Having a show about a small town trying to ban drag while that actual real thing is actively happening in Tennessee and on the precipice of happening in other states felt really wild.

I think everyone was very struck by how unbelievably timely this Rusical was. As a theater major myself, I wanted that lead role, too! But, I wasn’t gonna fight over it. Usually, the conversation quickly steers towards, “Oh, you could really mess up! You could do really bad!” But I think with musicals, and the fact that a lot of us drag queens are theater queens, it’s the perfect opportunity for us to showcase everything we can do - dance, sing, act, lip-sync - all at once. In a situation like this where you’re really vying for wins and you want to get noticed by the judges, in the lead role, you’re going to get noticed the most. You backed out quickly from that fight - do you think it’s really worth it to fight for the lead role in these challenges? For the one trillionth time on this show, we get this moment where Loosey and Luxx are fighting over who gets to play the lead. Let’s get into this week and the Rusical episode. But at the same time, it really felt like anyone could have been in my situation, which made it such a weird experience to live through. We’re all so talented and good at this, that if you put any one of the girls there, it would have been a fight regardless. The thing with our season is it felt like anyone could have been in the bottom at any point. I mean, no, because we all know that third Beyoncé lip sync was supposed to be Mistress - we all saw that interview! No, no, it’s fine, I got to give an iconic Beyoncé moment, I was fully ready, bitch. Was that something that you were consciously thinking about in the moment? With being in the top six, you also join a handful of Drag Race queens who have survived three or more lip syncs, like Jujubee, Coco Montrese and others. Being there, it didn’t feel like it was that big of a deal, because I was like, “Yeah, I wanted to get to the top!” But after the fact, looking back, I was like, “Wait … top six out of 16 bitches? That’s great.” You made it to the top six! How are you feeling about your Drag Race journey?

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