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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, queens. I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck in the werkroom,

the judges and I will deliberate.

You may leave the stage.

I'm living my dream.

It has been a long journey, honey, to get here,

and I made that shit happen.

I have earned my spot here,

and I wanna make it right on into that grand finale.

I fucking killed it.

In my mind, there's no way

that I'm not going through to the grand finale.

But you never know.

Anything can happen in this competition.

Get all cameras up.

Copy that. Here we go.

-[sighs] -Whoo-whoo.

-Oh, my goodness. -My, my, my.

What a gorgeous day.

Literally the most gorgeous.

Yeah, well, it's not that damn gorgeous.

[laughs]

Hey, baby.

While you girls sit in those gowns,

I'm just gonna undo a little.

Oh, I'm so jealous.

Ooh.

Oh, must be nice.

That went by much better than I thought it was gonna go.

Yeah.

We all got so much love,

and we all answered the fuck out of those questions.

There wasn't, like, a fucking bum answer out there.

It was all really, like, personal

and, like, lovely.

Once those fucking baby photos came out...

-I was out. -Here we go.

Because I'm about to lose it up here.

No, girl, she pulled that photo out,

and I was, like, not me first.

I was, like, oh, my God, I'm not ready.

I don't know what to do. And I was, like...

-You were so cute, -I was, like, Kade.

[all laugh] You were so cute.

You were so cute, and your answer was really cute, too.

-Thanks. -Yeah.

I cry every single time.

No matter whose it is,

I don't care what season it is, I cry every time.

That shit can get my ass.

You know, when the baby photo came up on stage,

it just brought back a lot of memories

of how unhappy I used to be.

And how growing up as a child,

if I would have know where I was gonna be at 25,

I would have done things so different.

But I am here at 25

because the way life has played out.

And, damn, I've been through some shit.

I've been drug through the fucking mud

before I can sit up here.

And that's why the line "hood to Hollywood"

is 100% me.

Yes.

But you were going through on the stage, Miss Thing.

I don't know. It's just, like, all of these moments

coming together like you made it here

on this stage, and then think about

how hard I was on myself coming into this competition

and how hard I've been on myself my entire life.

I wouldn't necessarily change it.

It got me here,

and thinking about all that and my journey here,

it's just emotional for me.

I'm just so proud of myself, and I'm proud of all of us.

We did a fucking fabulous job

under unheard of circumstances.

-Yes. -So it's just crazy.

And thinking about the kid I was back in Conway

and the queen that I am now,

it's a beautiful thing.

It's just beautiful, and it just makes me cry.

-You are a beautiful thing. -Thank you.

Speaking of crying...

RuPaul.

RuPaul. Miss RuPaul.

Miss Ru-tall, Miss Ru, Mother Ru

got so emotional this week.

Yeah, I love that.

I loved it so much, I can't even fathom it.

Girl, if I was not on the amount of testosterone

I'd be sobbing, like... [laughs]

-But... -[laughs]

But, yeah, it's really amazing

because when she talks to me,

I just really feel like she gets what I'm saying.

I just feel her support

from, like, the bottom of her heart for me,

and it is just so magical

and it's everything I've always hoped for.

All this is pretty new for me, too.

My journey is really recent,

and just having it from you guys is already amazing,

and then having Ru just support me

and see my art for it is is just...

it's just mind blowing.

My journey with my parents, too, she mentioned.

That's what got her.

My parents did have a hard time.

They weren't raised to understand that.

I feel like "trans" was not even in their vocabulary.

And so at the time, it just felt like the end of the world.

Being here, I realize that

it's my responsibility as well to educate them,

and it took me literally 21 years

to figure it out and understand it myself,

and I was living it.

So the fact that I expected them

to just snap instantly is so unfair.

And, you know, and they've shown that they love me so much

and support everything I do really fast.

-Werk. -So I'm really proud of them

and I'm glad RuPaul sees it all.

And it is fab that you're the first trans man on the show.

Just because us three,

we came from the winner's circle,

with the hashtag.

But you were sent to the porkchop loading dock,

but you're sitting here in the top four, bitch.

There was never a doubt in my mind that I would be here.

Mm-hmm.

I'm really proud to be the only person from that group,

but I'm also not surprised,

because I always had my eye set on this.

And also, it's important

because it shows ♪ that you might have an off day ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

-Everybody has off days. -And you've gotta get up.

And I love what you said about, you know,

like, just keeping on fucking getting up,

because seriously, like, that's what life's all about.

I'm so happy that I was able to do that here,

and that I'm fucking sitting on these couches.

Oh, same.

With you bitches.

Tea.

I will say my breaking point,

where I realized I needed to, like, get my fuck together

and really put my head in the competition

truly was the time

where me and Tamisha had the altercation here in Untucked.

And that's why from that moment

when I went outside to cool off,

it was me telling myself,

bitch, you worked really hard to get here.

Shut the fuck up,

pay attention, worry about yourself.

And then from that point,

me and Tamisha were in the bottom the week after.

I said, okay, I need to not worry about

this little hee-hee, ha-ha drama bullshit.

I need to really put myself in the competition and focus.

And then the following week, I was in the top with Symone.

And it just shows, like, we're all gonna have bad days.

That day on Untucked, I mean, y'all saw me,

I was going, "Don't call me arrogant!"

And then that truly was the breaking point,

and it really was in reality a blessing in disguise.

because, baby, here I am in the top four.

Yeah.

Y'all, I keep thinking,

obviously, just, like, every week,

we have a lip sync song that we have to prepare, right?

-Mm-hmm. -And, like, last year

there was a bottom two lip sync to get to the top.

I can't see three and not four.

All day today we've been worried,

because we could face an elimination,

and that fucking sucks, because we love this top four.

You know, every single season is different.

It's so crazy to think that, like,

either all four of us go the grand finale,

or maybe three go to the grand finale.

One of us could sashay away.

Maybe two of us could sashay away.

Bitch, I don't fucking know.

Maybe Elliott With 2 Ts

is gonna come back and vote one of us out.

You never know.

It could be the end of the road.

That's a crazy possibility to think about.

There's been many gags.

We don't know shit.

It'll be so hard for not only us, but the judges,

because we all fucking delivered.

And when it comes down to it,

we are going to deliver once we have to go back up there.

I don't see the judges making the decision,

but you just never know.

They could say, like, you know what?

You've came to your end.

Mm-hmm, we just don't see it for you, my love.

Can you imagine, after all this?

-Oh, it would be awful. -Hey, Ross.

It's your wee brother Lou.

Aah!

I'm so excited for you.

I just know you're killing it. I'm so proud.

The whole family is.

Beth and I are the proudest siblings in the world right now,

and there's no doubt in my mind that Mom and Dad

are the proudest parents in the universe.

We know how hard you've worked for this

and how much you truly do deserve this.

And I do remember about five, six years ago

watching RuPaul's Drag Race,

you told me that not only could you do this,

but that you would do this one day.

And, well, here we are,

and that's a whole 'nother thing, baby.

You are one of the most talented people I've ever met in my life.

You are my big brother. You are my hero.

It's your strength in the face of adversity

which I admire most.

Your entire existence has been a nonstop war to be yourself,

and there's not one battle that you've lost,

because you are one of the strongest people

in the universe.

We love you. Go out there and kill it.

-Good luck. -Oh!

-Aah! -Oh, my God!

Can I just say how beautiful it is

to see you cry right now?

I don't think I've seen you cry all fucking season long.

Wow. That was, um...

That was really nice to see.

I love my little brother Louis so much.

My brother has the most wonderful things

to say about me.

It gives me a really big boost.

So whatever comes next, I'm ready for that.

What's it like to have that kind of support?

Yeah, your family sounds so supportive.

Look, I am so privileged with what I was born with.

So much love.

My family, like, they've always been with me no matter what.

And the only tumultuous time I ever faced with them

was when I came out because I was so confused.

And everything that I've been through in my life

just being gay, I couldn't imagine

what it's like to not have that kind of support.

Yeah.

But the love that I have inside me from my family always,

it's something that is so easily transferable and teachable,

and I really feel like it's a gift.

It's amazing that you have that support system back at home.

And you know what?

There are a lot of queer youths,

a lot of Black and Brown queer youth

that don't have that.

You have it, and you wanna teach it to everyone else.

That's the best lesson you can leave from here.

If you don't leave with the crown,

you can leave with knowing I can go around

and spread the love that I have to everyone else.

-Right. -Back at home,

I have my drag family,

and I have a really good support system back at home.

And it is important that even if you don't have

a blood relative family that is not your support system,

your chosen family is very important.

My chosen family,

I would not be the same person I am today without them.

And I don't think--

I don't even know if I'd be here without them.

-Same. -My chosen family

has inspired my life to a degree I cannot even explain.

I'd agree. Same thing with mine.

I wouldn't be the same drag queen that I am.

But I have them, I have my chosen family, I have my mom.

It's really strange, because I put up a wall with my mom a lot,

because I just felt like she didn't understand,

and I feel like I had to go through some things.

But recently, especially being here,

I forgot how much I miss her.

And I really fucking miss my mom.

But she is my biggest supporter.

Before I came here, she was, like,

you have a tendency to doubt yourself.

You've always been in your head, and that's the thing about you.

But you go there and you show them

exactly who you are and you stun.

And if they don't like it, that's okay, because I love you.

And I was like, okay.

My dearest Symone.

It's Mom.

Aah!

Oh!

I was both excited and nervous

when I found out that you were on Drag Race.

Oh, my God.

Excited because this is what we've been working for.

Nervous because I'm not there.

And for so long, it was just you and me,

my other hip, my ride or die.

I've always said that you were special,

and you would say, "Yeah, right, Mom.

You're supposed to say that. You're my mom."

But I knew that you had a light

that the world was supposed to see.

I'm most proud of you for stepping out of your box,

kicking the door down,

and achieving things only most of us dream about.

And I'm glad that you discovered what I've always known.

I'm glad you can see you.

The first time I saw you perform,

I couldn't believe that my baby was Mary J. Blige.

[all laugh]

And I remember the courage it took

for you to come out to me at 14.

And I wanted you to know that I loved you

and I will still love you.

I love you like I love pecan pie,

and you know I love me some pecan pie.

-[laughs] -Aah!

I love you, can't wait to talk to you,

and hear everything.

And I'm glad I didn't cry.

[laughs] But I did, bitch!

What the hell?

I don't even know her and I feel like I miss her.

Finally, I get a message from somebody from back home,

and it's my mom!

I miss her so much.

Moving out here was hard,

because I had to leave my mom, and we've been ride or dies.

She is my rock.

And so not to talk to her for this long period of time

has been really hard.

This is a good day for some of you.

She has always been my biggest cheerleader.

And like I said before,

I kind of put up a wall with her

because I felt like I had to grow on my own.

But I needed that.

I needed kind of the reminder that I'm special for my mom.

And I'm--I don't know.

I love her so much,

and a lot of times, I feel like she's all I got.

But coming through this competition, I learned I got me.

-Hey. -And I'm a fucking star.

No, I'm really excited for you,

just because I know you kind of before this.

Not crazy, but you were kind of always shy

in very social settings,

and now you have come into your own so hard.

-Girl, you-- -What can't I do?

Nothing's gonna stop you, bitch!

-Nothing! -10 minutes, queens,

10 minutes.

Oh, my God!

I am very proud

to be at the tail end of this competition.

Because in some way, I didn't know if I could,

I didn't know if I would, and I did.

I'm very proud of my journey here.

No matter what happens, I am grateful for this.

I'm proud, 1.000.

I wanna make it to the finale so fucking badly.

It would mean the world to me to be there.

I have fought so hard for it here.

So if I have to lip sync,

I'm going to destroy whoever is next to me.

It's the only option.

I'm so close with most of these girls,

so just the thought of anyone going home,

like, scares me a little bit.

But at the same time,

I have fought too hard to be here,

and I have so much more to fight for.

Baby, this is RuPaul's Drag Race,

and you just never know.

This is a season of gags,

and I know RuPaul has something up her sleeves.

So right now I'm focused on

getting Kandy Muse to the crown.

Thank you.

All right, queens, follow me.

Back to the main stage. Here we go.

Our last time!

Oh!

No, I think I'm good.

RuPaul: Welcome back, queens. I've made some decisions.

Rosé,

Gottmik,

Kandy Muse,

Symone,

I want to see you all lip sync for your life.

Ladies, I've made my decision.

Shantay you all stay.

I feel beyond.

What a fucking journey.

Baby, I feel over the moon right now.

I'm going into the finale,

and no one can take away my happiness right now.

Oh, my God, you guys!

We're top four in the finale!

Oh, bitch, yes!

I'm going to the fucking finale of RuPaul's Drag Race!

I'm fighting for me, I'm fighting for my community.

I am going to take this crown.

Aah! Top four!

And now we're going to the grand finale.

The grand--and now the real competition is on

because one of us is about to be--

...is about to win the crown, honey.

America's next drag superstar!

Top four, Season 13.

[cheering] I love y'all.

-I love you all so much! -I love you all.

Oh, my goodness, and I'm ready to just fucking go for it.

Feeling so proud of myself,

and how fucking amazing I've done,

and how hard I've fought this entire competition.

I am this close to being America's next drag superstar.

Rosé.

What are you not gonna miss about me?

Comparing pores in the mirror. [laughs]

Baby, there's no comparison. I won that one.

I'm not gonna miss your lovely crusty nails.

I'm not gonna miss-- [all laugh]

I'm not gonna miss any of you, so fuck it.

Mm! Goodbye.

[all laugh]

I love a bitch.

This is the hardest thing I have ever done.

It is so important to me

that I took a huge risk and challenged myself,

and I did the damn thing.

I get to be on the grand finale

and lip sync for my life to get the fucking crown.

I could not be happier.

I've always dreamed of doing this.

Wow. You excelled in cursive.

Oh, girl, this bitch?

Yeah!

Oh, my God, we just did a mirror message.

Oh, my God, it's so fun!

A girl from Conway, Arkansas,

came to L.A. to become a star,

and she makes it into the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race.

That is a motherfucking tale,

and I am so excited that it's happening for me.

Like, that's nuts. That's crazy.

"Miss Paul, see you at the finale, bitch!

"#BestTop4Ever.

"#tsstsstss." [all laugh]

"Love, Season 13!"

-Yay! -Okay, bye.

And that's a wrap, bitch.

♪ I'm a winner ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ I'm a winner ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ I'm a winner ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ I'm a winner ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ Losers, weepers ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ Finders, keepers ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪

♪ Losers, weepers ♪

♪ I'm a winner, baby ♪