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- ♪ I am American... ♪

- We are the largest and fiercest tour

starring drag queens in the world.

- ♪ My, my, my, my country ’tis of thee ♪

♪ These are all my friends, we are a family ♪

- ♪ Family... ♪

- Oh! - Aah!

♪ Despite what you think ♪

♪ This is who I am and who I wanna be ♪

[cheers and applause]

- That’s right. Bring the camera over here, honey.

Fuck them.

- What is happening, guys? - [laughs]

We have, what, seven more shows to go.

After this, we have seven more.

I thought this is seven. - This is number eight.

- You know how to bust a bitch’s cherry.

- Don’t get ahead of yourself.

After this meet and greet, you can say seven

when we put in the work.

- We are worked out, honey, okay?

It’s nice of you guys to join us.

Thank you. Yes. I missed you so much.

I missed those red shorts.

- Aah!

- Are you gonna be on the bus with us?

- I think so. - You better.

We have a date.

I’m not only...

desperate...

and all the above.

- Wow.

- Make sure you get my close-up,

and you can see the destitute.

- The destitute?

- [laughs]

- I’m done.

- I just want to know if you’re gonna be in Barcelona

long enough for me to have a date.

- Wow.

- [laughs]

- Wow.

- [laughs]

Why do you come here--

Why are you showing me and my goddamn stomach and shit

and I’m out of drag and shit?

- You want me to get the fuck out of here?

- I can’t tell you no

’cause I love you.

[chuckles]

It’s hot in here, though.

It’s very hard to do your job as an entertainer.

Very hard to do your job as an entertainer

and it’s hot and they serve you nasty food.

’Cause what? Ain’t nobody got time for that.

- Okay.

Naughty bitch, when I kill you--

- [laughs] You sound like mama.

- [laughs]

My--oh.

- Thank you. - A fan.

- Ooh, you gonna make me suck it.

[all laugh] Ooh!

- I’m done. - Where can I put it?

- Aqui.

- I got me pearls.

- A beautiful fan bought us gifts.

- Ooh, I love a pearl necklace.

- Bought us gifts.

It’s so nice when a fan love on us.

Thank you for loving on us.

It keeps our energy going.

Like we wanna go home now,

but this gave us motivation.

Yay.

- Okay.

- Okay, perfect.

- Oh, I love it. - Okay?

- Thank you so much. - Okay, you’re welcome.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- Okay, see you later. - All right, bye-bye.

- Thank you. - You’re welcome.

- [clicks tongue]

The bible says make your requests known.

So I made my request,

and they’re gonna give me some Spanish food tomorrow.

Yay!

[cheers and applause]

I was raised up in the church

with a belief system and with my own belief system.

So I struggled from within until I just finally just--

I got tired of crying at night,

I got tired of just being unhappy.

[cheers and applause]

You just get tired of hiding.

You get tired of people picking on you,

and you start to fight back, whatever that may be.

I didn’t have many fist-fights,

but my mouth was lethal, honey.

[laughs]

I read the brakes off you, honey.

We gotta fight back with words,

and if it came down to it, I was a scary fighter.

So just move back, you don’t know what’s gonna happen, honey.

Once I finally came out, it was like in high school,

because I was doing drag and stuff.

So when I finally came out,

things started to get a lot easier.

People stopped picking on me.

You know, I started being more confident with who I was.

All in all, it just all worked together, you know?

You’re not gonna do one with me?

- No, girl.

- Why not? - Because I’m--

- A little-- like a little gig.

Just a little gig, David.

We’re almost done. Just do it with me.

Yeah, that’s it. See?

- Cheers. - Cheers.

- Woot! - Ahh...

- That should wake me up.

- Yes. - A little stretch.

- Yes. - Oh, hi.

- I’ve gotten so old. - Made it.

- I can’t just perform anymore. I have to stretch.

- What a nightmare.

[cheers and applause]

- The crowds have been so great.

For me, it’s energy.

It’s energy to do my best.

It’s energy to go and show out

and, you know, clown on them a little bit.

First I was closing the show,

and it was like, no, we need something, you know,

to wake the crowd up and keep the momentum going.

So they put me first, and it was just like a match in heaven.

[cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause]

Yes, I had to, you know, set the pace,

and I fucked them up. [laughs]

That’s why they hired me.

[laughs]

They call me.

- [laughs]

- So now the advantage of going first is--

- She’s done! - I’m done!

I just gotta do the closing.

I’m gonna put my makeup up and all that.

So by the time everything’s done,

I can just wash my face and eat.

That’s how we do it.

Ooh. Excuse me, darling.

- Hey, where you going?

- And here we are,

an hour and a half before the meet and greet,

and Kennedy is nowhere to be found.

I think her flight was delayed,

which happens with international travel,

which is why generally we don’t fly in the day of.

But she had a previous engagement

that couldn’t be skipped.

So we’re all just crossing our fingers

and hoping that she makes it in time for the show,

because I don’t know where she is.

- What did you do during the rehearsals

with Kennedy not being here?

- Well, we had someone stand in her spot.

We had one of the dancers stand in her spot,

and she’s just gonna have to

like really be on it with the choreo.

But I’m not worried about Kennedy and the choreography.

Kennedy is a dancer.

She can pick up 5, 6, 7, 8, mama.

It’s a wrap. I know she can.

But, you know, it’s--

we’re just throwing her in at show time,

so...sink or swim.

Everybody say a prayer for Berlin.

It’s opening night.

These are the things that happen.

But we will press on.

- Damn, you’re still going at it?

- Mamacita, the documentary.

- I brought--they’re just little girl accessories.

Girl, it’s better than nothing.

[both laugh]

- I know how to read you, girl. I’m sorry.

Girl, my wrist is not going in--

my big old man knuckle.

Twink wrists. I don’t have twink wrists.

- That would look cute with your outfit, though.

- It would. Well, girl, we gonna make it work, doll.

Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

- We have chokers-- - She came to her mother’s aid.

What in gay--this is pretty.

- For Arie?

- I don’t--Kennedy!

Kennedy!

- Oh, so fuck my drag. - Kennedy!

- She gonna fuck you.

- You made it!

Where is old coochie-coo?

- Kiss my ass.

- Yeah! Look at this old bald headed bitch. Look out.

- Girl, right.

- Bitch, I would have came in there with you,

but you got tired, raggedy drag on--

- Shut up, bitch. I’m spread out.

Y’all, I left my jewelry.

- And who you been kissing?

- So I just need something, either gold, topaz--

- I already brought that.

- You did? - Yeah.

- Lovely, and then a silver piece for the end.

- I want it back, bitch.

- Red. Do you have any red that you’re not wearing?

- Much appreciated. - I got rhime-stomes.

- Rhime-stomes. - Rhime-stomes.

- Yeah. Look at you all.

In Phoenix, she gave free T-shirts.

Look here, yes. The men of Charlie’s.

- Girl, you ain’t shit.

- Girl--thank you.

- So Kennedy made it after all.

- Look at Kitty’s underwear. - I did.

- Says, "Stripper Circus." - [slurps]

- You know what she’s getting into.

- I would love to be bad.

- It still got the tags.

- You missed it. We went out last night--

well, I went out last night, you should have come.

- Bitch. - [laughs]

- She shut it down.

- Aah! - As always.

- You made it, Kennedy.

- I did. A long journey.

- How do you know where anything is?

- Girl, I need to--I need to pull this boy stuff out.

Get that out of the way.

Pull this meet and greet out.

[laughs]

- When did you land?

- Um, I landed like at 3:50,

and luckily, for Berlin,

as soon as you come off the plane, the luggage--

they do the passport and luggage right there.

- Kennedy, I’m so proud of her.

That’s my niece.

Team Stay Ready, professional,

like through and through.

- With me and Latrice, we kind of have the same business ethic.

And this is our job, this is what we do.

This is what we have been doing

longer than a lot of the girls that’s on the tour.

This is my, um--

- Sportswear hat.

- My gay hat.

- Ho, where you going?

- I’m going to San Paulo.

- What’s that right there?

- This is going in one of my meet and greet looks.

- Well, where your titties gonna go?

- Girl, right there.

Well, you know, this is "Drag Race."

They don’t wear tits anymore.

- Kennedy is an icon, and she doesn’t realize it.

Everything that comes out of her mouth is hilarious.

She’s so funny.

But she’s just naturally being her.

She never like tries to be anything but her.

- Hi. - Right up your nose.

- Just all the imperfections,

the nose hairs and everything.

I mean, really.

- Shame.

- Just edit it out. Put some grease on it.

- You got it. [laughs]

- That Season One filter.

- Put that old Vaseline lens.

[both laugh]

Down.

- Ooh, we first. Yes.

- Which way they coming? They’re coming from this way?

- Yes, ma’am, yes, ma’am. We gonna--

Yeah, yeah. - I need a cocktail.

- ♪ I need a cocktail, cocktail, cocktail ♪

[all laugh]

- She was the last one here, and she’s ready first, so...

- Jetsetter. - Yeah.

And stuff.

- And stuff?

[laughs]

- Latrice is kind of like me.

She’s like a motherly type.

You know, she’s like mother:

very grounded, full of wisdom, and still fun to be around.

But, you know, we just don’t play with the children.

Kids stay and kids play.

The childs stay and the childs play.

Grown folks, you know, you stay out of grown folk business.

And we just grown.

- Who are the kids in this family?

- Ugh, it’s a lot of them.

- No. - Sandwiches?

- [laughs] But I am having a good time.

My little bunk is like my little safe haven.

It’s comfortable.

I mean, I was born for this type of stuff:

getting up, having to get ready for the show,

perform, get back on the bus, travel to the next city.

I mean, it’s not a dream, but, I mean, it’s work.

And to see, you know, your fans and stuff,

it all comes together and makes it all worth it.

- Hi.

- Good. - Mwah, mwah.

It’s your turn.

- It’s naptime.

- It’s naptime. Pre-show warm-up.

- Pre-show warm-up.

- Right.

Oh, this is nice.

- Where’s Philip? I haven’t seen Philip all day.

- Mm.

- This actually doesn’t feel too bad.

- No, it’s nice. I can hear your thoughts.

[both laugh]

Let’s go over the dances.

- Oh, God, I’m tired.

- You think about the music, and I’ll do it.

[both laugh]

- Is that--who’s that?

- Hey.

- Hi.

- I’m almost up in a minute.

- Kennedy can take a nap anywhere.

She’s a good sleeper.

I’d say she’s nappy, but that just doesn’t sound right.

- She takes her naps.

You know, she’s really chill, she’s really quiet.

But then she gets on that stage and she’s doing back flips.

And, girl, I don’t know where she gets her energy from.

- Well, hello, Ms. Kennedy. - Hey, sis.

- I’m sorry if I didn’t say hi earlier.

Let me just get in here--

- Well, first of all, I was asleep.

- Oh, you were asleep. - I was sleeping.

- Okay, so you were asleep, so boom.

Kennedy is my Season Seven sister.

What I like about Kennedy

is that we didn’t super get along on "Drag Race."

Like, we weren’t super, super close

when we had like a moment at the very end of the season

where we were kind of-- had a connection.

But Kennedy reminds me of all the queens back home in Atlanta.

She’s very southern, she has that twang,

and she has that kind of zero fucks given,

facts are facts,

like, "this is my drag, deal with it" attitude,

which I really-- it resonates with me.

- ♪ Had his hands on the gospel plow ♪

♪ But one day he got old ♪

♪ He couldn’t fight anymore ♪

♪ He had to stand up and fight anyhow ♪

- ♪ Ooh, we are soldiers ♪

- ♪ In the army ♪

[both laugh]

I’m originally from Dallas, Texas.

I’m still there. I’m not going anywhere.

- This is the Texas takeover.

- Hun, it’s always Texas, honey.

- Okay. It’s the Texas takeover.

Shangey Texas, me Texas, you Texas.

- Kim and Valentina.

- I had a pretty adult childhood.

I helped raise my sister, who’s special needs.

We’re two years apart,

and the diagnosis is Angelman Syndrome.

She has a touch of cerebral palsy

and mental retardation.

But she’s smart as a whip, honey.

[laughs]

My mom was in and out of our lives,

and she was addicted to drugs up until our adult life.

And then she was in prison for this last time,

and in prison, she got clean.

My daddy worked his tail off.

He had been a single father

all the way up until he passed away.

He worked at a bank for like 18 years,

but then he found his passion in clothing,

and he put all his energy into fashion design.

And once he got laid off,

he put all his energy into that,

and I think that’s what brought me and him together.

Because he was a struggling artist,

I’m a struggling artist,

and our relationship just blossomed.

He came to my pageants.

Anything that was of importance to me, he was there.

So I didn’t have much of a childhood,

but I don’t regret one minute.

- Mwah, how are you doing? - I’m good. How are you?

- Good.

- Hi. - Hi.

Good to finally meet you guys.

- I should know.

- Okay, hold that one. - Hello.

- Or the one where she--

- Wrong room.

- [laughs] - Bitch.

- Oh, man. - Yes.

Just call the boss, right?

- The boss, yeah.

That shit is funny.

Are you gonna watch movies with us, Jasper, tonight?

- On the bus? - Yes.

- I would like that.

- Now, I don’t want you to wear them red shorts

unless you done washed them.

- They have not been washed.

- [laughs]

- I had no time.

- You could have gave them to me.

I would have washed them.

- Oh, would you wash my red shorts?

- Yes, I would have washed everything.

That’s where I was going.

- She ain’t gonna wear it again.

- Child, we been done squashed that.

We don’t hold grudges and shit.

- What are you talking about?

- That stuff for kids.

Some people may, you know, hold onto it or whatever,

but, girl, life is too short for that.

Life’s too short to be holding on to shit.

Let it go.

- ♪ I am American ♪

- How many more shows left?

- We have four.

Four more shows.

My shin splint’s acting up on my left foot.

I don’t know why.

[cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause]

- [panting] You let me by.

[laughs]

[clears throat]

- How do you feel? - Tired.

I had to be cautious, too.

That’s the last pair of shoes I got.

It takes a lot of energy.

Case in point, that’s why Latrice don’t dance anymore.

- Should I pull up a video from a couple weeks ago

of me giving a peek?

- Girl.

Did you do a high kick?

- I did. - Lies.

- Splits, rolled.

- I can’t believe it.

You lying. - You can’t believe it?

Why you can’t believe it?

You don’t think my leg can go high?

- No, that’s not it.

- Well, what you talking about you can’t believe it?

- I just feel like you just have retired

and don’t give a shit.

- Well, who said that?

Who said that?

- I did.

- You want me to roll the tape?

- Your track record.

- You want me to roll the tape?

You know what it is now, Kennedy?

- I’m listening.

- I’m gonna tell you. I’ve evolved.

- Mm-hmm.

- And now that you young little jitterbugs are coming up--

- Damn.

- I don’t have anything to prove.

We know what I can do,

and now it’s time to do something else.

And just like you’re about to retire,

you got one, two, three years--

[all laugh] - Okay.

- Yeah, bitch. - Bitch, I’m--

- The way your hip flexors and back is hurting,

and legs and feet,

you got one, two, three years left.

Once you get over 40,

you have to find a new route to engage and turn the crowd.

- I won’t turn in till my knees are gone.

- Oh, that’s it.

- I’ll be like, "Turn my mic off."

- "Turn my vocals."

- "Turn my vocals down."

[cheers and applause]

- I heard a quote

that if your father don’t prepare you for when he’s gone,

then he wasn’t a good father.

So my dad was a good father.

He just prepared me to take care of my sister,

and that’s what I’m doing right now.

Octavia--that’s her name-- has a beautiful personality,

and for me to be in a position to bring her home,

it means the world to me.

So I have to, you know, work hard,

and it’s really up to me, you know.

Like, I’m the only sibling in the family

that’s really making enough money

to make a difference in our family.

And I’ve had this responsibility all my life.

[cheers and applause]

- Are these real? - Bitch, I’m real, too.

Bitch, we are both real as fuck.

[both laugh]

See, they have to see this side of you, Violet.

When they see you--

- Well, girl, this is for special people.

- Yeah. - What’s happening?

- Well, Ms. Kennedy was critiquing me,

saying that I wasn’t a people’s person.

- No, she was saying Detox got all cupcakes

and cakes and pies and shit--

- Got her little birthday celebrated on-stage.

- I said that’s because Detox is a people’s person.

- She said because Detox is a people’s person,

she deserves a birthday celebration, but I don’t.

And then we were asking her live

who is the more people’s person, me or Kennedy.

And I think I’m a more people’s person.

- No. - Let’s see. Hold on.

What do they say? - "You guys are wonderful."

"Y’all rock."

"Your face is neat."

- "Baby." - "Y’all both hood rats."

Fuck you, Jose. - [laughs]

- We’re live, honey. Latrice.

- Huh?

- Who is more a people’s person, me or Ms. Kennedy?

- Who’s more what? - People’s person.

- Of a people’s person. - A people’s person.

- I am the people’s queen, bitch.

- That’s a tongue-twister-- a people person?

- More of a people’s person.

- More of a people person. - People’s person.

- So are you saying, like, who has more fans or who connects?

- Who can jibe and connect?

- Connect-- [laughs]

- Who is a people’s person? Me, bitch.

- Eck-scuse the beauty. [all laugh]

But, see, I connect with a select few people.

- "Select few." - "Select."

- Right. But are we measuring people person

on the amount of people or the deeper the connection?

- Ooh.

- See, is it about the deep connection,

or is it about the amount of people?

- I connect deep with everybody.

- Quality versus quantity. - No.

- It’s the age-old question.

- No, because I connect deep with all of my fans.

- Oh, Mrs. Thing. Mrs. Thing.

- I do.

I do. It’s the truth.

- Mrs. Thing.

- That’s no lie.

- Yeah. I heard Kennedy

gets real deep with her fans.

- [laughs] - Girl, fuck you.

- Look who’s talking. - Look who’s talking, bitch.

- You got a man in every city, bitch.

- Two! Bitch, she had two!

Did you see her two men in Paris?

- Hold on, hold on. - Two.

- Hold on, let’s be honest and fair.

- Let’s get it together with a read.

- Wait a minute. Look how I look.

What kind of man do you all think I got looking like this?

- She look like Robin from "Batman and Robin."

Look at her.

- Oh, you look pretty.

- Oh, I’m having a Season 7 flashback.

- Is that pretty?

- Y’all, I’m telling you,

I have deep connections with all of y’all.

- Deep. - Deep.

- I have deep connections with the fans.

- You’ll get over it very fast.

- What are the fans saying about this question?

- Me. They said I’m the people’s person.

- This is her Instagram.

[all laugh]

- Girl, let me get--I’m gonna go live on my Instagram.

We’ll see, girl.

I look at them things. You write together, bitch.

- Well, pull ’em up, bitch! Pull ’em on up!

- I’m just saying quality versus quantity.

- No, it’s not.

- It’s quality versus quantity, mama.

- I have quality and quantity. - I’m a quality queen.

I’m a quality queen.

I’m not a quantity queen, I’m a quality queen.

- I have both, and you can’t say that,

because you have the most fans.

So what are you talking about?

- But-- - [laughs] Exactly.

- But--and the quality with the most fans.

I mean, girl, I-- There you got it.

- Yeah, girl. - There we go.

- Girl. - Boom.

- Hey.

- Is this your pillow?

- Yes, because I have a pinched nerve in my neck,

so I have to have something to lay on.

Are you coming with?

- Yes.

- Hello.

- Welcome to "Werq the World."

[cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause]

- Final show.

- What?

- How do you feel, final show?

- Final show? I feel sickening.

How you feel?

- I feel good.

- Aren’t you gonna miss me?

- I am gonna miss you honey.

- It’s okay, I have your number.

We can go out on a date. - I’m gonna miss you.

- You better.

Drag is evolution.

If your drag is not evolving,

then you shouldn’t be doing drag.

So I feel like as far as my aesthetic,

I try to improve.

I’m always trying to reinvent Kennedy Davenport,

and I feel like I’m doing that and staying with the time.

[cheers and applause]

I have arrived, clearly.

I’m just doing me on the "Werq the World" tour.

That’s what my audience love.

They love the Kennedy Davenport signature moves,

and I have a wonderful time with them.

And they’re just getting

the Kennedy Davenport that has arrived,

that is confident in herself, that loves what she do.

[cheers and applause]

- What do you want? I don’t even wanna talk.

- [laughs] - Why not?

- I don’t even wanna talk, girl.

You were supposed to been in here earlier.

- Why? What happened earlier?

- When I walked through the door,

you were supposed to be here waiting on me.

- Oh, baby, I was doing interviews.

- I don’t give a damn about who you was doing interview with.

- [laughs]

- Ooh!

- I come first, David.

- You always come first.

- Mm-hmm.

Actions. It’s about actions.

- Aw. That’s Auntie Kennedy.

I’m just clicking my heels.

[all laugh]

- Yeah. Close-up. - Go, bitch, do it, okay?

- Take me home.

- Dorothy, I wanna go home.

There’s no place like home.

- Ooh.

- I drenched her in perfume tonight,

so when she twirls, she’ll give ’em a whiff.

Can you smell it?

- I was being sarcastic.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

How did Liam describe you, Auntie Kennedy, the story?

Do you wanna say, Liam?

What kind of auntie is she?

- She’s like my aunt that like when I get in trouble,

my mom threatens me to send her to her house.

[all laugh]

- Okay. - But--

- Not Auntie Kennedy’s house!

And then, Kennedy?

- At least you’ll eat good.

- Okay. [laughs]

- My whole life has been a stage.

I started out singing and dancing and performing.

I was dating this guy,

and he told me he was doing drag, and I just despised it.

I had never seen a drag queen before,

and then I snuck in the club at 16

and saw my first drag queen,

and it was like, oh, my God.

It was the fascination, the glamour of it all.

It was more my best friend saying,

"Well, you would be cute as a girl.

You know, you wanna try it? I can hook you up."

You know, "I can get you going."

But he was very convincing, honey.

By this time, I was all for it.

This tour, we are changing lives,

and we are touching-- and I always say this--

we are reaching people

that many people would never be able to reach.

That’s the job of us being drag queens:

to reach, to inspire, and to encourage people

to keep moving onward and moving up.

[cheers and applause]