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Previously on
RuPaul's Drag Race.

You'll be starring in RDR Live.

I would like to be
the inner saboteur.

No, no, no, no, no.

Briar wants to be
my scene partner.

Bitch, I'm trying to get as
far away from you as I can.

First, we start with
role playing and poppers.

You and Green.

gag

LA twenty twenty eight Olympics

including

flag football, squash.

Mandy Mango.

You needed to
give us demure fundamentalist.

Briar Blush.

More.

You're a drag queen.

Give me more.

Juicy Love Dion.

You had physical choices,
you had like subtle choices.

It was awesome.

Condragulations, you're the
winner of this week's challenge.

Briar Blush

Shantay, you stay.

Mandy Mango

sashay, away.

Well, shit.

We're back in the
workroom and Mandy Mango

has just been eliminated
and I am heartbroken.

I love her so much and I don't
think that decision was correct.

She just is a better
dancer and better performer
than Briar in my opinion.

How do you feel
about that lip sync?

It is survival of the
fittest and I really,
really wanted to stay.

I couldn't imagine myself
going home right now.

One bad night doesn't
mean anything for
what a performer has.

Exactly.

Thank you, Darkwing Duck.

Right.

You know, as graciously as I

accepted those critiques,
I'm a little surprised.

I feel like what I gave was good

and there were probably
more forgettable people
that weren't in the bottom.

Congrats, Juicy!

Thank you guys so much
and thank you to all
of you like for calming

me down and helping
me out through this

challenge like I'm a
product of my sisters.

And I do have to say a big thank

you to Maiki for being
such a great scene partner.

It's my honor.

You owe me a
thousand dollars now.

So guys, another
elimination complete.

Yes.

I know we've got a lot
of feelings going on
in the room right now.

I just want to talk
about what happened as
we were getting ready.

I do realize that I
crossed some boundaries
that I wasn't aware of.

So we were all talking about our

relationships and I asked
Briar if she's single.

Well, I was in a very

happy relationship
for a couple years and then
things didn't end that well.

Whose fault was it?

Was it yours?

I'm assuming.

You hate me?

She's not just talking to me.

I guess

I offended her and
then immediately I apologized.

She didn't

accept my apologies.

I think with you,
I don't know where

that boundary is because
you play so much.

I think I was trying
to cue you that this

was not the moment that I wanted
to have that conversation.

- - But you?
- And

let me finish.

Okay, girl, keep it real cute
because listen, I've been real

quiet all season so far and
we not going to do that.

So go ahead.

I didn't want that conversation.

I didn't feel
comfortable having it.

Didn't you do the
same thing to Athena when

she did not want you
to touch her off camera?

So, I didn't want to
get into this, but Briar was

saying all sorts of nasty
things to me off the clock.

She was making fun
of me being in a bad mood,
making fun of me being sad.

She was giggling and whispering
to Juicy right in front of me.

She even came up to me and said,

"The funniest part about all of
this is that Juicy doesn't

even stick up for you
when I take you down".

So why is it okay for you to

do it and when somebody that
unintentionally does it...

it's an issue.

What's good for the
goose, excuse the

expression, is good for
the gander, you know.

There have been many times that
people have cued you to stop and

it's just a little too far and
you just love to take it there.

Briar's in the wrong because she
expects other people to respect

her boundaries, but
she doesn't respect

anybody else's boundaries
in the werkroom.

Privately I did
ask Briar to just

tone it down a little bit, I
didn't want to make it a thing.

But at the moment, you had to
share it in front of everybody.

We've got Nicki Minaj
the poodle, we've got Liberace

the owl, a naked black
swan, all in an argument.

That scene in
Mean Girls where they're

all fighting and the
animal scenes are playing...

We're living it right now.

Today, like you staying here.

Personally, I wanted
Mandy to stay.

I thought she did better.

It's no love loss, but

moving forward, we don't fuck
with each other like that.

I'm not trying to
have malice with you, girl.

Okay, and Listen,
little girl, we

have a boundary moving
forward, and that's it.

Well, period, I do forgive you.

Because the cameras are on,
it's when you forgive me.

At that point, I
think I'm ready to um...

Undress.

Mia just reached for
her earrings, so I

feel like we need
to get out of drag...

Bitch.

before anything
goes any further.

We all have arguments
from time to time,

but never in my life

have I ever had two girls on
both sides jump at me like that.

Take it how you want to.

But don't do that fake shit
when the cameras are rolling.

I don't play like that.

I just want to reiterate the
fact that. You're my best friend

When she said... I know.

But what I was told was,

your daughter doesn't even stick
up for you when I make fun of

you and that's the
funniest part about it
and that felt like shit.

I didn't want to
be caught in between a

new relationship and my best
friend in the fucking world.

It just is something that was
like a dagger in my heart for

somebody to say to
me because I have a really
close relationship with her.

At this point, it's not
even about me and you,
it's about defending her.

I don't want her
to feel like she didn't...

You're not defending shit.

I know my relationship with her.

Don't spin it around like
I'm defending her right now.

What is happening?

Who the fuck are
you defending Juicy from?

From me?

I don't have beef with Juicy.

I have beef with you because
what you're doing right now is

running around and
dropping little matches

and you're setting
this up into smoke.

There's no defending
Juicy because no
one's attacking Juicy.

Now you can do whatever you
want to me and I'll take it.

But now you're dragging
in my drag family.

Now it's personal, bitch.

You just crossed a line that
you will not cross ever again.

The winner of RuPaul's Drag
Race will snatch an official

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Cosmetics and a cash

prize of two
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courtesy of RuPaul's Drag

Race Match Queen,
with extra special guest
judge, Anna Lee Ashford.

Good morning werkroom.

Morning.

It is a new day in the workroom
and last week there was

a little bit of drama between
Briar, Athena and myself.

However, I'm choosing bitch.

Let's move forward.

And just focus on
what needs to be done.

How is everybody feeling
about how the competition
is shaping up?

I definitely find solace
in being safe right now.

But I'm ready for my top.

I'm ready for a nice,
good. rough, nasty top, bitch.

Oh my God.

Kenya, Jesus can hear you.

She done already done had

- herses.
- Herses.

Here we go.

Ru rule number twenty one.

If you lend a friend
your lace front,

you'll lose both your friend

and your lace front.

What?

Hello, hello, hello.

Hello.

This is starting
to become a thing.

- Yes.
- Oh.

How's my dirty
dozen doing this morning?

- Dirty!
- Dirty!

Now that you've had a chance
to get to know each other,

I want you to pair
up with the queen you consider

your bestie.

Don't think about it.

Do it.

Who is my best bitch,
I just met all you hoes!

I don't know. I don't
know. I don't know. I don't
know. I don't know, okay.

I know that Kenya
is a good time gal.

She has great energy,
so whatever we are

in store for, I
know we can succeed here.

I go to grab Juicy
and who do I see?

Sorry.

Briar!

Briar just cannot get
away from my child.

Like, let her breathe.

So that means Juicy
is with Briar,

Discord is with Jane,
Mikey is with NiNi,

Ciara is with Kenya Pleaser,

Mia Star is with Vita,
and Darlene is with Athena.

Queens, when it
comes to fashion,

the red carpet isn't
just a runway...

It's a battlefield.

For this week's Maxi Challenge,

you and your bestie will design
original show stopping looks

inspired by a mashup of
two different legendary
red carpet moments.

Oh, wow.

Oh, shit.

I love you.

The fact that I am

Vita's partner, I feel
really good and confident.

The last design challenge, she
was in the top two.

She's an incredible seamstress.

Now tomorrow on
the runway, we'll decide
which bestie wore it best.

Bitch,

that's when the
diarrhea started.

Now it's time to
play Red Carpet Mashups.

Oh, pit crew.

All right, Juicy Love Dion.

Since you won
last week's Maxi challenge,

you and your bestie

get to choose your two

fashion muses first.

Pick a number.

I think I want to
go with lucky number eight.

All right, so Juicy,
your first muse is

Little Nas X at
the 2020 Grammys.

Okay, Briar, pick a number.

Number six.

Rihanna at the
2015 Met Gala.

Discord, pick a number.

Seven.

No?

Close?

- That's the one.
- Yeah!

Cher at the 1986 Oscars.

I love that that walk you did.

Oh my God!

Jane Don't, it is your turn.

I'm going to go with eleven.

Sarah Paulson at
the Oceans Eight premiere.

That's a nice
combination, isn't it?

That's a nice combination.

Myki with a Y.

I'll pick two.

JLo wearing Versace

at the 2000 Grammys.

NiNi?

I'm feeling tens, tens,
tens across the board.

Nicki Minaj

at the 2011 Grammys.

Oh shit.

All right, Ciara, pick a number.

I think I need a
nice big high five.

That's it.

Lady Gaga at the
2010 VMAs.

All right, Kenya.

I I think I'm going
to go with number nine.

This is a safe option.

Did you hear that, Theodore?

Point to the nine.

Ok.

Britney and Justin at
the 2001 AMAs.

Mia Starr.

Four.

Katy Perry at the
2019 Met Gala.

Vita, it's your turn.

Twelve.

Lil Kim at
the 1999 VMAs.

Darlene Mitchell.

Three is calling to me.

Who shot the couch?

Kim Kardashian

at the 2013 Met Gala.

And it looks like
she is with child.

All right, so Athena,
you're the last to pick.

I think I'm just going
to go for number one.

Zendaya at the
Dune two premiere.

So I have to mash up

metal

and florals...

for spring.

Groundbreaking.

Now for your final frocks.

You need to
incorporate materials

from both red
carpet inspiration.

If you're looking for an example
of how to sew, don't look at me.

I am trial by
fire and now I'm directly

going against the girl who
won the first design challenge.

The pressure is on.

Racers, start your engines.

And may the best drag queen win.

Oh, wow.

Sickening.

This week's Maxi Challenge
is another design challenge.

It is red carpet mashups.

Is this real meat?

I do feel like there's pressure
on me to do well in this

challenge, especially because
some people didn't

think I even deserved
the first win.

So, I've really got
to prove to these girls

that you should not
underestimate what I can

do when it comes to
a sewing machine.

Green.

Everything's green.

We are given materials
that correspond to our red
carpet inspiration looks.

This challenge has a
lot of levels to it.

We are being asked to sort
of mash up two red carpet looks.

But the idea is
not to recreate the looks.

The idea is to reinterpret
them in a signature drag look.

Look at this.

Put your fabrics out.

Darlene's been somebody that
I've connected to the most from

the Q-pop group and from
just the competition in general.

And, you know, coming into
this competition with Juicy,

I don't think either
of us wanted to be

cuffed to the other.

But I'm interested to
see as close as Briar

is trying to get to
Juicy, if she's going to

be a sister and
help out or back up

because it's a competition now
between you and your bestie.

It is

interesting.

I mean, these together.

I mean, that is just

- Mmm.
- Oh, God,

It's so good.

It's a little obnoxious.

We have to mash up the
two red carpet looks we got.

I got JLo's Versace dress.

NiNi gets Nicki
Minaj at the VMAs.

So we have tropical
greens and blues

and we have

golden brown leopard print.

Where the hell do
we go with this?

We're going to be finding
a new side of ourselves
today with this lovely...

I just love it.

I love it.

I love it.

- I love this so much.
- I love it.

Oh, Ciara, look.

Scenbird has so many
great fragrances.

I might wear this with
my red carpet look tomorrow.

Oh, that smells so good.

Obviously, I want to
use some of these, but I
don't want to use as much

of them because I
don't want to mimic

what I did in
the first runway challenge.

I mean, I do think that
you have done a lot of black.

Yes.

I'm excited that we
got this color combination.

I am a little irritated to be
paired with you only because...

Why?

- Because we can both sow.
- Because we can both do things.

Yeah.

I'm sweating a little bit here.

Maybe four other people will
go in front of me

and like look worse and
I can bank on that.

I literally have
to stand next to

whatever she makes and
be judged against it.

Kenya, how do you
feel about this meat fabric?

Oh, it's God awful.

This is non-stretch.

It's.

It's non-stretch?

Girl...

Do you know what?

This is why you
can't be lusting after

men in front of
God and everybody else.

God really struck
down with this one.

But it feels like we
have to use it, right?

Yeah.

Like The Gaga dress
is made of meat.

- Totally.
- Totally.

I mean, Ciara, the meat
dress lives in your world,
very obviously to me.

Yeah.

Kenya, you don't strike
me as the type of

girl who's walking around
South Carolina dressed in meat.

No, no.

The dogs and crows
might get me, girl.

Could you imagine that
smell when I start sweating?

Swamp ass 2.0.

No.

I'm not putting meat on meat,
but I know I have to be

the fiercest, fiercest
diva that will drag

that has never dragged
so hard before.

Well, you know how
to sew when it's fabric.

Yes.

Which I'm very excited
that we don't have trash.

Well...

Oh, Jane, that's enough,
that is... -I don't know,
I don't know about...

We're both stars.

We're both stars.

So we're gonna shine.

We gotta do that.

Our materials look like it
came out of the same box.

They're both sequin.

You have your purples, you
have your whites, you have the

jewels, but what the fuck am
I gonna do with this chandelier?

What would Jowella do?

What?

Just what the fuck am
I supposed to do with this?

I do want to do a whore

elegant kind of gown.

Mia...

you're a whore.

How do you become a whore?

I'm just gonna draw some tits.

I thought it was a pair of eyes.

It's actually
Athena's owl costume.

Yeah, it looks like
the little googly eyes.

That's how I'm
feeling right now.

Maybe I'm just
drawing my feelings.

Get away from me.

How you feeling?

I feel great.

Do you have any ideas?

I shouldn't tell you this.

The nice thing about this
mesh, I've worked with
this kind of thing before,

is, you can...

just cut this

and turn this into trim.

Yes, I love that.

No, no, no, no, no.

Why?

Not too much.

Why?

That's what I want to do.

Oh.

Oh, okay.

- What was that?
- Never mind, bye.

I have to go.

This?

Bitch, you holding
out on me, ho?

No.

I had to flip my
page when she came over here.

I'm known for sewing so
the pressure is so high.

And Jane, she's strategic.

So I'm trying to hold
my cards close to my chest.

What has put Vita on the
map is that I replicate
celebrity looks.

So I've done exact replica
of Janelle Monáe, her
look from the Met Gala,

Beyoncé, Coachella,
and sometimes even better
than the celebrity itself.

So my eye, especially for
like going for like baby shower,

Yeah.

like immediately went to this.

So like I think I
want to do like my like

tube dress out of this.

- You're going to a baby shower.
- I'm doing baby shower.

I'm going to a galactic
card party. -You're
going to space, honey.

I love grandma's couch floral.

Haha, I know that I can
make something sick out of this.

And after seeing what
Athena made in the first
design challenge...

I think I've got
this in the bag.

Good luck.

Don't fuck it up.

I love my Darlene, but...

Haha, you can't out gown me.

How are you
feeling about this challenge?

You know, it was a
hard day yesterday.

Untucked was hard,
the critiques were hard.

Lip syncing was hard.

Yeah, baby.

And it can be hard to believe
in yourself a little bit.

And, you know, after
getting back it was really

you know the big argument.

Mm-hmm.

I felt so bad about myself.

I was hoping to get
back here after lip syncing and

feel,

you know, glad to be back

and glad to stay in it, but...

it's hard to feel

good about yourself after...

all of that and then on top of
it like somebody looking at you

and telling you like, oh
I wish they I think the
other bitch did better.

I wish she stayed.

It just kept coming
and coming and coming and...

Yeah.

I think the competition might be
getting to Briar a little bit.

Now that I know my girl,

I don't think she's abrasive.

You are a fucking superstar.

I'm just nervous for my friend.

This is a high-stress,
high-stakes environment.

And we got to
fight every single challenge

to survive.

This week's challenge,
we have to mash up two
iconic red carpet looks.

My look has to be a mash up of
the Britney and Justin denim

suits with the
insanely grotesque meat dress

that Lady Gaga wore to the VMAs.

What the fuck?

This is denim.

This is red vinyl.

This is red vinyl,
red vinyl, red vinyl.

Yeah.

It is very Spider-Man.

which I love Spider-Man.

Spider-Man is my
favorite superhero.

Yeah.

I get a glance at Ciara's
design and she's literally

being inventive at gold
creating art on her body.

This bitch did not
come to play at all.

And I have to be
compared to that?

Who do you think is in trouble?

She gonna tell me what?

Girl, I think Briar
is in her head.

Because of last week?

Mm-hmm.

Why?

Cause I saw her crying.

But I don't know why.

Mhm.

I really don't pay attention
to Briar at this point anymore.

She's up against my little niece
and I need Juicy to beat her.

How do y'all feel about
y'all going to be compared?

I mean, bitch, I know she
going to dog walk my ass.

Doesn't it feel?

I'm not delusional
I have accepted that.

Each group has a
person to, you know,

Well, not Discord and.

- Bitch.
- That's going to be tough.

That is...

and I know somebody's
going to be

crack, bitch.

I think it'll all come down to
the match up between those two.

Discord's look, it's looking
very like the picture.

So how are you
going to incorporate the green?

I don't know, bitch.

I'm worried about Hottie...

Because Ciara is like sick.

No, bitch, she's about to
dog walk your ass too.

First of all, bitch, why do
you have to say this to me?

Look, we gonna keep
it real over here.

It could be an awkward
turn of events and I can...

I can pull the fuck to.

- You may, you just may, bitch.
- You never know, bitch.

We gonna go with that, sis.

We gonna go with that.

America, I'm fighting for my
life to be the best bottom.

Wait a minute,
this actually look, this

actually look like I
know what I'm doing.

Uh-uh, Mamma Mia.

Oh, girl, she got
a sleeve, bitch.

We are going tit for
tit in this design challenge.

And y'all...

I have big titties.

Briar and Juicy have a
lot left to do and they're
acting like they don't.

I don't know where I went.

Hi you guys.

I see you guys
looking over here a lot.

We're just looking, see
what you're up to.

I need a little advice.

I'm going to make a train.

a circle train

Have you started the train?

No, I'm going to start it now.

I know.

I know.

Hey, I believe in you.

The last assigned challenge was
not too good for me.

So, my biggest concern is that
Briar's going to eat me up.

Okay, you do look really cute.

Yeah?

I mean, I think,
well, this color combo's just

It's cute.

You have a lot to do.

Yeah.

I'm going to work on the train.

How do I do the fucking train?

If you need... I will
help you, if you want.

You are so sweet...

Thus far in the competition, I
have helped Juicy quite a bit,

and I don't mind
helping her, but I think
sometimes Juicy doesn't

go for it because she knows
that no matter what she does,

somebody will kind of
be there to pick her

back up again and
sort of dust her off.

And I just don't
know how long that

strategy can work before we run
out of people in the room

who are going to help you.

Oh shit.

What?

What?

I put the triangle on the
side seam and not the back seam.

Oh.

I sewed it on the wrong seam.

Let me see.

What am I gonna do?

What am I gonna do?

I just fucking made
the biggest mistake ever.

Losing my mind.

What is Athena talking about?

Who knows, girl.

All right, girl.

Start over again.

Athena is running around
like a goddamn Tasmanian devil.

Like oh girl, she
didn't made fifteen dresses.

Well, I'm fucked.

That just took like an hour to.

Just take a breath
and trust your talent.

Darlene, can you beat her ass?

I have to figure the fuck
out what am I gonna do.

I'm going to work
on this garment all night

if I have to, but
it has to work.

I don't have time to spiral.

Here we go.

Here we go!

Yay!

It is runway day.

We have to showcase
our red carpet mashup looks.

Going up against NiNi... has
me a little nervous, but

I feel like I created something
a little bit more extravagant.

I love what I made.

Oh, we get straight to it.

Everyone is running around
like chickens with their heads

cut off because the
stakes are so high today.

It is now a one-v-one
knockout competition to
see who we're at best.

Everything I worked
on, I scrapped.

I just went the longest way
to go back to my original idea.

I've been up all night
making a brand new dress.

Why do I do this to myself?

I love to be a woman in crisis.

Yours is sickening.

You know, I love it.

I do love it.

I have created
this Bob Mackie masterpiece.

Here's my redemption
for the first

design challenge where
I was wrongfully safe.

You and Discord, both
of you turned it out.

I know, I hate it.

I feel great about
where my outfit ended up.

So, it's just going to come down
to which look the judges prefer.

It's anybody's call.

Where's Ciara?

She moved.

She said, I'm over you,

stupid fighting assholes.

Me and Mia.

We're getting ready
next to each other.

And I don't want
any bad blood with her.

I'm going to be painting next
to her for a long time.

And so, I...

want to just
squabble it all now.

We had a kind of
explosive argument.

Yeah.

Um, but I don't come
back from an argument like

Fuck that bitch.

I've just felt like
throughout the whole day

last week, like I
was doing something wrong.

You know what I mean?

Like I was like, damn.

I just think the emotions
kind of got to me.

It doesn't feel good
that like somebody I

like went home and
it doesn't feel good that

people think that
she should have stayed.

I understand where you're
coming from on that sense.

Like if I'm honest, it's like

for a long time, I didn't
feel supported by my family.

I did not have
a good relationship with them.

Growing up, I felt
very much othered by my
family in a lot of ways.

My dad said things to me
like that I was a screw up.

And as a teenager,
I definitely felt like

There was nothing that
I could do correct.

I. kind of ended up
leaving home when I was sixteen.

There was nothing that
I could do correct.

Damn.

So you know, I deal
with that sometimes, the
feeling of being like

a little unlovable.

But people don't understand
that because you have all

of the confidence in
the world on the exterior.

I do project a lot of
confidence and it's because
I felt like I had to

and it's really hard
to sometimes feel like

people are rooting
for you when...

it didn't feel like people were
rooting for you even as a child.

Yeah.

I mean, I get that.

I do want to apologize.

Yes, I did say that,
you know what I mean?

But overall, like you
deserve to be here

because you're very special.

I'm understanding
her a lot more now.

She's opening up and
I do have a soft spot in
my heart for people that

have this huge like

confidence and like I'm
the tiger in the room,

but in real life like you
are this like little stray cat.

I understand that.

Um, my brother passed
away in twenty twenty.

Mhm.

And...

we didn't have the best
relationship because he just

I just felt like he
just chose the wrong path.

I lost my brother

to

drug addiction and it hit
our family very, very hard.

I was so

upset with him

because I knew that once
he got out of jail again,

like I told my mom,
I was like, this is it.

He's not

there's no more chances left.

I just felt it.

So I pulled away.

I have a lot of regret

not talking to him

like that last year.

Mhm.

And then he passed away
and I was just like, fuck.

I wish...

I wish I showed
him love... more.

Sorry.

I wish I showed him love more.

Um.

Rather than pulling away.

It does affect you.

Like in a lot of ways to live
with like that much regret.

You have to forgive
yourself to move forward.

Mhm.

I know...

he knows that I loved him,
which is why I was so upset.

I was in a dark time

and

I refound drag

and it brought me so
much joy and I just

knew that this is what
I was supposed to be doing.

I kept all my brother's jeans

when he did pass and
I created a beautiful dress

with just a part of him

walking

through those doors

So if I have a
little snapping turtle in me

We all have an inner rage.

Inside of us there's two wolves.

Girl.

Miss Kenya.

Yes ma'am.

How was your life
growing up as little Kenya?

Girl, being born was a

a struggle.

My mom didn't know
she was pregnant with me.

- Oh my.
- Whoa.

Oh my God.

So she was in college and
one night she got up in

the middle of the night and she
was having pains in her stomach.

So she went to
try to use the bathroom.

And she felt
something down there, girl.

She said, bitch, I
thought it was an alien.

Oh my God.

My mom had me on the bathroom
floor of her college dorm.

Her roommate called
nine one one, girl.

But by the time the EMS
came there, she already had me.

That is crazy.

Yeah.

Since my mom had me in
college, my grandparents
thought it was the

best idea that she
continued college and I
was to live with them.

Are you close with
your birth mom?

Yeah.

So, of course, that made like a

strain on our relationship
because I wasn't raised...

She wasn't ready to have you.

Yeah.

Funny enough, me coming out

was

what made us closer.

Oh.

Bitch, I was at gospel
choir rehearsal in college and

we were practicing the song"
You got a friend in me".

And I literally burst
into tears and I

was like, I'm going
to have to leave.

I went into
the bathroom, started crying,

looked in the mirror,
was like, it's time.

So I called my mom and
I was like, ma, I'm gay.

And she was like, you
won't be the first and
you won't be the last.

Aw.

Her being so supportive

has meant the world to me

because I don't share that part
of my life with my grandparents.

But y'all, guess what?

The entire choir came
out of the chorus room

and started singing, You
got a friend in me.

- Oh!
- And one by one,

they started hugging me.

Aw!

I don't think she realized...

How much she has helped me

be as strong as I
have been and um...

I also, I want to
make her proud.

It's because I...

I lost so many years with
my mom and drag has really
brought us together.

You have a friend
in me as well, sister.

Vita, stop, I will literally
spontaneously combust right now.

Oh, thank y'all.

Oh my goodness.

Oh!

Yes, ma'am.

Ooh, that dress is money.

Welcome to the main
stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.

She's no stranger
to the red carpet.

It's Michelle Visage.

What did the red carpet
say to the vacuum cleaner?

I don't know.

What did the red carpet
say to the vacuum cleaner?

You suck.

And so do you, Michelle.

Don't tell anybody.

It's the real queen of
the red carpet, Law Roach.

Well, if these bitches
don't get it right, it's
off with their heads.

She bring it to you six times
a week and twice on Sunday.

It's Tony Winner,
Anna Lee Ashford.

Thank you so much for having me.

It's such an honor.

I just had a brand
new baby and while I

was breastfeeding, we
watched every single season
of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Oh, that's lovely.

Did you ever find
out who the father is?

Still working on it.

This week we challenged our
queens to create original looks

inspired

by legendary celebrity fashions.

And tonight on the runway,

category is Red Carpet Mashups.

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

Category is

Red Carpet Mashups.

Inspired by Little
Nas X and Rihanna.

Up first, it's Juicy Love Dion.

Little pink riding hood.

I'm giving a little Grace Jones.

I pulled on my hood to show off

my gorgeous little finger
waves waving to the judges.

I made this look pink and I gave
it shoulder pads like Little Nas

X's look, but I
wanted the bottom

half to have that
giant train like Rihanna.

And, you know,
I'm feeling pussy.

I'm feeling cat.

Grace Jones for the
Powerpuff Girls.

Next, Briar Blush.

From Planet of the capes.

I'm pumping down the
runway giving Mayan warrior.

using the applique
as flame motifs.

often depicted in Mayan fashion.

I decided to take
inspo from Little

Nas's leather jacket and
Rihanna for the hair.

I feel absolutely gorgeous.

But the question is, what she
going to do with all that ass?

Applikay-kay.

Appli-kay.

Inspired by Cher
and Sarah Paulson.

First, it's Discord Adams.

Not proud of it.

This look is hand
stitched couture.

It is Bob Mackie.

It is showing off my body.

It is showing off my tattoos.

It is shimmering
from head to toe.

I feel like
a fierce fashion supermodel.

You better smack
you that Mackie.

Up next, Jane Don't.

She don't speak hard.

She speaks easy.

I am wiggling down the runway

in this air-tay creation
but like on LSD.

I was really thinking
about how to combine

the synthetic quality of
the Sarah Paulson look

and the sensuousness of
that share Bob Mackie costume

and I think there's a
real point of view here.

This is from the
Pacoima production of Mame.

Take a bite out
of my lime crime.

Yes.

Inspired by J Lo
and Nicki Minaj.

First, it's Myki Meeks.

Jenny from the jungle.

I love a good old
Hollywood aesthetic.

I have the tropical essence
of Jennifer Lopez with the

leopard print from Nikki made
a crown with an updo.

Applique is going all down
the body because I want a

little bit of regalness
too, because these
are the queens, honey.

Oh, you've got to climb
Mount Everest to reach
the Valley of the Dolls.

Next, Nini Coco.

Oh, you don't want
to fuck with this bitch.

Uh-uh.

Nini Coco.

This is Nini on vacation.

She's headed to the
resort, giving you the
entire bad bitch story.

You can obviously clock
the references from
the head to toe leopard

print from the Nikki look
and the plunging neckline
from the JLo look.

But this look stands alone
as a unique piece of art.

This bitch is high on catnip.

You can see her catnips.

Mhm.

She can't keep a
relationship because she's
always been a cheater.

Inspired by Lady Gaga
and Britney and Justin.

Ciara Myst.

Now, that's a meaty tuck.

I am freaking my
way down the runway.

I'm giving a mix
of horror and couture.

My arms are dripping in meat.

My fascinator is giving
alien avant-garde couture.

My wig is giving retro futurism
and I've got myself wrapped

up in meat twine with a
little meat tag on the side.

I think I could see her T-bone.

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

Up next, Kenya Pleaser.

Her meat love brings all
the boys to the yard.

Bitch, I'm sorry.

I look... cunt.

The shoulder is out,
the titties are tittying.

I have these custom-
made clock it two-tone gloves.

The gown kisses the
floor perfectly, might I add.

And my meat purse.

for serving.

She walks into the barbecue

purse first.

She likes that waggy.

Inspired by Katy
Perry and Lil' Kim.

It is Mia Starr.

Oh, Lil Kim brought her big Kim.

Oh.

It's milking time.

Sure is.

Shake, shake, bitch.

Lil Kim off the bat, baby.

I feel so glam.

I have my hair
that looks like a chandelier.

I'm smiling for the judges.

I'm giving a little
winky-wink -wink and make
sure that titty bounce.

Hey, titty girl!

That's the most glamorous
otter I've ever seen.

Next, Vita VonTesse

Starr.

Miss Cicely Tyson
for Wakanda Fashion Week.

Vita is always going to
give you high whore drag.

The cutout in my
chest and the silhouette

of this body is
representing Lil Kim, honey,

and the chandelier
and all of the jewels is
representing Katy Perry.

This bitch is shandelarious.

How many drag queens does it
take to change a light bulb?

Inspired by Kim
Kardashian and Zendaya,

it's Darlene Mitchell.

She loves a good
fringe festival this one.

Mhm.

Giddy up.

This is a space age, space
cadet, cowgirl fantasy.

I've got my space age
take on a cowboy hat.

I'm incorporating the
grandma's couch floral
from Kim Kardashian's Met

Gala look and I've got this
chrome sprinkled all throughout.

And this horse hair him on
this skirt has me feeling
so elegant and puss.

Oh god, I can't take it.

Yeehaw!

Next, Athena Dion.

Hi ho, Silver.

Emphasis on the ho.

Okay.

Chrome and florals wouldn't
naturally go together
out in nature, honey.

But I have put
them together very gracefully.

My inspiration for this
look is a nineteen

sixties model, very Endora,
the mother in Bewitched.

Draped one shoulder,
Grecian goddess.

Don't underestimate
the goddess, baby.

You always have to
look for the silver lining.

Apparently, she's
from Cape Canaveral.

Florals for spring,

groundbreaking.

Welcome, queens.

Tonight,

we'll be critiquing
you in pairs.

And then,

I'll decide which
bestie wore it best.

Starting with Juicy
Love Dion and Briar

Blush, inspired by Little
Nas X and Rihanna.

Juicy.

I could tell straight away
the looks that you were wearing.

I knew the references.

You gave us the
silhouette of Rihanna with
the color of Lil Nas X.

And I just thought
what a glamorous little starlet.

The problem I have with
it is the fur looks so

cheap.

So maybe doubling up on the
fur to thicken it around the

bottom and even around the neck
might have helped a little bit.

But I would try to keep

any type of fur
away from your muff area.

I did

regret that as soon
as I put it on.

But I think you
did a decent job, especially

with the sewing of it and
giving yourself shoulder pads

and making sleeves.

I think you did a
really good job with it.

Briar.

Anybody that watches this show
knows how I feel about

a jumpsuit.

I feel like the shoe
is telling a different
story than the outfit is.

I got your shoes because
you are wearing a version
of the Rihanna shoe.

I give you credit for that.

Michelle missed that, but
I caught it because...

Didn't miss it.

Rihanna had on a sparkly shoe.

She did, but it matched.

Oh, it was a little off.

It was silver like that.

Okay.

Yeah.

I was there.

Everything else I hate.

You look like a WWE wrestler.

I hated it.

I just wanted you to
jump off the ropes and just

do a dropkick
on somebody, probably her,

cuz, you know,
you're competing against her.

But let me tell you
what I did love.

Uh-huh.

That face, daughter,

the beat is divine.

The outfit is...

Not so much.

But don't look at
me like that, girl.

Okay, look at me
like that, girl.

All right, well,
I've made my decision.

The bestie who wore it best

is

Are you okay?

- Medic.
- Medic.

Briar?

Mhm.

Quick sticks.

- Back down.
- Come on.

Brair just passed out.

Really?

I'm like, was that too harsh?

Just breathe.

- Breathe.
- Did I fall?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Just breathe, just breathe.
- Oh my God.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Just breathe.

Just wait a minute.

- Just stay there.
- Stay there.

Stay there.

Whoa.

- You're okay, okay.
- I didn't even know I fell.

It's okay, baby.

She just fainted?

Yeah.

I just, I...

- She fainted.
- Yeah.

Do you know where you're at?

Yeah.

That better be real.

It's not.

It's a show.

It's a show.

Convenient timing.

As soon as Law Roach says
something about her looking
like a WWE wrestler,

But your breathing is fine.

Can we have her off the stage
so we could take all the vitals.

Wait, you go slow,
very, very slow.

Very slow.

Sorry.

Oh

It's intense up there.

I mean, you're stressing
out, you're about to be
judged by all the judges.

Clear path, transferring
Briar to medical tent.

Hold the camera.

Every ingredient for the
perfect recipe for a collapse.

One hundred percent.

But...

Who knows what the truth is?

There is no way
she pretended to faint.

That is not like her
and she would not do that.

Queens, I have word that
Briar is feeling much better.

But to be extra cautious,

a doctor is seeing her now.

Now, to close the circle,

the bestie who wore
it best is Juicy.

Up next, Discord Add
ams and Jane Don't,

inspired by Cher
and Sarah Paulson.

Discord, I think you nailed it.

The construction is
complicated and all of the
bead ing, it's gorgeous.

I think it's falling
a little bit low.

I'd like to see it higher up.

It's pulling down.

I do want to give you one

piece of advice on your walk.

- Oh God.
- It is um.

Were you gonna do
the same thing? -Yes.

It's just...

scary

Okay.

I think it's just very stiff.

You came out looking
like Cher but

walking like Sunny.

That threw me off like the walk
kind of like I was like, oh God.

We love your walk,
but honestly, to sell

a garment, you have
to loosen up a bit.

Jane, you know how to sew, you
know how to put a look together.

Thank you for giving
us some mame magic.

Thank you.

And I love an homage to Angela
Lansbury and B Arthur, always.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

All right, well,
I've made my decision.

The bestie who wore it best is

Jane Don't.

- Congratulations, baby.
- Thank you.

Up next,

Myki Meeks and Nini Coco,
inspired by JLo and Nicki Minaj.

Myki, I just
want to first congratulate

you on winning your
Oscar for Anora.

Okay.

Oh.

It was an amazing film.

You walked down and
I wrote down star.

You've got just a
sparkle that we just

want to watch you
and see what you do.

I love the leopard gown
with the ruching in the front.

It was really beautiful.

I'm not a fan of the blue
illusion mesh underneath

cause it almost cheapens
it a little bit.

I wish you would have done
more with the fabric because

you have the fabric that
looks so much like the Versace.

I also didn't
like all the applications.

I think you kind
of gilded the lily here.

Nini,

fantastic.

Leopard is leopard is leopard
and we always love leopard.

I love that you brought
the scarf around your head.

I love that
you incorporated the green

in there with those beautiful
rhinestone accessories.

So, the fact that
it's simply a leopard bodysuit

with the draping over it.

That works for me.

I understand the fabric
placement is inspired by J. Lo,

but I just keep
seeing Shania Twain.

I'm sorry.

I love them both, but I'm
going to say just because of

the over accessorizing,
the bestie who wore
it best is Nini Coco.

Up next, Ciara Myst
and Kenya Pleaser.

inspired by Lady Gaga
and Britney and Justin.

Ciara

Hello.

I love this drag!

Fantastic.

The details of
the bugle beads hanging

from your fingers, the
Philip Tracy style fascinator.

It really, really
is a smart look.

I love the way you kind
of like tie a rump roast
together to cook it.

I loved it.

I love the fact
you can tell it's denim

and that it's just
as twisted as you are.

Kenya, I didn't really know
who this was looking at you.

Denim is not an
easy thing to work with.

No.

I get it, but it wasn't quite
giving me the meat dress either.

If you weren't carrying a
slab of beef in your hand,
I wouldn't have known

what it was.

I just wish you had
cooked the steak because it

is probably like the
most interesting thing
of your whole look.

I...

just did not get it.

Of course, you can
always sell whatever you

wear because your personality
is so bouncy and lovely.

You've come a long
way from the first challenge.

Unfortunately, it's just not as
good as what your partner did.

- Yeah.
- So,

the bestie who wore it best

is Ciara Myst.

Up next, Mia Starr
and Vita VonTesse.

Inspired by Katy
Perry and Lil Kim.

I think first of all,
Mia, I wrote down ti-tty!

Titty titty titty titty titty.

We all like titties
and you're showing us yours.

I used to be scared of the tit.

Now I throw lifts to the shit.

Handle it.

I was like, if one
of these queens don't come out

with a tit exposed,
with a pasty on it,

I am getting up
and walking the fuck out.

Because this is one
of the most iconic looks

in red carpet history.

This was incredible.

I see the crystals
that would have

been on the
chandelier throughout the gown.

You look glamorous, you
look slutty, you look elegant,

but you also look
like you're from the hood.

So you are giving
me all the things that

are me.

Vita Gorgeous.

Unbelievable.

I mean, those
shoulders, that cape.

This is Drag.

The headpiece, the neckpiece.

It's giving us opulence.

In the words of Aretha Franklin,

beautiful gown.

This is beyond well made.

And you also did it in a
way that you pay homage
to both of the looks.

This is a hard one because
I love them both, but I'm

going to have to say that
the bestie who wore it best is

Vita.

Up next,

Darlene Mitchell and
Athena Dion, inspired by
Kim Kardashian and Zendaya.

Well, you two got
a tough one, doing one

of Law's i conic
looks in front of Law.

Ooh.

You probably didn't know I was
going to be here, did you?

Did not.

Surprise, bitch.

Did a good job
of bringing in the Mugler
robot and the neck piece.

I love this dress.

I love the finish on the bottom.

But I can't say I dislike
something more than
I dislike those shoes.

Oh my God.

They are so problematic.

They're just really clunky.

Darlene, I noticed
those shoes in the

workroom when we
were in there yesterday.

And I noticed that you
had several pair of them.

But you have other
shoes too, don't you?

Sure.

We'll come up with something.

Athena, how you took
that silver fabric and made

a cat suit, even though
I know Michelle despises them.

I think it would have really
been a great nod to the Mugler.

But...

did you sew your ass off?

Yeah.

Is it beautiful?

Yes.

It's gorgeous construction.

I love the cape.

You were smart enough
to put the flower fabric

At the bottom.

underneath at the bottom.

So if it flipped
when you walked up.

I love the silhouette.

I think it's fabulous and
it's just so you also.

I love both these looks,
but the bestie who
wore it best is Athena.

Thank you.

Thank you, Queens.

I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck backstage, the
judges and I will deliberate.

Now, just between us squirrel
friends, what do you think

of my top three

of the besties who wore it best?

Jane Don't, Ciara and Vita.

Starting with Jane Don't.

What I like about
Jane, Ru, is that

each week she is
bringing us something different.

She is a wild
card, you don't know what

you're going to get,
and I'm here for that.

What she did was do something
that was really original, but

also in the DNA of who
she is as a drag queen.

I think Jane showed us
that she has done her homework.

She knows her history
and she knows how

to bring a little
vintage into the now.

Ciara.

For me, it was
a Gaga, Britney, Justin,

Minaj a trois, and
there was a baby birth

from a night of tore sex.

Mmm.

And it was perfect.

This was camp but with class.

Which is hard to thread
that needle and she not only

threaded that needle but she
made a garment out of it.

All right, Vita.

Can we just all collectively
ooh and ah over that outfit?

That was so
exquisitely executed.

I have two words,

high drag.

And when I come, that
is what I want to see and
she delivered it tonight.

I mean, if she could have
put another rhinestone

in one other place,
she would have done it.

But there was no more room left.

It was perfection.

All right, let's talk
about my bottom three.

Briar, Discord and Kenya.

Starting with Briar Blush.

I'm going to give her some

props for the
construction of that bodysuit.

There was a lot going on on the
bodysuit and it was fitted well.

I don't really give a
fuck how well she sold it.

It was ugly.

It was tacky the color was off.

I hated it.

Let's talk about Discord.

I loved the look.

I thought it was beautiful.

There was a little
bit of fitting that
needed to be tweaked.

She put the cutouts on
the butt, but you're
not walking backwards.

This might be a
huge contradiction,
but I did not come

to RuPaul's Drag Race to
see a man in a dress.

And when she walked out,

all I could see was
a man in a dress.

It's the walk.

And if she loosens up in the
shoulders and picks herself

up a little bit, I
think she's going to get it.

Kenya Pleaser.

I like the idea of
the fringe that she tied in.

I thought it was
cute, the western wear,

but everything else
just didn't go.

But there is
something special about her.

Even though she
knew it was wrong,

she walked out with
the confidence to make
us think it was right.

And I think that says something.

Tonight's outfit was
an improvement from what

she did before, but not by much.

All right, silence.

I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.

Welcome back, Queens.

Briar Blush,

the doctor has given you
a clean bill of health.

Are you ready to
continue in the competition?

Absolutely.

Attagirl.

Can't squabble this opportunity.

Squabble is not the
right word for this context.

I think she meant squander.

I won't squabble
this opportunity.

You won't what?

It's like a
fucking Kendrick Lamar song.

Squabble up.

Like what, bitch?

Now, I've made some decisions.

Juicy Love Dion.

Nini Coco.

Athena Dion.

You are safe.

Thank you.

You may step to the
back of the stage.

Thank you.

Jane Don't.

Tonight your B
Arthur got an A plus.

Ciara Myst.

Tonight you really
raised the stakes.

Vita VonTesse Starr.

Tonight you lit up the stage.

Vita...

Condragulations, you're the
winner of this week's challenge.

You've won a cash tip

of five thousand dollars.

I won, mamma!

I won a challenge!

Jane, Ciara,

you are both safe.

You three may join
the other girls.

Thank you.

Myki Meeks.

Mia Starr.

Darlene Mitchell.

You are safe.

You may join the other girls.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Briar Blush,

you're a super queen,

but your cape look

didn't fly on the runway.

Discord Ad dams.

I'm buying your runway
walk, but this week

you did not sell the garment.

Kenya Pleaser.

Your personality
gagged the judges.

But your meaty look

was hard to swallow.

Discord Addams.

You are safe.

Thank you so much.

You may

walk to the back of the stage.

Thank you so much.

Briar,

Kenya.

I'm sorry, my dears,

but you are up for elimination.

Coming back

from a fainting, I knew
that it was a possibility
that this would happen.

But I'm going to fight.

I want to stay.

So I'm going to give
it all that I have left.

Two queens

stand before me.

Ladies,

this is your last
chance to impress me

and save yourself

from elimination.

The time has come

for you to lip sync

for

your

life.

The girl passed
out earlier today.

And I feel very bad.

But guess what?

I cannot squabble
this opportunity.

Good luck

and don't...

fuck it up.

Let's go, girls.

Let's go.

Okay.

Come on, babe!

Bitch, Briar throws off
all of her accessories

Hey!

Come on!

So, I'm in the background
screaming, "Watch out for
accessories!"

Be careful, Kenya.

I need justice

for Mandy Mango

Now.

Boom!

The pussy did
touch the ground, darling.

Yaz!

Come on!

Come on!

Let's go!

Yes!

Come on, baby.

Yes!

Lights camera action.

That's it.

Good job, girl!

Queens.

I've made my decision.

Lord, please.

Kenya Pleaser.

Shantay, you stay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You may join the other girls.

Thank you.

Thank you, judges.

Thank you.

Briar Blush.

We hate to see you go,

but we love to
watch you walk away.

Now.

Sashay

away.

Thank you so much.

And Ru...

I don't care what
these girls say about you.

I think you're cool.

- Yes, Briar!
- Bye, bitch.

Why are you recording me?

Some very gorgeous
outfits were missed.

Real.

All I want to say
is huge mistake.

I thought overall my
outfit was pretty cute,

but this week for
me was pretty stressful.

There were lots of
moments of self-doubt, so

it wasn't my proudest
moment going out on, but

I will pick myself back up.

And if you're rooting for me,

I'm positive...

You will get more.

Condragulations, Queens.

And remember, if you
can't love yourself, how

the hell you going
to love somebody else?

Can I get an amen up in here?

- Amen!
- Amen!

All right.

Now let the music play.

Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race.

Get ready for
the Rate-a-Queen Talent Show.

This week half of
you will take the

stage to perform a
show stopping talent number.

What a

performer.

And the other half will
watch and rate the performances.

Are you going to stay loyal?

If I find out the rate of shit,
I'm going to fight y'all hoes.

Jane, you've been in the
top every week, like, wouldn't

it be convenient to put
you lower in the rank?

All's fair in love and war.