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Okay. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Sibling Watchery, which is a podcast where we critique, review, and bisect episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18.
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Bisect? You mean cut it in half? Bisect?
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Yeah. Okay, we cut it in half. And we were like, exactly. And we look at it from there.
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Um, and to those of you who are listening, I want you all to know that if you join our patreon at our top tier, you actually get to watch us record the podcast live. So shout out to the cool aunts and the stepdads who are in our chat right now. And shout out to Jenny, who acknowledged that Monet interrupted me when we. When her and I were having a beautiful conversation. That being said, let's hop into episode five of season 18. Wait, what?
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Happy Black History Month.
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Oh, it is the first. Oh, it is the first day. Yes, yes. Happy Black History Month to you. Do you have any. Any way you're going to celebrate on this specific day or is it going to be a month long thing today?
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I am celebrating Black History Month by watching the Grammys today and hoping that black people do some cool things at the Grammys this year. I think Sinners has.
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I was watching the Grammys celebrating Black History Month.
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Let me fucking finish before you interrupt me.
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I can't wait to hear how watching this instance.
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Well, let me finish what I'm saying before you interrupt me, bitch.
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I'm all ears. Go ahead.
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The Sinners has made history by getting the most nominations of any movie ever by 60 nominations. And hopefully they make some more black history by winning the most that any movie does by a black director and creators and yada, yada, yada. I think the record before was 14 nominations and sinners got 16.
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So you're celebrating black history by watching a white institution. Okay.
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For black people.
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Sanders is nominated for the most Oscars. So what does that have to do with the Grammys?
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Oh, it's Oscars. Oh, So I guess.
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So what are you doing? Are you celebrating? Do you even. What are you doing today? Who are you celebrating anyway?
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So today we need to talk about this. So how I'm gonna celebrate Black History Month, the Oscars is a few weeks from now. How I'm celebrating Black History Month is by being in my home, in my black home with my black body, celebrating myself.
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But there's a white guy there, so
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there's no white guy here. He's actually in Boston, so.
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But there's a white cat there.
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She's actually black and white because, you know, she's marbled she's actually.
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She's actually Asian.
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No, she's actually not. Sphinxes are from Canada.
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Where they from?
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They're from Canada.
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Oh, are they?
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Yeah. Oh, isn't that so weird? Sphinx cats are literally from Canada. They're not. They're not Egyptian. They're not from. They're from Canada. Yeah.
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A Canadian woman and a Mexican guy in your house. Let's clear it up.
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There is no a Mexican guy.
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The dog, Mon. He's Mexican. There's a Mexican.
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That's problematic, I don't think. I don't think. I think Chihuahua is actually.
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There's actually a place in Mexico called Chihuahua.
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I know Chihuahua. Let me finish.
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Well, you finished last time. You said the Oscars were tonight, so I don't know what's wrong.
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Potato is not from Chihuahua, Mexico, though. Potato is from San Diego.
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Jacob, look it up. But in the meantime, I'm gonna be celebrating bike history today. I'm actually going to try my very, very best. I know it's not this holiday today, but I'm making a conscious decision this year that I actually am finally gonna actually, actually celebrate Kwanzaa. And I feel like the reason why I haven't celebrated Kwanzaa every other time is because I waited until Kwanzaa. I wait until, like, December 26th. I'm like, today's the day. So I'm actually do some research on that today.
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Oh, wow. So, like, like, this year, you're going to. You're going to get a canar and everything and the candles and. Yeah, and work. Beautiful.
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Not today. I'm not going to get canar today, but I'm going to research on it today.
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But, but, but, but you saying to yourself, I'm going to start doing this for this work. All right, well, you know what? Which girls in this cast of Drag Race do you think celebrate Kwanzaa? If. If any of these girls celebrated Quanza, which ones would it be?
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The one named Kenya.
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I say Kenya. I say Vita. I say, you know what? Because she's from Seattle. Jane don't is celebrating.
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I don't think Vita would celebrate Kwanzaa.
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Jane don't celebrate Kwanzaa.
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Jane don't would celebrate before. Vita would. Easily, easily. Black folks in the south, we do not celebrate Kwanzaa. So I actually Kenya Wade neither. Because black folks in south, we do not celebrate Kwanzaa. And speaking of this, speaking of Kenya, Kenya just sent Briar Briar Blush home. And Briar's mirror message was actually really cute. She goes, actually, I changed my Mind, keep recording me. P.S. i like you guys. That's such a cute message.
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Yeah, it is very cute. And I wouldn't say Briar was a big threat, but I think Briar was a big, very big personality. So to see. When you see big personalities leave, you're kind of like, oh, shit. The girls always say, oh, my God, the game is getting real.
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So well, she was a threat to calmness and decorum. I have a question. Do you think the fans are overreacting to RuPaul's response to her fading? Have you seen this response online?
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Like, people think that, like, the fans are overreacting to RuPaul's response to it.
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I'm asking, do you think they're like, RuPaul didn't even get up. She didn't care. And I'm like, get up. There's literally. There are people on set who are literally medics. That is their job.
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I didn't see this discourse online because I didn't think that was even a thing. Like, what is RuPaul supposed to get up there and give. And open her mouth and give her cpr?
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A lot of people were like, well, she didn't want to get up. Cause she was wearing sweatpants. And I'm like, no one. Like, girl, there are people whose job is to get up and do that. Like, they're like, but yeah, Discord Adams ran over there, first of all.
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Discord Adams on stage with her also. And RuPaul literally says, Medic, man, come on. On sticks. Like, if. Y', know, if, like, RuPaul's like, encouraging him to be quick, faster. Like, what is RuPaul gonna do? Lunge over the table and. And give her the breath of life?
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What is on sticks supposed to mean? On sticks means the camera's on. On tripod. So I don't even know what you. On sticks.
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That's what he said. RuPaul. RuPaul said you said you knew what it meant.
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You're like, medic on sticks if y' all don't know.
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I thought. I thought it meant maybe like, quickly in. In. In set language. I don't know in my.
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And from what I know, sticks means a camera's on, a tripod's on sticks.
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That's what I thought so too. But also maybe. Maybe say that with medic means. Yeah, Mia saying Mia is saying Vida is showing she's more than a design. Oh, this gagged me. Mia in her. In her thing, she's like, you know, I think Mia Evita is showing that she's more than a design girl. When she's only done well in design challenges so far. I'm like, how is she showing versatility? I'm like, she.
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I didn't get that either. I wrote that down too. I was like, what the fuck is happening? What really sent me was Kenya trying to intimidate the girls, being like, honey, when the Kenya pleaser effect is in. Is in action, you all will be gagging. And they were like, okay, girl.
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Also, I don't. I know it doesn't bother you. It drives me crazy. Discord's wig is always lifting on the sides if they are not on the main stage. Discord's wigs are always like this. And I know she's not on it just by every time the camera is on Discord. Every single week the show has been on, her wigs are always like this.
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Maybe when she gets backstage, she just plucks it for a little bit of relief. Maybe.
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I guess it just seems like this
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is her version of taking her heels off, you know, just giving a little.
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A little air here.
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Well, here's my thing. I don't think Discord remembers things well because she is acting like the judge's only dis. This is her second time doing this. She's like, the judges only disliked my walk. That's not true. They said your dress was ill fitting. They did not like it. But she's like, no, it was literally just my walk. It was only my walk. And if I'm in the room for my walk, I'll be so upset.
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I wrote that too. I was like, she's really thinking on the walk. I was like, but I don't think they like the dress much. I mean, again, they didn't, like, shred her last day. They were like, this dress is awful. You should go back to design school. This is burning in hell. But they didn't also. So, yeah, maybe she's just picking and choosing what she wants.
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There's also a chance that I just don't remember. Cause the judges critique them in front of them, and they critique them when they're in untucked. So there's a chance that maybe their critiques happen when were in n. But I feel like I remember them telling her they did not love that. They. They talked about the issues they had with the dress.
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Also, the fans were like, I can't believe when Bob and Monet did not mention squabble. To be honest, I. I didn't. I didn't even write a note about it.
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I wrote it down because it was so funny. And. And I.
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We know.
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I want to say we did squabble that opportunity, so thank you all for calling us out. We absolutely squabbled that opportunity. We will not squabble another opportunity. Thank you so much for keeping us accountable. So the next.
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I think she meant, yes, Monet.
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I think that's clear. The next day, Discord walks in, and she is still not overbearing in the bottom. She is still upset. She is still mad about it. And then RuPaul lets everyone know that they're going to be doing a Raider Queen talent show in two parts.
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Raider Queen is back.
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Can you explain what Raider Queen is, please?
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How Raider Queen works? Is that so? We typically see this in the beginning of the season. We've never seen it in, like, the middle of a season. But what. So the queens get a chance after the performance, and they get to rank and rate each other. And so the bottom and top placements are chosen by the queens and not RuPaul and the judges. Which is kind of crazy, because a few weeks ago, Bob and I were like. When Jane was like, there's a target on my back. And we were like, girl, like, that's not a thing. Blah, blah, blah, blah. I was like, jane needs to add psychic to her. To her many titles. Cause she had. She foresaw that this was gonna happen.
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Well, apparently, what's her name was a real psychic. Kelly Mansell. Anyway, why are you making that face like Kelly Mansell?
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Cause there's a video going around.
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I know you made the face. Then why are you making it again?
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It wasn't. It's not about Kelly Mansell. It's about psychics. I don't think psychics are a thing. Do you? Do you. Have you gone to a psychic?
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Never.
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Not once would you go to a psychic?
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Maybe. Yeah, probably.
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But, I mean, I know people. I know two people who go to two who go to a psychic, and like, they're like, yeah, like my psychic, she. I mean, again, I would go to
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one for fun, but I wouldn't go to one regularly.
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I had two people who go to. And they are. But they, like, really trust the psychic and, like, everything. Not everything, but a lot of the decisions and choices they make, they're like, oh, yeah, my psychic said. And they, like, really trust the psychic.
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Is it different than going to church?
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No, it's not. It's not that different from going to
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church, but I also wouldn't go to church. So, yeah, my whole thought process about this is like, the queens immediately Start strategizing. Right. Because what's gonna happen here is only half the queens have to perform. Other half the queens are on the talent show. And then next week, they swap out. And then the two top queens will lip sync for the win, and then the bottom two queens will lip sync for their lives and see who gets to say. So I believe next week, we're getting two lip syncs. And they started strategizing on Vita. RuPaul lets the girls decide who's gonna go first in what week. Who's gonna judge on the first week?
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Well, Vita gets to choose yes. As the winner. Vita gets to choose yes.
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Jane starts off by saying, I hate Rita Queen, and I did not come here to be judged by y', all, which I do not think is a great way to win favor off Rip.
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But, I mean, she's right, though.
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It doesn't matter. Who cares? I'm not talking about if she's right or she's wrong. I'm saying that that's not a great way win favor off Rip.
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Did she say that to the girls or just to her conception?
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She said it straight to their faces. She goes, I didn't come here to be judged by y' all talking directly to them.
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But also, I mean. I mean, but to her point, like, of course they're gonna target her. She has two wins already, and she was top in the week that she didn't win.
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So the girls are, like, kind of discussing their. What they're gonna be doing, and then Nene is talking about her praying mantis bit. And then Jane throws some shade. She's like, what else do you do besides bugs? What is. Jane is on one today. Can I just say Jane.
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Jane only has one win.
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She has one win. She has one win. She could have. She could have won the other one.
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Everyone could have won one.
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Everyone.
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Everyone could have won one.
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You know what I mean? She was like. She's like, high. She's like, high. High.
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Win. Yeah, she didn't. But she didn't win.
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She was a loser that week anyway.
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How do you feel about what else you do besides bug? Like, you don't think Jane is, like, on one this week?
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I don't think it's on one. No.
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Okay.
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How do you feel about repackaging a number that you've done before in the world? I think it's okay to do. I'm like, yeah. I mean, I think in these days, when something gets, like, with virality, maybe a little different. Like, I feel like if you,
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like,
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let's say you went and you, for the competition on Drag Race, a video of yours that went viral. The crazy one. Yeah, let's say that went crazy and it got 10 million views. Would you come back and do it on Drag Race?
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I mean, if I can get the rights to those songs and those movie clips, sure. But my real question is, like, for example, had you ever sang that song you sang on All Stars here? Sang it before? Yeah. Yeah. Like, I don't understand. A talent is something you've actually curated and worked on, not something you're doing for the first time. I mean, it can be something you're doing for the first time, but, like, I think if you're going to a talent show, it should be something that you've worked on and curated over time.
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Yeah, I agree. I don't think just because you've done something before is a reason that you can't do it on Drag Race. I think that's silly. But I think, again, they're trying to nitpick to, like, to give themselves reasons. Oh, why I'm not gonna give her this because of the. And again, as Jane's rubric, because she's now a judge and an adjudicator, she can use her own rubric for how she's going to critique girls, but I don't think it's a problem. Ciara is doing poetry. I'm always like, before we move on,
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I'm just intrigued by, like, Jane is, like, worried about how she's going to be judged. Meanwhile, she seems to have, so far, the harshest rubric of anyone. You can't do anything you've ever done. You can't wear anything you've ever worn. You can't be anyone you've ever been. You can't. Who anyone you've ever whoed. Like, girl, you have the harshest rubric so far.
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The paint thing.
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The paint thing. Like, you think of, like, spoken word poetry like that. And I'm like, okay, if it's gonna be like that caliber, I'm like, that could be really dope. And again, Ciara seems to be a very artsy person. So at this point, I didn't know what it was gonna be, but I'm like, yeah, that sounds like a safe, fun one to do. Not safe, but an interesting pov.
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Yeah. Yeah, it could be. It could be really good. You never know. But what I wanna talk about is the fact the strategizing starts, right? So Kenya, Athena, Mia, and Juicy, they try to form an alliance with the voting plan. But then Ciara pulls the girls aside from the glam group and wants to form a group there. But then they're like, okay, but can Athena be in the group? And then she's like, yes. And then Nene is like, okay, I'm gonna be in on the glam alliance. But then Mikey is like, okay, maybe I might be joining this alliance as well. And I'm like, at this point, y' all are just excluding one person.
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I know, I know. The more they started adding people, I'm like, girl, they act like this is, like Survivor with, like, a tribe of 20 people.
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I'm like, at this point, y' all are basically just telling Vita and Jane that you. That y' all gonna get rid of them at this point.
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Um, yeah, it was a lot of going back and forth between all the girls. Um, and I think that. I think that Mikey. I think bringing the glambot thing was a lot. I think they should have just kept it to the Athena, Mia, Juicy, Kenya one, you Say glam pop. Glam. What was it? Glam. Glam pop girl group alliance. I was like, glam pop because it was glam pop because all of them were from the glam pop girl group. Yeah, I think they. But again, it serves everyone except those two. You said basically, like, if Kenya is in the best position because she's in the one with Athena, Mia, Juicy, and she's in the glambot one with Nene Miking. All of them. So I think that, honestly, it benefits her the most.
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Well, Darlene feels like she's gonna be taken care of by Jane, but then Jane was basically like, no, I'm gonna be voting fairly so by her own rumors, which straight to her face. And then Jane doesn't want to be. But then Jane. Everyone's going around, like, strategizing, and I've noticed that Jane has not moved once. She is in the same spot. She has not moved. She's not playing this game.
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I didn't notice that.
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She's like, I'm not playing this game with y'. All. I don't want to be judged by y'. All. And like, well, what you gonna be? So, like, bitch, get into the groove. You know,
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actually, we're done. When the girls are deciding, Minnie Onini can pick week one or two. Oh. So, yeah.
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Before we move on to the last thing I wanna say is this, Athena. I will say the only thing that seems really clear to me because the alliances are so confusing and so fucked up, and Drag Race is just not a show for alliances. I mean, it's never worked out except for Rolaska talks, and Rolasca talks actually had no power.
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It worked out really well for Trinity
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and All Stars and Trinity to talk.
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Oh, did she do alliance there? Was it when you.
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Yeah, I aligned with her. I, I, I was, I was the, the deciding vote between her and Jada.
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So you're the reason Jada didn't win All Stars.
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Correct.
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Got it.
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You know what? I'm also the reason I didn't win All Stars.
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But I will say, like, the. What I'm just intrigued by is, like, Athena has one thing that's been clear is that Athena's, like, above everything, I'm putting Juicy in the top no matter what. Like, under no circumstances, I don't care what she does out there. Which, to be fair, you can vote however you want to vote. It is your vote. And I love that Athena's at least being like, this is what I'm doing. I don't give a fuck what y' all Say, you know.
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Yeah. And she said it too. She's like, girl, do they really think that I came in here with my daughter and I wouldn't vote, like, put her in the top. Like, is that. She's like. She's like, I don't care how that looks. She's like. And I think every. Everyone knows that. She's like, that's how I'm gonna. That's how I'm playing it. Like, I don't care.
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Every time she says daughter, I wanna put granddaughter in asterisks.
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No, Bob, she's her. She's not her grandmother. She's her mother.
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Juicy says she's her grandmother. So who do you believe, Juicy or Athena?
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Literally, she said. She said it to Juicy. She said, you're my daughter, but Juicy
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said she's her grandmother. So who do you believe, Juicy or Athena?
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I believe that Athena said that to that girl right to the face. And she said, mommy, as your mother. And Juicy said, yes, mom, but who. Who.
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Who's her Dragline?
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Quickly, Bob, you just gotta accept it. She's her mother.
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Well, Juicy. I believe in Juicy. I stand with women. So they've chosen. So Mikey chooses to go in week two so she doesn't have to go up against all the dancers. And it ends up being Nene, Vita, Darlene, Mia, Juicy, Sierra. Those are the week one girls.
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And then Nene, but Kenya. Cause they're all trying to decide who's going in what week. And then Nene's like, yeah, I'm gonna go, week one, whatever. No, week two. And then she goes. Actually changed the last minute. And Kenya. Kenya is exasperate. She's like, bitch. I just asked you the question, and you said, week two, bitch. What is it? She's like, I'm sorry for yelling. She's like, I'm sorry for getting angry. I'm like, I know. I will be irritated, too. I don't know.
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Kenya was doing a lot. I was like, girl, why do you care? You're not going. Like, why do you care?
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What? Nobeka? I think she's thinking about how she's gonna stack up. Like, I think it's gonna inform who she's on a week with and how she might line up with that.
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But I think we're about to see. Toward the end of this episode, obviously, none of the alliances worked out because the girl who started the glam alliance is in the bottom. So none of the glam girlies gave her their favor. Like, what Drag Race this is. Obviously. This was not about Alliances. They were just basing it off of merit, which is fair. You can vote however you wanna vote. But why did we spend all that time discussing alliances when none of you guys are under the alliance?
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Well, because we'll get into it when we talk about ridicule. Cause some people defect it. But that's. But, Bob, that is the danger of an alliance. You can set an alliance. This happens in Survivor all the time. People set an alliance, and you get backstabbed, you get betrayed. Your alliance does not fall through, or you're in the wrong alliance.
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Well, I mean. Well, the alliance is already. Because it cut straight to Nene in the Confessions, being like, oh, yeah, I don't care about the glam alliance. I gotta worry about myself, like, immediately. Like, we haven't even made it to the main stage, and she's already like, girl, we haven't even started putting on makeup. And she's like, girl, I'm worried about myself. And it's like, well, y' all's lines is destroyed.
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Yeah, it's gaggy.
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While they're doing makeup, the girls are really being like, so, Sierra, you really want to do a poem? And she said. I said what? I said. And they said, okay, Ms. Mama.
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We shall see, ladies. We shall see.
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Oh, let's go into the Runway looks. They did Runway before. They did the towel.
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They did it Runway first. Yeah. RuPaul looks. This is a pretty standard dress for RuPaul. I mean, again, this is the. I think a standard stiller for RuPaul. This hair. We love the hair. Zara Larson is so draggy. Like, that eye makeup, I want to do that, but it's also. I can tell y', all that makeup probably look so beautiful in person because of all the stonework. When she sat behind the table, I was like, I can only imagine how it looked when the stage lights hit. When the stage lights hit her eyes. It was very pretty makeup.
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Yeah. I love that she dressed up so much for the show. I really appreciate when the girls put in the effort. It just means a lot to me. And I love RuPaul's dress. I love this dress.
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I love this corset top Michelle has. That's cool.
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Yeah, that is very cool.
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I wonder who made that. That's kind of.
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I want to go on to Sierra Mist. I do not like this look. And I really hate the way Sierra's walking on the Runway. Like, girl, just walk. Just. Just walk.
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Naomi, I don't understand it either. Like, just fucking. Like, just do a walk. Like, why are we doing all this extra girl, just be Runway. This is your supermodel moment. Just give us a run, a model, runaway walk. Everything doesn't need to be this.
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It doesn't need to be crazy model, runaway. But just what are you doing? Like, you don't need to be an Emmy Campbell. Just. Just literally put one foot in front of the other. And I will say this. Everyone's making fun of Discord Adams. I think Sierra Miss actually has the worst runaway walk of the season.
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I need to look at it closely again. You think so? So, okay, so you're saying Sierra Miss, Sierra Miss walk is worse than Discord's walk.
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Yeah. At least Discord has, like, a point of view, and it's iconic, and it's like, it sticks out in your mind.
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Iconic.
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It's the most iconic walk of the season. Can you name any of this season whose walk is more iconic? Quickly, quickly. Thank you. Thank you.
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Anyway, it's more iconic.
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Your walk, discourse, and walk will always go down the history more than your walk will. So now what this.
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This outfit. I do not like this outfit. I think the titty, the boot, the black. I do like the mixing of leather and this, like, satin. Because the category was. What is it?
B
Satin. Not today. Satin.
A
Not today. Satin. And so she's doing this play on, like, obviously, that's a play on words with not today, Satan. She's doing the devil. She's doing dark. Whatever. But I think the weird. The pointy things from the bustier, they're weird length. Like, if you're gonna do that, it should have been more dramatic. When I was in high school, there was a girl in our classroom that had. In middle school, and Kameka knows this. She has scoliosis, and she had to wear literally something very similar. That's literally where my brain went to. It looks like one of the braces you wear when you have scoliosis.
B
I think that. Okay, I did not think of that, but I feel like this is what I was saying. Hip pads, but no titty pads. Like, why are her titties so small? Yeah, the titty shoulders are so big.
A
Those little point things, they should have been, like. They should have been, like, gigantic and, like, pointy and, like, come on. That way, then that would have given us more texture there. Not texture. More to scale. It would be to scale up her shoulders to make it seem small, but it just look like she looks like she's wearing someone's tiny little thing. It just doesn't.
B
What's going on with no titties? I don't understand with the no titties. I know you do no titties. What's happening? Why y' all don't wear titties?
A
I do no titties all the time. I do no titties sometimes. I don't do no titties all the time. When I don't do titties, it's because it doesn't like, I think that it makes a dress look a certain way. Like I normally wear titties.
B
See how big your shoulders are? Not trying to be funny. You see how big your shoulders are?
A
But it's not always a problem for me. Let's go to the next person, shall we, Jacob?
B
Okay.
A
I thought this was a beautiful look.
B
It is beautiful. It makes her look even shorter than she already is, though.
A
Yeah, it does. It swallows. It squabbles her up a little bit.
B
Are you in the spirit of swallowing? Have you ever been swallowed?
A
Where is that from?
B
I told you. It's the pastor T.D. jakes, I think. Oh, swallowed. But she looks beautiful.
A
She looks beautiful. I love that she's not getting clocked with his short hair.
B
You love it or you actually love it?
A
I love it. As someone who was a short haired kitty cat girl, I love that she's doing all these iterations of different short hairs. She's doing. Just finding interesting ways. I mean, they are oftentimes some version of a finger wave. But she hasn't been clocked for yet by the judges. Not once.
B
Well, Monet, maybe that's because you were dragged so that she could walk. Have you ever thought about that? The doors.
A
You care? When I did it, I was only wearing blonde. It was the same.
B
Good.
A
Again, it was a blonde pixie wig. It was literally.
B
Also, in her defense, these are styled wigs. Yeah. In her defense, her wigs are styled. And you. Yours came out of your pocket.
A
I look like I look like a Republican. A Republican.
B
Do you remember that wig I used to keep in my pocket? Do you remember that wig? It was that wig with the hair kind of flopping up in the front. It was a black wig with blonde hair.
A
I hate that. I hated that wig. We all hated that wig.
B
I used to keep it in my. Well, everyone hates the wig you're wearing. And the Internet told you Juicy looks great on.
A
I look like fucking Ken from Bizarro World.
B
Juicy looks fantastic. Her legs look really great. And this is a beautiful garment.
A
Yeah. Up next. I thought this was cool. This is the first look, Nene. This is the first look we've seen of hers. That she did not create and design herself. She commissioned this by someone that she respects and she likes. And I'm like, it's like a jellyfish. It's like a starry jellyfish.
B
Yo. I hate this.
A
Really?
B
I don't understand their perspective. I don't understand the silhouette. I do not think it looks good. I don't. I do not like this look. This hat is kind of, like, swallowing up her head. I mean, Chad, am I crazy? Like, everyone loves this look. Am I insane? I don't. I'm not.
A
I'm not like, you know, I'm like, oh, my God. It's a great look, but I thought it's interesting. I thought it. It's not ugly. I don't look at it like Sierra Mist's look. I think it's a good look.
B
Okay. The chat is still saying. Still on your way. They're never talking. They're still saying. Now they're saying, like, Fred from Scooby Doo. What's his name? Who's the actor? What's his name?
A
Ryan. Phil.
B
No, no. Someone said, you like a Barb in 2026. Oey Stone says, this is so. Joey Stone says, this is garbage. Josh says, it is ugly. It was. DJ Is black. Said it was something not my favorite. So it's interesting for me. Like, I don't understand. And then, like, the judges liked it. I was like, am I losing my mind here?
A
Well, but I don't think it's ugly. Like, I think it's interesting. She has a waist. She has a silhouette, and it's interesting to the eye. I'm not like, oh, my God. This is a great look. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give this look a. Definitely a safe. Probably like, a seven.
B
I like what Starlight of Venus said here. They said, no, this look. No, this look is ugly. But I can tell it looks pretty as a drawing. Maybe the sketch was. Maybe the sketch was beautiful. All right, let's move on.
A
Let's go on to the next.
B
Okay, up next, we have Vita Von Teese. Star Vita.
A
Her makeup. This episode was so strikingly beautiful to me in this look. And in her talent show, I was like, her mug. I was like, I want to look like this. Like, her mug to me was so fucking gorgeous.
B
Yeah. And I like her with. I like her. This, like, red hair looks really good on her.
A
Yeah.
B
Is this supposed to be, like, a little nod to death becomes her. What's the character's. What's the actress's name?
C
Jacob Isabella Rossellinar.
B
Is this like Isabella Rossellini inspired look? Kinda.
A
Is it? She wears some ladies in the movie.
B
I don't remember.
C
Jane don't tweeted some. Maybe not. Someone from the cast tweeted that she made it in her hotel room two days before this Runway.
B
Yeah. Why did. Why did two girls not have satin looks together?
A
Her and is that why she wore these mix Max shoes? Because her having all this emerald on and is gold and having them crystal ab pumps took me out. I was like, bitch, crystal ab shoes with this outfit is crazy.
B
Well, that's gaggy. I will say that this. It's not giving noodle. It's not as the noodle illusion. Her whole chest is supposed to be noodle, isn't it? Yeah.
A
But I think it's definitely giving nude illusion.
B
To me. It's just giving a big piece of mesh. I think that nude illusion, there's only so much you can do before the illusion is lost. And the fact that she's nude illusion from the neck all the way down to the waist makes it a little bit less. But that being said, I think she looks really good, though. I would have rather seen it. I would have rather seen it over like a green mesh than over this nude illusion mesh.
A
I think the. I think the nude illusion looks great, actually. I liked mixing this gold and this emerald together. I think that's very stunning, especially with this red hair. And I mean the bottom. The bottom half, I guess. Now, see, now that I have the knowledge that she made it in her hotel room in two days, I'm like, oh, blah, blah. But if I did before not knowing any of that, I thought this was a great look and I think it is impressive. I just fucking hated these ab fucking shoes with this outfit. That's crazy to me.
B
Collin said, it's not noodle. It's just fleshy and meshy. A lot of you know, I spent most of 2025 trying and failing to quit vaping. Now it's 2026, I'm in New York City. I'm about to make my Broadway debut, and I'm finally vape free. Thanks. Next program. What makes a difference for me was the support. There's a real community, real people, and it's there whenever you need it, which matters when your schedule is chaotic like mine. It stopped feeling like something I was battling alone and started feeling like something I could actually overcome. It's free, it's confidential, and it's available 24. 7 nationwide. Honestly, I don't think I could have saved my voice for this run without it. And y' all know my voice was has been on the shakes for years now. If you're ready to quit, text JOIN Bob to 88709 and sign up for X program today.
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B
Okay, so up next we have the one, the only, the iconique girl. Bitch, she looks like Brooklyn Hytes in the face here. You don't see it?
A
I can see it. But don't, don't. Do not ever insult Brooklyn. How dare you insult my gorgeous sister Brooklyn Heights like that.
B
I think you just said you saw it.
A
I said slightly.
B
No, you said I see it. You did not say slightly. Everyone rewind back. You did not. Yeah, rewind back.
A
I can't. I, I, I. You almost sent me to the moon. I hate a rewind back, bitch. How else shall I rewind?
B
You know what I meant.
A
How Else should I rewind? Tell me.
B
Communication is about. Can you communicate?
A
How should I rewind? Would you like me to rewind forward next time?
B
Maybe. I think that, first of all, what color are her tights? I literally can't tell.
A
Okay. I think it's just a picture, because on video, I did not remember. See, I didn't have this when I watched the Runway. I didn't see this. So it has to be just the camera.
B
Yeah, I think she borrowed Vita's tights. Cause this is crazy.
A
No, no, but it was not like that on screen. It's just a picture, Bob.
B
Monet, this is a screengrab. What do you think this is? But.
A
Yeah, but I think the colors are distorted. I think a little bit with the screengrab. When she was walking the Runway, I would have wrote down, she has black legs. They were normal when she was walking on the Runway.
B
I need to go back and watch. This dress is absolutely hideous.
A
This was the fucking reveal.
B
The dress kept getting uglier and uglier. I absolutely hate this dress. This is a bad. No, Monet. Her tights are still black in video form. What?
A
I don't remember seeing that. I don't know.
B
I do not know whose tight she's wearing.
A
She must wear. She is RuPaul on the bottom. Michelle on the top.
B
Oh, no, she. No, no, she's. Those are Ravens tight.
A
Yeah, y'.
B
All. She.
A
And you can tell this bitch walked on that Runway like she was wearing custom Schiaparelli. In her mind, she was giving haute couture Paris Fashion Week 2026. She said, this is the most beautiful I've looked. This is the most glamorous woman that I am. And revealing to this hideous, fucking broke down Cinderella with this, like, weird aubergine, like, gauntlet opera glove with this tiny kitten heel bow shoe girl. I was like, darlene, come on. And then we're gonna talk about it later. She says this and wasn't an untucked. She's like, this is what.
B
We don't talk about untucked here. We don't talk about untucked here.
A
Well, talk about untuck it later. But I. I want to say this is the best she has.
B
Well, I think she actually looked better last week when she made the look herself on stage.
A
I would agree.
B
Anyway, shout out to our biracial queen.
A
What do you think about this hair? Apparently, she's gonna wear some other hair. No, she's wearing shoes. No, she said hair.
B
No shoes. Monet.
C
She. She brought another. She was gonna wear Another wig with this look initially, but Athena convinced her to change it, so they changed her
B
shoes, and so they changed her shoes, her hair, and her tights.
A
So imagine. Imagine this look, Bob, with those old chunky white heels.
B
Let's move on to the next queen.
A
Wait, Bob. Imagine this look with her chunky heels that RuPaul said do not wear again. That's what she's gonna wear with this outfit.
B
Well, I wanna know what the wig was gonna be.
A
She posted it on. Someone said she posted on Twitter. Jigga, can you pull it up? Ship of Theseus.
C
The Ship of Theseus. It's like, this is not exactly the analogy, but say your grandfather, you have an axe, and you're like, this is my grandfather's axe. My dad replaced the handle, and then I replaced the shaft. Like, is it the same axe? And a Ship of Theseus is similar. I'm not 100% sure.
B
Is it a Ship of Theseus Runway?
C
It's a completely different look.
B
Everything was taken away.
A
Gavin says, I need y' all to see the Meemaw ass wig. I need to see this original wig. What was she gonna wear with this outfit?
B
Yeah, where is it at, y'? All? Where should Jacob go look for it at? We don't know.
C
It's on her Twitter. I'm just. It's taking a moment. Sorry.
B
Yeah. When Jacob finds it, we'll come back to it. When Jacob finds it. Let's move on to the next look for now. So for now. Oh, here we go. I found it. I found it. Okay, okay, okay.
C
This was the wig she was gonna wear.
B
Sorry, can I just say, I think Darlene might be iconic. I'm sorry to say it. I think Darlene might be iconic, guys. I think Darlene might be actually one of the most original queens we've ever had on Drag Race. I really do believe a lot of queens go on pretending to be kooky. I think this bitch is a nut. For real. Like, I don't know why she's not getting the. You're just stupid at it. But I think she might be a nut. For real? Like, for real, for real.
A
She was gonna wear that brown mullet.
B
I wish she had. I wish she had.
A
That's crazy.
B
I really wish she had, to be honest.
A
She said, she tweeted, this is the wig I plan on wearing, y'.
B
All.
A
This is the wig I plan on wearing. Lol. Athena said, absolutely not and gave me this one the day before. And, you know, you're really batting a thousand when fucking Athena Dion is Giving you fucking passionate advice.
B
Guys.
A
What is she? Is she a fashion queen?
B
Oh, my God. That's crazy. Rick.
A
Someone said, has Darlene had a COVID test? Because this tast.
B
Let's give them their credit. That's. That's Rick. Batita said that Rick said, has Darlene had a COVID test? Because the taste level again. If you want to watch us record live, you can join our patreon at the top tier. Let's move on to.
A
This is also for all. For all of our Gen Alphas who don't know about COVID When people had Covid, they lost their sense of taste.
B
When everyone knows that Covid is still happening.
A
I know, but Gen Alphas probably don't get the reference.
B
Who the. There's Gen Alphas watching this go to fucking sleep.
C
All right, next up on the Runway is Mia Starr.
A
You roll. We're having fun with our patrons.
B
Well, I was trying to move it on, but. Okay, listen, this dress is fucking hideous. Mia Starr, this guy. And I know your drag mother made this. I'm so sorry to your drag mother, but God damn.
A
Sorry to that, man.
B
God damn. This dress is fucking hideous.
A
Yeah, this is not a good dress. And like this big ass bow. I just don't think that it looks good. I don't understand. Yes, she's supposed to. I think that maybe this dress could have been saved by maybe making the bow not so sad and droopy and it being big and then having, like the two. What do you call the things at the end of a bow? Like the two legs, the pleat thing. You know what I mean?
B
You mean the tears that come down, like the. Or the actual bow themselves?
A
Yeah, like maybe like that was actually a thing that could have looked nice. But this just looks sad and droopy and it's all one thing.
B
I think the bow was on her butt instead of across her chest. Or if again, I mean, the bow looks asymmetrical. This bow looks sad. It doesn't even look like a bow.
A
Yes. That looks like a book.
B
Yeah. We gotta move on. This is. This is killing my mood. We gotta move on.
A
Mikey Meeks looks incredible. I thought this was pretty. I think Mikey looks really beautiful. Mixing this satin with this leather was really gorgeous. Her face is beautiful. This hair was fun. I think Mikey looks incredible. Yeah.
B
I've been saying for weeks that Mikey is stunning. I think she's my beauty queen of the season. I think she's the prettiest queen this season, easily. She looks so, so, so, so good. Truly. She Looks so good.
A
Yeah, this is really good. This is really cool. I would love to see what Mikey. What Mikey can do with the. With. With this makeup and these cool ideas when she has, you know, a little more TV money. I think, Mike, like, I feel like Mikey on an All Stars would be crazy. Mikey on All Stars would go crazy. Like, this looks. She looks great.
B
This is probably my favorite look of the week, to be honest.
A
Yeah, she looks stunning.
B
Let's keep moving, shall we?
A
Let's go on to. We have Athena love. Dion, what do you think about this look, Bob?
B
Christ.
A
God, your fashion guycon. You're a fashion queen.
B
God, that dress is so stiff and just unappealing. And. And the way she walks. The runaway is also irritating. This is a season full of bad runaway walks, and it just makes me grimace.
A
That final dress also, all this all being this one fuchsia tone of satin is not. It's not a flattering color on her and her, like, I don't know, it just doesn't look good on her.
B
The shape's not flattering.
A
The shape is not. She looks like a. She looks like a spicy loofah.
B
This looks like. You know what? It looks like if you took this dress off of her, it would stand up by itself. And that's not. And for this dress, that's not a good thing. It looks like she can't walk in it. It looks like she can't bend in this dress.
A
Yeah. I did not think this is good. This is not a good look. And again, y' all nev, this length glove does not work on anyone. When you're doing a glove, either do opera length or you do a little t glove. This mid length glove is never a good look. Like, rarely. I don't think I can count on my. I. I can't count on my hand one time when that length glove looks good on someone, that's the length glove you do.
B
Huh? What was the one time?
A
No, No. I said no. Then I said. Then I corrected myself. I said. I said. I said, I can't. I can't find a time I've ever thought seen that length. Like, that length just never looks good on anything. That's the length that I did when I was a baby queen. And I'll just go into the garment district and just buying gloves at the store be like, oh, yeah, this will work. That length of is not good.
B
I just hate this dress so much. And the sad part is, I can tell this dress is very well made. I guess it does with the boning. And the rouging, I can tell it's well made, but like, this, the idea is really hideous. Like, the execution is fine, but the inspiration. The idea for the dress is just really. I hate this dress so much.
A
And this wig. And why is the wig the same color of the dress, of the fabric?
B
Well, she wanted to do a monochromatic fantasy.
A
Obviously, it doesn't look good. It does not look good. And I know this is your fashion queen, for me, just doesn't work, though, Steve.
B
Now you're trying to spin a narrative, which I see what you're trying to do. Let's move on to your fashion queen, Kenya Pleaser.
A
I love Kenya Pleaser. And I hate this look. Yeah.
B
First of all, she didn't. This look was given to her by who gave her this look. No, not. No. It wasn't Vid. It was Jane.
A
Okay, sorry, Jane. Girl. Jane is writing people's verses. Jane is giving people legal advice. Jane is giving people psych.
B
And apparently, Jane had this black African queen look in her bag.
A
And Kenny, because Kenny's designer didn't come through for her, because we all know designers are fake as fuck.
B
Okay, but, girl, you need to figure it out before you get there. Vita Von Teard didn't have a look. She pulled it together in the. In the hotel room. Girl, figure it out before they have more than two weeks. Now we. Back in. Back in my day, we had two weeks. Figure it out. I'm sorry. Figure it out.
A
This is the Olympics rag.
B
And also, I will say this, too, not to be, like, a spoiled sport, but, like, I don't even understand why the queens who were judging were even on the Runway. Like, it doesn't matter. You're not being judged. You're not being critiqued. You're just wasting clothes.
A
No, but I know. I. I know. I disagree.
B
I like.
A
I like when Jaggers does that. Because girls spend a lot of money on Runway looks. Like. And you don't know which runner looks are gonna wear land where. So the more chances to show off these looks that you spent. I mean, she didn't spend money on this one, but other girls may have spent. Like, for Juicy, probably. No. Who? Juicy was being judged this week. But anyway, you spend money on Runway looks. You want the world to see them. Could you spend the money on them? So I like when the show does this, actually.
B
Yeah. I'm gonna answer it. Let's go on to Jane. Don't.
A
I thought so. Rob says, I thought this is the best Kenya has looked so far. Really?
B
But then they said. But she didn't even bring the look. It was not even hers.
A
No. I think Kenya's best look so far is probably my favorite of hers, is her entrance look. I would say we're talking about the
B
wrong way, Ms. Momo, you know? You know what you mean.
A
No, no, no, no. But no, he said look so far. And I think her baby, her interest look is the best she looks so far.
B
I think you know what he meant. Well, he can clarify in the chat. I don't really like what Jane Doan is wearing. What is happening?
A
I agree. I was like, I don't know if I'm gonna be on lonely island here, but I don't. It was too much going on. This, like, bird is a phoenix rising through the sun.
B
I. I don't get. I don't like it. And I don't get it. And I want to move on because
A
the hair looks like it's, like, phoenix also. And, like, the bird around her shoulder. I don't like it.
B
I don't get it. I want to.
A
Jacob, go back.
B
Okay. Keep going on. Talk more. Are you gonna say. Are you gonna say bird rising again? Go ahead. What are you gonna say again? Go ahead.
A
No, because I'm intrigued by. Is it. Is the dress supposed to be. I think the dress is stained glass. And I. Now that we're seeing it in the picture, I'm like, oh, maybe it's a stained glass dress. Which is.
B
No, it doesn't look like stained glass. This looks nothing like stained glass. Why are you trying to make us look at this fucking ugly dress longer? Can we move on from this ugly fucking dress? God of mercy. This dress is hideous.
A
Do you think this is the worst dress? This is the worst look.
B
No, but it is hideous. It is a hideous dress.
A
Can you find one thing nice that you like?
B
No, I want to move on from this dress.
A
Jesus Christ. Jade Dote says I'm giving very woman with a bird on her vibe.
B
Can we. Okay. I have nothing to contribute. This is.
A
I want to read this.
B
I can't believe we're starting with this dress.
A
This look was sort of a last minute pivot, but I love how it all coalesced. Drew and cut. The clouds stole the shit.
B
I cannot believe we're still talking about this Stress. This is insane. You're only doing this out of fight.
A
We have to. You have to spend money on this stuff. You have to give these girls respect.
B
They got their chance on Drag Race. She showed her ugly dress on Drag Race. Jesus Christ.
A
Let's go. On to Discord Adams. Who? Jacob. I didn't even clock this until. Jacob just. Did she say this or you just clocked this? Jacob?
C
No, I just clocked it.
A
So Discord is doing this newspaper thing. And this is a recreation of what Emma Stone did when she played Cruella. When she played Cruella deville in the deville movie. And this is the Discord version of that dress. The newspaper, garbage, garbage can, garbage truck dress.
B
I gotta say, that fucking moment in. I didn't love that movie, but that moment was so brilliant. Whoever came with that idea in that movie was so, so good. That being said, I do not like Discord's take on it. I did love her walking up her own Runway. That was really cute. And she kept going on and on about how much she loved this wig. I can't tell if she was joking or not. Was she joking?
A
I don't know, but I don't like. This. This. This is on your recreations thing that. You hate recreations.
B
I don't. I don't. I don't love recreations. It's not. It's not an exact. Though. But it's still not good.
A
It's pretty good.
B
Oh, no, it is.
A
I mean.
B
Oh. Oh, that's her tattoos. Oh, I thought that was a sleeve of.
A
No.
B
Oh, that's her tattoo. Oh, no, she had.
A
She had a. She had a. She had a mesh glove on, I think.
B
Got it. Okay.
A
But, yeah, this is. I mean, this is pretty much a recreation. Like a cheat. Like a Teemu recreation, but a recreation nonetheless. Yeah, this does not look good. And seeing now singing next to Ms. Cruella de Vil, Discord's hair dress look crazy next to the original.
B
Yeah, it's not great. Let's move on to the talent show, shall we?
A
Let's go to. Oh, isn't there. Yeah, this.
B
I'm still so furious with you for making me look at that fucking dress for as long as you made me look at it. I'm so. I'm so mad at you right now. God, that thing was so hideous. Let's go into. Okay. What do you think about this look? Let's start with the look. Sierra's look, first of all. And just so you know, I rated them. I rated the queens myself, one through six. And I would love to share that with you when you're done. Did you already rate them?
A
I didn't rate them. 1, 2, 6. No.
B
Maybe we can do it together.
A
I think that Discord's look is actually cool. I like that. I like the opening Look a lot, and I did not see the reveal coming, so that was like. I was like, oh, that was cool. But I. And I think she made this herself. This opening look is giving, like, very. Like, Sasha Velour. Like Sasha Velour tease back in the days. But I think the construction of this is very pretty, and the look was fun.
B
Yes. I like the opening look more than the reveal, but I will say, this is Hobo Johnson. Ooh, Chat. Can y'.
A
All.
B
Can y' all back me up? Her entire performance was hobo. It was Hobo Johnson.
A
Who's Hobo Johnson?
B
I want you to just take a brief moment to look up Hobo Johnson and come back Chat. Please tell me y' all don't think I'm crazy on this.
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Hobo Johnson.
B
This performance is Hobo Johnson.
A
I mean, this seems like on Spotify,
B
anything just click Hobo Johnson. Click through the song and just be like, oh, this is Hobo Johnson. This is literally a Hobo Johnson. Hi.
A
What's your name?
B
How are you?
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How's your life? Oh, you got a man Are you in love? If so, Tyler type. Is it just platonic, strictly justice friends or the type that ties you two together till tomorrow's end? If it is, disregard Every time I call you pretty Though it's meant sincerely it's just my imagination Drifting girl and brush me up this.
B
This is her entire performance is Hobo Johnson. The whole thing, it was. It was peach scone. She's a scone. A peach scone being. So I was like, this. I can't. This is crazy.
A
Yeah. I did not love this performance. I think trying to, like. Like, she. She was trying to do, like, a. A more serious, like, a deeper subject matter. And I don't think it. She accomplished that goal in the 60 seconds that she had. And it just felt really. It felt. It felt. It felt a little uncomfortable.
B
It was more than a little uncomfortable. And I understand it was a message to her. Her late drag sister, but it was a very tough watch. But the only thing I didn't understand was how her friends didn't understand what the message. Like, her sisters were like, I don't get the message, y'. All. The message is so clear. It's not like, I don't think that she was doing, like, allegories and analogies. And she was like, I used to not like myself, and now I'm figuring out how to love myself. Like, they're like, what is. What is she saying? What do you mean, what is she saying? How do you not know what she's saying. Um, let's keep on going. Up next, we have Juicy. And I think her performance was really good. I. I really did not like that song. But her performance was amazing.
A
And I think, too, something that RuPaul pointed out, too, I think. I think her commitment to the character, like, she's playing this, like, robot character thing. I think. I think that. I think that's what sold it too. Like, it wasn't just like, I'm gonna come. I'm a fierce dancer. I'm gonna dance. Like, I'm gonna commit to this character dancing. I think that' a good performance. Cause it wasn't just. Which I think goes back to her, like, days of, like. Cause Alyssa was telling me, like, this girl is like a competitive dancer. I think Alyssa's kids competed against her, and she's known in the dancing world for, like, these character pieces. And you can. That's so clear in this.
B
Yeah, it was a really good performance. Let's go into Nene Coco. Yo, Nene. A. This was amazing. This little. Also, she was like, I do flips too now.
A
What she does, I'm like, she's an engineer. She's a fucking. She did a whole back. She. It was like a.
B
Yeah, girl. Between her and Jane, don't they have covered the entire workforce load equations and fucking litigation and fucking.
C
You can't forget Mandy Mango.
B
Oh, Mandy Mango, the nurse Mango. And then fucking apparently marine biologist.
A
Did you. Did you see. Did you see this number? Like, in the world, like, did this come across your.
B
Well, as soon as I heard the song. As soon as I saw. Heard the number she was doing, I was like, oh, I bet this is Woman who Ate. I think when she first did it, she actually did it to the song Woman who Ate. And they kind of redid it for this so that she could have her own track.
A
Yeah, I didn't see the viral. I didn't see the viral number. I never heard of this until I saw it today. I thought it was. It was excellent.
B
Yeah, I mean, it was really. It was a really good number. This was one of my favorite numbers of the week. Easily.
A
Let's go on to Vita, baby, now. I really like Vita's. I really like Vita Von Teez. I think, as I said before, I think her makeup in this fucking episode is stunning. The hair makeup is beautiful. This jazz is. Get to the critiques.
B
Get to the critiques.
A
We don't need. We don't need it. We don't need a compliment. I'm gonna critique how I wanna Critique.
B
We don't need a compliment sandwich from you.
A
These Jazzercise fucking 80s boring ass number in flats. It felt geriatric and it felt like it, like, lacked energy. I was like, girl, where's the energy? I'm like, you don't even work on a number. You're doing like, okay, guys, let's do it. And I'm like, girl, where is the energy?
B
You know, if I see a workout number on the show, all I want to see is one of those 1980s Aerobics Olympics exercises. The dee dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee dee. You know what I'm talking about with the kicking and the. If it's not that level, I don't want to see it. I'm going to go ahead and say right now, if it's not that level, I don't want to see it. I don't want to see you stepping up on a two step thing with leg warmers on and doing. I don't want to see that.
A
And if you are going to do that, subvert it. Give us some, give us some, like, I don't know, something to subvert being a workout. If you're going to go this basics again, it's also something. We've seen this on Drag Race, like four times now. I think the most iconic one was when they did a season three with delta work and they did that challenge.
B
Remember the Shake Weight with Stacey Lane?
A
The Shake Weight thing. And yeah, like, that was probably the most iconic time we've seen this on Drag Race. If you're not gonna meet that level of camp and ridiculousness, don't even bother. Also, I guess working out. So having the weights that were cookies, was that the joke? Like, I'm working out, but I have. My weights are cookies.
B
But also, I don't think she knew
A
all the words for sure. Bitch. Half the number was upstage.
B
Yeah, no, this, this is. This was a very bad number. This is a very, very bad number.
A
Let's go on to Darlene Mitchell in her number. Honestly, this is better than her Runway look.
B
I mean, anything's better than anything better than her Runway look. This is also not a great number, but it really solidifies that Darlene is really nutty. Like, she's nutty. I did not. I did not like this number. I didn't think it was funny. I did. I did not think it was. I didn't. I did not like this number.
A
I mean, I said that a lot of the, A lot of the innuendo was very campy. And, you know. And, you know, drag. But I think for her also, it was lacking energy. I'm like, it was. She was listening to herself even, like, y', all, like, there is something like, even to her lip sync. Her lip sync. Like, you can tell when she recorded the lip sync. The lip sync didn't have energy either. So, like, when we're listening to her lip syncing to herself, it feels like double lack of energy. Like, it's like, where is the. Like, you're like, I don't know. I just felt like she could have made this bigger and she had these, like, big props and everything, but it just did. It felt very, like, lackluster.
B
Yeah. Yeah. Very. Yeah. I did not like this number. Let's move on to Mia Starr. God, this was the best number of the week. This number. The song was great. The performance was great. The wig reveal was fun. I did not love her look. But outside of the look, y', all, this number just, like, brought the house down. The lyrics were amazing.
A
The dancing with the star line was so good.
B
She is such. She is truly such a star. Like, Mia Starr is just amazing. I'm so impressed by her. I don't know if she's still the lowest follower on fucking Instagram, but she should not be because this number was. But it was insane. She showed the difference between being, like, a working dancer. This is no shade to Juicy or anyone else, but, like, a working dancer and someone who can do a lot of tricks. Like, Mia Starr is like. Is a. Like, you can tell that she knows how to hit the stage, use her body, Every. Every movement. I mean, there is not a movement that she did that was not so powerful and so fucking strong. It was just so good.
A
Yeah, I thought it was a good number two, I thought. I thought the lyrics were very clever. Very funny. I mean. Oh, sorry. Just really great. I don't know if she wrote her rap herself, but it was very well done. The titties were bothering me the whole time. I know Mia Starr loves titties. Every outfit she does is centered around her silicone tits. But that little bandeau top thing was taking me out. Every time she would move the half, the nipple was off. I was like, girl, just wear. Just get something that covers your titties or put double sided tape on the thing to keep it secure.
B
I will say that. Well, she also needs wider titties. I mean, as a big back, she needs a big rack. I rated. This is how I rated them. In number one, I put Mia Star in second place. I put Nene Coco. In third place, I put Juicy. In fourth place, I put Darlene Mitchell. In fifth place, I put Ciara. And in sixth place, I put Vita.
A
If I had to do it, I would put Mia Star first. I would put Nini second. I would put. I don't know, Juicy and Nene. I don't know. Cause I think that I just thought
B
Nene's a little bit more creative, you know?
A
Yeah, I'll put Nini second. I'll put Juicy third. I would put
B
Darlene, Sierra, And Vita.
A
I would put Darlene. I will put. I will put Darlene, Ciara, and who.
B
And Vita. Vita 4, 5, and 6.
A
Ooh, fucking awful. I will put Darlene next. Cause I think there was some creativity there, and she did do her thing. I will put Ciara miss, and I'll put Vita last.
B
We have the exact same ranking.
A
Is that what you said?
B
Yep. Exact same ranking. Yep.
A
And Robbie, you have to lock it in.
B
And that's. So let's go ahead and move on to the judges critiques. Well, they were hallucinating. And apparently they. And apparently they. RuPaul wasn't kidding. I think they were hallucinating. Cause they were going on about how much they fucking loved of Nini Coco's look, which sent me to the moon. I was like, I guess y' all motherfuckers are hallucinating for real. Cause I hated that look so much.
A
I don't remember that. I didn't remember them raving about it that much.
B
Well, they didn't rave, but they said it looked nice. The judges said they were gonna. If they were rating, which they're not, they're gonna get. They would put Juicy and me in the top, and they would put Vita in the bottom, which came really close to being what happened. Yeah, they didn't show all the voting. I wrote some of them down. But Athena did put Juicy as number one. Kenya put Mia as number one.
A
Well, I wrote. Kenya has broken her alliance because you play crlo. She literally had a. She literally, like, agreed that she would follow the glam. The glam girl group, and she broke the alliance.
B
Girl, drag race is not for alliances. Unless apparently. Unless Monet is there and she'll save someone from, you know, something. But it is clear to me that, like, these girls broke the alliance because they all. Not all, but a lot of them put what's her name in the bottom. A lot of them put Ciara Miss in the bottom. And Ciara was the one who was like, let's all do a thing together.
A
She's a fucking architect. And I put Athena for Rita Queen. I said, Athena is still holding onto the grudge of being picked, not being picked by Nene or Vita.
B
She's mad, girl.
A
Let it go, bitch. Let it go.
B
She said what she said. She said what she said.
A
She said, let it go, babe.
B
Well, I will say this. The girls have to realize that these votes are going to come out. Y' all know that after, after next week's episode. So two weeks from now, RuPaul's gonna come out with a fucking A3 ring binder, drop it on the table, and it's gonna have every girl's voting in it. And they must know this is coming, right?
A
I mean, if they really want to gag us again, sneak another Rita Queen in later on in the season. But then there'll be less because there'll be less girls, so it actually wouldn't work.
B
So Nini, Vita, and Darlene are all safe. Juicy and Mia are the top two, and they go ahead. And then Ciara is in the bottom. So the glam thing just crumbled completely.
A
Yeah, I feel bad for her because she really tried to get this thing going.
B
And it comes down to Juicy and Mia, who lip sync for the win to Zara Larson. What's it called? Pretty Ugly.
A
Pretty ugly.
B
And this is really like it.
A
Yeah, I, I, I, I already just got into Zara Larson. I saw randomly on my YouTube, her Zach sang interview came out and I was listening to it and I was like, oh, wow. She's like. I was saying this on, on podcast a few weeks ago, how she was saying, like, you know, she's like, more in control of her music now and being more part of writing the songs as opposed to letting people write songs for her. And I, I, I, I, I like Zara Larson's music. They keep on calling her, which I think is really weird, Beyonce's white daughter. And I'm like, what? But I don't hear anything. No, I think it's because of her sound and her talent, but I don't hear many similarities between the two of them, but go off when I tell you.
B
I did not know Zara Larson existed until yesterday when I watched these episodes.
A
Really? No. You knew I told you about her.
B
I don't be listening to you when you talk.
A
I know that's very clear, but I thought it was a great lip sync. I thought that Juicy and Mia were so divine together. And again, you saw just these two different times, two different schools of dance. Right. As Mia said, she's this young ingenue dancer bucking on stage. And she was like, I was happy that I could, like, keep up with her. Cause she was like, I was doing my own thing. She's doing her own thing. And it was nice to see these two do it.
B
Yeah. I am such a big Mia Star fan. Like, I feel like if Mia Star was in the town I was doing drag in, we would be really close. Like, I could really see us being friends. Her.
A
How old is Mia? I know she's old. She's a.
B
She's probably our age, maybe a little bit older. She's probably 37, 36, maybe 39. I don't know. Jacob can Google it real quick. But, yeah, I just really. I really. I think Mia Starr, Darlene Mitchell, Kenya pleaser.
C
She's 40.
B
She's 40.
A
Wow.
B
Yeah, I think that. I think that I would be. If I were on the. If these girls were in my town, I would be friends with Kenya. Kenya, Kenya, Darlene and Mia and I would be, like, really close. Yeah.
A
I could see Darlene twirling around with the bars in New York City, like, doing her weird little trash numbers of saliva. We're like, darlene, you so crazy, girl.
B
Yeah, actually, yeah. I don't know if me, Darlene would be close, but I would always have a lot of respect for Darlene now. But here come Darlene, y'. All.
A
And I wanna say, by the way, I like Darlene. I like Darlene like, you know, on draggers. I just think her runways and her choices on the show are so interesting.
B
And so I find Darlene, Kenya, and Mia so fucking charming. I really want to. I would like to hang out with them. They seem. They just seem like so much fun. But anyway, it ends up being a tie. And we find out next week that Sierra Mist is going to have to lip sync against somebody.
A
They want to be so bad. They want to be me so bad.
B
And maybe they want to be Trinity. I don't know. And then we find out that then Sierra Ms. Kind of insinuates in the, like, the, you know, thing for next week that she's like, I'm gonna have to vote for who I wanna lip sync against. Who do you think she wants to lip sync against?
A
Out of the. Let me see. Out of this other group. I think not knowing how Ciara Miss lip syncs. I don't know much about her.
B
Well, no, you've seen her lip sync. She lip synced to her own performance during the. During the girl group that is lip syncing.
A
Oh, from The Pops. I don't. I don't remember. It doesn't. What. What group was she in? Do you remember Wham.
B
When? We just had a whole thing while she tried to get together, but I
A
don't remember her performance.
C
Her verse was like, butcher da da da da. The butcher fan. You be they and they be them. That was like one of them.
B
That was very. Ms. Kasha Davis. Love yourself and you'll be true Go to the moon Whoop de doo.
A
Yeah. If I was looking, I think she may be targeting next week to lip sync a gay. Maybe an Athena. But we haven't seen Athena lip sync. Who. Who. Who out of the next group do you think is a. Is a bad lip syncher?
B
Bad at lip syncing?
A
Yes. That Ciara was the target. You think Mikey is a bad lip syncer?
B
I don't see it for Mikey.
A
I wanna see it for Mikey. I wanna see it for Athena. And I don't know about Jane. Do you think Jane is a good lip syncer?
B
Probably. I think Jane's probably really clever. Yeah. I can't imagine Athena eating the girlies up in a lip sync. There' point in my mind, right, Envisioned Athena just like eating in a lip sync. I can't even imagine it.
A
That's so mean. Bob.
B
Monique, you couldn't see it either. Don't fucking fake the funk, bitch.
A
And also, don't speak for me, Ask me. Don't speak for me, ask me.
B
Well, ok. Do you think Athena could eat a lip sync?
A
I don't know.
B
Take out the I don't. Take out the I don't. And there's your answer. All right, y'. All.
A
I can't with you. I cannot believe this. This journey you. You've taken us on. This whole. This whole recording from the shock of your. Your blaming me for not having a hat on.
B
Running through. Okay, Kenya, I didn't say it's your fault. I just said. Wow, it's crazy. You didn't say anything. I didn't say it's your fault.
A
Yeah, you blaming me like it's crazy.
B
I did not blame Yum. And I see what you. This. This is a. This is a very specific kind of gaslighting that you do where you change the narra a little bit. I never said it was your fault. I said you didn't say anything. And then you fucking making me look at this fucking hideous fucking outfit for almost 40 minutes.
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I will say the pictures. Okay, the pictures are so beautiful.
B
Talking about this.
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Look, the pictures are gorgeous.
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Episode Title: “The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 1”
Release Date: February 4, 2026
Hosts: Monét X Change & Bob the Drag Queen
In this irreverent and hilarious installment of "Sibling Watchery," Bob and Monét dissect RuPaul's Drag Race S18E05: the first part of the infamous Rate-A-Queen Talent Show. Beyond their signature banter and digressions, they offer sharp insights into the season’s social dynamics, Runway fashion, and, notably, the strategic pitfalls of this fan-favorite format. If you’ve missed the episode, this conversation is your backstage pass to all the drama, comedy, and Drag Race chaos – minus the commercials, intros, and outros!
[00:51-04:08]
[04:29 - 05:39]
[09:05 - 14:30]
[25:27 – 55:17]
[55:22 – 66:41]
Sierra Mist: Spoken word—described as “Hobo Johnson realness.”
Juicy: Robot dance number—judged as performed with great character commitment.
Nene Coco: Acrobatics and comedy—“Amazing… she does flips too now.” [59:08]
Vita Von Teese: 80s Jazzercise number, panned for lack of energy and originality.
Darlene Mitchell: Camp, innuendo-filled act—described as “nutty,” but lacking energy.
Mia Starr: RAP/dance—unanimous highlight.
Talent Rankings: Both hosts agree on rankings:
[66:41 – 69:04]
[69:04 – 71:53]
On the “Rate-A-Queen” format:
On runways and padding:
On Darlene’s originality:
On the Talent Show:
On Mia Starr’s talent:
Darlene’s taste level:
If you missed this episode, Bob and Monét’s recap gives you an unvarnished, wildly entertaining take on all the highs and lows of Drag Race S18E05—from lifted wigs and failed alliances to viral dance numbers and “broke down Cinderella” runways.