrestling or the

[A]

arm wrestling, and wrestling is crazy. So listen, if you want to join me in this journey to quit nicotine, to quit vaping, to quit smoking cigarettes, and if you live in Brooklyn and you're literally still smoking from a pipe like a cartoon character in the 1940s, you can join me right now by texting JOIN BOB. You can join X program by texting JOIN BOB to 88709. Y' all is free. It's literally free. It is to help you be healthier, help you make healthier choices. For it is available 24,7 Listen, as the administration is cutting all of our programs, we got something that's free. Use it. All right, so at the top of the episode, Cynthia and Ace Betty both believe that their team should have been in the top.

[C]

I. I think Assa Betty is justified. Yeah.

[A]

And the thing about Cynthia and Alyssa's outfits, the more I look at them, the. The less I like them. Like, there comes a point where Alyssa's outfit just looks like painted cardboard. Not even covered cardboard.

[C]

Yeah, I didn't really notice until, like, the la. Until, of course, this. This week, seeing, like, all, like, the black folds and.

[A]

Oh, what are you talking about?

[C]

The black, like, scorched marks. It does read dirty at first, but it's like she's supposed to be burned.

[A]

So did you feature it?

[C]

I. I feature Alyssa's from a wide. Actually, I think I feature both of them from a wide, but Alyssa's. More. I can digest. Cynthia's was just like. It did read very, like, since the. The angles were, like, very rounded.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It looks more crafty. I think that she does like sharp angles.

[A]

Denali's, too. The more I look at Denali's because, like, it. The cardboard. Corrugated cardboard, my trigger word, which never made the air. But you know how corrugated cardboard triggers me. You can see the, like, the way it makes corners on the. On the bodice of her is Giaparelli inspired top. And then she wore it on some things recently. And also the. The fabric was really sheer.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So you can see the brown underneath the. The cardboard, if that makes any sense.

[C]

Right. Yeah.

[A]

Underneath the. You can see the brown underneath the fabric, which white people were saying, which is why RuPaul and. And Michelle were like, we can see her pads. Like, we can just see the yellow or the green of her pads through the fabric, because the fabric was so sheer, because it wasn't, like, lined or anything.

[C]

Green pads.

[A]

Oh, I mean, I didn't see them, but I'm colorblind, but I believe. Well, they also said different color. They were like, yellow, green. So I don't use the colored pads. I didn't.

[C]

To me, I'm still convinced that that was like, Denali's legs.

[A]

It is not. There's no girl, like, I think.

[C]

I think here it was maybe a hip.

[A]

I'm telling you, to the knee. Hip to knee. Those are pads. Chime in. Denali. Chime in.

[C]

Denali's legs are tanks.

[A]

Like Denali. If you're watching this, please comment below. You were wearing pads, right? You had. She had to be.

[C]

She's got a Deadly weapon down there

[A]

in the back, too. She will show her ass, baby. You are gonna look at. You are gonna look at Denali's anus. If you are looking, she will point her hole straight down the barrel of the lens, swipe her hand across it.

[C]

Trend alert from drag queens. Moving on. Butthole, butthole, butthole.

[A]

Lydia's impact. Truly Lydia's impact. So now we're getting to give out points. This is very predictable. Everyone gave their partner a point. Cynthia to Alyssa, Denali to Acet Tonali, and then Alyssa to Cynthia. I don't think anyone should. Although Alyssa did do this bit where she was acting like she was going to give the point to Denali.

[C]

I know I was kind of like an I was. Because I think that we already predicted that this is how this bracket was going to go. It was going to be the Kumbaya bracket. I was, like, just annoyed with that editing of, like. But I don't even know if it was so much the editing. It was the girls also being, like, stretching it out.

[A]

Yeah. Alyssa was really camping it up, really leaning into the drama of, like, I might give it to Denali, which would have been crazy.

[C]

That would have been crazy.

[A]

Crazy to do. But obviously you didn't. And then. Then what ends up happening is Ginger and Diabetti are like, kind of like, did you expect the points to go that way? But also, like, Ginger, did you really expect them to give you their points? Like, did you really expect to do the best in the challenge, Win the challenge, and then have the girls just give you their points?

[C]

White privilege, like, that's.

[A]

That would be. Wouldn't that be crazy?

[C]

Yeah, that would be crazy. It's crazy. Also think like that.

[A]

But also, I think Ginger, maybe Ginger genuinely feels like she did the best. Ginger feels like I did do the best because she got great praise from the judges, but the girls don't. Also the girls, I don't think they actually think Ginger did the best. They made it clear. Cynthia and. And as a Betty were like, we believe we should have been at the top.

[C]

Yeah. And I totally understand. I think every single person in the room except for maybe Diabetti.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because she was, you know, in a partnership with her and which they kind

[A]

of become almost an alliance of low key.

[C]

Yeah. Which is unexpected. You would not think diabetes and Ginger Minj going into this bracket would be

[A]

like, they're kind of Abbott and Costello, you know?

[C]

But also who.

[A]

Low key.

[C]

Right. Who would, like. I could see Die having her alliance with acid. I feel like their drags Are very similar.

[A]

And I want that. It's. It's actually cute to see them together. It's so adorable to see the Betties, for sure.

[C]

The Betties.

[A]

The Betties.

[C]

Betty needs a spank.

[A]

Betty. Oh, is.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Is it? No. What is it? Mistress Betty. No. What's her song?

[C]

Mistress Violet. And then. And then. Betty needs a spank.

[A]

Yeah, Betty needs a spank.

[C]

I know.

[A]

Daddy needs a wing. Is that what it was? I think it's something like that, honestly. She ate with that.

[C]

Oh, she ate with that.

[A]

She ate with that.

[C]

And fame. It was the. Oh, rubber doll.

[A]

Rubber doll. I am your rubber doll. No, but the one I like before that was one. Was that the first one where she's, like, outside the bodega one day. I'm going to do a YouTube video. My top 10 favorite R girl music videos.

[C]

Music videos or songs?

[A]

I'm going to do music videos.

[C]

Okay, music videos.

[A]

Because I don't want to waste time now, but go to my YouTube page at some point down the line, I will have Bob's top 10 favorite Ru Girl music videos. Because there are some bangers and some garbage and as well when I do the 10 words. No, that's crazy.

[C]

Well, I mean, I think best. Best can be also the worst.

[A]

This is true. You know, something can be so bad. Is good.

[C]

Oh, absolutely.

[A]

I think you have a mic, by the way, over there. By the way. If you want to try.

[C]

Do you want to make more money? Wear a wig. But Also on the YouTube channel, we do. We are doing another makeup tutorial. We are doing another makeup tutorial.

[A]

You're invited whenever you want to come by, baby.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Paint me up.

[C]

We're going to. Maybe one day we'll paint and then record.

[A]

To quote.

[C]

That's going to be the longest day ever.

[A]

Picasso,

[C]

close your eyes. Exhale. Feel your body relax, and let go

[A]

of whatever you're carrying today.

[B]

Well, I'm letting go of the worry that I wouldn't get my new contacts in time for this class. I got them delivered free from 1-800-contacts. Oh, my gosh, they're so fast.

[C]

And breathe.

[B]

Oh, sorry. I almost couldn't breathe when I saw the discount they gave me on my first order. Oh, sorry. Namaste.

[A]

Visit 1-800-contacts.com today to save on your first order. 1-800-contacts. So the next day, Ginger walks in and she feels that there's a target on her back. I can't say that. This. I cannot confirm this. This is just a suspicion that I have. Ginger's always doing A bit. It's always a joke. Like, always, like a pun. So and so. And I feel like they edit out when they go. Do you feel like they're targeting her back? I feel like she. There's a target, a Walmart. Like, I feel like that happened. But did they edit it around it? That's my. That's my fan theory.

[C]

But I feel like she also is very smart where she'll just give them everything.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And that's kind of what you need to do on Drag Race is you just give them every single thing because you know they're only going to use 30% of it.

[A]

Speaking of everything, Acid Betty, if you're watching, we need photo shoots for your workroom looks.

[C]

Oh, I know. I feel like she should be selling, like, the ready to wear versions of these.

[A]

I want one. She looks like a Gen X Labubu.

[C]

Totally, totally.

[A]

I want one so bad. They look so cool. Wakey. Kim will give me her baddie jacket. Yeah, yeah. She owes me.

[C]

Kim is not sentimental with drag. She will.

[A]

Or anything at all. Kim gave me a Labubu. Just handed it to me. I mean, a rare Labubu. I was like, here, take it.

[C]

Also, she just left her premiere. Look at your house.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

The day after.

[A]

I don't give a. Give a. About this. You know when she used to be like, I never paint my face the same way twice. And then after while she's like, I'm down with that.

[C]

That was like her calling card when she first started. Too much. Yeah.

[A]

So. So Ru Ru comes in and announced they're going to be doing a hoed down throwdown at Stage Cooch. That's one of my favorite names they've ever given to anything.

[C]

That is very cute.

[A]

A raise to whoever came with that name. It is genuinely genuine. I have a question. This might be kind of sh. And I have no way of knowing this for sure, but I want to know what the fall off rate and viewership is in this third bracket.

[C]

Oh, that's a really good question.

[A]

If it will pick back up when they. When. When the merge is happening, when they

[C]

all get back together.

[A]

I'm not gonna say. I'm not gonna say. It's not a good break. It's not a good. Is it a good. You know what it is? There's no suspense. We know. We already. We know for sure. Two of the girls going on like, we know for sure.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

By the way, when I say for sure. I know. No spoilers. Well, after this episode, there's no way Ginger man can't merge after this episode. There is. There is nothing that could possibly happen where Ginger man could be in the bottom half of this break.

[C]

I know when she see the points all lined out, you're like, oh, fuck.

[A]

Oh, yeah, it's their cook. She has six points. Yeah, but then the episode. But I am. I do wonder how the. How the viewer. How this bracket has affected the viewership.

[C]

I mean, as far as, like, bringing the television, I do think that Acid Betty is doing all of the work. She's. All the weight is on her shoulders.

[A]

Yeah, we're going to. We're going to. We're going to talk about Betty and. And Cynthia, because they shone like diamonds in this episode. I genuinely feel. I don't want to get ahead of

[C]

myself, but maybe we're biased.

[A]

Maybe we're biased. Maybe we're. Season eight girls are biased, but season eight is cooking. Cooking, Honey, no one's eating the judges sure as hell are you with the cooking. So Denali is like, this is my challenge. I write music. This is. There's no way I could not possibly win this week's challenge. And then everyone. So RuPaul comes in, gives them their songs, and it's kind of like when. When there's two groups. It's not kind of. It is two groups. There's two songs. Trailer Hitch and. And Key youy Car and Trailer Hitch key your car are the songs. So it's. So only can be three girls per song, and five girls want to do Trailer Hitch. Five of them.

[C]

Right.

[A]

Cynthia is the only one who wants to do Key youy Car, and the other five all want to do Trailer Hitch. So Gingerbread is like, I'm calling Trailer Hitch. I'm going to get it. It is what it is.

[C]

And if Ginger wants it, she gonna get it.

[A]

Whatever Ginger wants. Oh, no, no. Ginger.

[C]

Sorry.

[A]

I'm really all unhinged today.

[C]

Love it. I feel like I needed. That's why I was like, I think I need an energy drink to match me.

[A]

So they end up figuring out, quite diplomatically, actually. And on Key, your car is going to be Diabetti, Ginger, Mange, and Cynthia, and they have named their group the Mudflaps.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And then on Trailer Hitch is going to be Alyssa, Denali and Acid Betty, and they have named themselves the Whiskey Chicks. So they get to writing, and Denali is, again feeling very good about writing. She's rewrapping her. Her phenomenon verse.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Which. She did eat that verse.

[C]

She did eat that verse.

[A]

But I still think the star or Maybe it was all over the world. Was to me that episode. Tamisha man ate. The girl is up.

[C]

Tamisha. Iman also ate her lip sync that she went home on. She did the blue cantrell.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Hit him up style.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Everything.

[A]

She's. She's a fantastic drag queen.

[C]

I feel like we haven't had a queen like that since her either.

[A]

And not before her either.

[C]

No.

[A]

She is truly unique. One of a kind.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

We should have that Timmy shot. Iman is coming for you to show the girls what I can do. Drag is my game and I do it well. Then ATL Peach with a story to tell. Bit but not broken. I'll fight till the end. That old school diva shall rise. Going for the crown. It's going to be tough, but guess what, baby? I was born for this stuff.

[C]

Oh, iconic cook. Iconic.

[A]

She cooks.

[C]

Also the who releases footwear and I

[A]

have the Tamisha mons iconic. So I need to wear them next week. Yes, Next week I'm going to have the Tamisha mons on. Jacob, make a note.

[C]

Let me know if you need me to go and crest them.

[A]

Exactly, exactly. So they go into. For the. The coaching for the singing. Orville Peck. Orville Peck as well.

[C]

That was a nice surprise.

[A]

Yeah, that was a nice little surprise. Yeah. The girls are.

[C]

Why was he wearing the mask, though? I'm kidding.

[A]

One time me and Orville were hanging out. Like, I don't, I don't see Orville that often, but I, I, we have a lot of friends in common, mostly Trixie in Alaska. And, and he was talking to me. I was like. And I remember like, like, oh, he

[C]

didn't have it on.

[A]

He didn't have a mask on. We were just like, at a show and I was like, he was like, talking like he knew. I was like, girl, I don't know you.

[C]

Was he dressed in like.

[A]

Like, these are regular clothes.

[C]

I was just like, not.

[A]

He didn't have, like, a cowboy hat and tassels and a bolo. He was wearing, like, a T shirt and some jeans and I was like, hi. And he was talking like he knew me. And I was like, girl, I do not know you. He was like, girl, it's me, Orville.

[C]

And I was like, oh, how funny. One, One year for Halloween in Vegas, I, I went through this, like, phase where I was, like, doing these, like, really slutty boy Halloween costumes.

[A]

Like, when can we put a picture here?

[C]

Yeah, I'll, I'll throw some up, Jay. So, like, for Halloween, I would be, like, a really slutty Boy. But my rule is just, like, a mask, huh? Like that no one can see your face. I'm just body out, you know? But, like, the first year I did it, I was Orville Peck adjacent just because I had, like, a cowboy look and I wanted to have, like, a mask. And I got into this, like, elevator and the wind in Vegas, and, like, Diplo was in there, and I guess Diplo and Orville are tight. Oh. And he goes, oh, are you Orville? And I was like, yeah. He like, I want to take a picture of you.

[A]

Does he think, oh, I thought he was asking, hey, Orville.

[C]

Oh, no. He's like, are you dressed up?

[A]

Because that would have been crazy because

[C]

it was Halloween to ask a black person if they're Orville with their ass out.

[A]

I didn't know about your slutty Halloween face.

[C]

I don't really post it, but it's just so fun to go out with a mask on and be a little Orville 8. Orville.

[A]

Maybe Orville's onto something.

[C]

Oh, hell yeah.

[A]

But they're hanging out with Orville Pack. And honestly, for the most part, people are actually doing pretty good, with the exception of Alyssa.

[C]

Alyssa is the Maya Iman lepage. Kermit. Like, revenge moment. Yeah. What is that? What is that octave you go to?

[A]

Well, it feels like it seems like it seems to be a person with an accent speaking English, but then trying to do a very specific American accent.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Like, not trying to do a neutral American accent. But I also noticed this on. Did you ever see Modern Family?

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Sophia Vergara has an episode where she tries to act like she doesn't have an accent, and she does the same voice.

[C]

Like, it's very Kermit.

[A]

She ends up doing one of these. So there's probably some sort of a second language thing or esl. English is a second language thing where maybe they. Maybe in their minds, we all sound like Muppets.

[C]

Yeah. I feel like it just probably goes through so many different channels because Americans,

[A]

our accent is quite nasally. Like, we think of, like, a bridge would go car. And we go, like car.

[C]

Right?

[A]

Like car. It does sound quite. You know what I mean? So it seems to be sort of English as a second language thing.

[C]

They just need to go to Macon for a weekend and get her true understanding. You look great in the show.

[A]

Few burns, but everyone seems to be doing pretty good, so we don't really get a lot of drama in the. In the rehearsals, except for when they start dancing and Ginger Minj, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Diabetic team is like, they can't seem to communicate because they're all like, oh, we're gonna let Diabetti take the reins. But then Cynthia and Ginger Minj don't do that.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, it's also just from a wide. Like, Diabetti being a choreographer.

[A]

Is she a dancer?

[C]

I don't think so.

[A]

Well, they. They didn't say she was choreographer. They just, like, you get the ultimate veto. So you are the one who will decide, do we do it or do we not do it? We will lean into you, and you will let us know what to do.

[C]

Which feels kind of shady to Diabetic or to Diabetti in the long run for, like, if. If it goes, they can blame it on her poorly for the Runway. They can talk about how well that it was dying.

[A]

We haven't seen one of those in a long time. Like, throwing the group leader under the bus type thing in a long time.

[C]

No, because I do think probably someone came in and choreographed what they were doing or at least helped them, like, stage. I think they do a lot more production now than we did.

[A]

We literally.

[C]

It was literally us. Yeah, it was actually us.

[A]

We choreographed those things ourselves. We. We. Yeah. We did not get to bring makeover look.

[C]

No.

[A]

We had to make it there.

[C]

No. Yeah.

[A]

Which go back to making it.

[C]

I want steaks.

[A]

Right.

[C]

I want the stakes. If we're watching a competition, I think that there's just an easiness with production. There's an easiness with. I don't know.

[A]

Not only did we have to make it ourselves, they gave us people whose bodies were, like, not differently able. Differently abled based. I don't know if you would consider a little person differently able, but. But non conventional bodies for sure. So I had never designed for a person that small ever, as a non

[C]

conventional body designing for another non conventional body.

[A]

Literally.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So. But now it's just like. Just get your friend to make two, like, one size fits all outfits.

[C]

Hey, that.

[A]

Yeah, I don't love it either.

[C]

Hey, that.

[A]

It's not great. It's not great. And you can always tell when the girl's thrown by getting, like, a big girl or, like, someone really, really skinny. They're like, oh, now I don't know what to do with this outfit because it doesn't fit my person for sure. And they are just thrown.

[C]

Yeah. You need to be able to think on your feet when it comes to putting somebody in drag.

[A]

Your feet are down here.

[C]

But my brain is here. Hey, it's Ryan Reynolds.

[A]

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[C]

Now, I was looking for fun ways to tell you that Mint's offer of unlimited Premium Wireless for $15 a month is back.

[A]

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[C]

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[A]

So the next day they walk in and Acid Betty is basically telling the girls. Like, I realize there's. That there's the girls at the top, which is basically. Which is kind of, I feel, viewed as Betty Acid. I mean, Diabeti, Denali and Ginger Mange. And there's the girls at the bottom, which is viewed as Acid Betty.

[C]

Cynthia.

[A]

Cynthia Leaf Fontaine and Alyssa. Even though I think that diabetes is kind of low key. Including. Because at this point, one mama has one point as well. Alyssa ass girl.

[C]

Oh, Denali. Denali.

[A]

Yeah. But they're like, maybe she's gonna pull ahead. So as the Betty's like, we need to basically build a super pac. We need to get our delegates and find our nominee that we're gonna send to the national election because they've already had what's going on over there, and we are not gonna just be sitting here being pawns in their game.

[C]

This is so acid.

[A]

And it's so good.

[C]

It's so acid.

[A]

I'm so happy. And then I love this. At some point, diabetes, like, you guys want. Give me your point. And Ace Betty's like, no, we will not be. Because she's like, what are the points? Acevedi's like, well, you're not getting one. Which is so. Cause Ace Betty is the thing where she says something shady and then she just kind of does this little laugh afterwards. But it's not like a. It's like, you know, the Ace Betty laughs, period. Yeah. And then I love when diabetes like, well, we're not just asking you. And then Betty goes, I speak for the group.

[C]

And she meant that shit. Iconic.

[A]

I speak for the group is so cunty. And, you know, it's fierce because the group did the same. The group was like, literally. Literally. I speak for the group is so fierce.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my God. And Betty and Diabetty was like, all right, you said that. You said that. It's so Good. I speak for the group.

[C]

I love her.

[A]

Oh, I love.

[C]

I love her. I miss being in a room with her. I miss being more so in that setting with her. Yeah. Because she's not gonna take any shit.

[A]

Oh. At all. From anyone, by the way.

[C]

From anyone.

[A]

Production drag queens, craft services. Anyone.

[C]

The wind, Mother Nature, the therapist at the psych eval. Yeah.

[A]

So this. This is when it feels like Ginger Minj and diabetic have kind of formed an alliance. Because I think she feels othered by the girls who have one point and she feels like she's, like she's an outsider, but I don't think diabetes take into account that she's not gonna do well this episode. I think diabetic thinks she's going to be in the top of the episode as well.

[C]

Right.

[A]

Because she's like, well, me and Ginger, we're the girls at the top. And you're just like, we? Who the is we?

[C]

I kind of feel like Ginger does not need any sort of alliance, but I do feel like Daya has a headspace of being like, I should probably keep it tight with someone who can take me to the top.

[A]

For sure. For sure. But if you. But if the person you're tight with is in the top, they can't help you.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

So what's the point of being in an alliance? Someone who's going to be winning the game.

[C]

Almost like you should be going against that person.

[A]

Hello, Somebody. But now Diabete is aligned with Ginger Minj, so the only chance that Diabete has at this point to merge is to do well during this next episode. Because Ginger Minj will pro. If it's a. The next episode is a improv comedy challenge. Ginger Minj is probably gonna be in the top again. So even if she doesn't win the lip sync, she's gonna get the two points, and you will not have an opportunity. Cause who are the comedy queens this. This. This bracket?

[C]

Just Ginger.

[A]

Literally just Ginger Minj. Yeah, Solamente. Ginger Minj.

[C]

Right. I mean, Cynthia is also funny, but not in the way that it's a different.

[A]

Yeah, it's a different kind of funny. It's a different kind of funny. And we've seen Cynthia flop during improv challenges. She didn't. She had a hard time during I

[C]

am a strong Gay Woman.

[A]

And then we saw her flopping Sofia Vergara during Snatch Game. So Cynthia does not do well improv. She's. She. But. But we're gonna get to where she did shine. We're gonna get to where she did.

[C]

Yeah, she did eat it this episode.

[A]

Let's talk about these performances. First of all, let's talk about RuPaul's look. I, I love this look. I, this, this hair is for me. It ages her a little bit.

[C]

Yeah, it's also, I mean, it's white, but like. Yeah, it's white, but it's also like one of those styles that you see, like, you know a woman who goes into the salon once a week and gets that, that style.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And it's quaffed all the time and it's perfect. And she sl dress is gorgeous.

[A]

It's so stunning.

[C]

So Bob Mackie, like, all the diagonal lines. I love the, the neckline. She looks gorgeous. She looks like a trophy. A column.

[A]

I agree. And Ross, I, I like, I love that Ross is, is out of his bomber jacket phase.

[C]

You remember the, the, the track sequin.

[A]

Sequin track jackets. I'm glad that ph is over.

[C]

The pants are.

[A]

I like them. You don't like them?

[C]

The pants are above his belly, but the pants are at, like his, like, third rib.

[A]

Yeah, girl, listen, when you have a little bit of a belly, this is how you dress. We're not doing no low rise stuff. I'm with you, Ross. I'm not in these low rise areas. Honey, you can show hip bone. That shit is cute. I show hip bone. It's like, ew, someone come get their uncle.

[C]

Never. Never. Those are some long ass pants, though. That's coming from moi.

[A]

Let's go into these looks. So first of all, let's do verse by verse. I love my sister Cynthia. She will always wear something that is just like. Why would you do that for cowboy? The leggings. Why would you wear. Are they purple?

[C]

I think that they all tried to match Ginger's look. Is Ginger's like purple?

[A]

Yeah. Which. We'll get to Ginger in a second. So I'll do this. Remember that night when we met? When we met? We met at that. At the bar. Got to know each other on the back of your car Riding in, riding on my cuckoo but look at her I guess you're not the man I thought you were Thought you get me Thought you'd get the rose but you got the thorn Baby, I'm the one to grab I'm the one to grab the bull by the horns I just want to say her performance was amazing. Her voice sounded fantastic. I liked her voice. Cynthia, for me, was the best in this group.

[C]

I agree. I agree. I was so and, like, impressed by her. I feel like it's felt really, like, easy.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Fluid. Like, it also matched the song perfectly. In her performance, she was, like, very confident.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And she started it out like she set the tone for me.

[A]

I would say in this group, the rank would be Cynthia Ginger, then diabetic for sure. And Cynthia was amazing. She was. She ate. She really did a really good job with her performance, with her voice. Her voice sounded amazing. This look is crazy.

[C]

This look is insane. I mean, a Super Bowl Lady Gaga with 2008 Gaga. Yeah. With purple American Apparel leggings and glove.

[A]

And then not too much American Apparel. The teeny American Apparel drag race.

[C]

American Apparel clothed by early drag and the drag.

[A]

I want Drag Race. I had one pair of American Apparel pants on Drag Race love. And you guys will never let me down.

[C]

It's not me. You grew up. Me and Kim together all the time.

[A]

Actually, I had two pair because I

[C]

was definitely wearing American Apparel on the Runway as well.

[A]

I actually wore them during the Madonna challenge, and I wore them during the best drag challenge.

[C]

Yeah, the finale.

[A]

Not the finale.

[C]

Your finale Runway. Your final.

[A]

Final look. The best. Your best drag.

[C]

Your best drag. I'm also just so impressed that you can read the screen from this far.

[A]

I know. And there's no lenses in these glasses. I was fighting for my life. I need you to know Fighting for my life. You haven't started at the. You called me out. No, no.

[C]

I'm impressed. I'm impressed how far we've come.

[A]

Let's go to the next one. You and do diabetes.

[B]

Go ahead.

[C]

Let's do it. All right. Diabetti Always know what I want so you call me a you're. I love that line.

[A]

It is good. Yeah.

[C]

You're. You're a good for nothing man Always talking your. Because a little drama give the tea a little stir I'm a lover and a fighter I don't care what you've heard so pedal to the metal, baby, hold on tight Just beware of this dog because Betty does bet he does bite.

[A]

The. The verses are fine, but the performance wasn't great. And her voice was just Whatever.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't think that she. I. I don't think that she really ate this up to me. Even though I like this verse, there's something about the. The. The. The performance of it. And her voice just wasn't really it for me.

[C]

The delivering. I love someone who has such a unique, like, not such a unique. Such a staple style on Drag Race. It's hard to have such a staple style and not be looked at it as, like, the same, because I would actually, if I was just glancing at her right now. Yeah, I would. This is almost like her villain look a little bit.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Tall, long stretched, black, dark. I wish I would have just seen her, like, really embrace. Like, when I hear western look, I'm thinking denim, gingham.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Plaid, you know, all that kind of stuff. But I. That first line, I love, but this is definitely the third ranking in this group for me.

[A]

To me, she. This kind of looks like a character Danny Trejo would play in a movie. Like, this is like. Like, this is like she looks like the bad guy from a wild, Wild west thing. And she's gonna be, like, shot to smithereens or blown up by a. By a piece of dynamite or something. But, yeah, I. I didn't really feature her that much on this. This episode. Let's go to Ginger Minch. I love this look.

[C]

This makes the most sense. This is western. You think stars, you think big hair.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Love this hair on her.

[A]

Yeah, I love this hair. I love this. The. I love this take on the chapter because they're a completely different fabric. But I also love the chaps. Don't hug the leg at all. It's just kind of like almost like a big pant flowing down. Her body looks great. Her hair looks great. I love this outfit.

[C]

I wonder how she gets her hair that big.

[A]

You don't know how they do big wigs, bitch.

[C]

Like, do you.

[A]

Didn't you. You have a big blonde wig, A giant blonde wig.

[C]

I'm joking. I'm doing a bat.

[A]

I was like, how long have you been doing drag? You don't know. You don't know how wigs are big.

[C]

No, the wig, good. There's levels to this, guys. She part time.

[A]

You are a monster. I'm obsessed with you. You're always whispering sweet thing in my ear, then screwing around on me. My tea is ice, but my temper is hot. I put the cunt in country. Well, it chapped my ass when you smacked me on the fanny, then told me you were cheating with my own damn granny. It was. It was funny. I would say Ginger's shining moment was saying, and I'm your wife.

[C]

Totally, totally.

[A]

That was a great moment for Ginger Minj. And she did pretty good. I do think that that Cynthia was just. Was just a little bit better. But she looks good. And this verse was pretty good.

[C]

I mean, Cynthia's verse even was this. And Ginger's is like.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I have.

[C]

Our brains are doing the exact same thing.

[A]

I have long.

[C]

But you're right. The whole, like, the fact that she got to go last in that intro. I'm your girlfriend. I'm your girlfriend. I'm your wife.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It was. It was. It was great. I wonder if she wrote that or if that was part of the track.

[C]

I would believe it. I do think she would write. Yeah. I think she's very talented in giving exactly what this panel of judges. Yeah. And this production company wants on the show.

[A]

If I had one critique for this outfit, it would be that I wish the stars weren't so symmetrical because it looks like a face on her. On her, on her.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like her across her stomach and her is like a face and eyes and a mouth.

[C]

But, like, I would have loved to known what the other girls were gonna wear. Because I feel like just looking at this look, she didn't have to edit her look at all. And I feel like they threw something together to match whatever the ginger was wearing.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And if you're in the top, you're matching my shit.

[A]

I mean, I wouldn't have. I wouldn't. I would have been like, y' all figured out I'm wearing this for.

[C]

For her now.

[A]

I mean, if I was in her position, I wouldn't swap, but if I was someone else, I would have tried to convince her to swap.

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

100.

[C]

But you know what? Knowing her, she's not swapping.

[A]

Probably not. Probably not. Let's go on to the next group. So we have. I. First of all, why would they try to make it sound like Acid Betty doesn't wear wigs like this?

[C]

Right. She's always worn wigs like this.

[A]

Yeah. Acid Betty does a Blunt Bang, and it's, like, fluffed out on the side.

[C]

It's like those, like, rockstar wigs.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Sometimes they're asymmetric. They go like. They, they, they. They're sliding down. Getting longer on the. I'm like. I'm like, do you even watch the show, Michelle? I know, like, Assed Betty wears look like this all the time.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

This look is so fucking good.

[C]

So cool. So cool.

[A]

This look is great.

[C]

It lights up.

[A]

I know. It's great. Go ahead and read this for us.

[C]

Okay. Acid Betty, get on in and scooch on close. You can call me Marge. That's Large Marge for you. No charge. Acabaca or toe AKA baka or to

[A]

these characters from who's.

[C]

Yeah. Okay. Akabaka or toe. Lubed up and ready to glide. I'm your rental duty slip and slide hog tie you up and flip you upside down. Kick off my boots and throw you all around.

[A]

God damn butch top. Honey B said dumb top down hog tie you and flip you upside down Kick off my boots, throw you about to the out of you. I Betty is a dumb top.

[C]

I mean, what did Chi Chi say back in the day? She said, betty looks like the kind of that will you and put you in the closet or something, Tie you up and throw you in the closet.

[A]

You mean hog tie you and flip you upside down? She prophesied. I like this verse. Just her voice sounded good. Betty's a good dancer. She wasn't the top one for me in this group, but she. This was a great performance. And. And her look is the best. By a mile for sure. By a mile for sure.

[C]

I do think there was something with, like, her vocal approach. Like, I feel like she did something weird to her voice. And I totally understand you're doing it like an accent. I can't really do a southern accent that well. So, like, like, I get that it sounds so awkward, but it doesn't sound like her voice when she's singing it.

[A]

I wonder, would you put that much thought into your challenges looks? Like when you went back and knew you because when you did alter, they told you looks were for challenges.

[C]

Yeah. And on.

[A]

Actually, they did not tell us. They just gave us looks, and we. We found out they were Runway when they told us.

[C]

I mean, it was the same thing. Like, when I went back for all Stars, it was like, like, have a sex in the city look. Have a clown look. But it's like, it's only used in a skit for 20 seconds.

[A]

But they would tell you that, though.

[C]

No, they wouldn't tell you that. So you prepare a Runway.

[A]

Oh, I remember seeing that crazy look that. That mo heart wore. That crazy clown look. Yeah, it was, like, so intricate, and

[C]

we, like, barely saw for no reason.

[A]

Did it have, like, a reveal and something else. It was like. It was a. It was like a really intricate look.

[C]

And then they're like, okay. And you take a pie to the face and ruin that look forever. And like, a Runway look.

[A]

And so you bring look that you don't even use. Like. Like, I know we mentioned before, but, like, in the Ruko's Empire, we prepared every. Every character. We prepared to look for all those characters.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

And you only end up wearing one.

[C]

Exactly. With no budget.

[A]

Yeah. Literally. We don't mean low budget. No, literally no budget. 500 an episode.

[C]

Was it that much? I think it was less. Wasn't it?

[A]

It was 500 episode. 250 a day or for you?

[D]

Oh, you didn't.

[A]

Your. Your agent didn't work out a deal? Honestly, it might have been. I can't remember. It was like 250 a day back then.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Now they get way.

[C]

I think you're right, actually. I think that's what I.

[A]

But anyway. But if I knew that would. Knowing that it's for the challenge, would you put that much effort into a look?

[C]

Well, when it's this setup with the brackets and you're only preparing.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Six looks like a Runway look and a challenge look, I would probably put a lot of effort.

[A]

Yeah. That's a good point.

[C]

That's easier.

[A]

That's a good point. That's a very good point. Yeah. I thought she did pretty good. Let's go to the next one. So now we have Alyssa. Alyssa Summers. Nope.

[C]

Alyssa Hunter.

[A]

Alyssa Hunter. You can take it away. Oh, you did the last one. Hello, bitches.

[C]

Is it? Cause I can read.

[A]

Hello, bitches. How do you all. This Puerto Rican can hustle, right? Yee haw. Give it face or be. Give it face or be fashion all about satisfaction. What does that mean? Give it. Give it face or be fashion all about satisfaction. So settle up and watch. Cause I'm ready for action. Cowboys, sugar daddies, I don't care. The only thing I want is cocktails. I'm Latin and I'm spicy. So, papi, take your points, take your pants off, and give me mucha more. I did not like this performance. No, this is pretty bad.

[C]

This is pretty bad.

[A]

I don't know. Shade to Alyssa Hunter. This was. This was not good.

[C]

There's a part of me that wants to be like, it's not her fault, because this is just corny challenge all around.

[A]

But Cynthia made it work.

[C]

But Cynthia did make it work.

[A]

Ginger made it work. Acety made it work.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I don't know. It's just not great. She looks good, though.

[C]

She looks good. She looks fine.

[A]

Yeah, she looks fine. Yeah. Let's not drag it. Go to the next one. Now let's bring up Denali. All right, let's talk about her look first. I do not like this look for this challenge.

[C]

I don't like this look for country either.

[A]

Yeah, in general, sure. Actually, in general, the hat should be bigger.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But, like, what the fuck does that to do with country?

[C]

I know. Whenever I think of country, I never think ostrich vibes, feathers.

[A]

There could be a way to do it, like, grand old opry style, maybe. Like, if. If it's Maybe like. Like a baby doll or a teddy type thing. And the feathers at the bottom and at the hem. Maybe like a boa. Maybe something like that. But this.

[C]

Or like chops that are ost.

[A]

How is this country? I don't get it. It is a cowboy hat with. With ostriches around the rim.

[B]

Rim.

[A]

But like, I genuinely don't get it. I'm so confused about this.

[C]

I know. Maybe. Maybe the brief was different than we thought. Maybe it's like music festival look or something, you know, Maybe.

[A]

Yeah, but she did show ass.

[C]

I wish that that was something. I don't think the girls really like, consecutively all seasons. Like, we never really get like a. A real debrief of what the actual list said. Yeah, because like they said they name it whatever they want on the show.

[A]

The list. If you're. If you're bold, drop the list.

[C]

Yeah, it's. Send anonymously. Anonymously.

[A]

Yes. Yes. Yeah. Just do one of those little. What's that? The V for Vendetta mask.

[C]

Or just put on X program.

[A]

Read the lyrics.

[C]

Let's have a duel, see who shoots first do see, do.

[A]

I'm screaming.

[C]

What? Let's.

[A]

I'm screaming.

[C]

I mean, that's a.

[A]

That's a doy though.

[C]

Oh, Can you tell I'm from California?

[A]

Do see do is crazy.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

From the top.

[C]

Let's have a duel see who shoots first do see dough together till my dog is hurt I got my fatty on omega Go all night like Talladega Just look on my, just look on my competition baby boy I got a leg up 365 take some cherry pie Touch your heels Crisscross and clap your hands three times Got a saddle and a paddle Tell your buddies not to tattle Bagged the baddest in the town but can tie a hoe down.

[A]

Those are great lyrics. Great, great, Fantastic. I do think she slightly overperformed it.

[C]

I think that might have been a theme this episode.

[A]

Like, she really like. Oh. Like it was like, girl, you remember when Fergie was doing front flips and singing and then ping, Like while doing one handed front flips while singing. It is impressive.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

No one's having that conversation. But it's like this is a lot like Pink is someone who would like do a song and then do something impressive during the instrumental and then come back down after being whipped around in water and slung across the. Like, like a, you know, a slingshot across the. The.

[D]

The.

[A]

The arena. But Denali is packing it all into one. I would say this George is good at, like, choreographing but not ODing it,

[C]

like, timing it out. She also can look. George's is very good at looking, like, effortless while doing it.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Denali, like, is like, I'm 100%.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Which I feel like is probably the athlete in her. Maybe, like, have to go full throttle.

[A]

Yeah. I, I, I, I think she over performed it. That being said, these lyrics are great and she sounded amazing and, and I don't love the look so much, but

[C]

her ass looks delicious. Insane.

[A]

The incredible edible ass.

[C]

Gorgeous.

[A]

So good.

[C]

Yeah. Fit.

[A]

Denali, thank you for showing your butt so much. I want every time. I'm happy to see it.

[C]

I want a video. You can, you can have it be members only. Whatever. I just want to know if you can crack a walnut with your ass. I feel like she can walnut. Isn't that what people do?

[A]

You can't crack a walnut with your hands.

[C]

I think she could do it with her Omega fatty. You.

[D]

You can't.

[A]

Have you ever cracked a walnut? You cannot crack a walnut with your hands. They are impossible. You need, like a, like, a thing to crack a walnut. Like a, or like a, like a.

[C]

Okay, well, what could she crack with her ass? Cheek?

[A]

Cheeks probably. See, if she could open an Easter egg, that'd be easy.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I think that maybe if she could

[C]

unbox a little boo Boo.

[A]

There it is. Can you unbox a little boo Boo and have it come out in mint condition? So let's go into the judging. Also, tight note too. It feels like the second group. I didn't time it out, but it feels the second group kind of got. Got, like, robbed a little bit or shafted because, like, the first group came in to the end of their number.

[C]

Yeah, they opened for them.

[A]

So the first group got more time

[C]

for sure, but whatever. And who was in the first group again?

[A]

The first group was Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Diabetti and Ginger.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh,

[C]

I see how that works.

[A]

And, and that's on that. So during the judging.

[C]

Unless Runway runways.

[A]

Yes. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Run. Let's go through these looks. It's Night of a Thousand Miley, which I didn't, I didn't expect, but I actually enjoyed the notion because I didn't grow up watching Hannah Montana. So I.

[D]

What?

[A]

I really became aware of Miley Cyrus. Miley Cyrus pretty much during Party in usa.

[C]

Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense.

[A]

Yeah. That's when I became aware of myself.

[C]

My first OG Twitter handle. Before I was Davis Gaga obsessed, it was David Cyrus.

[A]

Your Name was David Cyrus.

[C]

I think that, like, this is so embarrassing. She's, like, my first ever book report with her autobiography.

[A]

That's honestly amazing.

[C]

I love her. Love her.

[A]

She's. First of all, she's an amazing singer.

[C]

She's such a good artist.

[A]

Vocals, like, wow. Vocals about to end this drought. She's phenomenal.

[C]

She's also just, like, so cool. She's so herself. She's never been, like, this, like, robot through Hollywood. I feel like she's always attacking, like, interviews. Like, remember when she went the Joe Rogan podcast? So good. Shut. Like, she, like, stood up for all of.

[A]

They're always doing the same thing. Like you. Whenever I watch your podcast, love. I can't do. I can't do the bottle. S voice. But it's. It's also crazy that she talks like this here, but she sings. It's, like, so crystal clear. But there, she's like. She's like. You know, she's like, singing. You like, what's her big song?

[C]

I can buy her.

[A]

Say thank y' all so much.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Y' all were so good tonight. To me tonight. Y' all were good.

[C]

She's so good. Her Dead Pets album is top three albums of all time for me. I just love this. I went to her. I met her. The first time I ever met her, I was standing in line. She has a brother named Trey Cyrus, who was part of this band, Metro Station, who is my first concert ever,

[A]

and you really know it.

[C]

Oh, I'm like. I was. I've been in these streets, Metro Station, and randomly, she would just, like, brought them on stage, and then she was, like, signing people, like, afterwards. I'm not sure I can find it. It's in my photo bucket. But she signed my arm.

[A]

That's very fucking cute. That's very cute. Shout out to Miley Cyrus. So Acid Betty decided to do Miley cyrus from the 2015 VMAs. This is such a great look.

[C]

So good. So, so good. I love the, like, the interpretation of how she took Miley's and made it drag, made it evening, made it Runway ready. Yeah.

[A]

She changed multiple things. Things. She changed. She made it. She made it edgy. She made it evening gown. She. She. She added a masculinity to it. She ate this. This was. This is a great look. Betty looks so good here.

[C]

Only, no, I feel like I wish I would have seen, but it's, like a huge thing. I wish I would have seen Betty in a breastplate. Like, this would have been the look that we would have seen.

[A]

That would have been wild. That would have been wild.

[C]

You know, but it would have been so well done. And, like, I don't know how timing would have worked for that.

[A]

Betting a titty bib would be wild.

[C]

But, I mean, she's pretty much like the illusion of a titty bib right now.

[A]

Yeah. Kind of like. Like. Like an artsy version of it. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. And maybe like a big dread pony, kind of how Miley has it. But also, I just love this. I don't know what that chandelier skirt downstairs is made out of, but it's so cool.

[A]

Yeah. I wonder if she made that herself. Let's go into our next person person. Up next, we have Alyssa Hunter. This is a. I can buy myself flowers. That was such a good performance.

[C]

Such a good performance. Such a rock star, even. My mom texted me and was like, wow.

[A]

That was when she had her hair, like, pushed back.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, kind of like Eileen Warnos, for sure.

[C]

She had, like, Billy Ray hair, like, but Billy ray in the 80s. Yeah.

[A]

They don't with each other, apparently.

[C]

Yeah. That's so interesting to me. I love that she writes so hard for her mom, though. Yeah. We're all.

[A]

Is any. I mean, everyone's dad is a bad person. I mean, everyone.

[C]

Men are pegs.

[A]

Yeah, it's true. It's true. This does look good, but it's just. It's too on the nose.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

This feels like a recreation, not an interpretation.

[C]

Is it supposed to? Like, that's the thing with the Night of a Thousand Things. Like, you're either so impressed that it's immaculately cosplay, or you're so impressed at how they took reference. Reference of.

[A]

And I'm more impressed by. Took reference of. I'm more impressed by interpretation than I am by a recreation.

[C]

You and Violet have really opened up my brain on that.

[A]

Oh, really?

[C]

Yeah. Because I used to just think, like, okay, I'm a fashion girl. I'm gonna, like, take this Runway look and duplicate it and wear it and be like, oh. But once you see. Once you're in the. Whatever car it is and a Phantom pulls up next to you, there it is. You just never feel that kind.

[A]

You're like, that's. That's an actual phantom. I'm in the car that looks like a phantom.

[C]

Absolutely.

[A]

And it just is all. So just reinterpret it. You know what I mean? It's kind of like when I tell girls online, like, I don't like when I do not like recreations on the Drag Race Runway. I love interpretations. All. Most fashion and art is all indicative of something else. You know what I mean? It's all cyclical, as they say. But this looks good. But, like, I don't. I don't like that it's such a recreation.

[C]

I would wear it, though, though.

[A]

It's great.

[C]

1000%. Like, this would be, like, a.

[A]

A great performance look, but part of what makes it. So I've started wearing shiny tights because I'm not gonna show. I'll show my legs sometimes, but I don't like to show my legs if I have to wear something tight. I will never wear a. A bodycon dress and show legs. I would wear, like, something poofy and show legs, because I actually don't. I don't have any hair on my legs. I don't grow hair on my legs. But. But I've kind of been annoyed by, like, the matte leg look. Like, I'm kind of over the matte leg.

[C]

Yeah, I think it's. It creates a lot of opportunity for it to look like the wrong color, too. When it's matte. Yeah, it just soaks up so much more light. And that, like, sheen just helps, like, diffuse it. But are you doing matte tight? Matte tight, sheen, tight fishnet?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I do. That's how you do it.

[A]

Yeah. Let's go. Let's go to the next one. 1. Who do we have here?

[C]

This is denali. Denali doing VMAs Miley 2013, which I think is a very iconic Miley look.

[A]

I would say this is the most iconic Miley look. Yeah, I would say that if you're going to. If. If people have dressed up like Miley Cyrus, they've done this look more than they've done any look.

[C]

I think you're right. Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. This was, I think, a very polarizing moment for her career. Very career that she hosted or before she hosted.

[A]

This is before she hosted.

[C]

This is before the. Miley was before.

[A]

And now back to this. They had a lot to say about me in the press the other day. Miley, what's good? Look at. You know, we all. They misinterpret everything we say, girl. It is what it is. Anyway, this is a. It's a little on the nose.

[C]

It's a little. I was actually so impressed by the whole backpack thing.

[A]

The backpack is really cute.

[C]

Like, I like that she took that element from the dance and made put it on herself. I thought that was very drag.

[A]

You didn't impress me. This wig is immaculate.

[C]

It's so snatched.

[A]

It is unclockable. I was like, is this her hair? I was like, what the is going on here?

[C]

I wonder who did that hair.

[A]

Look at the shot because the sides are shaved. Yeah, like they ate. This wig is so.

[C]

But I like that she. If. If she had Miley's wig or Miley's hair, that whole buzz cut all around, I think we'd be looking at her like. Like, dude. But like the fact that she gave her that length and the fact that she was smart enough to have that choice to give it that length and the. Smart enough to have the ears to cover her shoulders. Like she made this so flattering to

[A]

her body and she was smart enough to take it. Show that ass. Take it off and show us the anus.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Once again, Donala, we thank you for your service.

[C]

Walnut. We truly. We truly do wanna crack it. Asshole.

[A]

She probably be like walnut and I could put. Put in a piece of coal and make a diamond, honey don't ever get

[C]

me twisted, honey she pulls out like a cherry St.

[A]

Let's go on to the next one. Cynthia Lee fontaine at the 2015 VMAs. Cynthia looks. This is my favorite look I think I've ever seen. Cynthia in.

[C]

Whose look was this? Because if this is somebody from. Was this like a bacala?

[A]

So, okay, this is the whole thing.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Apparently there was some bacala drama because Bala did not make these looks, apparently. But also is low key giving Discount Universe.

[C]

Oh, yes, for sure. Oh, my God.

[A]

There's a period of time where like B. Colla Discount Universe were doing these like, eyes, these like cartoony, poppy things. It was very like pop art meets fashion. But there was, there was drama apparently surrounding these.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[A]

But I think Cynthia looks great. I love this hair. I love the coat. I love the leotard. I love the eyes and the titties. This is. She should have been in the top this week.

[C]

She should have been in the top. This is like enough with Case where like, it doesn't matter what she does, doesn't matter how well she performs. If they don't. If they don't see it for you, they're not going to put you.

[A]

They were never going to merge her. Yeah, she was never going to make the merge, which is upsetting because she did so well. To me, to me, Cynthia was the top all star of this week.

[C]

I would agree.

[A]

I don't think she would have won the lip sync.

[C]

I would agree because I was like,

[A]

she Might have won.

[C]

I don't know. I was, like, painting while I was watching the episode. And, like, she's the one that made me be, like, full attention. Stop what I'm doing.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cynthia justice for Cynthia Le Fontaine because she looks really, really good. And. Is that our last one? No, we have two more. Diabet is a 2013 Met Gala. The theme was punk chaos, to cult, to. To couture. I will say this. I actually like diabetes more than I like milos irises.

[C]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

Because that sheen.

[C]

Yeah, that sheen.

[A]

But I don't.

[C]

The high. My God.

[A]

But I don't love this dress in general, though. Like, it's. It's pretty. It's pretty pleasant plane.

[C]

It's there. To me, there are so many amazing, iconic. Maybe not iconic, but, like, Miley Cyrus just wears the best clothes she pulls from, like, the archives. And, like, for some reason, it just fits her body so goddamn well. And I think that this look actually does make sense for diabetes character as a drag queen to pull this, obviously, the punk theme for the Met Gala, but, like, that hair is hard. That hair is just hard. On the Drag Race main stage.

[A]

Yeah. I don't think I liked it on my. You know what I mean? Like, I think what it is is I didn't. I don't care much for the. For the source material.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So the reinterpretation is not gonna. I will say this. Maybe if she turned it into a cat suit and then added some. Some overlay, some sort of a 3D or some sort of a leather or some sort of a. Something on top of us, we can still get the idea of it, but. But. But make it just different. Yeah, I would appreciate. This is. This is almost an exact recreation.

[C]

I think it would have been maybe cool also on Daya to have, like, the panel. The side panels be, like, slimming. So it would have given her, like, more of this, like.

[A]

Oh, I can remove, like. Like. Like Nicole Surgeon used to always do.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Like an hourglass.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Moment.

[A]

Apparently Nicole does that because she's, like, up and down.

[C]

Nicole Scherzinger.

[A]

Yeah. So she does the. The cutouts because she's, like, so up and down.

[C]

I mean, and her body is so fierce.

[A]

But all the girls are padding now. The pop stars. Oh, they're all padding. Do you know this surgically? No. With, like, girl with, like, capizios and hip pads.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

Go back and watch Renaissance. Not Renaissance. What's Beyonce's Netflix?

[C]

Homecoming.

[A]

Homecoming.

[C]

So you think she's padded in that? No.

[A]

She's wearing capio fishnets. Like she. And like in, in. And you know, when the, when the, when the, when the pants come right up to the waist.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What's going.

[C]

You think they're fishnets with a pad in there?

[A]

I think she is padding the same way I pad.

[C]

You're lying.

[A]

That's what I think. It's my theory. I don't know for sure, but you can't even, like, even her midsection is like, capisoed up.

[C]

I think, for sure. I mean, I think there's like a ton of shapewear that's happening. I don't know if there's any foam.

[A]

I think there is foam. Just like. What's the name? I think doi wore foam too, because you look at doi's body when she was then wearing the underwear versus when she had this, this gown on at the. I think it was the Grammys. I like, was like, where do these hips come from?

[C]

Oh, interesting.

[A]

So it makes sense.

[C]

Or maybe if the costume is, like, padded. I just can't imagine.

[A]

I think she has.

[C]

I can't imagine our girls.

[A]

I think she is. I think she is. I, you know, we will never find out because whoever ever says it from team would literally be murdered.

[C]

Right?

[A]

Literally. You know, but I, I, that's my theory. They're padding.

[C]

I think in the world that we live in, where there's the bbl, the fat transfer, the lunchtime lipo, all that jazz, I think that's more of how a girl thinks instead of, I don't know, just finding a couch on the side of the road.

[A]

Just my fan theory. Just my fan theory.

[C]

Brave pop star, prove us wrong. Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

What's our next one? Ginger Midge is doing 2017. VMA. Stayed at the VMAs next.

[C]

I'm kidding.

[A]

So I'm so this is like an Elvis inspired look. I'm trying to think about how I feel about the original one. I like it.

[C]

No, I like it. I like it. On my way.

[A]

I think that Ginger Minjes is, is. It's too big. Like, it's, it's kind of. It's saggy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

In spots. This material is, is, is, is, is kind of. I feel like it either has to be, like, on the body or, like, not. And this is like the, the, the sagginess of this one is not. I don't, I don't feature how saggy this is. I do love those big ass grommets.

[C]

The big ass grommets are so fierce.

[A]

I love a Dress with just, like, Swiss cheese holes in it, for sure. My only wish that is that. Which is hard to do because, you know, we're not. If you go to, like, a custom atelier or custom, you know, house, they'll. They'll have custom grommets. But I wish that they were, like, the big grommets weren't all the exact same size.

[C]

She needed, like, a medium size in there.

[A]

Like, if she had four different sizes of grommets, that'd be so cool. I do. I've always wanted a giant gown with just mostly grommets. Like, it's, like, more grommets than it is fabric. Yeah. I've always wanted a dress like that.

[C]

Just heavy as fuck.

[A]

Oh, down, down. But I don't. I don't. I don't love this look for Ginger. I wish that she had worn. I wish she'd find a way to make it look like the one she wore in the challenge.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. This hair for a Miley Cyrus themed Runway should be illegal.

[A]

It's such a drag race. It's such a ginger man hair.

[C]

It's such ginger.

[A]

It's such a ginger.

[C]

But even the reference, like, the cool thing about Miley's is that she has, like, this, like, blue either accoutrement or streak of hair that matches the look. And Miley's being out of this, like, neon, bright blue, solid fabric instead of, like, this, like, vinyl stretch. I don't know. I don't think that this is a great recreation. But I also understand why she chose this look. Because it is so ginger Minj.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

But, like, it's a bell bottom.

[D]

She's not even.

[C]

She's not even wearing bell bottoms.

[A]

But. No, but she is. Hers is wide leg. Whereas. Whereas I feel like Miley's is a bell bottom.

[C]

Right.

[A]

Yeah. I don't. I'm not obsessed. It doesn't look terrible, but I. I've seen Ginger look better in this episode.

[C]

I'm trying to think, though, of what look Ginger would do of Miley is that she could be the wrecking ball.

[A]

You're crazy. That would have been cow. That would have been so good. That would have been cab. That would have actually been very camp.

[C]

Like, like, literally just a circle.

[A]

I would say. What. You know, be actually fair if. If you. You have a big wrecking this. The whole outfit is a giant wrecking ball. And then your face is the person on the wrecking ball.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

With a little puppet on top and a chain.

[C]

That is a train yeah. And the.

[A]

And the hand. And you can be, like, controlling the hands through, like, a little stick coming out of the wrecking ball. That actually would have been very camp.

[C]

Come on, guys.

[A]

That would have been Trey. Camp.

[C]

Play to your. That's not a. It's not a read. Play to your.

[A]

The campiness of it all. Yes, that actually would have been. Honey, I am a wrecking ball.

[C]

Come on. That.

[A]

You're right. That would have been very, very camp. But she didn't need our help because she won the episode. Let's go.

[C]

Because she won the season.

[A]

All right, let's go on to the judging. So during the judging, Acid Betty gets quite emotional. She loves working in groups. I can say this. I've been in a group with Acid Betty. You've been in a group with a Betty?

[C]

I have.

[A]

She is so good to be in a group with.

[C]

She does care. She cares so much.

[A]

And she's also. People didn't realize Est is a good. Estab. Is a great dancer.

[C]

Dancer.

[A]

Acid Betty can dance.

[C]

She really can.

[A]

Genuinely candid. Does not struggle with choreography. She's really good. She's really energetic. She's good. She makes good faces. Like, she's. I. I love that she had a moment to. Because the judges aren't gonna give her her flowers.

[C]

No.

[A]

Not through points. They'll say, you were great, but they won't give her her literal points. But that being said, I'm glad that she got to shine the way she did. I'm glad she got to work in a group. I'm glad those people got to experience what it's like to be in a group with Ace Betty. Because she. She's very fun to be in a group with.

[C]

She really is. I. I mean, I am still confused about the hair thing.

[A]

What hair thing? How Ginger gets her hair so big. No.

[C]

Why Michelle hated Acid Betty's wigs so much.

[A]

Oh. Or she's like, I can't believe you wore that wig. One, why she's acting shocked. Ass. But he wore that wig. And two, what? Yeah, it. It was very strange.

[C]

What was the other thing that stood out? I think Alyssa. I feel like Alyssa was, like, trying to turn the narrative of their judging from a negative to a positive. As hard as she possibly could. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As hard as she possibly could.

[A]

I mean, you gotta. You gotta look on the bright side, because at this point, Alyssa gotta know she's not merging.

[C]

Yeah, she gotta know.

[A]

Right.

[C]

What do you do?

[A]

I wouldn't know. So Ginger Mange and Denali are in the top who your top two?

[C]

My top two are Cynthia and Denali.

[A]

I would do Cynthia. Okay, let's just ask a question. Like, do the runaway looks. Okay. What's your favorite Runway look? Let's go back there. What's your favorite Runway look? Can you skip through them real quick? Just kind of go back and forth out of these rooms. Which one's your favorite?

[C]

Best Miley Recreation is for sure. Denali.

[A]

I think my favorite is either going to be Cynthia or Ace Betty. And then I think that Cynthia had the best performance in the show.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So Cynthia should be in the top. I don't love Ginger Minja's look here. I liked her look in the. In the thing, and I think she did a good job so I could see her in the top. I think Betty could have been in the top, and I think Denali could have been in the top. To me, honestly, it's Cynthia for sure. And then Denali, Acid Betty, and Ginger Minj. Either one of them could have been swapped out for the other person.

[C]

Yeah, for sure. But that's just not the way that this bracket's going.

[A]

The cookie did not crumble that way. They lip sync think to which song was it again?

[C]

See you again.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So random. That's like when you came to see me at Mickey's. That's the song I, for some reason, chose.

[A]

I love that song.

[C]

I mean, love.

[A]

I will say this Internet, y' all doing a little much on this lip sync.

[C]

What are they saying?

[A]

They're like. They're like, Denali ate so hard. Well, she did do a good job, but she did not crush Ginger man. I think that they were both doing a good job. I think that Denali over choreographed, over performed. She was 0 to 100 within the first 10, 3 seconds and never slowed down at all. I think Ginger man did some clever things as well. I don't. I don't think it is the massacre, y' all thinking. I don't think it is the riggery y' all think it is. We've seen more rigged, more rig lip syncs. I.

[C]

I do think Denali won it, though, as far as, like, what the song was giving.

[A]

I would have given it to Nolik, too, but. But they're doing.

[C]

They're acting like, like, this song. Ginger was kind of just, like, tapping her boot and, like, you know, what

[A]

you did, I think is honestly not. I'm. I'm not into it. And I. I blame Benjula creme for this, which is like making your lip sync about what the person Next to you is doing.

[C]

So annoying. So annoying.

[A]

It's. It's not. I don't think it's cute. I don't think it's clever.

[C]

You also can't plan for that, being the other person in that lip sync. So if you're being full throttle to the camera and to the judges, you're not paying attention to what this is doing there. So, like, she can, like, fully just put bunny ears on you and, like.

[A]

Yeah, it's literally, like. It's literally like planking in the background of someone pictures in 2008.

[C]

Right. Totally.

[A]

Like, because it was. It was. This thing was like. But I'll do it, too, too. Like, I. I think Aja did it. Benjamin did it. To Aja.

[C]

Right. For starships or Anaconda.

[A]

Anaconda. And I just don't think. I don't think that's a good. I'm not. I don't think that. I don't. I'm not into that.

[C]

Yeah. Me there.

[A]

I also have another theory that someone in production just has RuPaul's laughs on. Just recorded. No, I don't think RuPaul is laughing at this stuff.

[C]

No, it. Absolutely not.

[A]

I don't think.

[C]

We're never showing her laughing.

[A]

I don't think the stutter and the RuPaul win.

[C]

No, that's not that. That doesn't happen. That doesn't exist.

[A]

Like, they just have RuPaul's laugh from season four.

[C]

Some season six from season. Yeah.

[A]

RuPaul might go in the booth and just do some laughs.

[C]

For sure. For sure.

[A]

The only laugh that RuPaul does at his G when she goes, that is on the moment.

[C]

And it's always at a roast or it's always something. Yeah, it's. It's never. Never had Snatch Game. Yeah. It's never during a lip sync.

[A]

But these laughs during the lip sync, I don't. I don't believe these laughs are happening.

[C]

Hell no.

[A]

Anyway, Ginger Minj ends up winning. She gets the extra point. So gerbread now has six points. She is so far in the lead, there's no way she could possibly fall behind. She could maybe. Maybe come in third. If all the girls decide to collectively give their points to Diabet or Denali, she might come in third. But I'm hoping that what will happen is that next week, the girls will pick one of the girls who has no points. Basically, what I would do if I was about was this. I would try my best to pick one girl from the one point group, help that person do a really good job in the challenge in any way that I possibly can. Boost them up and then once they win points, give them all our points so that we can push them up and then push someone down. Right now, right now it looks like it's going to be Denali Diabetti and Ginger Minj.

[C]

Yes, Right now it looks like. Who's going to. Who would be the one that you would want to, like, catapult to take one of those out though?

[A]

Ace Betty or Cynthia?

[C]

Yeah, Ace Betty for sure.

[A]

I think that. I think that Ace Betty stands a better chance to actually make the second merge. Cynthia Lee Fontaine, because I think she did a pretty good job. But if I was going to pick someone, one, I would pick Acid Betty.

[C]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

And. And like, let's see what she can do in the second merge. I would. And if you, if you are like an Alyssa, Alyssa Hunter or Cincinnati Fontaine or Acid Betty, and you know you're not gonna make the merge, bitch, use your power. This is the only power you have, so use your power and catapult someone up there. Just do the damn thing. Yeah, and I hope they do that. And. And Diabetti is shaking in her pants. And we'll talk about that during the untucked.

[C]

She and she should be.

[A]

We'll talk about it. We'll see y' all soon.

[D]

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