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

Summary

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Episode: Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S18E06 “The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2”
Hosts: Bob the Drag Queen & Monét X Change
Date: February 11, 2026

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Overview

In this episode of Sibling Watchery, Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change recap and review RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18, Episode 6. The queens dive into the “Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2” episode, dissecting strategies around the peer-voting format, the runway looks, talent show performances, and the resulting drama. Listeners get a hilarious, honest, and sometimes shady breakdown of who flopped, who excelled, and how alliances impact this segment of the competition.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

The Talent Show & Rate-A-Queen Format

• The queens discuss how the unique Rate-A-Queen peer voting alters strategy compared to judge-based evaluations.
• On Peer Voting:
  • Bob: “Whether it was friendship or merit, she’s still in the bottom. She has the least friends there. And her performance was bad.” (04:11)
  • Monét: “She would be dumb to not try to get someone who she thinks she can beat in a lip sync.” (06:38)
• Drama arises as alliances—especially among the Florida queens—come into scrutiny. The hosts call out Athena's claims of impartiality despite her clearly playing favorites.

Strategy, Conspiracies & The Social Game

• Ciara’s attempts at rallying “the weak girls” result in leaks and betrayals, showing how quickly strategy can backfire.
• Bob: “Everything Ciara said to anyone was immediately reiterated to people she did not want to reiterate to. Like, she should have just kept her… shut.” (09:12)
• Viewers and hosts note that social connections and info-sharing trump pure talent in this episode’s dynamic.

Runway Review: “Shake It” Theme

(21:02 — 44:15)
Every queen's look is critiqued with Monét and Bob's signature mix of fashion acumen and shade. Notable opinions:

• Mikey Meeks: Universally praised; “Mikey might be my favorite queen from this season.” (23:08)
• Athena Dion: Love for the upper half, skepticism about the outfit’s cartoonish proportions.
• Kenya Pleaser: Hosts say it’s her best look on the show; praise the detail.
• Jane Don’t: “I fucking love this. I want to wear this outfit.” (26:50)
• Discord Addams & Mia Starr: Critiques are harsh, with words like “hideous” (28:15) and “crazy” (30:34) thrown down.
• Darlene Mitchell: Major props—“This was so cool. This is so fashion. This is like New York club kid.” (31:52)
• Nini Coco: Called the season’s “fashion queen”; lauded for engineering and movement. (34:28)

Talent Show Performances

(44:20 — 54:12)

• Mikey Meeks: Clever burlesque Frankenstein routine, but finish lacked a big payoff.
• Athena Dion: Middle-of-the-pack; Bob shocked there was no Greek spoken.
• Kenya Pleaser: Both hosts devastated—poor performance, missed lyrics, underwhelming tricks.
• Jane Don’t: “Funniest of all the performances from both talent shows combined.” (51:28)
• Discord Addams: Punk parody “Not Another Drag Song” splits the hosts: Bob enjoys the cleverness, Monét is less impressed.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If it was shady, I’m not gonna be like, yeah, girl, you can borrow my blush…” — Monét (04:00)
• “She should have just kept her… shut. Because, like, everything she said, everyone went back and got talked about immediately.” — Bob (09:12)
• “I love this. I fucking love this. I want to wear this outfit.” — Monét on Jane Don’t’s runway (26:50)
• “This look like what Bellatrix wore when she tried to escape Azkaban. This look crazy. This is an awful.” — Monét on Mia Starr (30:34)
• “Mikey did a good job, and I know it’s strategy, but I felt so bad for Mikey.” — Monét on the rankings (57:56)
• “I don’t think Ciara could take out the garbage. She can’t do shit.” — Monét, jokingly savage (59:13)

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Key Segments with Timestamps

• Opening banter, social media drama, makeup discussion
  • 01:07 — 03:05
• Episode recap & alliances
  • 02:07 — 14:13
• Ciara’s failed alliance, social gameplay
  • 05:05 — 09:57
• Makeup & wigs discourse
  • 13:00 — 14:13
• Michelle Visage Werk Room Session
  • 15:09 — 16:14
• Runway critiques
  • 21:02 — 44:15
• Talent show performances
  • 44:20 — 54:12
• Power rankings & results discussion
  • 55:57 — 58:19
• Lip sync discussion
  • 58:23 — 61:32
• Final hot takes / transition to Untucked on Patreon
  • 61:43 — 62:03

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Judging, Results & Drama

• The top two for the week were Athena and Jane Don’t, with the hosts mostly agreeing but personally preferring Mikey Meeks’ creativity.
• The ruthless peer-led voting put Mikey in the bottom (“They did Mikey real dirty.” — Bob, 58:25), leading to a lip sync with Ciara to “Toxic” by Britney Spears.
• Ciara is read to filth for her lackluster performance:
  • “I don’t think Ciara could take out the garbage.” — Monét (59:13)
  • Mikey is praised for her triple pirouette in the lip sync.
• Debate on who should go home: hosts agree Kenya Pleaser is underperforming and may be next to go.

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Overall Tone & Closing Thoughts

Bob and Monét keep their signature blend of razor-sharp wit, playful hostility, and genuine drag expertise, balancing shade with celebration. They zero in on how Drag Race’s ever-shifting rules reward social navigation as much as runway polish or talent. The episode teems with quotable moments, spontaneous rants, and laugh-out-loud fashion reads.

For the full Untucked discussion and more bonus content, listeners are directed to join the Sibling Rivalry Patreon.

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End of summary

Transcript

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[B]

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[A]

Atl.

[B]

Yes, it was incredible. The home was nicely furnished and it was perfect because we had all this extra space for all the things that a drag queen be needed.

[A]

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[B]

Everyone, welcome back to Civil War.

[A]

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

[B]

And I mean. And you can.

[A]

We were on the phone.

[B]

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

[A]

Yeah. That's so annoying. You're in a bad mood. I said, I want to talk about that fucking ugly ass fucking dress. Everyone's.

[B]

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

[A]

I wear lipstick for my show.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

No, Find it.

[A]

Find it.

[B]

It's not sibling. What? Sibling what?

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

I don't remember that.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Two best ones, but she was willing to.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

But I'm saying whether it was friendship or marriage, she's still in the bottom. She has the least friends there. And her performance was bad.

[B]

And then Kenya says.

[A]

Kenya goes, I'm not going Back to South Carolina empty handed. And whenever a Drag race plays a clip like that, all I can think is, you're going home empty handed. That's all I can think is going to be. Someone's going to do a super cut of you doing that and then you leaving the building with no wins.

[B]

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

[A]

This is why Bob's in a bad mood.

[B]

No, no, I'm trying to knock on my. They're. So y' all chat. Our Bob looks bad. Red.

[A]

And what of it?

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

No.

[A]

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

[B]

I heard about that.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

I think people just want to not like Tina Burner. I know.

[B]

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

[A]

Especially the judges.

[B]

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

[A]

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[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Is that shady?

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah, no matter what. This.

[A]

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

[B]

You mean Athena's high placement?

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Yeah. And guess who's irritating me this episode? You want to guess who it is? You want to guess who's fucking irritating this episode? Something about Jane is rubbing me the wrong way. I see it is she's like. She's kind of bitchy. Like, she's, like, mean to the first time. She'll be like, well, I'm doing Bette Midler. I don't think any of these fucking idiots will get my reference. How would they possibly know who Bette Midler is? How could these absolute dumb fuck drag queens, literally. They're literally just drag queens. Get my elite, prestigious, really niche reference of Bette Midler, which obviously Bette Midler is making a reference. She's. Bette Midler is referencing Sophie Tucker. So it's really a reference of a reference.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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

[B]

Gavin said, jane, don't got a good edit. Jane, don't Got a good attitude.

[A]

She don't. Is he wrong? Is he wrong? Yeah.

[B]

I mean, every time they go to her confession, she's always like. And I'm just like.

[A]

It's like.

[B]

It's like she's is very, like, low energy and annoyed and bothered by everything happening. It is.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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

[B]

So Mother Visage comes in for a check in with the girls and. And wait, I got some more moments.

[A]

For the makeup on before massage comes, before Michelle comes in.

[B]

The makeup didn't happen yet.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

I DMed her, Mikey Meeks is not Asian.

[B]

She's not.

[A]

What is she, Mikey? I didn't ask her to give me her 23andMe, but I will read you.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

I did not get asked to do it.

[A]

Well, then there you go.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Oh.

[B]

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

[A]

Do you agree with Michelle that a drag queen is number one job is slip synth?

[B]

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

[A]

So you disagree with Michelle? I do. To quote. To quote. To quote Ross Matthews, I'm gonna have to disagree with Michelle.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

No, not at all. No. I. I have to just. I have to agree with Michelle. We are so excited to share that we are partnering with Airbnb, and if you know anything about our lives, you know that we are constantly on the move, whether it's drag gigs, comedy tours, filming vacations, and after years of living out of a suitcase, baby, we realized that a stay can totally make or break your energy.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

Yes, it was incredible. The home was nicely furnished. It was stylized. We had high ceilings, a massive living area and it was perfect because we had all this extra space for all the things that a drag queen be needed. Okay, we had four or five suitcases, we had to practice our numbers and honestly, we could sing. While I could sing well, Bob Mouth too, we could both sing as loud as we wanted without worrying about bothering the neighbors with, you know, these thin walls in hotels and things.

[A]

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[A]

I love when Discourse starts doing her little mind games, and she's like, I. Britney Spears.

[B]

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

[A]

Um, and now we're pretty much already ready to talk about Runway. No, no, no.

[B]

I wrote this out. I said, Jane, because after Michelle tells Kenya that note Michelle leaves and doing their makeup. And this sent me. Jane says to Kenya, Jane asking Kenya, what does that mean to Michelle, telling her to know the words, like, what do you mean? What does that mean, bitch? She said for me to learn the words, like, what do you mean? What does she mean by telling me I should know the words? Do you think there's a secret message that you can't decipher? Like, what else could Jane think that Michelle meant by you should know the words to your music? I don't understand.

[A]

I didn't even clock that it was.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

No, I want to talk about the weather in New York. Yes, Bob.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

The dogs are out, honey.

[B]

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

[A]

RuPaul had her toes out several times on the show.

[B]

That's not like a. I've never noticed that if he has. Chad. Have y' all seen her since the fucking.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

RuPaul did used to pad. She didn't pad every single time, but RuPaul did pad. RuPaul. RuPaul. And also she had her toes out in the supermodel video.

[B]

Yeah, but she was wearing.

[A]

Go ahead. I said she wearing an open toe shoe in the supermodel video.

[B]

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

[A]

So I can't remember the name of the theme, but it's like, shake it. It's like shake loose or everything. Like, what's it called?

[B]

Shake. Shake. I don't know.

[A]

Well, a fabric that moves when you.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Emmy award winning costume designer.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

And I think she was inspired by Nina Coco with this eye. I'm just gonna say Nene, cocoa's in this eye a few times.

[A]

Really? Yeah.

[B]

This, like, curved thing.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

But it reads. It still reads, I guess.

[B]

Isn't that all that matters?

[A]

Long as it reads, you know?

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Smudges and circles. Smudges and circles.

[B]

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

[A]

I mean, this outfit she's giving Judy Justin hooker. I mean, this is. She looks like Judy. It's like. It's the Jetsons.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Is that shade. What a nice look for Kenya. Is that shade?

[B]

No, I was just literally just speaking.

[A]

Is it a nice look in general? Is it a nice look like for.

[B]

But this is a nice look. I would wear this look. And I think.

[A]

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

[B]

Okay. You're trying to do a thing.

[A]

I think Kenny looks Tyler Mitchell Foster said low key, so he's not talking about that. Yes, he is.

[B]

No, he was not. That was three minutes ago. No, he didn't say. Anyway.

[A]

Shh.

[B]

I think Kenya looks gorgeous. I love that she thought about the shoe. The shoe could have been like a throwaway, just put on, like, a black pump. But she stuck some butterflies on there. The hair is really cool. I like that she framed the face with the big wings and have. And her body looks great. I think Kenny looks. She looks really beautiful. I love this outfit on her.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Yeah, I loved it. Every Saturday, me and Alfredo get together and we watch the Pit Stop together between shows while Alfredo works on Aladdin. And we're a few blocks away, so we just get together and watch the show. And he was like. He hated this look, which is crazy, because I was like, this look is great.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Blood is money turns red. But why is the money on top of her head?

[B]

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

[A]

Yeah, I don't like this look. Discord is so hit or miss sometimes she will hit so hard and it's so good and. But baby, when she misses, she is really swinging out.

[B]

Where is the hit card? Okay, this is what Discord said. She said. Jacob Goval.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

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

[A]

She got. You don't know.

[B]

DDD no. What does that mean?

[A]

Didn't that mean. Isn't that mangione?

[B]

Oh, is that. Oh.

[A]

Deny death and to pose. Yeah. Work.

[B]

Wait. Dimangio. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Did you hear? Luigi might not be getting going. Like, he might not be going to jail.

[A]

He's not getting.

[B]

The worst he can get is I think up to 15 years and it's gonna be like time served. So he might be getting out in like 12 years.

[A]

We'll get him on the podcast.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

The amount of fingerways on this season is Insane.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

I don't watch Harry Potter, but that sounds about right. She looks like a dementor, and I ain't never seen Harry Potter, but I know she looks like a dementor, and.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

But, like, she. No, but she's not. Like, she. With her waist. She, like, she has so much up there. Like, and she has. Girl, every single drag queen had one of those belts. I had them. Bob had them. Them little corset belts from Amazon. And the fact that she's wearing this corset belt on track right there is.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

No, bitch. Darlene. I DM'd her. I was like, bitch. Finally. I was like, bitch.

[A]

This is.

[B]

This was so fucked.

[A]

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

[B]

I didn't say finally.

[A]

That's not. I DM'd her and said finally.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Cause it works with this look.

[A]

Yeah, she looks really good.

[B]

I can feel like Aquaria wearing this.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

I don't care. It's ugly.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

There's a lot of stuff that girls don't get to wear. You remember some girls went home three, four episodes ago. I know. So that's part of the game, right?

[B]

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

[A]

I'm.

[B]

I would. I would love. Give me the Runway every time.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Let's Move on to one of my favorite looks, which is Nini Coco. This is like David Bowie, Janelle Monae, what's his name? Klaus Nomi. Club kitty look. I love this. This is so. This was such a cool look for me.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Between working on my book and keeping up with my podcast and I'm also writing a musical listen, I realized that I just don't have the mental energy to play detective at the grocery store anymore. I'm tired of spending 20 minutes reading the back of a box just to see if it for me or just, you know, this clever marketing. They're using organic this, non GMOs that I don't even know what they have.

[B]

That's protein now. There's so much protein on everything now.

[A]

Protein water, Monet's low protein water. That's why I've been using Thrive Market. And honestly, you should too. Thrive Market is a membership based grocery service that basically does the vetting for you. You just hop on their app and shop for wherever you go. The membership breaks down to just $5 a month, which is literally less than a price of a latte. It gives you peace of mind knowing there's no junk in any of the products they carry.

[B]

What I love is that there no trade offs for the food you actually want to eat. If you're craving Mac and cheese or snacks, Thrive gives you the better versions of brands like Siete and Simple Mills with less sugar. And fewer sketchy ingredients. I discovered so many new favorites and flavors on there that I never have ever seen. The filters are a total game changer too. You can shop by over 90 different diets whether you're looking for high protein meals, low sugar treats or gluten free staples. The simple fact that I can shop high protein in seconds makes the membership a no brainer for me. I paid that $5 a month so I don't have to think about sketching ingredients every time I shop.

[A]

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[B]

That's protein now. There's so much protein on everything now.

[A]

Protein water, Monat's Low Protein water. That's why I've been using Thrive Market. And honestly, you should too. Thrive Market is a membership based grocery service that basically does the vetting for you. You just hop on their app and shop for wherever you go. The membership breaks down to just $5 a month which is literally less than a price of a latte. It gives you peace of mind knowing there's no junk in any of the products they carry.

[B]

What I love is that there's no trade offs for the food you actually want to eat. If you're craving Mac and cheese or snacks, Thrive gives you the better versions of brands like Siete and Simple Mills with less sugar and fewer sketchy ingredients. I've discovered so many new favorites and flavors on there that I never have ever seen. The filters are a total game changer too. You can shop by over 90 different diets whether you're looking for high protein meals, low sugar treats or gluten free staples. The simple fact that I can shop high Protein in seconds makes the membership a no brainer for me. I paid that $5 a month so I don't have to think about sketching ingredients every time I shop.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Was enough for your people. You trying to say enough for your people?

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

No, I said what I said.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Do you. Do you like this outfit? I like this outfit.

[A]

I. It's cute.

[B]

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

[A]

It looks. It does look cute, though.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Chippity chip chop chip chop down. Chippy chop chop, chop, chop it and tip it.

[B]

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

[A]

Yeah, and it's an ugly outfit.

[B]

I mean.

[A]

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

[B]

Oh, you.

[A]

You just made up a whole narrative for me.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Y' all see, Bob is. Bob is a very aggressive person, y'.

[A]

All.

[B]

Let's see. This is the real side of Bob.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Well, we'll see.

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah, it was not good.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Well, it's tough.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

Okay, and way outfit.

[B]

Let's go on to the talent show. And it's the iPhone.

[A]

Okey dokey.

[B]

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

[A]

Yeah. No, she said it. She said, I'm doing a burlesque numbers Frankenstein. She said it in the workroom.

[B]

I didn't hear it. So when she, like, did the biting finger thing, I thought that was really cool. I thought the titty reveal was fine. I think when she lost me was when she. When she takes off the corset to reveal her guts. I think she would have been actual, like, stone guts should have fell out of the corset. And then I think on the.

[A]

It was sparkly.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah. Let's go into Athena. I thought Athena's number was fun. I thought it was really interesting. When she did the dancing bit, they showed it for like.02 seconds. And then they showed the judges. I don't like if she was dancing well. If it. Show us the dancing. It was like, literally step, camera, cut.

[A]

I don't think she was dancing very well.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah. So going into the season, I had such high hopes she didn't speak Greek.

[A]

That's crazy, right? All she said was opa at the end. That was it.

[B]

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

[A]

You are, but the whole number was about being Greek. I keep speaking Greek this entire episode. As we say, Spada copa, as we say in Greece, fucking spada copa, honey.

[B]

It's like olive oil.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

I mean, now y' all engaging in crazy conspiracy theory. I mean, just cause you forget some stuff doesn't mean you forget everything.

[B]

Like, someone forgets everything. I forget everything. I don't know anything.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

I, I, I. Anyway, let's move on to Jane Dome. There was some. I would say this. There were some really funny jokes in here. Like, Jane's performance, to me, has some genuinely. It was the funniest of all of the performances from both talent shows combined, in my opinion.

[B]

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

[A]

No. Legs. Legs. Darlene did come.

[B]

Oh, yeah, you're right.

[A]

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

[B]

I think it was more. No, I think it was more like a. No, no, Bob, that was.

[A]

That was a lot.

[B]

Was it a learning lesson? It wasn't learning. It was more performance. Like, it was like. It was a performance challenge. Whereas Jane's like. I would categorize Athena as a performance challenge and Jane's as a comedy challenge. If we were doing that, I don't think Athena was doing comedy. Athena knows she's not fucking funny.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Ciara said, Jane, don't get a lot of compliments from bar. I come back. She looks quite stunning quite often, actually. Okay. And then last up, we have Discord Adams with, like, not another drag song. And I didn't love it. I didn't love it.

[B]

What?

[A]

I think that, like, this was also kind of like. It was supposed to be, like, funny and kind of, like, pointed and also, like, she wasn't playing those instruments.

[B]

Yeah, but, I mean, she might have.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You know.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Well, you are, but that's devoid of.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Girl, I was gagged. I was gagged by that.

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah, I think I would agree. I think she deserved to win as well. I think she's a good fight.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I agree.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Girl pointer sister. I honestly do not know why Ciara thought she could take out Discord. Because I don't think Ciara could have taken out anyone.

[B]

I don't think Ciara could take out the garbage. She can't do shit. Not a good lip synchronous.

[A]

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

[B]

Shut your ass up.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

Mikey ate her up with that triple pair away. You couldn't do that fucking triple pair of ways.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

I literally did not.

[A]

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

[B]

I did not do a wig bit and pound the alarm. So what of it?

[A]

You wasted everything.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

I did none of that in poundee alarm.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

But anyway.

[B]

I know.

[A]

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

[B]

I don't think it was that. I think Ciara had some more to offer.

[A]

But I think if not Sierra, the.

[B]

New Kenya should have went home. I don't think Kenya has anything else to offer the show.

[A]

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

[B]

That's it.

[A]

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

[B]

Damn.

[A]

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

[B]

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

[A]

This isn't a show. This is an opinion based show, Monet. Where we give opinions about our show. You already dragged Kenya through the Serengeti.

[B]

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

[A]

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

[B]

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