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Lashauwn Beyond: This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race.disclaimer at top

Laganja Estranja: I feel very attacked!

Vanjie: I was trying to reach closure with you!

Silky: If I would've lip synced for my life today, bitch,

I was ready to do so!

RuPaul: This is Untucked, backstage at the competition

to become America's next drag superstar.

Girl, if you're not watching Untucked,

you're only getting half the story.

Director: That's a break on the main stage.

All cameras re-po.

RuPaul: Jan.

Widow Von'Du.

Jackie Cox.

Sherry Pie.

Gigi Goode.

Aiden Zhane.

You are all nominated

for outstanding performance by a drag queen

in a medical drama.

The winner of this week's challenge is Sherry Pie.

Ladies, you may leave the stage.

Oh, my God.

This is my first time

to be put in the top of a challenge,

and I am feeling good about myself

and good about my performance and good about the fact

that I have given the judges what they have asked for.

To finally be here,

I, in this moment, couldn't ask for anything more.

I'm definitely happy I've made it to the top so far

in the two challenges

that I feel like highlight my strengths,

which are the improv and the acting challenge.

But am I gonna win one of these challenges?

I'm the Susan Lucci of Season 12!

Where's my win? Where's my daytime Emmy?

Queens walking. Queens walking.don't add graphic

-Copy that, here we go. -Untucked cameras rolling.

Speeding.

Whoo!

Yay. She did it.

Ha ha ha!

Girl.

Can we just talk about the fact

that we all are the tops this week?

-That's nice. -Salamati, girls.

And cheers to Miss Sherry Pie.

Cheers, Miss Sherry Pie!

She is sitting above us all.

I have an idea for a game.

I think if we're gonna spill T,

I have been watching this giant shade button--

Shade button?

This whole--and I think every time we feel the shade,

somebody has to hit it.

Well, you better hit it, like, three times right now.

I can be Vanna White in this situation.

Again!

Okay, Jan, you have to be responsible.

-Okay. -There.

I'm in a good position to get up and go.

So I'll come sit with y'all.

All I have to say

is being able to be in the top half of the group this week

is just amazing.

I'm not gonna lie. This may be shady.

Not because I thought your performance was bad,

but I'm a little surprised to see you here.

Only because we had to memorize a bunch of lines,

and the other two who dropped lines were Jaida and Nicky.

They're in the bottom, and you're not, so...

Hit the button. Hit the goddamn button.

[thunder-like] [whooshing]

When I did ask for my lines,

I only asked once, and then I moved on.

I didn't continue to stumble.

I took my deep breath, and I did it.

[slurps]

I really, really hope

that I did not steamroll Nicky again.

She chose that role.

She didn't necessarily-- Okay, she--

-Oh, no, here it is! -Oh, no!

Here it is!

Get the shade button ready!

This is not shade. I mean, you can hit that button

as many times as you want for fun, but this is not shade.

[thundering]

When we were choosing roles, I convinced her to be that role.

The baby is really iconic,

but it doesn't have a lot of lines.

Yeah, but wouldn't it be cool if you were able to get the baby

with the smallest amount of lines,

and, like, kill it as the baby?

All right, let's go with that.

The judges wanted to see her personality,

and they wanted to see her, quote, weird.

The effort was there.

But I think that she is missing the point.

She is.

Because just by painting your face in a silly way

doesn't show that you're silly, you know what I mean?

It doesn't show your walls are down.

And I think that is what she keeps missing.

Honestly, I'm kinda surprised that Brita is up there,

because I thought she was really funny.

It's hard, because I think

we're a really strong season in terms of acting.

This is a fabulous season. Yeah.

And it was kind of one of those things

where it's you have to really step up.

RuPaul: All right, ladies, I think we've heard enough.

Now, while you untuck backstage,

the judges and I will deliberate.graphic

[sighs] Oh!

-Hi, ladies. -Hi.

Cocktail.

How are we feeling?

They said that everybody's performance was good,

and that it came down to, like, little details.

They said basically like trying to fine-tooth comb it

and see, like, what issues they could find.

But then the gag was

that they asked us who should leave tonight.

Oh.

Oh.

Are you guys comfortable saying who you said?

Yeah, I said Heidi,

and then everybody else chose Nicky.

Yeah, well, I said myself, too.

Yeah, Nicky did say herself.

I said based on the acting

and the fact that I'm competing with American people,

I think that I delivered the least,

because, obviously, like, I'm not gonna be on the same level.

If we would have done this in French,

it would be a whole other story.

I knew when it came down to the outfit

it was going to be me.

I expected all the other girls to say me,

at the end of the day.

It is what it is.

Brita, you look twisted right now.

I was just shook that I'm in the bottom again

when I am serving you looks every single time

compared to other people.

And it sucks being up there with your sisters,

who you have to say who's gonna go home,

when you think that someone else in this room who was safe

should be going home instead.

I'm shook about it.

Well, say it. Who do you think should go home?

Aiden.

Initially when I came into this competition

I said that I was not going to compare myself to anybody,

because I'm only in a competition with myself.

But that ain't true, sis, because this is a competition,

and I'm working so hard.

And I'm really giving everything that I have to do this,

and I don't think that Aiden should have been safe.

Also, we did "Three Girls, One Brain," sis,

and I felt like Sherry and I were carrying you.

[slurps]

We did this last challenge.

I felt like again I was carrying you.

Like, did you give me an over-the-top--

Well, bitch, at the end of the day,

I'm sitting here safe.

Do you think that you should be safe?

Like we had discussed before you girls got here,

going into this challenge, I did have to ask for my line.

But once I was given my lines, I moved the fuck on.

I took a deep breath--

Wait, wait, wait. Wait. wait, wait, wait.

Girl.

Child, what it sounds like you're saying

is that, like, they gave me my line

and I still kept fucking up.

They said at the end of the day, I had fucked up my line.

They could tell I got in my head.

But when I got out of that space, I delivered.

To be honest, looking at you performing

and looking at Jaida performing,

she should be safe and you should be in the bottom.

This is my thing--

Can I say one thing to get this out of the way

for the rest of this fucking season?

Because from day fucking one of this competition,

I have had pretty much everybody in this goddamn place

coming for me.

-Oh. -And at the end of--

I was the first to be picked out, with you, as the weakest.

Okay, yeah, very true.

I was the one in my group challenge

to be dragged by my own teammate.

Not dragged.

Let me finish. Let me finish.

When did I come for you, because--

Let her finish. Let her finish.

Let me finish!

Well, I mean, I just got completely interrupted.

Regardless of who or whatever--

Child.

I have been taking it from all directions.

Everybody in this competition

been taking it from all different directions, bitch.

I took it when I was doing a challenge

that was not nothin' I was comfortable with,

but I still did what the hell I had to do.

I have to focus on what I'm doing.

I don't have time.

The girls are just being so petty, messy, and just--

Girl, I need my personal space.

The constant verbal assault on Aiden

is starting to really piss me off.

And these girls just keep going and going and going,

and it's frustrating, because I'm over here, like,

I know I'm about to have to lip sync for my life,

and y'all just like, oh, you should be in the bottom.

Oh, you should be in the bottom because of this.

Oh, you should be in the bottom cause of this.

Focus on your damn self.

I'm over it. I'm so done.

If I go home today, I'll go home.

Hey, look at me, look at me, look at me.

You're gonna be fine, but I think you're frustrated.

Just let that out in the performance.

They're focused on Aiden.

Aiden's safe. Leave her alone, like--

Yeah, then you focus on you.

Okay.

If you don't like that I'm here and I'm fucking safe today--

Girl, I don't care if you're here.

I'm not talking to you specifically.

I am talking to everybody as a whole,

because I have had multiple people,

and I don't have any, like, hate towards Brita or Sherry

for kind of calling me out in our group challenge.

But at the end of the day, who gives a shit?

Us, because our fucking ass is about to be kicked out.

Are you serious?

I understand that.

When I see you fucking sleeping for two hours on the couch

when I'm working my ass off on an outfit--

And I was in the bottom in that challenge, wasn't it?

Of course I'm gonna be mad.

No, but I'm the one that had to lip sync.

Like, I worked so hard on that while you were sleeping.

At the end of the day, it doesn't fucking matter, okay?

The bitch is safe. Leave her the fuck alone.

I'm gonna worry about Heidi right now, okay?

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,

fuck you, and fuck you.

I'm gonna worry about Heidi.

What is that about? What is all of this about?

Y'all need to leave it alone.

Leave her alone. She's clearly bothered.

But nobody's attacking her.

You all have been calling out my name this entire time.

What do you mean, nobody's attacking her?

Aiden, Aiden, Aiden, Aiden, Aiden, Aiden, Aiden.

-We are having a conversation-- -All the time.

And had you not interrupted me so rudely,

I would have been able to finish my statement

like I was going to.

What I had said was

was that the judges have asked you for personality,

and they wanted to see who you were,

and you showed something different,

and you showed something that they were looking for.

I'm not trying to get on your back.

I was just saying as a whole,

I am the one person in this competition

who has been called out or pointed at

multiple fucking times.

And that is fine.

If everybody here thinks I am the weak link, great.

Then let me be the fucking weak link,

and I will go home when I go home.

But you have to understand,

being that one person who is constantly being pointed at

or whatever gets fucking tiring.

[slurps]

I wanna talk to you.

It's not that I care

if these other girls have an opinion about me.

Have your opinions, give your critiques.

But in a moment

where I have been put in the top of a challenge,

I don't need these other bitches trying to tear me down

because they're feeling poorly about themselves

for not knowing what they need to do

to rise to the occasion.

When we were called forward and you guys weren't,

I had no idea what to think

and who was gonna be safe and who wasn't.

This is one of my favorite looks that you've ever worn,

and did you get critiqued on this look?

Did they tell you?

I mean, yeah, Michelle said she didn't like this.

It looks like I'm going to the club.

I was like, okay, sis,

what girl's going to the club in this?

Like, I can't change what I brought or who I am.

I think I look great. I don't understand it.

Like, I don't know. I don't know.

I just-- it's just so upsetting.

You have to consider that, like, I was in almost every scene.

Like, sis...grr.

But doesn't that say anything? Anything?

Like, bitch, I've been training for this shit,

and I'm, like, ready,

and, like, I just keep on ending up in the bottom.

Keep on ending up in the bottom.

I haven't even won anything yet.

It's crazy.

Bitch, I've won New York City's entertainer of the year.

I mean, I always work so hard to always be at the top.

I don't belong in the bottom.

That's not me. I'm not that girl.

Fuck, bitch, like, I can't--

If I have to stay the weakest...[mumbles]

I'm so confused.

I literally said that to everybody in the room.

I was like, I'm so surprised that Brita is there.

You, in my mind, stepped up from where you were last week.

It is made apparent to me that we can't play nice anymore.

Like, people are dropping like flies,

and we're going one by one.

Like, we can be cordial to each other,

but, like, I am not playing--

This is a game now.

I mean, I thought I was playing the game, but I guess not.

Take control.

Girl, this is about to get real.

The competition is fierce.

So fierce.

But I'm not going to be in the bottom again.

So when Aiden ends up in the bottom,

I hope that she's going up against one of the other girls

that has the fire behind their eyes like I do,

so that they can send her home.

You wanna play the big girl game,

the RuPaul's Drag Race big girl game?

Playing the game, sis.

I came here to win.

Yeah.

I see both sides of this.

-Thank you. -You're not wrong

that a lot of energy was directed at you.

Why we've been feeling this way, I think--

and I could be wrong--

is because we haven't had that true...

-That same connection with me. -Sister connection with you.

Aiden is very stuck in her ways,

and I don't think she trusts the rest of us.

She thinks we all come from these big cities

where drag is something totally different.

But it's like girl, it may not be RuPaul's Best Friend Race,

but it has to be RuPaul's Colleague and Co-worker Race.

This is not a solo competition

until you're at the very, very end.

You haven't, like, come up to any of us to kiki with us,

so then we're not gonna, I guess,

have your back in this scenario.

But this is where this is coming from.

Nicky: Yeah.

Whew. I'm gonna bring Sherry her cocktail.

She left it here.

You all right, Miss Thing?

You good?subtitle

Listen to me. They love what they see about you.

I am incredibly proud of you.

Do not underestimate yourself

because you don't have a fucking $2.000 costume.

I think your performance was strong,

and what I love is that you pour your soul

into every single performance that you're doing.

Don't doubt yourself.

If you have to lip sync, lip sync,

and may the best woman win, and it's fine.

But do not doubt yourself.

I don't think I have any more chance than you.

And don't mess up my armor,

because I tried to chrome it as much as I could.

[both laugh]

I love you, and I'm proud of you, okay?

I love you, too.

Queens, five minutes.

Five minutes for the runway.

Thank you, Five.

At this point I'm starting to get in my head,

but at the same time I feel iconic, I feel great.

And if I have to lip sync, I'm gonna let them have it.

I am upset. I am confused.

I had just started getting some traction in this competition,

I got shot back down.

I want to ride this bus till the wheels fall off.

I did not come here just to go home.

I don't wanna go home.

Queens, runway time.

We're going back to the runway.

This way, this way, this way, this way, this way.

RuPaul: Welcome back, ladies.

I've made some decisions.

Nicky Doll, Heidi.

The time has come for you to lip sync for your life.

Heidi, shantay you stay.

Nicky Doll, we have to say au revoir.

Now sashay away.

It is incredibly painful to be on that stage

and finally realizing this dream,

and being stuck for something that you can't really control.

I have a language barrier,

and I feel like a prisoner in my own drag persona.

And my insides just wanna, like, scream

and showcase who I am,

but it was not easy.

It's sad and really frustrating.

Oh, my God, I'm gonna miss that place.

Aw.

Heidi.

"Dear Nicky, I love you so much.

"Getting to meet you

"has been one of the best times of my life.

"I am saddened that we had to lip sync,

"but I know it's just the beginning

"of a beautiful friendship,

"almost as beautiful as you and your soul.

"Remember to stay soft and supple.

Love, Heidi."

Aw. We've built something so special.

And I thought I didn't get to show enough who I am,

but by reading those letters,

I really feel like I've shown my personality and my heart.

So it's just humbling.

All right, Heidi,

you get my Nicki Minaj wig that I didn't wear.

I'm sure you're gonna slay it better than me.

This is for you, my love.

I really learned that you can be a look queen,

but you can also not take yourself too seriously.

Oh, my God.

Let's go home.

It's time to not be scared of being ridiculous,

and use all my quirkiness and fun

and weirdness and French to stand out.

And from now, I'm gonna use my weakness as my strength.

Unh!

[sighs]

From France to America and now the world,

thank you.graphic

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