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Katya Zamolodchikova
Hello to the Swedish people. It is me, your local leader and hometown girl, Trixie Mattel. All the way from Stockholm to Sweden. Hello. When I land in Sweden. There was a gay guy there last time. We came up and said welcome home and give me a hug. We are coming over to Ms. Norwegia Boots. We are. I love it there.
Trixie Mattel
You guys are so good. I am. You're going to be the.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The level of.
Trixie Mattel
Out of. Out of pocket. Never seen a pocket.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But you know what? I don't know. I don't know. I'm happy to. Stockholm is so beautiful.
Trixie Mattel
It is. They're really yanking it off.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So beautiful.
Trixie Mattel
They're really yanking it off. We're going to be at the Circus in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday, July 2 and at Concert House in Oslo, Norway on July 3. Artist presale is Wednesday March 19 at 10am local. Code bald for that. And then venue Pre sale Thursday 20th March at 10am local. General on sale Friday 21st March at 10am local. I said that weird, but you got the info?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yes, please. We are. We're American and we've been really enjoying our time leaving the country. So thank you.
Trixie Mattel
Thank you for having us.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I will see you at the program. I was in Australia, which is not American and it's crazy hearing how much they know about us because I can't tell you. I think Margot Robbie runs that Country. I don't know what's going on. Right. I think it's T.S. eliot. Margot. Is that Australian? I don't know.
Trixie Mattel
T.S.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Madison. She's legendary Australian.
Trixie Mattel
Huge, hugely Australian. Yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Nicole, not the ball worms. Oh, my God.
Trixie Mattel
Not the ball worms. Not the. I can't.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, I know. You know, I was really good while I was there, and as soon as I left, it was like. It was like I Men in blacked my accent. Now. I can't do it again.
Trixie Mattel
I tried. I rewatched the Nicole ad for our show and I was like, what accent was I trying to emulate there?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Moira Rose.
Trixie Mattel
Something like that.
Katya Zamolodchikova
From a. From a chip aean tribe.
Trixie Mattel
Okay, but tell me the highlights of Australia.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, sold out every city.
Trixie Mattel
I was very for.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Because, you know, I'm just going to be honest. We don't make the same kind of money traveling because it costs so much more to travel. You know this when we do Trixie and Katya live.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, I thought you were saying you make a lot more money than me.
Katya Zamolodchikova
No, of course I do. But in Europe and Australia, remember, gross, we make less money.
Trixie Mattel
Yes, yes, yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Because it costs so much more for us all to be there.
Trixie Mattel
Absolutely.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You know, the taxes, plus you have to pay taxes in that country. Like it's a whole thing.
Trixie Mattel
Yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So I was really happy it sold out. It was kind of like getting eight. Six or eight paid rehearsals. Six shows. I think it's like getting to do paid rehearsals. Why do you think Paula Pink disco? Because we hadn't debuted those numbers. The choreography.
Trixie Mattel
You did numbers.
Katya Zamolodchikova
There's different looks in the show.
Trixie Mattel
Plus, I saw that number. Girl, those moves were tight.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Mary. I know those songs. I know those. Let me tell you something. I may not be the best dancer, but I know the song.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah, I know the song. That was clear.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So in the show, there's. There's three numbers, there's three costume changes, plus I DJ the full 90 sounds.
Trixie Mattel
The heat.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Honey. Do you know what a heat rash is?
Trixie Mattel
Oh, do I ever.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I've never gotten one. Got it in Australia.
Trixie Mattel
What would you say to a heat rash?
Katya Zamolodchikova
My butt looked like Boba and FETA.
Trixie Mattel
That's where Ms. Gold Bond Gold Bond comes into the play.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I was putting aloe on my butt and sleeping on my stomach because I got heat rash from the heat. The first night was outdoors in Perth. It was at a place called the Courtyard, and it was nice and cold. Not one drop of sweat. I told Brandon backstage I was getting ready for Supermodel. The last number And, And I was like, what's wrong? I was like, you know in a movie when like they fire a bunch of bullets and everybody drops dead and the one person is like, oh my God, that was me. I couldn't believe I wasn't sweating the first night.
Trixie Mattel
I was like, I know. That was me in Germany.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Great girl, German.
Trixie Mattel
I was like, what is this feeling? What is this sensation?
Katya Zamolodchikova
It's Germany's greatest success. Was the air conditioning. Hamburg only outside. Yes, that's called outside in the winter. Okay, so then. But then things took a turn. Things got. Melbourne was. I was almost crying trying to reapply makeup backstage. It was so hot. I was Tanya Harding, like, crying, putting the blush on. Cuz I walked backstage to change for work at my like physical fitness section. The entire. This diamond shape of the foundation, gone. The nose is gone. The, the contour, all of it is gone.
Trixie Mattel
Mama, you need to get in one of these gals.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Honestly, completely gone. And I, I'm starting to do this with my boys. Fucking shit. I don't even fucking. Fucking come back. This. Fucking commit, like cursing everyone who works for us. Everyone who's ever worked for us. People who don't even work for us anymore.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah. People who are dead. Long dead.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Fuck that bitch. Yeah. It was so hot. And I started to get so mad because I'm like, I'm in my third year of doing this, let's just say. I mean, I'll be transparent. Me. Everybody involved in the tour, we had, we had a gorgeous. I gave them basically a gorgeous PowerPoint.
Trixie Mattel
Of like, what's the tea?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah, like this was the roses and the thorns. The show went so well. The rose of the trip. The show went well, the audiences had fun. Everybody wins. The thorn was when the heat is so oppressive and you know, I'm not. I have to wear a corset, like.
Trixie Mattel
And you're not a sweater, though. I mean, you're not a sweater. So when I'm sweating, that's hot.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You're dead.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, yeah, dead. Long dead.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It was so hot that I was like, you guys, I hate to be a hater, but Melbourne and Sydney, it was so hot that I. I couldn't enjoy it.
Trixie Mattel
Well, what is the audience going through? Probably the same thing.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That's the thing. It was just so hot. And yeah, it was summer in Australia, so I don't know what I'm complaining about. I go to a tropical weather in the summer.
Trixie Mattel
But you went to a first world country, an industrialized nation who I believe has access to electricity through which you can have air conditioning.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. And I also understand it's nightclubs. Nightclubs are hot.
Trixie Mattel
No, no, no. Shut it down. Shut it down, Shut it down.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But I would say of the six shows, three of them were very well air conditioned. I barely sweat, so I'm like, it is possible. I know it's possible.
Trixie Mattel
So when it flops, it's a big, big flop.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. But honestly, the tour went great. If you can see it in America, we still have some cities available. We're selling out, but please come.
Trixie Mattel
Are you doing numbers?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, yeah, numbers. This gorgeous dancer, zoj, who's like a supermodel who happens to be a perfect dancer. And then Tom Feeney, who's. I don't know. It's like Superman on stage. Yeah. I don't know. An amazing mover. And I love the numbers and I love doing the show. And even though I was. I'm in this like physical fitness headband with like, sweatband with. And I. I was so sweaty that I was like. I guess at least I'm like in character. Buckets coming off.
Trixie Mattel
You need to do a sauna number.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah.
Trixie Mattel
Well, you know what? I have a suggestion. This might be kind of interesting. What about a. Now hear me out.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Fuck em.
Trixie Mattel
No, no. What about an eye mask for the moments?
Katya Zamolodchikova
For like sleep.
Trixie Mattel
No, no, no. For performing where you can keep your mouth and your lower because you can do that.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Do you think we need to give. You think we need to give Texas Chainsaw mask or Leatherface?
Trixie Mattel
That's not where my mind went, but I'm into that. I'm thinking, okay, imagine the cuntest, all rhinestoned. You do the Batman eyes underneath, right? You do like whatever, a white or black or white. You know what I'm talking about.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Are you saying that I have Batman eyes that are whatever, black and white.
Trixie Mattel
You make a masquerade trixie fantasy mask.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Sure.
Trixie Mattel
And then you just do ba ba ba ba ba underneath. Because, you know, the makeup is not going to stay. The integrity is not going to. The shapes aren't going to hold.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I mean, a lot of it.
Trixie Mattel
I think that could be cunty.
Katya Zamolodchikova
A lot of it did hold up. I mean, this was after. Directly after a show. I retouched this a little bit.
Trixie Mattel
Well, I want to. So what are you complaining about?
Katya Zamolodchikova
I am gorgeous.
Trixie Mattel
What are you complaining about? Can we just talk about what are you complaining about?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Wow. People, I.
Trixie Mattel
So you're just lying?
Katya Zamolodchikova
No. Okay, but this is. This is the unretouched. I mean, this is okay too, I guess.
Trixie Mattel
Oof. No, I mean, that's fine.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You know, I felt you're not.
Trixie Mattel
You're a little bit far away. You probably looked incredible.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. And that's the hard thing about working with professional dancers. If you mess up, there are two people hotter than you doing it perfectly on either side of you.
Trixie Mattel
I know.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So your little mess up.
Trixie Mattel
I know.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Two people are flanking you, doing it perfectly.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah. They're saying, fuck you, bitch.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. So it's very inspiring. But you did great.
Trixie Mattel
I was very impressed with. Everything was so in unison.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, yeah. Well, I learned that. Can I tell you some of the other parts of the trip? I was in Brisbane. Oh, girl. Brazil.
Trixie Mattel
Brisneyland.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Brisneyland. Went to the Mecca Cheky Meccas. Got a nine dollar bucket hat. Cunt. So it says Macca's run on the front of it.
Trixie Mattel
McDonald's.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah.
Trixie Mattel
Okay.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, we know what Cheeky maccas have an ass. Chicken tender eating. Ice. Ice. Get it off.
Trixie Mattel
This is Bogan. It's nice.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And Bogan woke up this morning, hit a shower. Oh my God, so shaky. Mers Clark. So I see these two kids in Brisbane, and it's one of those double decker McDonald's fancy. So I see these two kids with empty water bottles. I go, damn, the kids of today go to McDonald's and there's no one to even buy them the water bottle. They had nothing in there. Why do they have toothpaste tubes? That's weird. Motherfuckers. These. I'm talking maybe 10, 12. These a little boy, little girl. These bad little kids.
Trixie Mattel
Ooh, bad kids.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Squirting glue into bottles and just huffing at the McDonald's. 10, 10, 11 years old. Huffing. Although we're talking squirting glue and just huffing and like. And I was like, huffing and goonin. And I'm telling people in Australia. Oh, was it in Queensland? All brizzy. I'm like, yeah. And they're like, that's us huffing glue.
Trixie Mattel
Out of toothpaste at. At Macca's in Brisney. Vegas.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I was in shock.
Trixie Mattel
That's so. Say it again. It's.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It made me sad. I had my new bucket hat on. I was feeling like Jennifer Lopez. And then I look over, Hell yeah. And then I look over famously of a Mac Appreciate. And I'm watching like the Nick Jr version of intervention. It was fucked up.
Trixie Mattel
Huffin. Felicity Huffman. I've. I've never.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Huffington Post. Juliana Huff. Yeah, it's horrible.
Trixie Mattel
Fuck. David Husslehuff. Hufflehuff. HR Huff.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And Stuff. It was fucked up shit.
Trixie Mattel
They huffed and they puffed and they fucking blew the. That Mac is up.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And then I was in Melbourne.
Trixie Mattel
Wait, so what did they huff again? It was glue. What kind of glue?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Automotive glue. Like automotive glue.
Trixie Mattel
What is automotive glue?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Glue for automotive. I don't know.
Trixie Mattel
Castro Syntech motor oil.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Why'd you look at a lesbian when you asked about.
Trixie Mattel
She got a computer. The research. This is the research. R and D over there. That is crazy. Yeah, that's fucking crazy. They were huffing and then what were they doing with the other things?
Katya Zamolodchikova
They were putting the glue in the bottle. And I'm like, you know, I'm Kitty Cariol. I'm not used to seeing that type of drug use. Like, I've seen drag queens do this with the nail and that's kind of cunty, I guess. I got offered so much drugs on these tour. A lot of drugs on these tours, too. I forget the club tours. It's like. And people been like, trixie was so happy. We're so happy you're here. We do have ketamine, if you.
Trixie Mattel
I'm like, I was just going to say, what for? Can I get a sugar free red bull for DJing? Could you imagine the music?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. So then I. I have this. Then I go to Melbourne, and in Melbourne, I go to this place called Silver Lake Social. That is a Silver Lake themed bar in Australia.
Trixie Mattel
Like Silver Lake, Los Angeles? Yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And I walk in and I think, like, I'm gonna authenticate this. Because I like to go into the American candy stores and be like, we don't even have that. We don't have that. You're a liar. Because they'll have Reese's puffs and shit, but then they'll have shit that we don't have. And I'm like, that's not American.
Trixie Mattel
Like, such as what? Those we don't know. Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It's like, what are you talking about?
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Or like Arrow. It's like, that's not an American.
Trixie Mattel
Never heard of it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
We don't have that.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, never heard it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I go to the Silver Lake Social and I'm like, I'm in a. They have a pool table there. A lot of pool tables.
Trixie Mattel
Okay.
Katya Zamolodchikova
A lot of pool tables in Australia. Please.
Trixie Mattel
Is that big in Silver Lake? Pool games? I don't know.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, go eat in the Chinatowns in each city. And I think there was lots of billiard halls in the Chinatowns. Really nice, clean billiard halls with groups of young men with the fancy glove on playing crazy Precision robotic level pool.
Trixie Mattel
Incredible. Did you ever get into the old, like, alley sitting on milk crates, betting with cards, Dice?
Katya Zamolodchikova
No.
Trixie Mattel
Okay.
Katya Zamolodchikova
We didn't have that.
Trixie Mattel
I don't even know if that exists. I see in a movie is a.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Lot, but it's, you know, it's one of those D and D dice, and no one knows any of it. Means your witch died or whatever they do. I don't know what they do. I don't know.
Trixie Mattel
City of the tour.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, I got to tell you what. Melbourne. So the Southern California themed bar, and I'm like, I guess I'll have a beer. And the. The bartender has an American accent, but has never been to Los Angeles. So I'm like, this is all very theatrical.
Trixie Mattel
That's cunty. I love it. With $28 for a cocktail, the service was great.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The vibe was great. It was a really nice bar. I would recommend anybody go there in Melbourne. And this lady comes up and she's had a few.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But she's there alone, and I can tell she's trying to talk to people next to her. And people are like, it's 4pm Barfly. Yeah. And she comes up to us and she. She. We're playing pool and she comes up and she's like, do you need one more? And I was like, yeah. And then she had a French accent. I tried to speak French to her and she didn't respond. I was like, great. She just has the accent, but no. So just the accent. Just the accent. So she comes up and she wants to play with us, and she thinks I'm going easy on her. She's like, I think you're being nice to me. And then she gets really close to me. She gets this close to my face, and she goes, you think I'm a nice girl? And I go, not just that, but.
Trixie Mattel
Like, she wanted to fuck you.
Katya Zamolodchikova
We're at a Los Angeles themed bar playing pool at 4pm I'm clearly gay. Well, you're on the pills or something.
Trixie Mattel
I don't think it's clear. Sorry. Sorry. To this man.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, I had a bra on. I'm just kidding. I had a bra.
Trixie Mattel
I had a bra over my blouse. It was so crazy.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I was just like, I don't know what. I don't know what to say.
Trixie Mattel
Did you fuck up? No.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She just got drunk enough that she kind of forgot she was playing with us and slithered away. And I was like, thank God, because I'm not lonely.
Trixie Mattel
Barflies at 4pm at Silver Lake themed bars in Australia.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. I just. I don't get down like that. And then I also noticed the gay people there are dressing very wild. Everybody has this Australian mullet.
Trixie Mattel
What's the haircut? Okay, yeah, because that's the thing that. That's the hairstyles that go. They have lives and trends way beyond America. They don't. We don't see that.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah, you know what I mean? In the uk, the men have that haircut. You know what I'm talking about?
Trixie Mattel
Europe too. Like, logic, different hairstyles. They never even touched the US soil.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Australia, they got that mullet right now.
Trixie Mattel
How do you feel about that mullet?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Who's it flattering? Unless you are drop dead gorgeous. It's sort of like when some people are like, should I wear crazy hats? It's like, okay, Margot Robbie can wear a crazy hat, right? Yeah, you look crazy.
Trixie Mattel
You look crazy and ugly.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So you need to balance it with a cute hat, you know?
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Because sometimes I think really hot people will get like, up bangs just to prove.
Trixie Mattel
I was just gonna say. I was gonna say I'm gonna turf bangs tomorrow and then maybe like pull out one of my teeth. Yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But the gay people over there, all queer people, everyone, they either look little baby slut princess or Van life.
Trixie Mattel
What is van life?
Katya Zamolodchikova
They look like they have unhoused individuals. No, not unhoused. Like earthy Patagonia.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, I understand.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You know, Van life hikers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like living off the grid.
Trixie Mattel
Tiktokers outdoors, outdoorsy types. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Which is very hot on anyone. Hot on girls, hot on men. I think it's a hot look. Or people had like baby slut princess looks.
Trixie Mattel
Even the boys?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yes. Just a lot of glitter and short, weird haircuts and a lot of clunky jewelry and. Good for them, though. I mean, I'm not the peak of fashion. I understand that.
Trixie Mattel
Any goth people? Any goth sightings? Not really.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I didn't see any goths. But also, how do you be a goth in the Australian heat? Well, I mean, black umbrella.
Trixie Mattel
Stay inside. Also, you're not gonna see them. And they're not gonna come to the pink disco. They're not gonna wear pink.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Somebody came to the meet and greet. There was a goth one. Goth. I saw complete goth. And he had pink contact lenses. He was like, this is all I'm gonna do.
Trixie Mattel
That's so adorable.
Katya Zamolodchikova
He said, great.
Trixie Mattel
That's adorable. Adorable.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, I for. I forgot to tell you that after at the ma. At the Maccas, the. The huffers called me a Poofa.
Trixie Mattel
That's a badge or on or bingo card moment. This is a life.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Huffing, 10 year old, huffing, glooming like and I was like huff. Sitting there in my bucket hat looking like Jennifer Lopez. Like what the did I do to.
Trixie Mattel
Your diet Coke out of your rhinestone cup.
Katya Zamolodchikova
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Katya Zamolodchikova
Okay?
Trixie Mattel
Have you seen it?
Katya Zamolodchikova
No.
Trixie Mattel
Yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Me, yesterday.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, fuck. Okay. Because I'm the whole time. This parade of fashion in the 60s office world, the hairstyles, the jewelry, the outfits, the looks from top to bottom are so up your alley. They're wedged right up your alley. Your alley is stuffed with these looks.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I check it out. Is that the. That's the program that made everybody horny for Jon Hamm.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, yeah, mama. But everybody's fire. Kiernan Shipka.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Okay?
Trixie Mattel
She's Sally the daughter.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Clips of it.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, Joan.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Because one time I did a Truvada commercial that was a spoof on that. Oh, fab So I played.
Trixie Mattel
Were you Christina Hendricks, the red with the.
Katya Zamolodchikova
No, I played grown up Sally Draper, and I was pitching like an ad and it was all 60s vibes with Jack Plotnick. You know him? No, it was fun.
Trixie Mattel
But everybody. This show is like. It's a. Everybody is at the top of their game. Hanue. So beautiful, so fabulous. But let me tell you what you don't want to do while you're watching Mad Men.
Katya Zamolodchikova
What?
Trixie Mattel
Quit smoking.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh. Cause they're just smoking.
Trixie Mattel
Every single person in the. There is not a scene where somebody doesn't have a cigarette. I think Sally starts smoking in the fourth grade. Like, I mean, it's crazy. It's crazy.
Katya Zamolodchikova
People smoke on planes back then too, huh?
Trixie Mattel
They're smoking in the. The doctors delivering babies with a cigarette.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Hanging out of the baby comes out with a cigarette.
Trixie Mattel
Yes. So I'm like. I'm like, on the one hand, I'm so enjoying this, and on the other, I'm like, why am I torturing myself? Because guess what, you fucking bitch.
Katya Zamolodchikova
What?
Trixie Mattel
You hoe. You Jennifer Lopez look alike.
Katya Zamolodchikova
What?
Trixie Mattel
I haven't been smoking cigarettes, and it's for like. Actually, I swear to God, there have been days where I've had one. Two today, zero yesterday, maybe one.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I was gonna say I saw you last time.
Trixie Mattel
We filmed last night.
Katya Zamolodchikova
No, no, no.
Trixie Mattel
Last night I had. That was two. That day. It was a bad day.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That was a bad day for me.
Trixie Mattel
Bad day. Very bad day. But only two.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Progress, Mary.
Trixie Mattel
25 to 2. That's a pretty good differential.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You used to smoke 25 cigarettes a day, sweetie.
Trixie Mattel
I could do 30. What are you. Who are you talking about? If I. If I'm on a roll on the phone, it's just one after the other. Oh, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That's why you're so tired. You are busy. I heard you want to go on vacation in Europe, and I literally said vacation from what?
Trixie Mattel
No. If it's not a vacation, it's a trip. I don't know why they said vacation. I don't like, you know, my life is a vacation. I got to go to work anyway. Anyways. So that. So I swear to God, I don't like.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That's impressive. 25. Smoking 25 cigarettes is impressive in a really dark way.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, yeah. But there was a whole week where I did none. You have to understand. And it's. And it's not like, it's not super difficult. I mean, I have this ex Program thing. I have. I was a little like, what is it?
Katya Zamolodchikova
What. How do you do it?
Trixie Mattel
So basically, it's like. There's an online support thing for you. It's. You get text messages that are, like, encouraging. It can be as. You know, you can use it as much or as little as you want. It can. It got a little annoying at first because I didn't want to. I didn't want to, like, always think about smoking all day, right? So I get a text and I'm like, oh. But then I was like, okay, this is actually kind of encouraging. And. But the thing is, the main thing, I don't want to smell like poopy, poopy poopy.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Can I say, that's the thing. Everybody has freedom. Everybody has autonomy with their own body.
Trixie Mattel
No, but you smell like poopy poopy Snoopies.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Also, the money.
Trixie Mattel
No. Yeah, the money of the money's insane.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I mean, the fact that, sweetie, you're very blessed that that's not enough money for you to worry about.
Trixie Mattel
No, but in college it was.
Katya Zamolodchikova
How does it. How does an. I don't wanna say normal. How does a person who has a standard income smoke 30 cigarettes a day?
Trixie Mattel
Do you know what 30 cigarettes a day in Australia costs you? About $60. The 25 cigarette pack Australian cigarette case is 50 Australian dollars.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That's crazy.
Trixie Mattel
That's what I would do there. I would pay. And you can't bring cigarettes into the country. So I would. I felt like, so, like, ashamed of that when I did that.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You know, next time we sell any concert tickets or show tickets that are 70 bucks, we should be like, for the price of one pack of Australian cigarettes a day, you can come support us.
Trixie Mattel
Yes, totally. That's why. But the vaping, too, is like. I didn't. The vaping is not like. I didn't really get into the vaping because it's. It's different. But, I mean, everybody's vaping. I swear to God, People.
Katya Zamolodchikova
We know. I mean, I think people know, of course.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, no, no, no. That's not surprising. But we can't name names.
Katya Zamolodchikova
We know so many people who I think are on Team Goody Goody with me that have been vaping and it's shocked. My jaw hits the floor. Somebody we work with, a famous drag queen, walked in and I was like. They pulled it out and did it. And it was so passive and involuntary. And my hand went. My eyes went from them to watching it go to their pocket to like. No, I was like. You remember in Mars Attacks when the first lady's like. That was me watching someone vape.
Trixie Mattel
No, I get it. It's shocking. Well, not shocking, but.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So what did the text say? Like, hey, girl.
Trixie Mattel
It's like, it would be like, you know, you can do it. You can do it, diva. Not really like that, but it's like, you know, it gives you, like, a statistic about, you know, saving money. Like, I mean, can you tell?
Katya Zamolodchikova
I mean, for me, I would know that maybe. For me, could I tailor it to be more, like, make sure the texts are telling me how much money I'm saving. That's the only thing that motivate me.
Trixie Mattel
Absolutely.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Or if you're health conscious, maybe it's a health.
Trixie Mattel
And then you can go online and you can, like, people have, like, they share their stories where it's like, it's. And I'm. I'm not to be corny. I'm not to be corny. Like, it actually helps to like, to know that people are going through. Because nobody I know is trying to quit smoking in my life.
Katya Zamolodchikova
They either don't smoke or they're a lifer.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, they're like, there's exactly so, like, I. And it's insidious, like, when every time I've, like, tried to quit smoking with somebody else, oh, my God. It does not work out. Because I see them and they're like, do you have. You know, and it's like, ugh. But I'm enabler. Yes. Yes. And it's so easy. You're just like, oh, it's smoking. It's not crack. It's not crack.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The crack people are saying it's not smoking.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, it's not crack today, but in 20 years, it's big time crack.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Do you have a history with having maybe an addictive personality?
Trixie Mattel
No, I don't.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So it seems like your body.
Trixie Mattel
This is really new for me.
Katya Zamolodchikova
How did you start smoking, Mary?
Trixie Mattel
This is the diabolical part. I was in sixth grade. I'll never forget Marlboro Reds.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You're the person huffing at the McDonald's, Mama.
Trixie Mattel
I was originating the shade at the Maccas. Okay? I was the shade originator.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The shade store.
Trixie Mattel
Yes. I remember so vividly. I smoked the cigarette. That cigarette tasted like the cat's motherfucking ass. That cat's ass. Like you rimming your tongue way up in a cat's booty hole. And I puked.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I can't even.
Trixie Mattel
Then I did it again. Of course not. So this is the thing about. That's why, like, the little reminders are so great, because it's like, it reminds you a. Hey, maybe you don't want to smell like the cat's ass. And then B, maybe you'd like to have an intimate relationship with someone who doesn't smoke, because that's non negotiable otherwise. Or C, maybe you'd like to save 50 Australian dollars a day. Or D, maybe you don't want to dive in for Zima. Ho.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I know. Can I tell if I could be vulnerable? I'm sure my mom won't mind me sharing this. My mom smoked off and on her whole life. She has emphysema. It's not a party.
Trixie Mattel
I could get it. Absolutely. It could be. I could have lung cancer right now. You know what I mean?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Kathy Griffin got lung cancer and had never even smoked in her life. So if it can happen to somebody who doesn't smoke, it can really happen to you, if you. You know what I mean?
Trixie Mattel
Of course I know. It's like.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I mean, I'm obviously, many types of cancer are treatable and they're surviving, you know? Yeah, but.
Trixie Mattel
But no, it's. I'm actually really. I'm not even proud of myself. I'm kind of in shock. I'm in shock because I was like, I got all this stuff today, and I was like, I was a perfect opportunity to smoke. I had just had lunch, and it was the time, the prime time to smoke. And I just didn't go outside and do it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I just walked in here today, and didn't I say, where is she? Is she smoking? And they said, no, she's over there.
Trixie Mattel
I haven't. It's bizarre. But you know what?
Katya Zamolodchikova
On Trixie and catch it live, you would hang out the window, mama, and see until the overture started.
Trixie Mattel
In between numbers before, hey, right after, hey, sexy sweating.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Then God's perfect breathing system during COVID you inside with the air conditioner, smoking in the house.
Trixie Mattel
That part that's sick. That is Grizzly Adams.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You know what else is different this time? Because I've seen you quit probably five times since Drag Race season seven. You'll quit. And you don't quit that one time, you quit for eight months. Remember this time before when you've quit, it's been a consuming thought.
Trixie Mattel
Exactly.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Every time I see you're, like, pissed trying to quit smoking. Pissed off.
Trixie Mattel
Peace. I have none. Right.
Katya Zamolodchikova
This time I wouldn't have known because it's not like a prevailing thought.
Trixie Mattel
I'm not. It started with Ubers. Like, there was three days in a row where I was, like, not driving and I had to get Ubers, like, so many in a day. And then it occurred to me, like, was like, oh, I think it's really disrespectful to get into this guy's Mercedes Benz smelling like a fucking lit cigarette.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Only in LA you're getting people's luxury Ubers.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
People here drive like, Cadillac Ubers.
Trixie Mattel
I know. I take them. Yeah. They're fierce and sometimes they're just as cheap as comfort.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah.
Trixie Mattel
Boopy. Okay. But so there's that. And it's. It's cool.
Katya Zamolodchikova
What is?
Trixie Mattel
But I get it. This is corny, too. David lynch dying really kind of like, put a bug in my ear.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Did he die of eczema? He probably only smoked as much as you did, mama.
Trixie Mattel
He was the smoker. He was the capital smoker. He smoked American spirit yellow. It's like they were going out of style.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah, but you're like that woman from Beetlejuice with the neck like. You're Juno, Juno, Juno. Your caseworker.
Trixie Mattel
Yes, totally. And I don't want to be like her. Ms. Monstro, Eliza Suey in the corner.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, I know.
Trixie Mattel
You know, because that's gonna be my insides.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, you know, when you stop smoking, a lot of the damage this has proven can rewind.
Trixie Mattel
Yes. And it's amazing how for you, it's.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Gonna take more than a couple days.
Trixie Mattel
I know, but food tastes better.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Food. It affects the way food tastes.
Trixie Mattel
Wild.
Katya Zamolodchikova
See, that's where my fat ass would.
Trixie Mattel
Draw the line because, oh, my God, it's crazy. And if you don't have a cigarette for a week, let's say. And then you smoke that cigarette tastes like Boo Boo Nasty. And you're like, why do I do this?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Really?
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a very wild. But again, don't watch Mad Men. That's the only thing I can say. Stay off of Mad Men. For if you're kind of. If you're trying to quit drinking, good luck, go to Mackers and huff some glue.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Honestly. And they were very martini centric.
Trixie Mattel
Strong drinks from. Not like from the morning till night. Just liquor. Straight liquor all the time at work. It's crazy.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I'm very proud of you.
Trixie Mattel
Thank you very much.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I wonder.
Trixie Mattel
Shout out to the X Program.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I wish my sister would quit vaping. I wonder if I can get her this and be like, if I get you this, will you get into this? Say, it's like, she just needs a gentle push.
Trixie Mattel
Say it's like, it's like X rated. It's like, give her some kind of tantalizing. Get in the X Program. It's for X rated Smoking Quitter.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Hot. I'll tell her she's going to a poll class.
Trixie Mattel
There you go.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That'll get her excited.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Just kidding. She doesn't watch this. Okay, well, how do the kids at home do it? How do they get involved? Is it a website?
Trixie Mattel
All you gotta do is what you text. Join Katya to what, 88709 and then get on the. Get on the.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Join Katya. Yeah, baby, I love that.
Trixie Mattel
It's like. It's like in fabric. Join us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's cunty. It's actually is. And it's the, you know, it's the truth initiative, which is not like, you know, it's not like the fucking Sackler families trying to make a buck off of this. It's like, legit. And people are trying to just want. They want people to not die. Yeah, I mean, that's cunty.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You've been going through some economic turmoil.
Trixie Mattel
How dare you?
Katya Zamolodchikova
It would have been harder to have sympathy for you if you were smoking it all away. Think of the money you're saving.
Trixie Mattel
Mama, my cigarettes are up 10, 11, 12 bucks a pack. Do you know what I'm doing?
Katya Zamolodchikova
I'm too cheap for that. I'd be stealing. I don't know what I'd do. I couldn't. $12 a pack. I need a pack a day, sweetie.
Trixie Mattel
When I was living in Boston, in the abject poverty, I would get them from Russia. $2 a pack. $10. Like $12 a carton or whatever.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So if there's. What is 12 times 30? $360 a month.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, baby.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Times 12 months.
Trixie Mattel
And factor in some lighters.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That's a car payment.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And lighters.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And no tea. We've worked together where I've seen you send, like, an assistant just to buy cigarettes. And I've been like, that's.
Trixie Mattel
This is the thing. This is the. This is the pitiful and incomprehensible moral degradation. If you've ever watched regarding Henry. He goes out for cigarettes in the middle of the night. He gets shot. No, like, I mean, it's like. But if he hadn't been a smoker, he wouldn't have had to leave the house in the middle of the night to go get cigarettes. You know what I mean? I've been in that. I mean, I haven't been shot, but I've been in that situation where I get home to the hotel right after the show. I look, I open my cigarette pack. None in there. It's like. That doesn't happen anymore.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The pack's always empty. You still open it, though, just to look.
Trixie Mattel
I have cigarettes on me. They just haven't been smoked.
Katya Zamolodchikova
That's crazy.
Trixie Mattel
It's weird. It's weird. Yeah, it's cool. Weird. I mean, it's wild.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It also kind of exits the comedy of people. Like, I'm quitting tomorrow.
Trixie Mattel
Yes. It also.
Katya Zamolodchikova
There's sort of a failure in saying you're gonna quit every people who smoke and say I should quit. That is always puzzling to me.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah. It also, I'm taking the pressure off myself where it's like, it's not all or nothing. If I have a fucking cigarette tonight, I'm not going to kill myself. One is better than 20. Zero is preferred, but you know what I mean.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah.
Trixie Mattel
So, like, I'm not like counting days, but it's like, it's been really dramatically great.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Girl, I'm gonna cut your chest open and Right. Wash me on your lungs like a dirty car.
Trixie Mattel
So, I mean, basically, in a nutshell, what people can get is they get encouraging texts, which I've actually found helpful. In the beginning, I was like, annoyed, but now I find them helpful.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I'm gonna start sending you my own version of truth texts.
Trixie Mattel
$50 trillion. You. Hey, baldy. You can go online and find Support totally free, anywhere, 24. Seven in the United States. I mean, honestly, like, think about that. Regarding Henry moment. Middle of the night, 2am you running out of cigarettes. You don't have to go to the convenience store. You log on. You log on and get some.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I'm in just as much danger when I'm high in Australia and I want to get some strikes alive.
Trixie Mattel
Some what?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Snakes alive.
Trixie Mattel
What's that?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Those gummy worms they have?
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, sure, Mary. Okay.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She died doing what she loved. Buying candy. That. That fucking big bitch. Buying candy at 2am Girl, high as hell. Going to the cheeky 711 in Australia.
Trixie Mattel
Looking like Jennifer Lopez.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Looking like Jennifer Lopez. She had a bucket hat on. She was so happy.
Trixie Mattel
I thought you were gonna say those huffers had. They brought their own big cups and pissed in them.
Katya Zamolodchikova
No. Shout out to those huffers. I don't like. I also get. I got. I'm sad to think of you smoking in 6th gr. Because seeing kids huffing. Not that huffing is the same as cigarettes. Seeing kids doing it was so sad. It just took the wind out of my sales at maccas. Cheeky Maccas.
Trixie Mattel
And dude, I think. Dude, I've never called you that before. I think, like, I think smoking's coming back. And it is. Do you know how a few years ago it was you really stopped seeing smoking?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, it's kind of like low rise jeans. Like as soon as it's gone, it.
Trixie Mattel
Comes back, but it really is back. And I think it's because this end time energy or whatever.
Katya Zamolodchikova
100%. So anyways, I'm very proud of you.
Trixie Mattel
Thank you very much. And shout out to the X program.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The X program sounds great. It makes me want to start smoking just to quit.
Trixie Mattel
Do it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It sounds fun. It's not true. The ultimate quit is to not start. But the second best thing is to quit.
Trixie Mattel
That should be the slogan.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Come on.
Trixie Mattel
I do.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I. I miss a time of. I fantasize about a time before PowerPoints or Zooms where people had giant pieces of cardboard to give presentations.
Trixie Mattel
We'll get into this. You're gonna love this. So they're marketing the slideshow apparatus.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Just smoking.
Trixie Mattel
They're like, what did we call it? What do we call it? It's like it's not a wheel, it's a carousel. Because the wheel, it's like we're reinventing the wheel. How are we gonna get people to buy this wheel thing? It's not a wheel. It's a carousel of memories.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah.
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Katya Zamolodchikova
Ship Trixie Cosmetics out of this room when it first started.
Trixie Mattel
Full circle, full circle, full circle.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It used to be just me and one shipper and we'd be in here. Somebody would be licking them.
Trixie Mattel
Licking stamps.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Licking them. Yeah, just licking them. I remember when we launched. I remember the first day we launched. We were in here was like friends and family. Every a Bunch of people came and just shipped for free. And I wish I could still just have everyone work for free, but you can't do that anymore. Thanks, Obama. Labor laws. Thanks, sleepy Joe.
Trixie Mattel
Labor laws. What's next, retirement funds?
Katya Zamolodchikova
I don't know.
Trixie Mattel
Vacation.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Although this is a great time in American history to just. Anything unethical you want to do. I guess this is a great time, as a white man, to just go for it.
Trixie Mattel
Let it rip.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Seems like it's just.
Trixie Mattel
Why not let it rip? It's. We're in the Let it rip era of total anarchy, you know, girl.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But we're also in the era of Jasmine Crockett, and I never want to be on the receiving end of that wrath. Bitch.
Trixie Mattel
I don't know. Jasmine Crockett is.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, she's this Democrat who is young.
Trixie Mattel
Gorgeous, coming for the girls.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And they said, what would you say to say if you saw Elon? She said, didn't you say you. They said, what would you say if you. If you saw Elon? She goes off.
Trixie Mattel
Wait, is she a congresswoman? Yes. Oh, okay. Congresswoman.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It's country. She needs to go to toe with Bowman, and she matches the freak. Imagine if, like, Marjorie Taylor Greene's Audacity was a hot black girl.
Trixie Mattel
Okay?
Katya Zamolodchikova
It's so awesome and democratic.
Trixie Mattel
Okay. Fear is you take the. The volume of mgt, mgt, mgt, and what's it, Boebert, and then you put it in a good vessel.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But this is the Glinda, you know, this is like the good. Well, I guess if you follow Wicked, Glenn does not necessarily the good.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, I haven't. We. We're gonna go watch it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You gotta watch Cynthia.
Trixie Mattel
Absolutely. Well, I'm watching Ferrari Cynthia.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She. She puts on those. She gets that.
Trixie Mattel
She's got the nails in the movie, of course.
Katya Zamolodchikova
My God, Snowboards. They're this.
Trixie Mattel
I swear to God snowboard frat paddle.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Like, all I remember about Wicked is, I swear this is a shot for shot recreation of this. There's a part in my mind in Wicked, she goes. And then she gets on her broom and she goes. And then she flies away. Yeah, she like, that's it.
Trixie Mattel
And you know what?
Katya Zamolodchikova
She's gonna have a great year. She's gonna have a great year. She did have a great year. I just saw that she's headlining World pride along with RuPaul and me.
Trixie Mattel
Wait, RuPaul is gonna go, oh, I'm.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yes. I'm doing solid pink disco at World Pride. RuPaul's DJing at World Pride. I don't know if she's doing drag, I don't know. No, no.
Trixie Mattel
Not doing Dragon Ball.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I hope I can go because, you know, I turn up for that RuPaul.
Trixie Mattel
Shit and she's going to be on them roller skates. I bet that's the fun time. She loves to get down and get groovy. Woo Woo.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Everybody Wang Chung tonight, you know, Everybody have fun tonight. If you could put one song, you know RuPaul's music.
Trixie Mattel
If you don't. If you don't like me at my fun, you don't deserve me at my Wang Chun.
Katya Zamolodchikova
If you know RuPaul loves music. I don't know if you know this because she never mentions it.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah. Never, never.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She always says it. Like, funny thing about me, I like music and it's like, girl, I like people, places and things.
Trixie Mattel
Like, girl, I'm interested in doing stuff.
Katya Zamolodchikova
But if you had to put one song on a thumb drive to like, try to get this or this from RuPaul, what would be the song where you're like, I know she'll love this song.
Trixie Mattel
Car wash.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Car wash, baby.
Trixie Mattel
Rolls Royce, the five minute version.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Rose Royce groove is in the heart.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, of course.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yes.
Trixie Mattel
And then I feel love of. I feel love. Yeah. That's a little played out though, these days.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah, yeah. Donna. Donna Summer and Donna Rusher kind of like, sit down and shut up.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Maybe you should maybe kind of like sit down. Jasmine Crockett. What would you say? Girl, what would you say to Diana Ross music right now?
Trixie Mattel
Off.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I'll play for you. It's so cunty.
Trixie Mattel
No, anything. I would. Oh, what's the. Ooh. Amanda Leer Something by Amanda Leer. Chinatown. They go down.
Katya Zamolodchikova
This is Honey Watch.
Trixie Mattel
If you could speak directly to Elon.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Musk, what would you say?
Trixie Mattel
Off.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It's so fierce. There's something very Lee Dawson about it.
Trixie Mattel
It's also. Well, yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, yes.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, totally. Lee Dawson. We're in the very. We are actually in the unedited. Does it need to be edited? Lee Dawson era of politics. It's chaos, confused and madness.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It sure is.
Trixie Mattel
Can I shout from the mountain to you about this concert?
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah, I went to a concert, too.
Trixie Mattel
Okay, we'll go back and forth, but me first.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I have a little less to say, so do it. Okay, so I went to see Kylie Minogue. Yeah. No, Jenner. I went to see Karlie Jenner. What? I went to see Kylie Gender. No, I went to see Climanogue. I was in Sydney for Mardi Gras and she was doing three nights at this huge arena. And Rimmel, London. Hi, Rimmel. Rimmel gave me a seat in their VIP influencer station, which was like, just. Just naked bitches tossing their hair in front of ring lights. Love, Rimel. And the girl in front of me, she kept having a guy film and, okay, you're gonna pretend you're filming me. And I'm gonna do, like, kind of like what she was doing. So she'd be like. And she would, like. She would, like, wait for the hit songs to play, and then she would make them film and it would be like, la, la, la, la. And she'd be like, she's wearing a shirt that was mostly jewelry. Good for you. Didn't know who she was. She took a picture with me. She said she's a fan. Hi, girl. Don't know who you are. You look great.
Trixie Mattel
How is it? How is the. How was the show?
Katya Zamolodchikova
I've never seen Kylie Minogue before. And I was.
Trixie Mattel
She do all the Lovers? She did do all the Lovers, yes.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Oh, thank God. I know probably 15 Kali Minogue songs by heart.
Trixie Mattel
Okay.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Which I know that for Kylie's not a lot, because a long catalog. A lot of songs.
Trixie Mattel
Super long catalog.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Same as Madonna, I would say. I'm not super fan. I know a dozen songs of them, like, for sure that Kylie shed. I loved it. It was great. She looked great. She looked beautiful. She really sang. It was amazing.
Trixie Mattel
Five foot in a whisper Tiny little thing.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And there's this time where she goes, sit. You know those arenas, they have a little platform in the back. She goes out there and a guy with a guitar comes. She did Locomotion.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, fabulous.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And ran around the audience while cameras followed her. It was crazy. It was like she was on prices, right? Just running through the aisles and the process. Rot. The price is.
Trixie Mattel
Rot is.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And she was, like, trying to. You know, every song has an intro. She's like. And this song's for the lovers. Whatever.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
For her to try to shoo in the locomotion.
Trixie Mattel
The song is for the movers. She's like. She's like.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Like, I heard that in Sydney. They're gonna make a stop with the lock of motion. And these Aussies just start. They start pissing out of their ass because this is their single ladies pissing.
Trixie Mattel
Pissing out of their eyeballs.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. And seeing Kylie in Sydney on Mardi Gras, sold out stadium, it was thrilling.
Trixie Mattel
That's the way to do it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And she sits down and she sings a song from her disco record. And she says, I always imagined singing this song for all of you. And this album came out when Covid happened. And I never got to live my dream. I forget the song, but it was a ballad. And she sits and the guy's playing the guitar and she's singing, and it's so intimate. She's so gorgeous. And the camera work, the people running around. The cameras make every seat the best seat in the house. I could see her face and her voice and her eyes. And she's singing this song like it's just. This is her, what she's made to do. And a disco ball comes down while she's singing and starts spinning and confetti falls. I start crying like my mom died. I start crying like my mother's dead. Like I'm looking at her dead body. Like the doctor walks in and says, we did everything we could to save her life. And your mother's dead.
Trixie Mattel
In fact, your whole family died, too.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah. I'm Sarah Palms.
Trixie Mattel
Like, I'm really Claire Danes in Homeland.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yes. It was such a good concert. It was so beautiful. And I thank you to Rimmel for getting me the tickets. Thank you, Rimmel.
Trixie Mattel
Pouring out for Rimmel.
Katya Zamolodchikova
What did you see, Mary?
Trixie Mattel
Svetlana Sergeyevna La Bada. And let me tell you one thing. Ask me if there was a yellow suit in attendance.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Was there a big yellow suit?
Trixie Mattel
Absolutely. The fuck not.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She took the note.
Trixie Mattel
She.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Mary, I think she heard about you hitting her suit.
Trixie Mattel
Yes, I do believe she has. Let me tell you something. So got tickets to go now. I went with my friend Michi, who had gone to the other concert when she was in LA that I couldn't go to because I had to go to the funny farm to. But, you know, that was a kind of a flop concert. Turns out she was hours late. Not a great show.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You could have busted out the funny farm to see her.
Trixie Mattel
I know, but I was so.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I was. Somebody at Sola Pink Disco said they left the hospital to come to the disco and they were going back to the hospital afterwards.
Trixie Mattel
Music saves lives.
Katya Zamolodchikova
There you go. I said, thank you.
Trixie Mattel
A DJ saved my life tonight. Hello.
Katya Zamolodchikova
There was a friend with her pushing her chair, and I said, are you the friend who broke her out? The friend was like.
Trixie Mattel
I was like, God is a dj. Life is a dance floor.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Love it.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So the looks were gorgeous. I saw on your story.
Trixie Mattel
I was worried. I was worried about the following. A, the venue, B, our general admission tickets. That means standing Grandma gets cranky. And C, I was really worried. It's like, if that bitch is three hours late, I swear to fucking God. So we roll up. Showtime is 8:00. That's what they say on the tickets. 7:45, we're there. Someone from the staff said Katya brings us right up to a fucking balcony, bitch.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Thank God.
Trixie Mattel
Right up to a balcony all to ourselves.
Katya Zamolodchikova
It helps to be quite. It helps to be a pretend Russian.
Trixie Mattel
I was like, like, holy. I was like. And she just. We never would have seen.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She sounds like a dream.
Trixie Mattel
I know.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Love it. Is asking for you. And then she grabs your hand and just starts French kissing you right on the.
Trixie Mattel
She pulls out my pants and my panties. Yeah. So we're up at the box.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She untucks your crocs, she takes the cage off it, and you guys start playing session with your gear. Okay. So you had great. Was this the balcony? Better seats?
Trixie Mattel
Oh, yes. Well, the seats being the operative word.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Horny.
Trixie Mattel
Horny for seats. But guess what? That hoe was prompt and professional. And she sure did have her whores come on stage around 8:05 or whatever. And that bitch had choreo. She had outfit changes. She talked a lot, played all the hits. My little grainy ass hardly hit the seat. Cause I was. I was screaming every fucking word, sweating my life away. I was like doing this. She would do this leg thing. I was doing the leg thing.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You were tooting like a Simon says situation.
Trixie Mattel
I was. I was gooned.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You were Amy Poehler and mean girls.
Trixie Mattel
You were like, oh, my God. For so embarrassing. And I was like. I. I was just. I had the time of my life. I loved it. And like you said with the video, they had. They videotaped her very. So well that like all around you could see her gorgeous face, her fabulous wiggy wig in her.
Katya Zamolodchikova
The full wig.
Trixie Mattel
She did a banged wig. Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Okay.
Trixie Mattel
It's very wiggy. I love it.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I feel like for the pop stars, there's three settings. It's either pretty much their real hair, which Kylie just had the under pieces. You could tell she had some magic. But it was her real part, her real bangs. The Erika Jayne, which is hair snatch back with just hair pinned to it.
Trixie Mattel
Sure.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Which is a little draggy.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Or the full wig.
Trixie Mattel
And then she. She. It's funny because she and I share a movement vocabulary, which is wiggle, wiggle, shimmy, shimmy point. Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. And then freak out. And she did the freak out. And I lived. There was like strobes, everything. And she sounded actually great.
Katya Zamolodchikova
This is really different than your Florida experience.
Trixie Mattel
It was. I received. It was Like, God said, you know what? You suffered so much and you spent so much.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Right?
Trixie Mattel
And for that, we are going to reward you. About four years later. And that show was cunt.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Good for you.
Trixie Mattel
All the choreo was on point. There were no costume malfunctions. The girls were sickening. She came out with a pimp cane at one point. She had this. One point, she had this giant white fur coat with, like, a rhinestone bikini underneath. Just, like, nasty, nasty. Put some clothes on. And she. I knew every single fucking word to every song, and I shouted it until she did. Listen, all due respect, not a powerhouse vocalist.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Who cares?
Trixie Mattel
But she sang live to my. And I was, like, really worried about that. She sounded great. She's a person who. I feel like she does everything in her power to be the healthiest, prettiest.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Best version of herself, you know, I'm not a hater. I don't need to go to things and talk about what they weren't good at.
Trixie Mattel
Right, right, right. Yeah, Right.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Like, when we were growing up and there was conversations about, like, Britney Spears singing or conversations about, I don't know, so and so's dancing. It's like, I know what they're good at, and I'm here for it.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I'm not here to ruminate on what I think should be better. Right, that hater energy.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, exactly. Especially if you're holding them to an unrealistic expectation. That Miami show, however, I'm telling you, was a real letdown, because I know what she's capable of, and this was. She's capable of so many costume changes. She was.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Did you get to meet her?
Trixie Mattel
So that was the thing. I was in Touchstage.
Katya Zamolodchikova
And they carried you out in handcuffs.
Trixie Mattel
No. Her publicist, who lives in Europe, got me the tickets, reached out on Instagram. So it's like, oh, so this is how I'm gonna get in with her. But her publicist was in Europe at the time. We waited. We waited outside forever. Forever, Forever. Like, we felt. I felt stupid. I felt lame.
Katya Zamolodchikova
You were on the stage door. You were gonna run up to.
Trixie Mattel
Oh, yeah, yeah. And I was. I was.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I was the killer.
Trixie Mattel
I was DMing her on Instagram, tagging her scene.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Seen you up.
Trixie Mattel
Scene, scene.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Your message is, I know you saw that hoe.
Trixie Mattel
Get off the floor.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Get off the floor. Hoe.
Trixie Mattel
If we. The irony. Five minutes later. Could have met her. She came out. She did come out five minutes after we left.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She's probably getting on a drag.
Trixie Mattel
No, she looked. The thing is, she came out we saw it on Instagram. She looked spectacular.
Katya Zamolodchikova
She looked change.
Trixie Mattel
She looked better than she came. I mean, it was, like, no change at all. Like, she hadn't done a show. It was incredible. But, I mean, I probably would have just been stupid. I. I would have died to get a picture with her, though. I would have died.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Next time.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah, but La ba da. You fucking killed it. You better yank that shit off. Good for her.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So happy it delivered.
Trixie Mattel
Good for her. Yeah, it was amazing. I had so much fun. I think about it every day.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Yeah, I like to see the big pop girls now. I saw. Well, I did the. I saw Madonna last year.
Trixie Mattel
Did you love this?
Katya Zamolodchikova
I saw Cindy, and then I saw Kylie.
Trixie Mattel
Kylie.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I think I got to see the Beyonce Cowboy Carter. But I'm not willing lie, cheat, and kill. I was talking to Shay Coulee. I was like, shay, how do I get tickets? She said, girl, blackbirds singing from the parking lot.
Trixie Mattel
That's what they're saying. Cause they're gonna be. Blackbirds singing from the parking lot. They're gonna get in the parking lot. They can't get in the door. It's too expensive.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, that's what.
Trixie Mattel
That's what shay was like, $1,400 for a nosebleed ticket? What kind of earth are we living upon?
Katya Zamolodchikova
What?
Trixie Mattel
I was. 200 bucks.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Well, Shay's doing one of the Solid Pink disco dates. We have some great openers. Like, we have. Not me.
Trixie Mattel
You didn't ask me, but I was talking.
Katya Zamolodchikova
I went to see Leland after Kylie Minogue.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
He was DJing at Mardi Gras. And I said, oh, yeah, we have some great openers for Solid Pig Disco. I said, you know Rebecca Black, a track. Daya, you know Dia. Where do the good boys go to Hideaway? I said, do you know her? He said, I wrote that song. I said, okay, great. I love when I'm like, do you know her? He's like, know her? I wrote that. He goes, I am her. And then after Leland, I. Same night, I went to see Honey did dj. And I never seen. I love house music. I love dance music. It was so big and so hot and dark in there and just all naked men. And I know that's a dream for many people, but those environments make me uncomfortable.
Trixie Mattel
Yeah. Yeah.
Katya Zamolodchikova
So I either have to drink more or leave. And I did both.
Trixie Mattel
Well, perfect. Okay, goodbye.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Bye.
In this vibrant episode of "The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya," hosts Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova dive into their recent adventures touring Europe and Australia. The conversation is a blend of hilarious anecdotes, candid discussions about life on tour, and insightful commentary on cultural differences and personal challenges.
Trixie and Katya recount their experiences performing across Europe and Australia, highlighting the logistical challenges and cultural contrasts they encountered.
Sold-Out Shows: Both queens express excitement over selling out multiple cities despite the high costs of traveling and performing abroad.
Katya [03:28]: "I was really happy it sold out. It was kind of like getting eight, six, or eight paid rehearsals. Six shows."
Heat and Stage Conditions: Katya shares her struggles with managing makeup and staying cool under the oppressive Australian heat, leading to humorous frustrations with their production team.
Katya [04:07]: "The thorn was when the heat is so oppressive... I couldn't enjoy it."
Cultural Observations: They discuss the differences in audience behavior and local customs, including unexpected activities like kids huffing glue at McDonald's in Brisbane.
Katya [10:01]: "I saw some kids huffing glue at McDonald's. It was horrible."
The hosts delve into the personal and professional hurdles they've faced while touring, including maintaining their performance quality and dealing with environmental stressors.
Maintaining Performance: Trixie praises the professionalism of their dancers while expressing concern over the physical demands of their shows.
Trixie [09:27]: "I was very impressed with everything was so in unison."
Cultural Differences in Nightlife: Katya describes her experiences in Australian nightclubs, noting the distinct fashion and social behaviors compared to the U.S.
Katya [16:00]: "The gay people there are dressing very wild. Everyone has this Australian mullet."
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Trixie and Katya's candid conversations about their attempts to quit smoking, the challenges they face, and the support systems they've utilized.
Trixie's Journey: Trixie shares her efforts to quit smoking, including her experience with an online support program that provided encouraging texts.
Trixie [24:27]: "There's an online support thing for you... it gives you encouraging texts."
Katya's Perspective: Katya opens up about the pressures of quitting smoking amidst a tour that offers abundant temptations, reflecting on the societal and personal impacts of addiction.
Katya [25:00]: "I'm too cheap for that. I'd be stealing. I don't know what I'd do. I couldn't afford $12 a pack."
Humorous Exchanges: Their dialogue is peppered with humor as they discuss the absurdities of their smoking habits and the cultural context of smoking in media.
Trixie [23:14]: "You smell like poopy, poopy Snoopies."
Trixie and Katya transition to discussing their recent concert experiences, including performances by Kylie Minogue and their interactions with fans and other celebrities.
Kylie Minogue Concert: Katya vividly describes attending Kylie Minogue's sold-out shows in Sydney during Mardi Gras, highlighting Kylie’s energetic performance and the overall ambiance.
Katya [46:51]: "She looked gorgeous. She really sang. It was amazing."
Interactions with Fans and Celebrities: They share amusing stories about meeting fans and attempting to connect with other artists, including humorous failures and unexpected encounters.
Katya [54:55]: "I was DMing her on Instagram, tagging her scene. Five minutes later, could have met her. She came out five minutes after we left."
Fashion and Performance: The discussion touches on the elaborate costumes and choreography of pop performers, reflecting on the intersection of fashion and performance art.
Trixie [52:18]: "She did a banged wig. It's very wiggy. I love it."
In the latter part of the episode, Trixie and Katya infuse their trademark humor into social commentary, discussing contemporary issues with wit and sarcasm.
Mental Health and Society: Trixie humorously contrasts the prioritization of luxury items over mental health, emphasizing the importance of therapy.
Trixie [20:02]: "Why can't we realize that our mental health is just as important as our gorgeous luxury leather footwear?"
Political and Social Satire: They touch upon political figures and societal trends, blending satire with personal anecdotes to critique and entertain.
Katya [42:04]: "Imagine if Marjorie Taylor Greene's audacity was a hot black girl. It's so awesome and democratic."
Katya on Tour Challenges:
"It's Germany's greatest success. Was the air conditioning. Hamburg only outside." [02:53]
Trixie on Smoking Quits:
"I haven't been smoking cigarettes, and it's for like. Actually, I swear to God, there have been days where I've had one, two today, zero yesterday, maybe one." [23:14]
Humorous Banter on Quitting:
Trixie: "Your whole family died, too."
Katya: "Yeah, I'm Sarah Palms." [28:54]
Concert Story Highlight:
"You're Juno, Juno, Juno. Your caseworker." [31:14]
This episode showcases the dynamic chemistry between Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova as they navigate the highs and lows of life on tour. From battling intense heat and managing personal habits to enjoying star-studded concerts and engaging in sharp social satire, Trixie and Katya offer listeners an unfiltered and entertaining glimpse into their fabulous, chaotic lives. Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer, this episode delivers laughter, relatability, and a touch of heartfelt honesty that defines their unique podcast.
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