Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S18E07 "Drag Queens for Change"

Summary

Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S18E07 “Drag Queens for Change”

Podcast: Sibling Rivalry
Hosts: Monét X Change & Bob the Drag Queen
Episode Airdate: February 18, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively installment of Sibling Watchery, Monét X Change and Bob the Drag Queen break down episode 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18, “Drag Queens for Change.” The focus is on the infamous “parody political ad” challenge, with the queens paired up to campaign for humorous (and sometimes pointed) propositions. The duo delivers their signature mix of roasting, industry insight, and personal anecdotes, all while dissecting the episode’s drama, performances, and runway looks.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Ciara’s Elimination and The “Meeting Queen” Saga

• The episode opens with the recent departure of Ciara, noted for her penchant for calling meetings.
• Jacqueline (producer/Patreon chat liaison): “Ciara had 19 meetings. She has called council 17 times. It never worked in her favor…” (02:47)
• Bob: “Honestly, she should change her name to Amanda Tory.” (03:05)
• Both hosts agree that Ciara’s over-strategizing and frequent confrontations contributed to her downfall.

2. Post-Elimination Reactions and the Jane Don't Discourse

• Girls in the Werk Room react to the elimination, particularly Mikey Meeks, who feels bruised by the critique and voting.
• Bob: “Mikey’s crying like, you’re mad. They upset Mikey.” (08:28)
• Discussion pivots to Jane Don't, who is receiving high marks but is perceived as disingenuous or “annoying” in her disappointment.
• Jacqueline: “There's something a little disingenuous in the way that she is presenting herself on camera...” (07:58)
• The “Jane is a lawyer” backstory is debunked—she joked about being a lawyer, which became a minor meme among viewers.
• Bob: “There’s a difference. It’s not a joke. It was just a lie. That’s different, okay?” (05:18)

3. The Talent Show Voting: Strategy or Shade?

• The hosts debate the strategic vs. honest voting in the talent show, with alliances and self-preservation dictating choices.
• Bob: “Raider Queen…this show one big branding challenge… I hold a talent show as one of the biggest challenges.” (12:35)
• The Florida alliance, winner’s advantage, and who voted whom into the bottom make for juicy discussion.
• Jacqueline: “I just think it’s weird when someone gets mad that you did the same thing they did to them.” (14:21)

4. Political Ad Challenge — Pairings and Initial Drama

• Teams are assigned and tensions rise as queens vie for the best (or easiest) propositions.
• Team breakdowns: Vita & Darlene, Jane & Kenya, Juicy & Mia, Mikey & Athena, Nene & Discord.
• Jacqueline: “My first thought is, there’s just no way on God’s green earth Darlene is winning this. Darlene don’t got that dog in her...” (24:11)
• Bob on Mia 305: “The more and more the season goes on…I’m like, oh, Mia is from 305. Mia is from Miami 305.” (24:38)
• In-depth discussion of “mind manipulation” and game strategy, with Bob accusing Monét and Jacqueline of pulling “Trumpian” moves for negotiation—classic drag queen banter.

5. On-Set Filming: Teamwork and Breakdown

• Some queens struggle without their usual support (e.g. Juicy missing Mikey’s help).
• Bob: “She’s not an actor…I don’t prescribe to this thing that every drag artist has to do everything.” (27:30)
• Critiques of the judges’ directing style: Michelle Visage is labeled less effective than other guest directors.
• Bob: “Michelle’s just being like, no, hate it. Boring…Like, that’s not directing, bitch.” (32:23)

6. Queen Archetypes, Representation, and Blackness as Punchline?

• A nuanced conversation about queens like Kenya and Symone, and whether their humor rests on Blackness as the punchline.
• Jacqueline: “Sometimes I feel like with Kenya, the joke is, I’m black.” (35:58)
• Bob: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. But my question is, like, is the joke that you’re black? Is the joke I’m black?...In Kenya’s case, no…” (37:03)
• They reflect on “bar queens” and iconic southern drag stereotypes.

7. Living in Red States — Drag in the South

• Discord discusses her experience with a conservative roommate destroying her drag.
• Many contestants are from conservative states, which permeates the show’s politics and personal stakes.
• Jacqueline: “A lot of these girls live in red states. Four of them live in Florida. One of them lives in South Carolina. One of them lives in Alabama.” (46:50)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bob: “Girl, the three (meetings) she did in Untucked alone, I was like, this is a justification to go home. Three meetings in a 20 minutes episode was crazy.” (03:15)
• Jacqueline (on Jane Don't's reaction): “The way she was disappointed was irritating.” (03:53)
• Bob (on self-advocacy and competition): “You can only threaten one person with fifth place...You can’t do that to everybody.” (14:13)
• Jacqueline (on coaches flipping the script): “At some point, it’s gotta be you, Miss Mama.” (27:30)
• Bob (on Drag Race challenges): “This show just one big branding challenge. Basically.” (12:35)
• Jacqueline (on advice): “Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it important?” (15:42)

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Runway Rundown (Timestamps refer to runway/outfit commentary start: 49:06)

Jane Don't: Leigh Bowery-Inspired “Vector/Transparency”

• Jacqueline: “I like this. I wish it was a hard front wig and not a lace front.”
• Bob: “Just because you do a facekini does not make it Leigh Bowery...She had to go online and explain it. If you have to go that hard to explain your look, you’re trying to do too much.” (50:22–51:06)

Kenya Pleaser: Sheer and Fitted Catsuit

• Bob: “I wasn’t obsessed with this look...the outfit underneath is so translucent, it’s not giving.” (53:14)

Juicy: Abstract “Clown Head” Look

• Jacqueline: “It looks like a clown head. Maybe she had this but with some sort of eye or something...” (53:42–54:14)
• Bob: “Now I’m on the Naomi Smalls…like, bitch, we need some hair...Everything is a bald cap.” (54:14)

Darlene: Standout, Conceptual Look

• Bob: “This was a really cool take on this theme…okay, Darlene, like what?” (57:38)

Vita Von Teese Star: Unclear/Bubble Ensemble

• Bob: “I don’t even know what the fuck I’m looking at, to be honest.” (58:58)
• Jacqueline: “This is not a good look...just almost the same thing just switched out the accessories.” (58:50)

Athena Dion: “Old Fairy Godmother” Aesthetic

• Bob: “She looks like a...washed up fairy godmother that lost all her magic.” (60:01)
• Jacqueline: “Is she trying to look old?” (59:50)

Nini Coco: “Too See-Through” Suit

• Bob: “I don’t love this look because I can’t see it…You might as well be wearing literally a clear plastic bag.” (62:09–62:52)

Mikey: “Biblically Accurate Angel”

• Bob: “She’s trying to do like the multiple eyes and the hair and the wings…it just looks, I can’t tell what I’m looking at.” (63:33)
• Jacqueline: “This look is amazing…It’s my favorite thing she’s worn.” (64:09)

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Challenge Critiques & Judging (65:05+)

• Top Performers: Mikey & Darlene (“clear top two”)

  • Bob: “Mikey wins. I love Mikey, but I disagree. I said Darlene for the win.” (72:27)
  • Both agree Darlene was possibly robbed, especially as she’s been showing growth and creativity.

• Political Ad Challenge Highlights:

  • Jane Don't & Kenya: “Jane knows how to do comedy…Jane is the one who carried her team.” (66:11)
  • Darlene: Concept and delivery stood out; Bob wanted a “camera glitch” punchline.
  • Juicy: Underperformed, needed stronger references and more self-sufficiency.
  • Vita: Weak acting, editing didn’t help (“The edit was not kind to her either.” 68:14)

• Lip Sync:

  • Juicy vs. Vita to Dua Lipa's "Houdini".
  • Juicy wins, but both hosts note her high-octane dance style may be getting repetitious.
  • Bob: “You see the tricks and dips; it’s not as exciting every time.” (75:07)

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Additional Segments and Banter

• Drag Race Politics: Debate over when Drag Race does political challenges (typically election years, but not always. (21:02–21:56)
• Runway Judging: Discussion around RuPaul’s looks, changes to the show’s phrasing (“Let the best woman win”), and the judges’ feedback methodology. (49:06–50:22)
• Red State Realness: Several queens live in red states, leading to a conversation about the politics and risks of doing drag outside of big cities.
• Improv Classes: Bob’s advice: “Girls, take improv. It’s $50. Take one before you go.” (46:15)

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Notable Chat Interactions (Patreon Watch-Along)

• Fan Input: The live audience via the Patreon often jumps in with shade, questions, and references, like calling out “rewind back” and critiquing looks or jokes. (throughout)
• Fun moments such as “Look it up, Jacob!” and direct audience participation keep the tone lively and integrated.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Ciara Elimination & Recap: 02:47–06:12
• Jane Don't Lawyer Joke & Discourse: 04:41–05:23
• Voting Drama & Florida Alliance: 12:34–15:10
• Political Challenge Announced: 21:02–23:02
• Pair Selection & Early Drama: 24:11–26:52
• Filming & Judge Critiques: 28:13–33:19
• Red State Drag & Living Experiences: 46:33–47:14
• Runway Discussion (detailed): 49:06–65:01
• Political Ad Judging: 65:05–71:00
• Lip Sync & Departure: 73:53–77:09

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Tone & Language

The dialogue remains sharp, irreverent, and deeply rooted in drag culture. There’s an expectation of audience familiarity with Drag Race references, queer vernacular, and past seasons’ drama. Banter is peppered with inside jokes and sidebars, maintaining the show’s casual, cackling-friends-watching-TV energy.

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Takeaways

• Darlene's transformation is the sleeper story, with consistent look improvements.
• Strategic voting and alliance-building are more prominent than ever.
• Performance challenges continue to expose limitations in acting and improv across contestants.
• Runway critiques are sharp and nuanced, often highlighting what’s lost in translation between concept and execution.
• Live chat interaction gives fans a sense of co-viewing and real-time community.

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Summary in a Nutshell

Sibling Watchery delivers another chaotic and insightful recapping of Drag Race, balancing ruthless reads, fashion analysis, and camaraderie. The duo’s familiarity with the competition and the queens’ careers brings unique perspective, with playful shade and deep dives into drag performance and reality TV politics. If you missed the episode, this breakdown gives you the drama, the laughs, and the runway realness you crave.

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Transcript

[Monet X Change]

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[Monet X Change]

This podcast is supported by FX's Love Story, John F. Kennedy Jr. And Carolyn Bessette. The new limited series from executive producer Ryan Murphy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It explores the complex courtship of the iconic couple considered to be American royalty, whose love story captured the attention of the nation. Their fairy tale romance would unfold in front of the public eye, where their private love would also become a national obsession.

[Monet X Change]

FX's love story, John F. Kennedy Jr. And Carolyn Bessette.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacqueline]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacqueline]

And if you join our top tier, you get to watch us podcast live.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

All right, I have something to say.

[Jacqueline]

What?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I am starting my tour this. This week. I am this week. If you're watching this episode, I'M going to be in Spokane, Washington the 20th and 21st the day after my birthday in Palm Springs on the 28th of February. So if you want to come see me this month. And you live in Spokane. I was in Spokane for one of my first tours like two, four years ago. It was a great time. I'm excited to go back. So come see the 20th and 21st in Spokane, Washington and the 28th in Palm Springs, February.

[Jacqueline]

We're currently reviewing RuPaul's Drag Race season 18 episode 7 and Ciara has just been eliminated. Ciara's grand plan. Ciara's had 19 meetings. She has called council 17 times. It never worked in her favor. Every time she called a meeting she ended up in the bottom. Then she went home.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Honestly, she should change her name to Amanda Tory.

[Jacqueline]

Cause she was she loves meeting Can I see you in my office please?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Girl the three she did in untucked alone, I was like this is a justification to go home. Three meetings in a 20 minutes episode was crazy.

[Jacqueline]

And I bet a zoom.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Hate to CC her coming, but Mikey Meeks walks in feeling very sad. She's beat up. She beat up.

[Jacqueline]

Now in time she has to face.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

All these girls who thought she did poorly. And what's up the rate of queen results come out later because I thought it was just strategic voting that that put her low. But I think the girls might have actually thought that her number wasn't that great. Which I think is a interesting conversation about like how things read in a room versus how we perceive them through the television. But who knows.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, I know that Jane is disappointed she didn't win. I don't know what it is. Something about the way she was disappointed was irritating.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Something with the way she give the girl a break. We get it. She is irritating to you. Damn.

[Jacqueline]

So you you're going to tell me there's nothing about the way she reacted that was a little bit like oh no, you know, she recently did a gig and she said you her favorite queen. I don't dislike Jane. I just say the way she can't tell. I've also said that if Jane don't doesn't win the season. I don't even know what's going on. I think, I genuinely think Jane don't is a fantastic Wayne. I've expressed this sentiment on this podcast several times. However, my coverage is not biased. Liking me does not change my opinion of you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So you think that Jane don't say she like you so you be nicer to her and s and watch her Is what. Is what you're saying.

[Jacqueline]

Am I being nicer?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And she is a lawyer, so be careful with your word, because she will.

[Jacqueline]

Sue that she lied about that. That was a joke.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wait, what?

[Jacqueline]

Apparently, she joked about being a lawyer. That's not real.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Where.

[Jacqueline]

Where.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Where did you see that?

[Jacqueline]

Some people lying were like, girl, they were joking. Like, Bob, why do y' all feel that she's. She was joking, y'. All. She was not a lawyer. Oh.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, well, where's. Where's the joke? Wait, okay, can we talk about it.

[Jacqueline]

Says about my feelings in the Seattle Times. She said, here's the thing. That was a lie, okay? Specifically about being a lawyer.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

There's a difference. It's not a joke. It was just a lie. That's different, okay?

[Jacqueline]

I've always said jokes don't have to be funny. The only thing for them to be a joke is that it has to be intended to be funny. It doesn't actually have to land. Jokes don't have to land to be jokes at the land to be good. He said I was lying for attention. I was deadpanning. Look, the joke didn't land, and I can own that. Yeah. Can we get back to what I want to discuss, which is you don't think there's anything about the way that Jane don't, Jane don't, Jane don't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

Comes off that seems a little bit, like, annoying.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, it is. But it's also like, I've settled into, like, her annoyance, right? So, like, now I like. I, like, don't even pay attention to it because it's been going on since episode two now. So I'm like, this is just this bitch. It's kind of like, I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't comment on. On. On fucking Kenya. Kenya Pleaser and her little idiosyncrasies and her little noises. Because it's like, I've settled into it now.

[Jacqueline]

Listen, if someone wears an ugly dress every episode, I'm going to call it every episode. I'm not going to skip over because they've been wearing ugly dresses. Athena points out that Miami won the entire talent show.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And.

[Jacqueline]

And then Kenya doesn't understand why Athena is pressed about the voting. And I honestly agree with Kenya because Athena was like, I was going to vote that way regardless. So I do not understand what Athena's problem is. I genuinely don't get.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I agree. I think it's ridiculous. I'm like. I'm like, why are you mad when you had a Strategy with your fucking Florida girls, too. And Nini Coco calls her out, she goes, she's like, bitch is the same thing you were going to do? So, like, what of it? And she's like, no, but I. But, like, I was going to put them regardless. I'm like, exactly. But you had a strategy. You had a plan. So what is your. What is your. What is the beat in your bonnet about everyone else's strategy and their plan?

[Jacqueline]

Maybe it would have been one thing if she would have never acknowledged publicly that she was gonna do the same thing. She could just be like, I'm gonna.

[Monet X Change]

Vote based on merit.

[Jacqueline]

And luckily for her, her friends and her family just happened to genuinely be really good. But she didn't have to tell us that she was gonna do that. But she did, and she won't stop telling us.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. And then also, so later, this going on the Jane Doan. Hey, train. Jane has a win, right? But she is in this. She is in here acting like she's Jan sport in the Madonna rusical. Like, she's been, like, upset, and she's like, she's been, like, been edging for a victory that. That. That she's not getting. I'm like, she's trying to play this thing. Like, she's, like, trying to. Trying to play catch up and, like, and validate herself in a competition. I'm like, out of the queens here. You are front runner, and you have had one win where there are, what, nine of the girls that don't have anything. Also, she posted a track record online last week.

[Monet X Change]

This.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This week. And she's been high. High. She was high high win high high. Like, like, everything has been high. So, like, I don't understand what is. What is this car? She's playing like she's being so downtrodden in the competition.

[Jacqueline]

See, but when I bring it up, you're like, you know, you hate Jane Donald, which I don't hate Jane Doe. I just think that there's something a little disingenuous in the way that she is presenting herself on camera. And I think it's worth acknowledging. I feel like, yeah, Athena's being weird. Like, I think it's just weird. And then Vita, out of unprompted, admits that she plays Mikey low to protect discord. And then Mikey starts crying, which is irritating to me, by the way, that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Mikey's crying like, you're mad. They upset Mikey.

[Jacqueline]

The crying is irritating.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, Bob. She's in her feelings.

[Jacqueline]

I didn't say it was invalid. I said it's irritating.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why is it irritating to you?

[Jacqueline]

Well, I mean girl, you were here, someone went home and you're safe.

[Monet X Change]

You know what it is?

[Jacqueline]

It gave me the irk. She's also crazy because I'm rooting for Mikey.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Just like she girl, she literally lip sync for a live 20 minutes before this event. Like emotions are still running high. Is why I think she's. She gets emotional.

[Jacqueline]

You did like 19 times. How many times did you cry?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I did. I only listen for my life. Three times.

[Jacqueline]

That's not true.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yes, the other ones were lip sync for the crown, bitch. Also are you looking for the crown, bitch? Do you not pay attention to the goddamn show?

[Jacqueline]

Did you get the crown?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Did you get it? I did get an All Stars 4. Which I did. 4.

[Jacqueline]

You're looking for the win.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You did not win.

[Jacqueline]

When you listening for the crown, Dusty ass bitch.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You have something to talk about. Dusty ass.

[Jacqueline]

You lip sync to the crown and you did not win it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And you lip sync for your life. And Derrick Bear almost sent you a your raggedy ass home. You lucky that you're wearing my fucking wig. My wig saved your fucking life. Because if you had to reach in that dusty ass suitcase of yours and pull out them ratty ass fucking shit Priscilla Queen of the desert wigs you had in your head, you would have went the fuck home. So what you should be saying is thank you, mon exchange for letting me let you borrow my Marco's wigs, bitch.

[Jacqueline]

When Naomi Smalls cleared you to a song that you thought you were going to win cuz it. And then when she chunks of your body spitting them. Oh my God.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Shay never beat me a lip. Oh, she did.

[Jacqueline]

Oh, it was a book book here. And a book book when you turn around because you. Because, because. Because Nicole Byer thinks you don't know the lyrics. Anyway. Let's keep moving. I will say when Mikey. Mikey goes on about. Because she feels she. She feels like it's not fair that she was placed low. Which I'm like, girl, it is what it is. But then Mikey. When Mikey says I'm Mikey motherfucking Meeks. I gotta be honest, it doesn't have.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The same ring to it as Elisa.

[Jacqueline]

As Elisa motherfucking Renault or Latrice motherfucking Royale. Like I'm Mikey motherfucking. I am Mikey motherfucking Meeks.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I know he's giving. You know that Hanna Barbera cartoon. The little mouse that goes. You put a little lemme at him, Libby.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

It gets right. That has that energy to it.

[Monet X Change]

I agree.

[Jacqueline]

Like I Don't know. It's just. I don't know. I'm Mikey motherfucking Meek. Okay, yeah, put your. Let me at him.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I got him, guys. And then she walks in the next day, honey, she feeling cunty. Her little. The little walk to the camera and the reveal to the revenge shirt is.

[Jacqueline]

I just feel like Mikey is not the revenge girl. Like, unless Mikey's version of revenge is, like, living well is the best revenge. Like, I wanted to see marbles. I want to see you sabotaging someone's game. But if you're going to be like, I am getting revenge by being great. Okay, okay.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Do you know, I just realized I'm surprised that Drag Race has not done a Showgirls parody, have they? Am I forgetting? Like, a Showgirls parody will be.

[Jacqueline]

So it was. Roxxxy Andrews was in it. And the punchline of the sketch was, you don't know me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't remember that. Was that All Stars or was it. Was it season five?

[Jacqueline]

It must have been All Stars too. They were all doing, like, different. It was. It was Roxxxy Andrews and it was Fifi o' Hara, as I think it was.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Gotta go.

[Jacqueline]

So they bust out the rated Queen receipts, which, by the way, I know I said this for like, the Notebook looks so much nicer now. I think it used to be like, literally a three ring binder.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, you know, I think they realized it was such a. It's such a smash. So they wanted to make sure they, you know, lock in.

[Jacqueline]

Vita was voted in fifth place by a. Vita was voted fifth place by Athena, Jane and Mikey. But she's like, I don't give a fuck. And I'm like, I feel like you kind of like if there's, if there's one challenge where you should give a fuck, it's the one where it affects whether I turn the bottom. Also, there's one challenge where you should give a fuck.

[Monet X Change]

This is the one.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Also, I, I think from. From artists artistic point and like, what you're trying to, you know, this, this show just one big branding challenge. Basically. It's the one challenge where you, like, showing the world, like, after this season is done, when you come by a ticket to my show, this is what you're going to see. So I, I hold a talent show as my, like, as one of the biggest challenges. I think, in my opinion the biggest challenge bigger than big in the Snatch Game because this is like what your thing is. So I do think that there's a lot of weight there. I thought you Think that Raider Queen.

[Jacqueline]

Is bigger than snatching?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think so. But, like, what your. What your talent is. So Athena and Kenya, this is. This was shady. Shady or shady voting? Athena and Kenya both rated Nini for. And Discord rated her five. I'm like, of all the girls that win that thing, you Discord thought that Nini Coco's performance was a five out of six. That's crazy. Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

I thought Nini Coco did a really good job. Nene was like, these bitches just not like me. Honestly, I have the same question. Because it's giving. They don't fuck with you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I was like, that was.

[Jacqueline]

It's giving more than. Just like we have to our friends. It's giving. They don't fuck with you. They don't fuck with you. Like, there's something odd about that, right? I wrote this down. I think it's that Mikey is mad that Vita voted her low, considering she did the exact same thing to Vita.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Jacqueline]

They put. They put each other in fifth place or far. So why. Why, why is. I don't understand why Mikey's mad.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But I mean, again, this is what I was going to say later. Like, maybe they didn't. J genuinely did not think Mikey's performance was good, but Vita's performance was a bad performance. So, like, putting her low wasn't like, like, you know, like, putting Nene low. That's like. Wait, what? Putting Vita low, you're like, that makes sense.

[Jacqueline]

You know, you can only threaten one person with fifth place. You can't be like, if you vote me low, I'll vote you low. Because you can't do that to everybody.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You know what I mean?

[Jacqueline]

You only put one person for the place. I just think it's weird when someone's like, when someone gets mad that you did the same thing they did to them. Like I said on Traders all the time, someone does the exact same thing you did to them, then they get mad. Like, why would you do that to me? That's just weird to me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Mia Starr voted Jane four out of which I think. Okay, so with the Florida lions, she had Athena. No. Yeah, she had Athena first. But, like, what were the other places? Like? I mean, I think Jane was one of the best that we. Maybe Mia didn't think so, but she made it clear.

[Jacqueline]

I guess the other girl was. Was Discord, who was Florida. Was she part of it?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Kenya. Mia said, you're going to put Kenya first. So Kenya and Athena and then someone else and then me, Jane.

[Jacqueline]

So, yeah, it's all revealed for Some reason Nene feels the need to tell Kenya. I was like, why did you. Why did you, like, keep that to yourself, bro?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You are predictable and unoriginal and uninspired. You fucking raggedy South Carolina bitch.

[Jacqueline]

Like, baby, why does that matter? And why did you need to say that? Like, I honestly don't get it. Who is this helping? And I know what's the thing. Is it kind? Is it necessary? What's it Someone knows? Is it kind of.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't practice this.

[Jacqueline]

It's something like when you got fear of something to say to someone, ask yourself, is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it important? Or something like that.

[Monet X Change]

I can't remember.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I said this last week, but it still sends me. That Vita idea of helping her bestie Discord was putting her second to last is crazy to me. I just don't understand what in Vita's mind, though, like, ooh, this is fierce. I'm gonna help. That's my girl. That's my sister. Out of six, baby, I got you mine. I'm gonna make you number five. Out of six. Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

She really went on and on about.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It, too, you know? You know? Where's she from? Alabama. Open the schools, Monet.

[Jacqueline]

You can't say you're from Alabama.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This is crazy. Girl, it's common sense. Open the schools, Barry.

[Jacqueline]

Monet. We have places if you're. Guys, our patrons are watching this with us live. If our patrons are here. You're from Alabama. I want to say, I do not feel the way about y'. All. You are my cousins. You're my aunts.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I know someone from Alabama.

[Jacqueline]

Me, Bish.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I know I do. You're the one.

[Jacqueline]

Gavin said. They did say impress that Nina, that Nene is so harsh, unexpectedly, and can't read the room. Like her telling Kenya she was unoriginal and predictable. So apparently this is, like, documented in the press. This was said that Nene is harsh and unexpectedly harsh, and she cannot read the room.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, got it, got it, got it.

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

RuPaul comes in and he announces that this week they're doing a parody political ad challenge. You do one of these year season with a girl.

[Jacqueline]

It's usually during. Only during a presidential election year. It's usually every four years. So it's weird that it's happening now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, I mean, this is a midterm year.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, but it's never been during midterm years. It was on season eight, it was on season 12, it was on season 16. And now we're doing it again.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, you know what, Bob? Bob, you know, I think that times are tough, so they're trying to activate the youth. You don't mind, do you?

[Jacqueline]

I don't have any problems with it. They hold their vote.gov sign at the end of every episode. I'm just, I'm just noticing I'm breaking the pattern is all.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was like, I was like, I was like, why the fuck are we spending the time on a political challenge? I mean, is there anything, Is there something going on I should know about?

[Jacqueline]

What I said all I said that it's normally during a presidential election year, which has historically been true three times now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So the pairs are actually no, 4.

[Jacqueline]

8, 12, and 6. It's been true four times now. Oh my God. This is. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What?

[Jacqueline]

Has Drag Race been around for four presidential elections?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, girl. Which by the way, I started Watching the Reality Check, America's Next Top Model documentary on Netflix. It is so fucking good, y'.

[Jacqueline]

All.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It is so good, y'.

[Jacqueline]

All. I'm watching tonight. Me and Tassie are watching tonight. Right, baby?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, the pairs are Vita and Darlene, Jane and Kenya, Discord and Nene.

[Jacqueline]

Before we go on, I just want to say something that the patrons who get to watch us see is finally, they get to see Jacob.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, yeah.

[Jacqueline]

Paige. That I love seeing Jacob. Tell y' all to wrap it up.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, the pair. Do you want to interrupt me again, or can I go on with the pairs?

[Jacqueline]

I actually have them written down. So it's Vita x Darlene, Jade x Kenya, Juicy X Mia, Mikey X Athena, and Nene X Discord.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I had it written down as well. Bitch, what's your point?

[Jacqueline]

You never write them down.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was literally reading them.

[Jacqueline]

I was literally reading. This is new. I always write them down. Always.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What the are you. Oh, my God.

[Jacqueline]

See, go back. Historically, this is. What?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's because this is. Oh, my God. The emojis. Danger.

[Jacqueline]

That is funny. Oh, my God.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Jacob. Can it be your merch, Jacob? Now Jacob has merch.

[Jacqueline]

I don't think I need merch. Not basically. I mean. So who would you want in your team, out of all these people, who would you want your team for a political challenge?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I would want either Jane. I would go with either Jane, or I will go with Mikey. Those are the only two. Everyone else, I'd be like, no.

[Jacqueline]

Literally, what I was gonna say, I would want Jane or I would want Mikey. And I think that somebody is feeling that once they start writing. We'll get to that in a second. So they're picking. They have to pick their propositions, right? And me and Darlene are going back and forth over this. The props they want, and as soon as they start arguing, my first thought is, there's just no way on God's green earth Darlene is winning this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why? Tell me about that.

[Jacqueline]

I don't. Darlene don't got that dog in her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, you mean. Oh, you mean. I thought you meant the challenge. You mean this. This fight for the role?

[Jacqueline]

Yes.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was like, why? Yeah, Darlene. The Darlene scenes. But, I mean, she went longer than I thought. I thought it was gonna be like a. Mia's gonna be like, no, bitch, I'm doing it. She'll be like, okay. But she went back and forth for a little bit. She didn't give up immediately, but Mia.

[Jacqueline]

Got that dog in her. She was dressed like the poodle. She was that dog.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Let me say, the more and more the season goes on, I'm like, oh, Mia is from 305. Mia is from Miami 305.

[Jacqueline]

Her and Mr. Worldwide, honey. Her and Mr. Worldwide.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Mia. Mia's giving City Girl.

[Jacqueline]

So eventually, obviously, Darlene backs down and Mia gets to have the property she wants, which ultimately, in the end. Wow.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Which I want to say. I love. It was. It was so good. So good. Just as soon as Saint Lucia, when someone recommends rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors. Me was like, no. I was like, absolutely. Look at a rock, paper, scissors.

[Monet X Change]

I don't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm not going to give y' all a chance for me to lose. The answer is no. I love that.

[Jacqueline]

No, it was Darlene. Darlene said you. I would have been like, well, if you're so willing to lose it, override scissors, just go ahead. Just back out. That's what I would have said. If you're willing to risk it with. With a 1 in 3 chance, go ahead and back out right now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And that is why you are. See this.

[Jacqueline]

This is.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This is the fucking mind manipulation. Bob does this. This.

[Monet X Change]

This.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This is the kind of shit. This is the kind of shit. This is why you are. This is why Bob.

[Jacqueline]

Heads are.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Are fucking Trumpian. That is. That is a fucking Trump shit.

[Jacqueline]

That's not true, Monet. We've already discussed how you. One day I'm gonna do a whole video about why Monet is more Trump than any other RuPaul's Drag Race contestant. That. So you have one more time to call me, and I'm going to do a full video, a two hour video on why it's actually you. And you'll have no rebuttals. Let's start with you calling for Tao over here like he's Cody. And you'll notice that Tao never got on camera. He never got on camera.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't want Tao to get on camera. So he actually played into what I wanted.

[Jacqueline]

Clear it up. Yeah, clear it up.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You're just mad because Ty and I are both West Indian and you'll never be West Indian. Your fucking raggedy ass. You will never be fucking be West Indian. You'll always be from the South.

[Jacqueline]

Yes, this is true. Yeah, that I'm mad. I do not want to be West Indian.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You're jealous. It's fine.

[Jacqueline]

Anyway, you're making the hairs on my ears stand up.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I wrote down. It's gagging me that Mia wants, like that she wants this titty role. And when they get to groups, she has no idea how to start, I'm like, you just want it just because it's about titties and you like wearing titties. I think that is not, like, girl, think in your mind, what do I have something to say about? Not what do I have a good prop to go with? That was crazy to me.

[Jacqueline]

What's really crazy to me is that the last time that Juicy did a good job, Mikey was literally her acting coach. And Mikey is literally. Juicy's like, I want Mikey. Juicy was like, I. Juicy was like, I need Mikey. Literally out of her mouth being like, damn. Last time, Mikey told me, told me what to do step by step. She gave me every beat, and now I don't have that. And Mia's not helping me. Both of us sitting here looking crazy as hell. But also at this point, I'm like, girl, Juicy, at some point, you gotta do it by yourself. You got Dane writing your lyrics. You got Mikey telling you what to do in the acting challenge. At some point, it's gotta be you, Miss Mama.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But she's not an actor. Like, I say this every season. I don't prescribe to this thing that every. Draggers go after everything. You're not an improv. You're not an improv, you're not an actor. So if you could do it. Going to do a challenge. Like, for example, a la Jinx Monsoon. If it's a design challenge, Jinx is a horrible seamstress. She's on about clothes. So. So on design challenges, she got Trinity to basically help her make her outfits. And that's clear.

[Jacqueline]

Juicy has someone make her outfit. Juicy has someone write her lyrics. Juicy has someone in culture through her acting. That's not. That's not one thing, Monet. That's three different things. Something by yourself.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She can sing.

[Jacqueline]

What she said. Did she sing? Well, yeah, I. I don't remember. Anyway, I just.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But.

[Jacqueline]

But she didn't sing the lyrics anyway. I just find that kind of wild. So they start filming, and we have Athena and Mikey first. So Athena and Mikey. Mikey is making Michelle laugh, and Athena is like, you know, battling with Michelle for creative control. But Mikey is making Michelle laugh, which is a good sign that you'll probably make RuPaul laugh.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, for sure. Michelle Visage is normally, as they say, a bellwether. Am I using that term right? A bellwether.

[Jacqueline]

A proxy. No, RuPaul. She can serve as a proxy for RuPaul. I don't know what bellwether is, though.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I never. Bellwether is a leading indicator, personal thing that. That Signals the direction of a future trend. Yeah. So klsd, you could use bellwether. The Michelle is a bellwether group.

[Jacqueline]

That's not a future trend.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It is like. It's basically like predicting something. That's what, like, a bellwether is like.

[Jacqueline]

But for a few before. You keep forgetting the big part. That said, for a future trend, like, you.

[Monet X Change]

You.

[Jacqueline]

You keep throwing that part off for a future trend. So it's not a bellwether. Nice try, though. It's okay to be wrong. I get words wrong all the time. Less than you, but I get them wrong all the time. I thought it was a Cadillac converter.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What is that?

[Jacqueline]

A catalytic converter? It was a whole conversion we had on the podcast.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't remember. Wait. Jinx having shown to make her entire dress and then giving her a legendary legend star to Evie will never not be wild to me.

[Jacqueline]

Can you read that? She did the thing that. I hate, y'. All. It drives me crazy. Monet will have to read something for Cameron. She'll go. Moving on. Read the fucking thing, Monet, so they can hear it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Jinx having Trinity make her entire dress and then giving her a legendary, legendary legend star to Evie will never not be wild to me. Laugh my ass off.

[Jacqueline]

So next up, we have. Wait.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

First of all, you have some nerve.

[Monet X Change]

Truble.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, listen, I said I'm wrong all the time. T R U, B, L E. I've said it wrong all the time.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Honestly, there needs to be a civil rival clip.

[Jacqueline]

Somebody to clip that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Mitch, can you please clip that trouble moment? I don't think that was a joke. What's really funny to me is that the moments where Bob has his little moments, they don't make it to eclipse when I have a little flow.

[Jacqueline]

Let me assume you don't watch our. Our Instagram. Anyway, so you're wrong again. Anyway, so up we have Juicy and Mia, and I'm. Why? Okay, I don't get why Juicy's wearing these, like, flip flops, these sandals.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Because.

[Jacqueline]

What is she wearing? I don't get. Why is she wearing that? What's the point?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't get the outfit. She's supposed to be, like, a Greta Thunberg. Like, I think she's trying to give, like, hippie, like, bohemian salt of the earth kind of, like, thing. But it's not reading as that.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, I don't. It's. It's not that at all. Like, there's nothing about what she's wearing that is giving Greta Thunberg or.

[Monet X Change]

Or.

[Jacqueline]

Or Granola mom or anything. It's just like a crop top and a mini skirt that's literally in some, you know, it looks like a dancing queen who is backstage waiting to go on. And she's wearing sandals.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I think that she should have worn. I mean, again, she should literally just get, like, Greta Thunberg, like, sad little bone straight wig with a little, with a little scrunchie at the bottom of it. Like, she, she should look like more homely.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, I, I, I don't get, I do not get what she's wearing. I don't get it. It looks weird. She looks lost. And then Michelle just straight up tells.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Juicy, you're boring, which is not constructive, I have to say. Well, when we did All Star Seven and we had Janik Sabravo direct the Christmas the Bitch who Slate whatever the fuck the thing was. Janicza Bravo was really honestly directing us. Like, love Michelle. No shade. But Michelle is just saying boring. Like, Janikza was like, okay, Yvie, I like that. Maybe try doing this. But, like, they were actually, like, coaching you and directing you and trying to give you inspiration. Michelle's just being like, no, hate it. Boring.

[Jacqueline]

That's good.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like, that's not directing, bitch.

[Jacqueline]

I was thinking back to the time that Alyssa Edwards kept giving y' all that horrible, horrible advice. And all I kept thinking to myself was, I would have had to stop and be like, this is bad. To be like, I'm sorry. This is really bad advice. Like, you're bad at giving advice. We, we need you to be more clear than just bigger.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Someone had someone put a compliment on Twitter this week, and I was telling me that you and I do accomplish. I was doing bigger, and then there was one with sugar, sugar. And then it was like, leader, leader.

[Jacqueline]

Booger, booger, booger. So now we have Discord and Nene, and Discord gets some, get some laughs from the show, which is obviously great. And then she. But at one point, she goes that she's elegant. I don't know that Discord sees how she actually is. She goes, well, I'm. Normally, I'm perceived as very elegant. And I'm like, I don't know. I would call her elegant.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I wouldn't call her elegant either. I would not call her elegant.

[Jacqueline]

I think she's stoic.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I would say stoic. So stoic is a good word for her. But it's not elegant, though I also think, like, across all of these, like, and again, I know, like, it's, it's, it's, you know, A little easier. And it feels safer to go with, like, the archetype. Like, a lot of these. The opposition to. To do, like, the bad thing. It always leans to, like, stutter lady. Who needs. It's, like, always that I'm like, again, I know it's a little. It feels a little easier, especially when it comes to politics with our. With. With how conservatism is tied with a lot with that archetype of person. But I'm like. I feel like three. Like, three of the groups did that.

[Jacqueline]

I know at least two did, because I saw Athena was southern and I guess was Nene's other. Yeah, Nene was Southern.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, yeah.

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Doing.

[Jacqueline]

But Discord basically talks her through the whole thing.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. Which I. I was. I was impressed.

[Jacqueline]

I've seen that Discord is a really good team player. Everyone seems to really like Discord. No one has an issue with Discord. She seems to.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's not true. I. I personally, I like that chord. I don't like this.

[Jacqueline]

That was ass, bro. Bro. That was buns, bro. Yeah, I'm with Jacob, but I just don't. I just don't find her to be, like, elegant. I don't see that for her personally.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But wait, Vita. Vita is not nailing her characterization at all.

[Jacqueline]

We haven't even met Vita yet, bitch. We haven't even got to Jane and Kenya yet.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, I'm just jumping to my notes, bitch. We don't have to go in exact order.

[Jacqueline]

Yes, that's what. Let's go talk about the lip sync real quick, then.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, okay. Well, I thought that in the lip.

[Jacqueline]

Sync, bitch, we go in order anyway.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

In order of the section is not like the. We always go in order.

[Jacqueline]

Are you taking your notes? Do you rewind back and forth? What are you doing?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I do. Sometimes I watch the whole thing. I'm like, wait. And I go back. I do do that.

[Jacqueline]

Yes, I bet you do when you watch the show because your opinions stink. Let's go back to Jane and Ken. That was actually great. Jane said the Tee he community that sent me, the Teehee community, was such a funny line.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't remember.

[Jacqueline]

And then Jane says that Kenya is funny, and I have to ask a question. Like, funny. Like, I'm assuming the funny is going to be in the video because I don't find it funny. I can't tell if I'm reading this wrong. And chat. Help me out if I'm being crazy. Help me out if I'm crazy.

[Monet X Change]

Okay.

[Jacqueline]

I feel like sometimes with Kenya and certain other queens Symone does this time, too. The humor is, I'm black. The joke is I'm black. Because when you're outside the world, the joke can be, I'm gay or I'm a drag queen. But they can't be the joke here, because everyone's a drag queen. Most people are queer. But sometimes I feel like with Kenya, like, the joke is, like, I think.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

There'S some validity there, but I don't think that's. But I, I, I don't mind that. Like, I think that Simone, her characterization of Is your blood sugar low? Yes, it is. It is.

[Jacqueline]

What you just say rewind back.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They call it rewind back. They're saying that me saying that I go back and forth is. Is essentially saying rewind back.

[Jacqueline]

Like, I said. You said rew.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I did not say the words rewind back. I did not say rewind back. I know I did. Anyway, 1080p.I. Yeah, I don't, I don't think there's anything wrong with that, though. I don't, I don't think black people. Simone, doing. Is your blood sugar low? I don't think there's that, that's a problem.

[Jacqueline]

I don't think there's anything wrong with it. But my question is, like, is the joke that you're black? Is the joke I'm black? I.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

In Kenya's case, no, I think she's. I think she's giving more like the old drag queen at the bar that thinks she's. She's like the big bad bitch. Like, I always, I always, always go back to this. That from Bebop's in Mobile, Alabama.

[Jacqueline]

Oh, B. Bob's will always send me that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That, like Kenya.

[Jacqueline]

No, but the Bebop's queen is more like this, like, the Bebop queen. She doesn't do this. Be my queen is like, you have a queen is like, literally, like, if Bianca never got rich and famous, was white, and was somehow skinnier, was she. Why, I don't remember.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So long ago.

[Jacqueline]

Of course. Yeah. She smoked and she talked to you, and she literally put the cigarette to your face when she was speaking to you, and every time she hands you something, it's with the hand that has the cigarette in it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

I don't watch Drag Race.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. But I think I'm saying, like, every bar has that person. And I think Kenya is playing the one at her home bar in South Carolina. That is that, in my opinion, like.

[Jacqueline]

Q did the same thing. Q's not black. But her joke is, I'm acting Black.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, that was different.

[Jacqueline]

You guys know I'm a huge fan of anything that feels nostalgic. And for me, nothing hits quite like a cold root beer. It takes me straight back to the 1950s when I was a kid and summer barbecues. But as I've gotten more health conscious, I realized that traditional soda just isn't gonna fit my lifestyle anymore. I don't want to, you know, sugar crash, but I also don't want to give up that me time ritual in the afternoon. That's when I found Olipop. I love these sodas. Honestly, Jacob actually turned me onto these. They're absolutely delicious. It is a new kind of soda that completely reimagines the experience.

[Monet X Change]

I'm drinking the classic root beer right.

[Jacqueline]

Now, and I'm telling you, it is the exact taste that takes you back, but without the downside of traditional soda. What's wild is that it's actually a functional drink.

[Monet X Change]

While most of us are missing out.

[Jacqueline]

On our daily fiber, actually, two out.

[Monet X Change]

Of three Americans suffer from digestive issues.

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacqueline]

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[Jacqueline]

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[Jacqueline]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't even know what they have.

[Jacqueline]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

There's so much protein on everything now.

[Jacqueline]

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[Jacqueline]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Jacqueline]

Order plus a free $60 gift someone said I don't think it's is Someone said it's not bad, it's safe. That's what Brandon said. Is Brandon Black find out before and.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Then RR RVDR said I couldn't get into Kenya cuz the Chris looking at the camera. I don't get what I mean the Chris. Who's the Chris?

[Jacqueline]

I don't know what that I couldn't get into Kenya cuz the Chris looking at the camera. I do not know what that means. You want to clear it up? You want to clear it up in the comments. Let's move on to Vita and Darlene which you was jumping to get to anyway.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, Vita is not nailing her characterization. I think oftentimes a lot of a lot of what it is is that Vita is lacking energy. Like in the talent show her thing had no energy when she did the when did the the the RDR live it was lacking energy and now again it's just. She's just like I'm like bitch take a five, take a bump. Do something to like give the role, give the character Some life. It just feels like. Like she doesn't care.

[Jacqueline]

What I found odd was during her interview. During her. Her interview or her, you know, in confessional, she was like, I'm not the. I'm. Hi, I'm V. I'm like, girl, then whatever. You just did do that little bit for the whole time. She was like, ah, I'm not this kind of queen. Maybe you should be. Just for the acting challenges. Maybe just for the challenges. It's acting, mama.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Acting. Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

Acting.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. And I had no idea that Mikey was a. Did I miss them? Mikey is from Florida.

[Jacqueline]

Yes. That's a. That was a big part.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So why wasn't she part of Florida Alliance?

[Jacqueline]

I guess because she's not part of the family. I guess you remember them getting all. Here's what I find weird. Vita. Okay. I think that if Vita. Because Vita didn't know what. Vita didn't know what B roll was. And Michelle's like, we're going to shoot B. She's like, no, I don't need B roll. But she didn't need. She didn't know what it was. And I think that maybe a quick one. I guess Michelle did try to explain it. It wasn't a great explanation, but, yeah, she's not good at acting challenges. She's just not good. Like, God bless her, she's not great, you know?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. And I mean, I think. I think, you know, just, like, girls take sewing classes. I do really think that in your local town. And maybe, you know, in. In some towns, it may be harder to find, but girl just pop into one little improv class for all the season. 18, 19, 20 girls. What is this? No, this is 18 right now, right? Oh, my God.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Jacqueline]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

For all the 19, 20, 21 girls. Just. They cost, like, 50 bucks. And just go take one. You can pop into an improv class. A really. A beginner one. I just go take one.

[Jacqueline]

Have you ever taken improv class?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, in college. What to do in college.

[Jacqueline]

You never done one, like, after college? No.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, no.

[Jacqueline]

So now let's talk about the makeup. Right? So they're doing their makeup, and Discord talks about having a crazy. A conservative roommate who she think. Who she thinks was conservative. Radicalized by the conservative right. And he destroyed, like, came home and destroyed all of her drag. Like, destroyed it all.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That is crazy.

[Jacqueline]

And then a lot of these girls live in red states. Four of them live in Florida. One of them lives in South Carolina. One of them lives in. One of them lives in Alabama.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Alabama. Yeah. Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

So there it Is a lot of red state talking up in here, honey.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, which I've never had to live in a red second. And I mean, again, I've been to Florida stuff, but I guess living there is different than popping in for a week or two or whatever.

[Jacqueline]

You never lived in pa?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No.

[Jacqueline]

It'd be red sometime.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Hey. What?

[Jacqueline]

It'd be red sometime.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I never lived there.

[Jacqueline]

See? Wait, New York, New York. You lived in Atlanta? Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia be a red state sometime. Georgia's mostly a red state, but the.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Year I was there was blue.

[Jacqueline]

You don't know that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yes, I do. You want to look it up? You want to look it up?

[Jacqueline]

What year were you there?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was there in 19. 2000.

[Jacqueline]

Jacob, look up the voting records in the year 2000. Who won? Who won the great state of Georgia in the year 2000. It looks like Bush won a money. Just be saying shit. Talking like he was following politics in middle school. Lying ass nigga. You just be saying shit. Just. Just stop eating.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm not in the camera.

[Jacqueline]

Jade, stop eating. It looks disgusting. That is words from jadetheo. That's because Jade in the chat also, the chat is not happy about it. They do not like. They can hear what you're doing, and they do not like it. The chat. Monet. We are back to episode one of eight years ago. Stop. You can't stop eating for three. This is why your mama didn't let you in the fucking kitchen when the fucking curry goat was being made.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, my God. First of all, also, that was a microaggression. Don't you dare look at Tao when you say the words of curry groat. Nigga, when you say curry groat, you literally look like cow. You like curry goat.

[Jacqueline]

That was crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yes, you did.

[Jacqueline]

I did not do that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I saw you.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, Tower ain't no damn curry goat.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, you looked at him still. I don't know why you looked at him.

[Jacqueline]

Look at you. That's not true. That is not true.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Let's.

[Jacqueline]

Let's look at these outfits. See? Green leaf. Shut your ass up. I like the eating block. Green leaf. Let's get into the black green one.

[Monet X Change]

All right.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, Jacob, are. Are you going to run the looks or do I need to open my own document?

[Jacqueline]

No, RuPaul was. Was given a little stiffy on. I don't know. It looked like she was this dress. I don't know if her corset was crazy type. RuPaul was walking stiff and usual today.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I didn't notice it didn't. It didn't it didn't stick out to me.

[Jacqueline]

Everyone is dressed so dark, except raw. Like everyone going to a funeral.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Have we acknowledged RuPaul's new and let the best woman win? Have we talked about that yet?

[Jacqueline]

No, I have not noticed this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What? Girl? It is no longer than the best woman. When it is the best woman.

[Jacqueline]

When maybe she doesn't want to shave her armpits. No, there have been times where I did. Where I forgotten to shave my armpits right before I got out there. And I was like, I gotta just get one of these shows today. Excuse me. But she looks good, though. Let's go. Let's move on to the queens.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, let's go into the girls. Okay.

[Jacqueline]

Jane Donne is doing a nod to Leigh Bowery. And the theme is. I can see right through her, like, you know, sheer and clear and translucent type vibes. I like this. I think. I don't think. I wish it was a hard front wig and not a lace front. That's my only wish for this. For this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I will say this, girl. Just because you do a face Keeny does not make a Le Bowery. Like, just to do a face Keenie and a full catsuit does not make it Leigh Bowery. There are other elements that make something Leigh Bowery. And I did not like this. I thought this was ugly online, apparently. Did you get why she did. She did. Why she did the black and white checkerboard? No, because, you know when you do, like, an image, an invisible image, like a vector image, it's like that.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like, that's what she's trying to do. But I didn't get that. And then she had to go online and explain it. If you have to go that hard to explain your look. You trying to do too much. Girls. Be loving to go and try to be so cerebral. Like, I'm gonna do a vector transparent png. Just be invisible. It's too much. I didn't like this.

[Jacqueline]

I liked it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I thought it was cute.

[Jacqueline]

I love a face Keeny. I did a nod to Levi on my season. It's just a nod, Monet. It's not like a recreation. Like, mine was just a nod.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Which one of yours? Oh, the. The paint drip.

[Jacqueline]

The paint drip.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But that was more Le Bowie than that to me.

[Jacqueline]

Well, than this.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Sorry.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, I was. Yeah, yeah. I mean, anyway, I like to. Let's go on to the next one. Now we have Kenya Pleaser, who, by the way, the other day, Ty was literally just randomly talking about, what's this fucking show?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Xenon girl, the 21st century.

[Jacqueline]

This raven Simone show. Oh, Xenon. Xenon. I have never heard of Xenon. Girl of the Universe.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I've never heard of Xenon girl of the 21st century. It is so good.

[Jacqueline]

I've never heard of this ever. And literally a day before I watched this, Ty was like, oh, I was showing him this. I was showing him chat. Please tell me if you are. If you remember the group together, please tell me someone remembers that MTV created a parody boy band called Together. You+sign. Me =sign. Us or us.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I only know that because Holiday was obsessed that we do that for opening number for Queen one year.

[Jacqueline]

I mean, I really love that group. They. They did a mockumentary. I thought it was really, really funny. And then t was like, you should watch this. This is music. And I was like, it was some group watching.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Zoom made my heart go boom, boom. My super. Yeah, I love.

[Jacqueline]

To. To be clear, Calculus is a way better song that Zoom, zoom, boom, boom song. It's called Supernatural Supernova Girl by a mile.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, Chad, can y' all chime in? What's better? It's Bob's. You, you, you, me, us, or Zoom, zoom, zoom.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, you sound old as hell.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Zoom, zoom, zoom. Wait. Talk about Kenya's look. Oh, yeah.

[Jacqueline]

I, I mean, I don't love this look. Also, she was doing too much about how perfectly fitted this cat suit is. Baby, it's a catsuit. Most catsuits are perfectly fitted. It like, it don't act like your cat suit is so over the top. It's crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I wasn't obsessed with this look. I didn't really love it. And like, the pink hats, I get the outfit on the, on the, the outfit on the outside is transparent, but, like, barely. I, I, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, like, love this look.

[Jacqueline]

The outfit on the out isn't barely transparent. It's completely transparent.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It is, but because the out underneath is so. Yeah, yeah. Translucent. Like, it just, it's not giving. Like. Yeah. I don't know. I, I, I don't like this.

[Jacqueline]

Let's go into the next look.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Sorry.

[Jacqueline]

Up next, we have. Okay. Juicy loved you. I like this look. Until she stopped moving. All I can see now is a clown head. It looks like a. Oh, my God.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's what I think. So. Yeah. I was like, I couldn't remember what it looked like. Yeah, it looked like, like, a bald cap. Like, the hair.

[Jacqueline]

Yes. During the judging, kept looking like a clown head and nothing else about it is giving clown. Maybe she had this, but with like, some sort of eye or something. And I don't think she ever intended. And also I kept thinking about how the cap looks so sparsely. Like, not sparsely stone, but like, why don't the stone go to the edges? Oh, the way.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah. You know, and I'm sorry, but I'm. Now I'm on the Naomi Small. Like, bitch, we need some hair. We need some hair, baby. We need some hair. What is everything is a bald cap or kitty cat. And y' all know I love a kitty cat. But, like, give us some hair, mama. And I don't like the quilting at the end of. Or whatever that is. Is whatever that.

[Jacqueline]

I think they're not. I think it's just the same thing on her head. It's just like semicircles. Like thousands of semicircles or hundreds at least, sewing in around the edge.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was like, there are millions.

[Jacqueline]

There's at least 400, I would venture to say where you get that number from? There's at least four. Look how skinny they are.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But yeah. So I wish this had hair. And I love it from, like, the thighs up. I don't love the little things on the end of the skirt.

[Jacqueline]

Can I say one more thing? She seems like someone. Or at least in this episode, she just puts glitter on her face with no discernment. It's not like in the strategic area. It's just like glitter is just on her face.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh. Cause she's using the one size Wicked glitter setting spray.

[Jacqueline]

That's what. I don't think that looks good on your face. I don't know.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Maybe. Maybe even like on a live show. It will look cool.

[Jacqueline]

Maybe on your body, but also maybe in, like, little areas. Someone said it's a scalar Scaparelli reference. Which. Y' all know I don't like these recreations. Y' all know I ain't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But it's like her second Schiaparelli reference.

[Jacqueline]

I didn't realize it was a Schaparoli reference. I don't know.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't realize.

[Jacqueline]

Famously didn't. I famously didn't know a Schaparoli reference on. On the legendary. And me and La Roach got into it.

[Monet X Change]

It.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I. I didn't. I didn't. I did not know it was this cap reference. So someone said this season.

[Jacqueline]

Hates to see a wig stylist. Common with a price quote. Let's go wigs and gray shaking in their boots.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Honey. Let's go on to Our next, Ed.

[Jacqueline]

Scissor, hands shaking in his boots.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I like that the judges didn't like this, but I like this. I like this. I like these over these, these. Over these exaggerated sunglasses. I like the silhouette of this dress. It's something like a little different for Nya and I thought this was cool. I. I like this look on her, cuz you can see the a. It's like an X ray dress. I'm guessing as you can see her bones underneath. I think this is cool.

[Jacqueline]

Which is ironic because we kind of saw it twice on the show. I like. I do not love these glasses, mainly because of how uneven they are. And it looks like they're so uneven that it's. That it's done intentionally, but I don't like it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I'm about to say I think it's intentional, girl.

[Jacqueline]

It's not enough to make it look intentional. It's enough just to make it look like she made a mistake. But I do. But I do. But I actually like the. I don't know what the judges were on. I like this dress.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Also this. She loves a high pony. She loves a high pony.

[Jacqueline]

I think she looks good, like, with a high pony, though.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think so too.

[Jacqueline]

But, you know, I would say normally her hair is a little too small. Bianca De Rio is right about that. So it looks nice to see her have bigger hair here.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

Or as you would say, bigger hair.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

That's literally what you just said.

[Jacqueline]

Bigger. Not saying bigger hair here. You would say bigger hair here anyway. Or bigger hair. Hair. What would you say?

[Monet X Change]

Say it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Bigger hair here.

[Jacqueline]

Bigger hair. Bigger hair.

[Monet X Change]

Hair.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Let's go on to the next one. This was cool.

[Jacqueline]

Yo, is Darlene eating these bitches up low key?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This was cool. This was a really cool take on this theme. Something that. No. Someone kind of thought of it, but not really. I thought this was really dope. I loved the differentiation, like, between the head and the body from this, like, effect she did. I was like, okay, Darlene, like what?

[Jacqueline]

That's what I'm saying.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The other episode, you said this was your best look, bitch. You had more stuff in the can. So she must have been pulling our legs.

[Jacqueline]

I think that for me, two weeks in a row now, Darlene has the.

[Monet X Change]

Best look, which is.

[Jacqueline]

Which I did not see.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I agree. This was dope. This is really cool.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah. And. And also, Darlene seems really. I mean, she's not getting a lot of camera time because she seems really, like, quiet calm.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

And she's not. So she. We're not really seeing much of her. We're not seeing much of anything.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Paige Johnson said no, she didn't eat anything. We'd see it in the Expert. I can't.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, I just, I just. I wish she was. I wish actually. No, her personality is fine. You don't have to have a bigger personality. I just wish that we got to see more of her because she's in there with some really big personal and she just seems really quiet. But she's actually kind of eating the girlies up, to be honest.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I agree.

[Jacqueline]

Let's go on to the next one. Jacob. We have Vita Von Teese Star and I gotta say this is not a good look.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It's not. I don't even know what the fuck I'm looking at to be honest. And it's so similar to what she wore last week. Last week she had a white leotard with all the little danglies on it. Like this is just almost the same thing. Just. She switched out the accessories. I don't get what she's supposed to be. Supposed to be like bubble.

[Jacqueline]

No, they're like splashes maybe.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I don't. This was not a great look for me. I thought it was pretty. It wasn't exciting. It was pretty safe and like it's polished. Sure. But I, I, I, I. This was fine. This was a fine look.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah. Let's go on the next one. Athena Dion. That's crazy. Is I would say my question is is she trying to make herself look 90 years old?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Every.

[Jacqueline]

And it's not just the gray hair. It's like the glasses down here. Everything like glasses. They're not on the bridge of her nose because how low they are. It makes it look like. Is she trying to look old?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't get it, girl. She looks like a. An old washed up fairy godmother that lost. That lost all her magic. And she's trying to find a way to make some spells again. She. This is an awful look. And she lined it with that gold thinking that that would be like the, the cunty thing that brings look over the edge. That was crazy too.

[Jacqueline]

I knew it was.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And then all like the thong stuff on her neck. This like the wig looks crazy. This was an awful look.

[Jacqueline]

Is it lined or is it just two sided fabric? There were one side is a different color.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't know what like is it.

[Jacqueline]

Is it lined with a different one? I can't tell but I.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And this silver gray metallic lipstick with the black liner is crazy.

[Jacqueline]

I can't tell if what the silhouette is, because everything is the exact same fabric. I can't tell where the coat stops, where the dress starts. This whole. This, like, I. I don't like this look.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, this is not good. And I've said it before, but I need. I need. I need her to get some more precision in her eye makeup. Like. Like for the past couple weeks, every. Huh.

[Jacqueline]

Smudges and circles.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Very.

[Jacqueline]

That.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm like, girl, where's the precision? The eye makeup. The eye makeup is not good. And like, just the other week, didn't. Didn't they tell someone that they should start doing makeup like her? Who said that? They said that to somebody, like, week one or two. And I was like, like, aina. I don't know. This is not good.

[Jacqueline]

Florida. Sh. I have to stop saying that. That's.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wait, what you say?

[Jacqueline]

Florida. The shock. I.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Stop saying that.

[Jacqueline]

Let's go on to our. I think our last one. Is this the last one, Jacob? Yes.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Yes.

[Jacqueline]

No. Oh, no. Well, we got more.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, yeah. Nini Coco. This was cool, but Akisha Carter, really good thought about this. She should have put lining in the hems of it so that it. So it would read more. Because now it just looks like you can't really tell if it's a suit, if it's a skirt, if it's like a dress with long sleeves. If she had, like, put some type of bias tape or some type of color tape in. In all the seams or the hems, that would have made it, like, give the effect a little better. And I agree.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah. This is so see through that. It's actually not working, in my opinion. I do not like how this looks. I think that something that makes me think. I just had an idea. What if someone came out, like, the clothing you get from the dry cleaners.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Someone. Someone did that already.

[Jacqueline]

Who did that?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They did it on a previous season of Drag Race. Someone came out, like, dry cleaning, like, the plastic thing and dry cleaning with.

[Jacqueline]

The plastic all over it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, someone has done that before.

[Jacqueline]

Oh, maybe that's why I thought about it. Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't.

[Jacqueline]

I don't love this look because I can't see it. Like, I get that. I get that it's supposed to be see through, girl. It's too see through to see through. Like, I can't even see what the fuck's going on with this fucking outfit.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I can't tell if it's a suit or if it's a dress. Yes.

[Jacqueline]

You might as. You might as well be wearing literally a clear Plastic bag.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Honestly, like, I really can't tell.

[Jacqueline]

Or at least have. Or at least had it be a different. Had it be like a slightly tinted. Like a. Like a slightly gray. Like a gray. Like a grayish version of something. I can't even. This is literally. You could be wearing a plastic bag and I would know any better.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But I will say what she has under it, I think having, like, the. The white lingerie and the garden stuff is very cool. Her hair and her makeup look gorgeous, but you just can't see the thing.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

And finally we have. Oh, wow. That's right. Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Monet. What's your fucking problem?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She's trying to go as like, a. Honest, like a biblical. A biblical description of an angel. And, like, I like the idea of this. I think it works from, like, the. The titties down. I think the mess that is. She's trying to do, like, the multiple eyes and the hair and the wings. Like, it just. It just gets messy from, like, here to here.

[Monet X Change]

I don't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I can't really tell. I'm looking at. And I know that's how angels are depicted in the Bible. They have, like, 19 eyes, and they have this and then the other. It just looks. I can't tell what I'm looking at.

[Jacqueline]

They had, like, thousands of eyes on them. This look is amazing.

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[Jacqueline]

This is my favorite thing she's won. She's worn. I don't think it is super biblically accurate. Angel no. 1. I mean, you know, some of. Some of the. Some of the angels were circled. The spirals of eyes spinning around. So obviously they can't. You know, some of them, like, they cover their face and they cover themselves, that their wings are covering their bodies. And she also doesn't have a weapon, which is odd because a lot of biblically accurate angels who are, like, humanoid in shape carry weapons. But I really think this looks amazing. I think this cat looks amazing. I think her makeup looks good. I think this face mask she's wearing is great. I genuinely think this is great.

[Monet X Change]

Wow. Chat.

[Jacqueline]

Am I crazy? Let me know.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Also, anytime someone puts white eyelashes on, I'm like, you clearly have never done drag before. White eyelashes always look fucking crazy.

[Jacqueline]

Let's go on to the talent shower.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Why are you trying to raise Nini Coco?

[Jacqueline]

Oh, shit. Nini Coco.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This is the first time Nina Coco wore something. I was like, this is ugly.

[Jacqueline]

What's happening?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She should have cinched more the knees and cinched more at the waist. She has. Look at that picture. On the right. She has no shape. She is.

[Jacqueline]

She wouldn't be able to walk in if it's. Her knees were stitched. This fabric doesn't.

[Monet X Change]

Doesn't have stretch.

[Jacqueline]

How is she walking?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

We should have cinched more.

[Jacqueline]

I like this look. I thought it was a really good.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Look, to be honest. I did not like it. This was a Nini Coco's first boot for me. I was like, no boot.

[Jacqueline]

I like that. I like the head being a candy wrapper. I thought it was really cute. Do. Is that the last one? That's got to be the last one, right?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yes, that's the last one now.

[Jacqueline]

Okay, let's go on to this talent show.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So talent show. Political ad.

[Jacqueline]

The political ads. Okay, Calm down. I thought Jane did a really good job. The Gunneria bit was great as I was literally raising my hands to my computer to type. We could use one more Gunneria joke. She landed it. And I deleted my. I deleted my text. Like, literally. I was like, we could have used. Can someone just treat my gonorrhea? Delete, delete, delete. Perfect.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It was.

[Jacqueline]

It was honestly really funny.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I said. I said my notes were hilarious. Really great references. I love the gonorrhea. And I said, Jane. Jane knows how to do comedy, and she does. I think Jane is the one who carried her team. Kenny was good as. As well. But I think Jane is the. Was obviously the shining star.

[Jacqueline]

See, I always have nice things to say about Jane. Of course someone's gonna super cut all the time. I said she was annoying, and none of the nice things are ever gonna make it in there. I thought that. I thought. I gotta tell you, I did not like Juicy's ad. Like, I didn't. I was irritated by it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I don't remember what I wrote down. I would have referenced some of the iconic drag Race girls who don't pad. Why did I write that? Oh, because her whole platform was like, no padding. Yeah. No body. And do you want to look like this? I was like, you should have referenced, like, it's Drag Race reference. Drag Race girl that don't pad and, like, shade them.

[Jacqueline]

But it wasn't just no padding. It was like. Like being nature. Being at one with nature. Be natural.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. I thought it was just, like, one asset of it that she could have done to level up the material because it was so. It was. It wasn't good.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, I would have thought. Yeah, that's a good point. Maybe statistics about global warming and carbon footprint and I don't know. I don't know.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, it was. It was not. Not a good time.

[Jacqueline]

Mia's was okay, but it didn't make me laugh, though. It was okay.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Darlene, I said, very fucking funny. When she says nothing is real. I wish a camera glitched. Oh, oh. When she. Cause. Cause she's going over, like, being in a bedroom queen and blah, blah, blah, and saying, like, nothing was real. I said. When she said for the third time, she brought up nothing is real. The camera should have glitched, and we should have seen that. She was just on, like, a green screen in the bedroom. She was like. And made me jump back to the scene. But other than that, I thought she was really, really, really stunning.

[Jacqueline]

I think it would have been funnier if the camera had a glitch and then she was in, like, a really shitty room. Like, she went from this stunning room to, like, a messy room with, like, underwear all over the place. Flies around just, like, a little. That's a really good note. She was really good. I think she could have won this week's challenge.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I agree.

[Jacqueline]

Between her look and her thing, I think she could have easily won this week's challenge.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I agree. I agree.

[Jacqueline]

I think that. I think Vita did a really bad job. But also, on top of that, the edit was not kind to her either. Like, it was bad, and they edited it poorly. They were like, now keep that awkward shit in.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They didn't have much to choose from. Probably, girl.

[Jacqueline]

Maybe it was.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It was.

[Jacqueline]

It was pretty bad. She needs to. Yeah. Take some acting classes. She was like, I'm not the higher type. What do you mean? You know, the energy type. This is what we do here. Get high energy. Have you ever seen the show? What's her name?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Vita? Someone said, tamar, ever seen the show?

[Jacqueline]

Do you watch Joe Tamar? Like, come on.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Someone said, Kenya. Kenya Eraser.

[Jacqueline]

When I read the read message so we can all hear it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, Kenya Erasure. Like, can you erase her? Erase her? Like, her name should be Kenya Eraser.

[Jacqueline]

And then laughing out loud and moving on. It's crazy. That's insane. You refuse to stop doing it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, wait. On.

[Jacqueline]

On.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Brandon. Laurent said at Roscoe. She blamed it on the edit. She being Vita.

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, she was at Roscoe.

[Jacqueline]

What do you mean by she? Let us know. You mean by she?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think it's cu. She was at Roscoe's this week.

[Jacqueline]

I don't know, girl. I feel like we. I feel like we were watching it and it didn't give at it to me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And it's. It's not like this. Like an outlier. This is like the third time we seen you try to act.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah. Like, I don't know, girl, blaming on the edit is crazy. Like, I feel like at this point we can't start. You can't keep blaming on the edit.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, learn. Take some responsibility for yourself. Learn from this. You don't know where the hell I come from. You have no idea what the hell I've been through.

[Jacqueline]

I think that the word trade did so much comedic. Comedic heavy lifting in this thing. Like, international trade is one of the. I cannot believe I haven't thought of that or I haven't even heard anyone say this yet. International trade. I cannot believe I've not heard this yet.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

International trade. I. I don't remember this kid. What did they say about international trade?

[Jacqueline]

The whole thing was about banning international trade.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jacqueline]

I kept thinking myself, God, this is so fun. Like, this is actually how. How has. It's right there in front of you. How is. I have. Not me. Not no one. Not even a friend. No one's been like, yeah, Girl International's raid.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, that. That's. That, that. That would be. That's a good bit for the stage.

[Jacqueline]

But I don't know, I thought that was. I was really gagged at how Bills were funny, that, that. But I think it did a big thing for Nene and Mikey. There was some funny about Mikey.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, Athena and Mikey.

[Jacqueline]

Athena and Mikey. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think. But, but, but because that was so funny and they worked really well with what they had. I thought it was great.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I thought it was great.

[Jacqueline]

There is something so funny about miking put a. Putting a blazer over her party girl outfit. I don't know why that sent me. She's had on the same outfit and she just put a blazer on top of the outfit she was wearing. For some reason, that fucking sent me to the moon. It was so funny to me. I do not know why. It just sent me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Overall, I think Mikey was the stronger of the two, but I think their whole bit was funny. But Mikey was the stronger one and we see that RuPaul the top two of the week. Well, it's not top two.

[Jacqueline]

Wait, can I read this comment before we get started? Ella Harris said she said the editor of her campaign was different on the show than what they saw on the critique. And I gotta say that is pretty standard because what they give you on the show is a rush at it. By the time it makes it to air, it is.

[Monet X Change]

It is done.

[Jacqueline]

Much nicer. So I'm pretty sure that my. My political campaign was different on the stage than it was at the thing. Do you think yours were?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, that's standard. They tell you that too. They were like. Like, they're like, oh, my God, we're gonna see it on stage. Like season 10. They're like, you got to see, like, a. A quick edit that we do because it's less than 24 hours that they have to turn it around, y'.

[Jacqueline]

All.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, it's less than 24 hours.

[Jacqueline]

So you were saying my name.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So.

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[Jacqueline]

What gagged me was that RuPaul did not. They didn't deliberate. They didn't deliberate by themselves.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, yeah. I think. Because I think the episode was. Was running long. I don't think it could fit it in.

[Jacqueline]

She was like, and while you're gone, we'll deliberate. Welcome back. I was like, oh, yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think that running long and that's like, what, a whole, like, like three minutes? That's a shotgun. But Mikey and Darlene were the clear top two. And Mikey wins. I love Mikey, but I disagree. I said Darlene for the win.

[Jacqueline]

I agree. Darlene should have won. I mean, I'm not mad at Mikey winning. I'm low key, rooting for Mikey for the season at this point. But, God, Darlene was really good. And to be honest, I don't think she's gonna win much else. Maybe she'll crush you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She might be the dark horse.

[Jacqueline]

I don't think I could be wrong. I'm always willing to be wrong. But I just think. I think this was her win. I think it was kind of. She could have got this win. Juicy and Vita are in the bottom together.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, wait, we didn't talk about Discord and Nene?

[Jacqueline]

What happened to her ninny?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Didn't we talk about them in their group?

[Jacqueline]

Oh, I said I think Discord was a little bit one note, but I think she still did a good job.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What was their thing again?

[Jacqueline]

Discord and Nene were doing Sister Dick will make you sick. Like, should you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. Alone. Kai. Kai. Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I thought that the strongest again, Nene kind of did this, like, Southern Bible thumper lady characterization, which I think is a little played out, but I'd rather you do that than flounder and like having no pov, so I guess that's something. But, yeah, I thought that they were.

[Monet X Change]

Fine.

[Jacqueline]

In terms of this lip sync. They are lip syncing to Dua. Lipa's so said if Jane doesn't win.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Snatch Game, she's gonna say a slur.

[Jacqueline]

She what?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She's gonna say a slur.

[Jacqueline]

What do Lipazone do they do?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What's the Duane Houdini. Houdini.

[Jacqueline]

Houdini, which. I actually like that song. I gotta say. I do agree that Juicy won. I think she was doing. I think what she was doing didn't make sense with the music.

[Monet X Change]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I gotta say, you see this? This, yes. She's a fierce lip sync kind of dancer, but it's getting kind of not boring. But it's like, all right, girl, we see what you do. Like. And also, it's not as bad as.

[Jacqueline]

Kenya Michaels doing pirouettes and lyrical during natural woman on season five.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Four.

[Jacqueline]

But, like, I just remember that the split was so weirdly timed. They had to add a noise to make it make sense. Like, it was just, like, back bends and then this big jump split at a point where there was nothing, like, nothing happening in the music. And I was like, what is. Like, why are you doing that? Like, I don't think that that's what this is. I don't think this calls for that, Mama.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. When you're a good dance like that, like, you only. Like, I think that you can only to really impress the judges and, like, do the thing you could you to only line the land in the bottom once, maybe twice. After that, it's like, okay, we done seen your little. And you walk over like, we've seen it, and, like, it just. It's not as exciting every time. Like, so I hope. Because now what? This is the second time we've seen her lip sync. If she gets to the bottom again, it's gonna be like, okay, girl.

[Jacqueline]

Last time, it was for a win, though.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I know, but it's still. It's still seeing the tricks. The same tricks and dips. So it's like, I hope that she doesn't land in the bottom again anytime soon, Especially when they're so close together. Like, space it out if you can.

[Jacqueline]

I mean, again, I do agree that she did better, but, like, I honestly feel like she better be lucky that Mia was not in the bottom with her, because Mia would. I. I genuinely think Mia would have cleared her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You think?

[Jacqueline]

Oh, I think Mia has a better. Well, just what I'm seeing, I don't know for sure, but, like, I feel like Mia just at her. At her age and her and also her career, what she's done. This girl knows how to connect to me. So you don't get to tour with that many big artists and not know how to connect to music.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. You know what I mean? I wrote that at the top of the lip sync, when she put her dress down. I mean, again, I don't know how this would have been how she slipped out of her dress. I don't know the mechanics of it. She's obviously a very skilled dancer. If she would have did find. If she would have found some way to backflip or back walk over back into her dress at the end, like, tricks like that, with your really finesse, fierce dancing would be cut. Again, I don't know. But if you. If you have that many skills dancing, you could.

[Jacqueline]

You could.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She could pull something like that off. I think we have money.

[Jacqueline]

But the dress. That's not how the dress works.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It was because. Because the. Because the corset was standing straight, so she, like, back, you know, high.

[Jacqueline]

She had to jump to, like, clear. And then. And then how. Who's zipping it up?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, but, like, just, like, back walk over into it and pull it up and just hold it at the waist and be like.

[Jacqueline]

Maybe there. I think there's an outfit that she could do that in because this one was so high. Maybe it was like a tall skirt and she could snip it, like a stiff skirt.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Jacqueline]

Into the skirt and then pull it back up maybe.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But you're.

[Jacqueline]

You're asking for the moon. This bitch is literally kicking the back of her head and you're like, oh, but what if she would have kicked the back of everyone's head?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wait. Gavin said, careful, Bob. Darlene brought up age and Miss popped off. Miss like mistress. Who's missing? Oh, Mia.

[Monet X Change]

Oh.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, be careful, Bob. Darlene brought up age and Mia popped off. That's true. Yeah. Bob, Mia, she gonna get you next. Mia's from the 305. She don't fucking play around.

[Jacqueline]

Mia is a woman of a certain age. She can move fast enough to catch me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You can get me Diamond. Love said. I also think Mia should have took the solo win for the talent show. Oh. Instead of Ru doing, like, a lip sync for the thing. For the win, maybe.

[Jacqueline]

No, for the.

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[Jacqueline]

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, got it.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah. Oh, my God. Someone said Monet explained, like, she can do it. Okay.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Abby Lee Miller. That was sad, but a crazy, crazy. Well, they want Juicy to fully become Simone.

[Jacqueline]

Listen, if you all want to be able to join us and comment with us and, like, watch us do these live, you can join our civil library Patreon at our top tier and our top tier Patreon get to watch us podcast live. So.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm so done.

[Jacqueline]

Thank you all for joining us and we'll be right back. Well, actually, we'll be over.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

We're going to. We're going. We're gonna go to. We're doing arm tech episode and we're also gonna talk about current events and we're going to talk about Domino Couture.

[Jacqueline]

We're going anyway. We're not going to be right back. We're going to the Patreon and talk about untucked and Monet. Really want you guys to know she's going to talk about Domino Couture.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

This is really important. No, not. Not just me. We we. French we we we we.

[Jacqueline]

Okay. I'm not part of your beef, y'.

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[Jacqueline]

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