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This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race.

I feel very attacked!

Ooh, yes.

Well, we made it.

I have had everybody in this goddamn place coming for me.

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: Break on the main stage.

All cameras re-po.

RuPaul: Thank you, ladies.

I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck in the werkroom,

the judges and I will deliberate.

I basically hear from the judges

that you look great,

but your performance was not.

It's just frustrating,

because it was just kind of like

a reality check in a way.

Okay, maybe I wasn't as good as I thought I was.

I'm comfortable with my performance.

I may not have risen to the occasion

as the judges would have liked to seen me,

but that number solidified us as a group.graphic

-All cameras up. -Copy that, here we go.

We got the Queens walking.

Whoo, our first runway!

We did it.

Where's those drinkie-drinks? Come through.

Yes.

Guys, we did it. Our first runway.

We did!

It's our second time on the main stage,

but the first time in control.

Our first challenge.

Yeah. How does everybody feel?

Overall, the critiques were, like, very positive energy.

I think we all excelled this week,

so whoever is in the bottom,

it might just be by, like, a small hair of a thing--

But it was because we were good.

-Yeah. -Exactly.

We had a fire lit under us

extra hot and extra fucking spicy

-after that first day. -Right.

Exactly.

And obviously, we've fallen in love with each other,

so we've had nothing but fun,

and we've been supportive of each other.

And anybody who had any qualms

or, like, doubts about themselves,

I think everybody delivered today

through all of that shit.

Do we have any thoughts of who would be in the top?

I think the top is gonna be either you, Denali, or Joey,

or you and Rosé, personally.

I think based on the critiques, definitely Rosé.

For sure.

In conjunction with the looks as well,

Kahmora, like--

-You slayed us all, Kahmora. -Period.

In terms of, like, the looks, you just ate us all up.

Tamisha as well, they loved.

Looks-wise, they didn't shut up about your dress.

They loved it so much.

It was amazing. I was, like, what?

You were like, oh, I can die happy.

Like werk. Sickening, right?

I had a good moment. I had a good moment.

Do you feel like you were holding back

during the ensemble pieces?

Yes, because when it came to the performance,

we were working so good as a team.

You know what I'm saying?

So I was trying to be a team player.

I wanted to be a team player

and wait till my turn, and then shine.

And I was concentrating on my moment, you know?

That's such a motherly thing to do, you know?

I know, and I hate that.

Like, let the kids have their moment,

and I'll have mine when it comes, like--

And that was it, you know,

I was, like, 100%, turn my back,

look at me, aah! [laughs]

Being a selfish bitch.

I know it's a competition,

but at the same time, I'm enjoying myself.

So we don't have any drama. We don't have any shade.

We really don't, not yet.

[all laugh]

Not till we see the other girls.

I'm so curious if they've already--

if they're getting along the way we are.

I'm really curious to know

if they have the chemistry we have.

The three New York girls in that group--

Three?

Yeah, Kandy, Olivia, and Tina.

Oh, I forgot about Olivia, okay.

I don't think anybody has ever seen them

in the same room at the same time before.

So I guess I'm, like, the connecting factor

between the New York girls,

because I have a relationship with each of them individually.

I'm really excited to see them,

but I'm interested to see what that's gonna be like.

Also, none of them are, like, my close friends, though, so--

-Really? -Yeah.

Do you think anyone's going to get eliminated today?

I actually don't know.

They threw us for a fucking loop already.

Exactly, so, you know.

She's gonna be like, three of you will be leaving now.

Aah!

Obviously, like, you know,

I don't want anyone to go home, either,

but I do know, like,

while they did say positive things about me,

I did have the worst critique, in terms of my performance.

It just, like, really sucks, you know,

because you've all seen, like, how hard

I try to, like, do so well in the dance choreography.

Like, I wanted them to see that, like, passion

and, like, I thought I was giving it.

And, you know, like, tonight on the runway,

I felt confident, I felt beautiful.

Like, I felt like I was wearing this outfit.

Like, this was mine, you know? Like, this is my body.

Like, I felt so good.

That doesn't have to define you.

Take that criticism and apply it to yourself.

I don't think that the clothes wear you.

-No, I don't either. -I mean, if they do,

they're lucky, because you're fucking snatched.

I'm a dancer, and our routine was difficult.

So props to fucking you, because, like,

you're not a dancer,

and you belonged on that stage with us, you know?

Thank you.

So, like, enough of that shit, girl.

I'm gonna take a flip-flop and just fucking clock you.

No, it's just, like, I'm a perfectionist, you know?

Like, I wanna always show my best.

And, like, if I do have to lip sync tonight,

I'm gonna fucking lip sync the best that I can.

Right.

We all lost our lip sync.

Are you happy that you're on this side?

Would you rather be on the other side?

I feel like everything kind of happens for a reason.

Like, I feel like this was meant to happen,

and I feel like I'm a stronger and better queen because of it.

And so, like, I'm glad that, in a way,

I'm not just, like, sitting comfortably.

I'm happy it happened.

The last thing you need when you walk in here

is your ego stroked even more.

Oh, my God, I'm so grateful that that didn't happen.

My ego loves a nice little stroking.

-Oh, yeah, bitch. -She does.

-Whose ego doesn't, you know? -Exactly.

It's nice to be praised,

it's nice to get attention in a good manner

for what you like to do and what you want to be good at.

But, like, bitch, yeah,

I don't know who I would be in this chair on this day

if I had won that lip sync.

Isn't that crazy?

I would say that it's humbling.

You know, I came into this competition

like I'm the cunty mama!

And then when, you know,

you get booted down just a little bit by a fellow sister,

and then you think that you're gonna go home first.

You think you're gonna go home

and tell all your friends, ha ha, how long did I last?

Ha ha. Not at all.

You didn't even unpack your bags.

Exactly. You know,

but then that just gives you that fire,

and you just wanna, like, rrrrr.

And you just wanna really prove yourself.

And I think we're doing that right now.

Definitely.

I think the judges saw that tonight.

For me, I needed that kick.

In my mind, I was, like, I don't understand what I'm going into.

And I was, like, I know I possibly could do good,

but I don't know.

But to actually start the game off

with, oh, go to the Porkchop Room,

you know what I'm saying?

It was, like, oh, baby, I got to fight.

And we all had that fighting spirit.

Just so nervous that first day.

Like, regardless of who you are or how great you think you are,

if you're sent into RuPaul's Drag Race,

day one to lip sync

without even a thought to think

or a moment to, like, settle,

I think even the other girls that won

probably felt like, whoa, blackout, what just happened?

I'm very grateful that it happened, though.

Like, it's definitely what I needed,

and I feel like I kind of got that out of the way.

These girls have not been in the bottom yet.

They don't know how that feels,

and it's like, all right, girl.

To me, right now, it happened, it's done.

I'm not worrying about it anymore.

I'm working on the next thing that's in front of me.

But the other group of girls doesn't know what's coming.

They don't know what's about to hit them.act

Even after our rehearsal,

I came back to my room and kept practicing.

I was tired,

but I didn't want to drag you girls down.

And, like, you were all so patient with me,

teaching me what an eight count is and all that.

-I know, right? -Like, what the fuck?

You didn't know what a fucking eight count was, sis.

What the fuck is that?

-What's a pivot? What's a-- -And you sure learned.

-What's a box step? -Box step!

Now you have a box step.

If you are gonna lip sync for your life,

you're stacked with tricks now.

You got a box step, you know how to count to eight.

Ha ha!

So we never really got to talk about Elliott.

We all voted for Elliott, right?

There are only six of us left

because we had to vote out one of the queens last week.

Unfortunately, it was Elliott.

My reasoning?

RuPaul: We have a tie

between Elliott With 2 Ts and Utica.

Let the tie breaker voting round begin.

The votes are in.

The queen who's getting the porkchop is...

Elliott With 2 Ts.

What was, like, everyone's reasoning, if you had, like--

Well, we didn't have very much time to meet anyone,

and when you have to vote someone off,

and it's not like we can sit here all night.

You have to make a decision right now.

We only pretty much had first impressions.

So I was looking at everyone's looks,

and everyone had a concept.

Like Rosé, you walked in like fucking bomb as fucking pink.

You know, you had fucking ice skates on.

And Elliott walks in with I don't know who made the look

or where she got it, but it looked off-the-rack to me.

It looked a little off-the-rack.

When they broke it down to us

saying that we have to eliminate a fellow queen,

if I were in her position and they said first impressions

and I knew I was the last one in there,

bitch, I would have spoken up.

Read a room, sis, read a room.

Read the room, exactly.

Meanwhile, I'm sitting over here on my side

like, bitch, I might go home, like--

All we--like, we all were shaking in our boots.

I was physically quivering.

Utica, we voted twice, right?

We voted the first round, and there was a tie.

How did that make you feel,

when it went from the six of us to suddenly the two of y'all?

It made me feel like, oh, man, maybe I should have talked more,

or maybe I should have chimed in more.

Maybe my look is, like, too much for everybody.

So I was a little down on myself

with that fact, but I really wanna be here,

and I wanna, you know, join in with you guys.

And we saw that after Kahmora's nail fell off.

And you immediately-- you jumped right up. I got you.

[laughter]

I got you.

I should have nail glue.

-Thank you. -Absolutely.

That solidified it for me.

The only immediate reaction we had from you

was, oh, my God, I have to help this girl

because her nail fell off.

-Exactly. -Hey, werk.

Like, sickening.

I did vote for you the first round.

I voted for you as well.

In the second round of voting,

I did feel really bad, like, picking Elliott,

because, like, I don't know, in a way, like,

I guess I knew her a little longer

because we lip synced together.

Yeah.

But that fricking nail glue. [all laugh]

I just couldn't send you home after that happened.

Like you just did something so nice.

I got you, bitch.

So how do you guys feel at the thought

of someone going home tonight, though?

Like, amongst this family that we just created?

It makes me sad.

It is very sad.

But, like, we have to just remember

that while we're having a great time with each other,

we came to a competition

where we know that every week queens are eliminated.

I really don't know who I'm gonna be lip syncing against.

If there is a lip sync for your life tonight,

I know how much everyone has put in this competition.

You know how much I've worked hard on that choreography.

I'm really proud of myself.

I'm not going without a fight, you know,

and, like, I'm not the same Kahmora

I was the first time you saw me, you know?

Yes!

If it is what it is, I'm ready to fight.

But at the same time,

it's, like, I don't know who I'm going against

because you all did so well.

What if they brought that box out

and we had to vote again?

Oh, my God. Well...

-Amongst us? -Yeah.

Elliott. [all laugh]act

Kahmora, you said your parents had never seen you perform

or really understand what you're doing.

No. You all have been

such a good, like, support system for me here.

It's like I wish I had this, like,

kind of same support, like, back home.

My parents don't know that I do this.

-Oh, well, damn. -And so, it's, like,

I really wanted to come on this show

to prove to them, like, I can do this, you know?

And that, like, drag can be a successful career.

Keep in mind I've been doing this 30 years,

and my mother has never seen me perform.

-Wait, really? -Ever.

-Does she, like, know of-- -Oh, she knows,

but it's just kind of taboo.

And I respect her enough

not to even bring it around or anything like that.

I mean, I'm not hiding,

but it kind of broke my heart to hear you say it.

Because 30 years ago, I understand.

Homosexuality was taboo.

But now we've come full circle,

and you're experiencing the same thing.

You know, what is it about that situation with your parents?

It's just, like, at least for my situation,

like, coming from a very strict,

Asian, like, traditional family household,

they expect me to be, like, a doctor or a lawyer

and all that, you know?

And, like, this is not something that they would be accepting of.

And, you know, like,

just coming out to them in general was really hard.

And, like, I felt like when I came out to my mom,

she was, like, really disappointed in me.

I'm afraid to, like, tell her that I actually do this,

because I don't wanna disappoint her again, you know?

Right.

I'm not trying to hide anything either.

It's just, like, you know,

I did tell her I do dress up in women's clothing.

Oh, okay.

But she doesn't know that it's like this.

She doesn't know that she's Bob Mackie, Blair--

She doesn't know that it's that kind of clothing.

She's never seen Kahmora perform, or, like--

I haven't seen her any, like--

I haven't showed her any pictures of anything.

Although I look just like my mom in drag.

-She's hot. -She's hot. [laughs]

Kahmora, can I just say, like,

I had the biggest fear coming out to my mom and my dad.

Coming out as a drag queen, it was very difficult,

because they basically thought I was a stripper, you know.

But, you know, we're artists,

and we, like, are living our best life

through this beautiful art.

And for me, when I came out to them,

I just thought it was gonna be

the end of, like, my relationship with your family.

But let me just say

that they are missing out on who Kahmora is.

Thank you. Like, it means a lot to me.

Like, I truly mean it

when I say, like, I came to this competition

not really, like,

expecting to make, like, sisterhood and friendships.

Obviously, like, with Denali,

because we already know each other.

But, like, I love you girls so much.

We love you, too.

And, like, some of the best moments I had

was just honestly rehearsing with you all on stage.

Like, it felt like we were, like, a team, you know?

I'm gonna shave my balls! [all laugh]

You guys are the best of the best, and you're here.

We're actually not.

We're all together because we lost the lip sync.

[all laugh]

-Yeah, we lost. -Sorry.

But I know what you're saying.act

I was so excited to come to Drag Race

and have the Drag Race experience.

What I was not expecting,

and what no other girls who've been on Drag Race before

will experience is face masks, face shields,

being in drag and having to cover your face

to get from stage to stage.

Being segregated in a hotel room

where only four specific people can physically touch you

because you had to quarantine.

Right.

I don't know if you guys are, like,

in the same place that I'm at with that,

but that was an adjustment for me,

and I really struggled with that in the beginning.

I think, to be honest, I completely agree.

But even more so than that,

I think just the strides that we obviously had to endure

and make to get here

during the onset and heart of the pandemic,

as far as just getting shit together.

Yeah, I mean, big city girls got lucky,

but, like, for other people--

Very lucky the last minute.

Were the, like, fabric stores accessible and things?

Were they open?

What's crazy, too, is, like, all of us

have lived basically almost, you know,

over half the year in isolation.

For someone like me,

who thrives off of human energy

and communication and friendship,

that is the most difficult thing for me.

Utica gave me a hug,

and I realized I hadn't gotten a hug in two weeks.

That was the first hug that I've had.

Human touch.

And I was, like, holy shit, that's not right, you know.

but that's what-- That's what it is.

It's the new normal for now.

I came here to fight, I came to get ready for war,

and, bitch, if I can't get a hug every now and then,

well, okay, that's fine.

10 minutes till main stage.

-Thank you. -Can I fix up my makeup?

Let's get our shit together.

Let's do it.

We have to figure out what the hell is going on.

Ugh, I feel like I just stepped out of a water faucet.

Where are the iPods?

They're right there on the table.

Oh, okay, I see it.

Here at Drag Race, you're in drag so long

that you have to shave in drag.

You're shaving? Oh, my God.

Because my moustache, is, like, fully here.

So this is the last hoorah.

How y'all feel?

I'm gonna give it my all.

Like, I'm gonna do the best that I can.

I'm gonna show them that there's still a fire in here.

There's some passion.

And, like, whoever I go against,

like, it'll be fun, but I'm here to stay.

Yeah, that's right, bitch.

I'm here to stay.

I'm feeling confident bottom-land isn't happening.

I mean, if top-land happens,

that would be just a lovely adventure.

You know what I've learned?

Never assume.

I'm never gonna assume anymore.

Never assume.

I assumed when I came in that I would do good,

and I ended up in the bottom.

So at this point, no more assumptions.

No more assumptions.

I think Tamisha and I

may land in the bottom.

The fight's not over.

I am so proud of myself

for learning what a fricking eight count is and a box step.

I'm a dancing queen now, baby.

Like, I'm gonna show the judges what I can do.

The judges liked my outfit,

but weren't into the performance.

I'm ready to lip sync.

Imma fight to the end.

Ladies, time for the main stage.

-Follow me. -Okay.

All right, do what we do.

What if they make us all lip sync?

[gasps] Oh, my God, they've done that.

Yeah, all six of us. [laughs]graphic

RuPaul: Welcome back, ladies.

Denali, Rosé, con-drag-ulations.

You're the top two queens of the week.

The rest of you are safe.

Denali, Rosé, the time has come

for you to lip sync

for the win.

Ladies, I've made my decision.

Denali, you're a winner, baby.

Rosé, you are safe to slay another day.

Thank you.

Now let the music play.

♪ I'm a winner ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

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♪ I'm a winner ♪

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♪ Losers, weepers ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ Finders, keepers ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ Losers, weepers ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪