Drag Race S18E09-10 "Rusical and Drag in a Bag"

Join Chels, Paige, and Jesse as they dish about their favorite unscripted stories. 

Paige's accidental boot order curse continues as the queens take on "Fannie: The Hard Knock Ball Rusical" where Myki continues her ascent while our previous top Queens continue to fall. Plus, a heartbreaking lip-sync for your life where there are no winners. 

Episode 10 gave us a fun design challenge with a twist! Our Queens picked a suitcase from each eliminated contestant and had to create a look with only the materials the eliminated Queen packed. Some girls may have been sabotaged while others bent the rules of the challenge in their favor. Plus, a very pleasing result for one of our underdogs. 

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SPEAKER_03 0:18

Welcome to My Stories Are On, where we yap about all of our favorite unscripted and scripted stories. I'm your host, Chelsea, and y'all, it's a drag race episode. Drag Race is wild this season. Paige, Jesse. I'm enjoying this season. What about y'all?

SPEAKER_00 0:34

It's been really good. Again, the cast is really fun. Something about the vibes remind me of season 14. Which is like there's nobody I really hate in the cast. Like there's nobody who I'm like, uh, I wish like I hate that there's not the show. There's people I don't like as much, but nobody like really offends me or like makes me angry. Like, which is not like something I can say about every season. So it's just like a very fun, like cast. That's why like some of the shake-ups they've done to like get a little more drama the last couple episodes have been fun.

SPEAKER_02 1:04

It's a really good cast. I feel the same way about the season 14 comparison. And I'm still having a lot of fun with them, and I think they're all getting stronger every week for the most part, except for maybe a few I have opinions about.

SPEAKER_03 1:18

Which we will get into those opinions soon because I feel like I have them for both episodes we're gonna cover. So, first it's Fanny, the hard knockball rusical. First off, I love this theme for a rusical, it works so well, it was so much fun. What's y'all's history with the musical Annie? Because mine, oddly enough, runs deep.

SPEAKER_00 1:41

I remember seeing the movie when I was like, we'd watch that like a lot. For some reason, we really liked it. I right before we started recording, I was telling a story about my sister. But the another story about my two sisters was like um my older sister, who was like nine, would like have to take my little sister to the bathroom sometimes. Like if we were like at a store, my little sister would sing tomorrow from Annie while they were in there, and she was like, I cannot take her again because she'll just be in the stall singing it over and over.

SPEAKER_01 2:06

That's incredible.

SPEAKER_02 2:08

That is like such an irritating song.

SPEAKER_00 2:11

Yeah, like every time she just take her in there. She's like, I can't. She's gonna start singing Annie again. And everybody stares at us or keeps looking at her stall because she's singing, and I'm like, God, that must suck. I'm glad I don't it's like it's almost a movie that we were embarrassed to like like so cheesy, yeah. But to this day, like that to me is my the who want I picture when I think of Annie.

SPEAKER_03 2:34

What about you, Paige? You've had a few versions of Annie in your lifetime. I have we all have.

SPEAKER_02 2:40

I'm just thinking of we did it like our freshman year of high school as the school musical. Oh, yeah, I remember that. Yeah, some of my friends were in it, and I remember there was like high school drama about who was cast, and the girl who got the lead of Annie, she was like, I'm gonna go to Juilliard, and now she's like a bull rider, she's like a cowgirl in shows.

SPEAKER_00 3:04

And that girl's name.

SPEAKER_02 3:05

That's it, that's a T. What's her full government name? So you can look her up, Paige.

SPEAKER_03 3:12

I will redact this. Who was that? No, not that. Do you remember her? Yeah, you fucking know her.

SPEAKER_02 3:19

She's just like, she was in Dolly Parton's stampede in Branson. Like, that's where she went.

SPEAKER_03 3:26

You know what? At least Dolly's making money off of all this nonsense. She is. So yeah, Annie for me, my grandma Shirley, the icon, the legend, loved musicals and honestly, thrillers and erotic thrillers. That's what I watched with her growing up. So I was either watching Fatal Attraction, Grease, Single White Female, or Annie. Those were the big four movies in Grandma Shirley's household. That's her letterbox top four.

SPEAKER_00 3:58

Wait, what was that for again?

SPEAKER_03 4:00

Fatal Attraction, Grease, Single White Female, Annie, the Carol Burnett one.

SPEAKER_00 4:08

I don't think I ever really watched Fatal Attraction. I was a kid, but the other three, absolutely.

SPEAKER_03 4:12

I think you'd love Fatal Attraction.

SPEAKER_00 4:14

I remember when the roommate came out and I was like, oh, this is like single white female. And like other people always didn't know single white female. Because we were all like, it was so old. In Greece, of course. Musicals.

SPEAKER_03 4:27

Uh rest in peace, Olivia Newton-John. Yeah, so I've watched Annie a lot in my life. I know Kathy Bates was also had one, and then Grandma Shirley's dream came true whenever Jamie Foxx, her favorite actor, did an Annie. Like it was a real big time for her. So I I think this was made for me because a slutty Annie like Rusical, it just feels right. I love that Darlene was the dog. Like the choosing of the roles was very interesting.

SPEAKER_02 4:59

The casting ended up being so correct, though.

SPEAKER_03 5:02

It really did. Although I will say, Nene Coco was the one that was really trying to be both Lady Camden and Bosco, flip-flopping around, fighting herself for a role. Like, at if I was in that cast with her, I'd be like, everyone else gets to pick, and you just get what's left because you have no decision-making skills. No.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

This is the one where they all voted against her.

SPEAKER_03 5:26

Yes, because they started singing and Mikey Meeks, it's like voice of an angel or something. And Nene's just like crickets.

SPEAKER_00 5:34

I just I remember the part where she was like, Chick, do I just have to accept the vote? I really want, I really want them to be like, let's vote. Should she accept the vote?

SPEAKER_03 5:42

Yeah. And I think that's when I like Jane Don't the most because she was stirring that pot. The shit was a stirring, and I'm like, Jane, everything you do in your confessionals, you need to do in that workroom even more. Times 4,000. I would love you so much more if you were just straight up commentating to their faces. They did they need it, honestly.

SPEAKER_02 6:02

She has to clock in the way she does in her confessionals.

SPEAKER_03 6:06

Exactly. Like, take all of that, get rid of whatever inner saboteur you have. Jane, you're doing great. But no, here are the characters for the hard knockball rucial. Athena is Mama Big Buck, Starlene is Brandy, Discord is Lil' Salty, Jane Don't is Miss Shenanigan. Juicy Love Dion is Cecile Cartier. Kenya Pleaser is Grace, and then Mikey Meeks is Fanny, and Nene Coca is Big Peppa. What do y'all think? Let's let's just go through each of the characters because I don't know. I thought everyone did pretty good. There was only a couple forgettable people for me. Who were your favorites?

SPEAKER_00 6:44

Jane Dent was great. Kenya, Mikey. Mikey's been like ever since the week where she was robbed, she's just been bringing it. Like she's been like, no, I have to like bring it every single week. And she has.

SPEAKER_03 6:56

She really has. Like, I just was in love with everything she was doing. She was just a real star this time.

SPEAKER_02 7:04

I agree because obviously I love Mikey. I've been loving her every week. And I'm just like looking at this, I'm excited to see where she goes after the show and what she does with all that talent.

SPEAKER_03 7:15

Mm-hmm. I'm really sad I couldn't see her on her tour stop here because it's yeah, on a weekday.

SPEAKER_02 7:21

She's probably gonna have a really cool show. I could see her doing like variety stuff and like maybe some Bosco type stuff or something.

SPEAKER_03 7:27

She's probably gonna be on those Christmas shows that tour a lot.

SPEAKER_02 7:30

Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_03 7:32

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 7:32

Also love Kenya. I thought she did really good. That was like the show for her. I agreed with when she said that. And Jane, of course, was really good. And Darlene is just adorable.

SPEAKER_03 7:44

She's just adorable. She kind of is just a lovable weirdo. I'm liking her more and more each week. I can actually tell her and Nene Coco apart, which is huge for me. Yeah. I see what about you? Because I know they all kind of blur together for you.

SPEAKER_00 7:59

Oh my gosh. I know. Like there's something about Nini when she's in track, I don't recognize her, even though she doesn't look that different. So it's like her, Darlene, and Sierra Mist. Like the first half of the season, I was like, oh, Nene looks good there. They're like, wait, this is Nene. Like, wait, it's this one. Like, truly cannot always help them apart. In this challenge, I didn't think anybody really did bad. I think I remember texting each other. She's like, maybe this will be a week where like nobody goes home.

SPEAKER_03 8:24

I honestly thought that it would be one of those weeks because just the fact that our bottom queens were Juicy, Athena, and like Discord. Like Discord kind of made sense to me. But honestly, I thought Juicy and Athena were fine. I know Juicy was less expressive in her eyes, but her critique really was that she was just too good at the choreography and wasn't bringing herself to it, which is her main critique throughout these days. That's a bit of a weird critique. I don't always get.

SPEAKER_00 8:58

Like to me, I thought everybody was good in the challenge. I really did. I think I'd have to go back and watch again to understand why Athena was in the bottom. Because to me, it was like some people were less memorable, and to me that was like probably discord and meaning. But also, I guess that's the part that they had. But to me, they just didn't stand out the most. So it was when I first watched it, I was like, I guess if somebody has to be in the bottom, it should be those two.

SPEAKER_02 9:17

Yeah, the thing about any of these rusticals, and I always think this when they're fighting over roles too, is that they should know by now that it's all about like what you bring to the role. It's not about like how small the role is. That cliche of theater, you know.

SPEAKER_03 9:32

Yeah, none of that actually matters as long as you're putting yourself into it in the way that you're just giving it your all and making Rue laugh in any way.

SPEAKER_01 9:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 9:41

So for me, if I were to pick a role, I would pick either the Darlene as brandy, where you can just get the laughs, or something like a Kenya pleaser, where you're not a main role, but you can do a lot in a little bit of time. Sorry. I was gonna look for the runway and then I read the category was beige.

SPEAKER_00 10:02

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_03 10:03

Just beige.

SPEAKER_00 10:04

It's one of the things where if I had if I had just read it before, then I'd be like, oh, this is gonna suck. But they actually all had really great looks. It's almost like like let's just keep it really vague, and that way they can they can do whatever they want.

SPEAKER_02 10:15

Just one color.

SPEAKER_00 10:16

Like as long as it's beige, you can do whatever you want. And so they were all able to come up with like get really great looks because they weren't like limited to a very specific category.

SPEAKER_02 10:25

They're gonna start just picking fabrics, they're gonna be like, this week is cotton, next week is polyester.

SPEAKER_03 10:32

So here is our runway. We will start first. Luckily, there's not as many people, which is insane to me that Athena Dion is eighth place this season. But what do we think of her beige against the machine look? I think it's kind of fun, a little bulky, but fun.

SPEAKER_02 10:50

It has a lot going on for sure, but it's like at least unique and it has a perspective.

SPEAKER_03 10:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:59

I have like a love-hate relationship with parts of it. It's like when I just look at her straight on, I'm like, I like it.

SPEAKER_03 11:05

Then when I start looking at more of the details, I'm like, I think it's the ruffles on the very bottom. That layer is what's not working for me. Maybe if it was I know she's going for something different, but maybe bring more of the headpiece floral moment to the bottom. Maybe I would like it more. And then we have Miss Darlene Mitchell in this very like structured suit beige thing. I love this.

SPEAKER_02 11:32

It's so cute. When you look at this, it makes total sense when she does the reveal next week about having a fashion design degree.

SPEAKER_03 11:41

Mm-hmm. She's been hiding it up until now.

SPEAKER_00 11:45

Yeah, this was really cool. I this is probably like one of my favorite looks, or maybe my favorite look of Darlene's.

SPEAKER_03 11:54

Is this Rob from the Traders? Um, Rob looks better than that. And I think it really is just the beige problem because beige is kind of boring, especially on white peoples.

unknown 12:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:07

It's almost like a nude illusion.

SPEAKER_03 12:09

Like, you're not gonna catch me and Paige and beige. No, never. I will compliment her makeup and hair though.

SPEAKER_00 12:15

Um when I first started watching and I didn't understand like the new delusion, I was like, why is everybody wearing so much like peach like bodies? Like people just like, oh, it's supposed because the ones that weren't great, I'm like, oh, that's supposed to be their skin.

SPEAKER_03 12:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:28

And so with some of these people, I'm like, is it supposed to look like that? Is it supposed to be a new delusion? Right.

SPEAKER_03 12:34

And maybe it's like a different material on the bottom layer would help.

SPEAKER_00 12:38

And now that I'm seeing this, I remember the next episodes when she's like, Yeah, I don't think I was actually in the bottom. Like, girl, you were.

SPEAKER_03 12:45

Are we sure? Isn't this the episode where Rue gives her a thumbs up?

SPEAKER_00 12:50

I think so. This is like the like this is like one of the many episodes where they've been like, Yeah, we've we think we we all think you should go home before they were even asked the question. They all had already told her they think she should be going home.

SPEAKER_03 13:02

Unprompted. It's incredible. Jane don't. I fucking am obsessed with this, like everything.

SPEAKER_02 13:10

It's crazy she had that on deck because it's so Miss Anigan.

SPEAKER_03 13:14

It really is.

SPEAKER_00 13:16

It really I love when they time, they pair some of the best looks with when they win.

SPEAKER_02 13:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:21

Like when that works out as far, which I'm gonna I know production like decides when they're gonna do each of them, like probably strategically. But like this one just screams like, yep, I'm gonna win. Like, like I sometimes with Jane, it almost feels like she's hustling us. Like every single week, it's like, can she do it? And then she's like, Oh, actually, I'm an expert at this.

SPEAKER_03 13:38

I'm worried though. Her high streak is just keep going, and I am just because of the boot order, I am scared for everybody I love this season. It's hard to know.

SPEAKER_01 13:47

Right?

SPEAKER_03 13:47

While she does annoy me with like her inner saboteur, sometimes I'm like, bitch, you're great, you're fine.

SPEAKER_00 13:54

Like it's truly like a record-breaking streak that she has now.

SPEAKER_03 13:58

She has been in the top every single week since the beginning when they were still 10 of the 11 episodes where she's been in competition. Amazing.

SPEAKER_00 14:08

Like, it's crazy, but also like Chelsea, this is a season where the boot order has been so crazy. So that happening on the same season where somebody is setting a record like this.

SPEAKER_03 14:18

Yes, because like just think Vita, Mia, Athena all had wins and then went home and like have been front runners.

SPEAKER_02 14:27

I joked in our last episode that Athena was gonna go home next because it was such an absurd idea.

SPEAKER_03 14:33

We all joked about it, and I'm like, fuck, did we do that?

SPEAKER_02 14:36

Yeah, we need to stop saying things.

SPEAKER_03 14:39

That's why I have put on the record I would like Nini Coco to win. Yeah, wing. Juicy love Dion. I fucking love this fluffy look. I don't know what it is, I just really like it. It's really pretty, it is just so pretty, and sometimes when people come out looking pretty with a with a complete concept, I love it.

SPEAKER_00 15:00

Yeah, yeah, she looks good. This is really nice.

SPEAKER_03 15:03

Oh, her makeup's so good.

SPEAKER_00 15:04

I always love her makeup.

SPEAKER_03 15:06

Mm-hmm. And then light of our lives, Kenya Pleaser. I love when she goes big hair. She looks beautiful right now.

SPEAKER_02 15:15

The big hair works so well on her. I can't tell in this photo what's going on in the outfit.

SPEAKER_03 15:21

I think it is a slit, and she's standing off to the side in this photo, so it's just like an odd angle. But I think head on it looks a lot better and in motion.

SPEAKER_00 15:30

Yeah, but the in motion this looks really good. And also, yeah, that hair is perfect.

SPEAKER_03 15:34

And I love the accessories, like the ring and the bracelet.

SPEAKER_00 15:39

I would have to look back at Discords again, but this feels like a better execution. It's so hard to see, like like Chelsea with beige. Like if this had been a different color, this might have like worked better, but it almost looks more simple and confusing because it's beige.

SPEAKER_03 15:56

And I think the material is just not helping. Like there's a weird shine on it, right?

SPEAKER_00 16:01

Yeah. Whereas like with Kenya, it's like it's not like obviously there's like a lot of other like really extravagant detailed books. And hers manages to still be like beautiful without being as intricate as everybody else's.

SPEAKER_03 16:17

I think the only thing I don't like is the tights, but I know it's part of the concept.

SPEAKER_02 16:22

Yeah, I wish she could have done a different color tight, but have to do monochrome. I like the like I think it's latex.

SPEAKER_03 16:30

I think it looks like latex, yeah. The gloves are really nice touch. But anytime there's like something just slightly different on a silhouette, I'm here for it. And there's like this weird, like, I don't know what you would call this area around her like hips and waist, but I like whatever is going on there. It almost looks saddle-like. It's kind of like a bustle. A bustle.

unknown 16:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:55

Of course. That's what I was gonna say. A bustle.

SPEAKER_03 16:58

Yeah, of course.

SPEAKER_02 16:58

We were all thinking it.

SPEAKER_03 17:00

We were Nene Coco and I like the wig.

SPEAKER_02 17:08

The wig's kind of cool.

SPEAKER_03 17:10

And her eye makeup.

SPEAKER_02 17:11

Yeah. The boots.

SPEAKER_03 17:15

Yeah. I just don't know what to call this. Um it's like almost strands of different beige beige fabrics in the beige family, kind of put together, and then a purse. I do like an accessory. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:32

I think the idea of where this is going, it just doesn't feel finished or complete. I almost wish there was like a cape with it or something.

SPEAKER_03 17:40

Like a cape or maybe make it into a full suit type situation with the probably spent like a lot of work getting like that whole dress, top, whatever that is, together.

SPEAKER_00 17:53

And then I guess the suitcase.

unknown 17:55

I guess.

SPEAKER_00 17:56

And it's like, right, now just put on some boots and get out there.

SPEAKER_02 17:58

I think if you're gonna have something frayed like that with different pieces, it needs to have more movement and be like bigger or longer or something.

SPEAKER_03 18:07

Yeah. Cause she's like not super tall or like has enough body to like really create movement and stuff. And I think this with the boots going so high, I don't know how well it all works together. Yeah.

unknown 18:24

Oh no.

SPEAKER_03 18:25

So that is our runway. I would say my favorite looks were probably Jane Don't and Darlene Mitchell.

SPEAKER_00 18:35

Yeah, I think so, too.

SPEAKER_03 18:36

Those are and I mean Juicy Willis, gorgeous. When she not, though. But then I think we actually had a really good guest judge. I believe this is Selena Gomez's husband, Benny Blanco. And Jamal Sims was there because he's rotating in these days. I thought he gave incredible feedback to the Queens. I know people have always questioned why Selena married him. And I'm like, wait, I get it. He's kind of charming. He's very cute and fun. He like really put his whole heart into it. He seems like a sweet guy.

SPEAKER_00 19:11

Yeah. I feel like most of what I know about him is just I'll be like scrolling videos and an interview with him will randomly pop up. He seems very nice and funny. So, and again, he was. I'm paying attention to all the celebrities who are not afraid to continue supporting dragon drag queens. Like it's probably very encouraging not to even just not get involved.

SPEAKER_03 19:31

Exactly. And again, he gave great feedback and encouragement to the queens and was so complimentary, like told Mikey she's a professional, needs to go on and keep doing this. I was thrilled. But the lip sync song, of course, was Call Me When You Break Up by Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams. Don't know her. It was so heartbreaking because Athena and Juicy were in the bottom and lip sync together. And it was one of those lip syncs where I don't think there's a winner.

SPEAKER_02 20:01

No, I literally started crying so hard at the end of that lip sync. The way they were holding each other.

SPEAKER_00 20:09

It's so interesting that we're like the two episodes we're talking about today. I'm like, they really are working to like torture these queens. And like really as much fun as these queens are having together, they're like, let's mess them a little bit.

SPEAKER_02 20:23

Just a little bit.

SPEAKER_00 20:24

Like that was uh that was so sad.

SPEAKER_02 20:28

And Juicy opened up in this episode about struggling with um drug addiction and talking about how Athena was the one to drag her out of that and how important she was to her. And so that combined with the lip sync situation, I was like, RuPaul, watch out.

SPEAKER_03 20:47

And that's the thing. Rue loves, I've noticed like Rue really lights up whenever she finds queens that she can connect with because Rue has like been sober for several decades now. And so I do like that Rue and like the show does provide mental health services for the queens. I like that it's there. So I think Rue is keeping some of these queens around a little bit longer because she wants them to do better and stuff and wants to keep encouraging them. So, Juicy, just let love into your heart. It's okay. Open up to us, we'll keep you safe. Athena, I've had a great ride with Athena. She is so fun. I'm gonna I miss her catty remarks already.

SPEAKER_00 21:29

She's another one that I really pictured going, at least to like the final five.

SPEAKER_03 21:34

Oh, yeah. She felt like she could be that fifth place queen that you expect to be in the finale that was just right outside of it. I was so happy to see Kenya on the upswing this week, being one of the high queens. I think I probably would have thrown the win to Mikey, but I can't argue with Jane winning because I think they everybody did well, but I think those three did really well. Like Kenya was a scene stealer.

SPEAKER_00 21:58

I feel like that has to be. Like Jane, it's not like Jane's done drag race before. But you can see it, especially as the episodes go on, it's like the queens are doing so well, but she just does a lot better. So where it's true, like if you took her out of it, they probably I'm sure each of them would have one more win or one more high placement. And which again, I love Jane Down. I also, if I was there, I'd be so frustrated. I'm like, well, like like literally every week, like she's taking one of the high placements.

SPEAKER_03 22:26

Exactly. I would be very annoyed with her if this was an all-star situation. I would have her lipstick. I would be that person that gets the competition out.

SPEAKER_00 22:35

Oh, yeah. If I'm sure if they all could go back in time, they would vote her into the bottom of the rate, Ray the Queen.

SPEAKER_03 22:42

And they could have. It was mid-season. They could have put her closer to the bottom. They should have conspired. Did you get to Mikey? They did it. But y'all. Drag in a bag, episode 10. Rude throws a curveball at the Queens with the third design challenge of the season. And you know what? I love design challenges. They might have they might be my favorite challenges. But we start off with the reading challenge. And y'all, the Casey Anthony joke got me so good. Oh, I was shocked that they kept that in a little bit too. You know, Rue was living though. Yeah. The moment she said that, it's like, oh yeah, she's winning.

SPEAKER_02 23:21

That's why I have to see Mikey's Variety One Woman show. She's kind of gotta go on tour. I loved Kenya's reads. I texted you that I was yelling at that.

SPEAKER_03 23:32

Her reads were so funny. A lot of the other queens did not do very well with their insults. Mikey wins the reading challenge, which is great. But Mikey got to basically choose first on who gets what because the contest is all the queens were asked to fill a suitcase which is fabrics for a design challenge. And so all of the contestants still in the game had to pick the name of another queen's suitcase they wanted, their design materials, but make it a look they would wear to a party.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

Can we talk about how they misled us with the promotion for this episode around the week before?

SPEAKER_03 24:12

I thought it was gonna be a makeover challenge where they brought the queens back. Right.

SPEAKER_00 24:16

Yeah, I was like excited, ready for it. I was like, oh, this would be so fun. Like I just was like, I wasn't even questioning it. I was like, oh yeah, that's what's happening. How cool. It wasn't until like they were like all standing there with the suitcases and like they're already like have their bags picked that I was like texting each house and I was like, wait, I was like, so we're not making like the other queens aren't in this episode. Like I it took me a while to process that wasn't happening. I kept waiting for them to walk in.

SPEAKER_02 24:38

I was thinking they were gonna come back and like help the girls with the design challenge and they like team up and design together. I would love that, but they have to make two looks. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:49

But it was fun. I'm I'm still very interested in like the logistics behind how they put this together exactly.

SPEAKER_02 24:57

It made me think of the season 12 design challenge where they had the trunks with all the like different queens material in it, and they had to choose like a past queen.

SPEAKER_00 25:08

Like, I know we'll get into it, but this is like one of the few times I've heard them get like very like talky about like the prompts and stuff they get. Like to the point when Jane's talking about how like she's like, I feel like I was sabotaged, and then talks about like how like we we didn't know exactly what this was gonna be, we kind of knew. Like, I feel like we don't ever get to hear them like speculate about stuff like that with production. So that I remember being like, oh, that's so interesting.

SPEAKER_03 25:28

It is because here's who the queens end up picking. And Mikey got to go first and then pick which queen goes next, but I'll just read the order. Darlene got Athena's, Discord got Mandy Mango because wasn't she chosen last? Nobody wanted Mandy Mango's, which I get. Jane Don't had Sierra Mist, Juicy Love Dion had Mia's star, Kenya Pleaser had Vita Vonti's star. Oh, that just makes sense. Mikey Meeks had Briar Blush. Imagine you're first, and the fabric you pick is Briar Blush. And then Nini Cuco had Didi Fuego, somebody I already forgot about. That rhymed kind of when you said that. I'm a poet. So yes. Let's just get into this because these queens were so slap happy. And as Jane Don't said, I think there was some sabotage in there. I think the eliminated queens, they knew what was going on, and they I don't know if they were able to adjust their suitcases after or what's going on, but Jane Don't had Sierras, and there were giant holes to where all the leftover contestants could fit inside the fabric, like the giant hole in the fabric, which is insane. Then there were some people like Darlene, where Athena did not leave her much material at all, which I think is evil, because Darlene is so tall. Some of these were fully insane. And then Kenya, Kenya got a lot of shit because she's been in the bottom for both design challenges, even though she can sew. So Rue was just like, mm-hmm, not so sure about you, babes. This it was so silly, but Jane don't thrives in a design challenge environment of shit talking.

SPEAKER_00 27:11

It's so interesting I I feel like this season specifically, they've really thrown in extra opportunities for queens to sabotage each other in the challenges. Like with like the way they did like the Raided Queen this season and like this, like it's I feel like more than previous seasons, they can actually like impact each other and how they're doing and have some control over the outcome.

SPEAKER_03 27:32

Yeah. And I think the actual sabotage within the suitcase played into who was high and who was low. But I think the person we mostly need to talk about is Miss Discord Adams because she decided to use a lot of safety pens instead of sewing her look to connect her look. And that was her workaround for using Mandy Mango's suitcase. It was just basically bending the rules. I was so mad.

SPEAKER_00 28:04

She's lucky Lexi Love wasn't there.

SPEAKER_03 28:06

Yeah.

unknown 28:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:08

She would have taken those off herself.

SPEAKER_03 28:10

Lexi is the fashion police. She would have removed it immediately.

SPEAKER_00 28:14

Like when we talked about the parallels between this season and the season, like I'm before we even got to the paper clips, I was like, remember like last time they did like a design challenge last season, and it like was the who ruined my outfit? Between like Lexi and Aunt. Like we were already talking about that.

SPEAKER_03 28:29

Mom and Dad are fighting.

SPEAKER_00 28:31

And then to like later in the episode, the controversy of somebody using style. I was like, oh, this like I remember they didn't even make it to the runway. Like we remember we got to like the next part of the episode last season, and Hormolisa was like really upset. She's like, Yeah, like she really later to me and made production. Yeah. Have me take jewels off my dress. Like, there's no passive aggressive. There's like, no, you can't do that. I'm gonna I'm gonna tell on you. Again, I love this cast, love last year's cast. They're just so the differences are so funny.

SPEAKER_03 29:00

It is, and yet I'm having a great time with both of them. They're fully insane people. So let's take a gander at these looks because we had some good looks, I think. Doesn't always happen. So first up, we have Darlene Mitchell with Athena Dion, and it's a VMA's after party. And as y'all know, I am a sucker for anything that looks vaguely like the 80s.

SPEAKER_02 29:25

What did y'all think? This one is giving like young Reba with the wig.

SPEAKER_03 29:31

This is Reba hit the club. Yeah, I love it. I know.

SPEAKER_00 29:36

Yeah, this one looks cool.

SPEAKER_03 29:37

It does. And her only critique was maybe just bring some of the material to the shoe. But I do love that she has it looks like an accessory. Let me like blow this up a little if I can. She has a little purse. It's hard to see in the somewhere in there. It's somewhere in there.

SPEAKER_00 29:52

This is it looks like just a floating like zebra circle by itself or whatever that is.

SPEAKER_03 29:58

I know. I love it. This runway is evil, like the lighting. Everything just sinks into the background.

SPEAKER_02 30:04

It's always so hard to tell details on the runway.

SPEAKER_03 30:07

Mm-hmm. But I do. I love this look. This is maybe one of my favorites of the challenge. Really well constructed.

SPEAKER_00 30:14

Cheater.

SPEAKER_03 30:15

Mr. Cheater Discord. I'm so mad. Did Mandy? And again, they got to use their own shoes and accessories. So what was Mandy's? The maybe some pieces of black fabric? I guess.

SPEAKER_00 30:31

I did love Mandy Mango posted something and she's like, and what if I told you I put 200 paper clips in my suitcase? Then what? That's really funny.

unknown 30:40

That's really funny.

SPEAKER_00 30:42

Like this turned out like it looks cool.

SPEAKER_03 30:46

It looks good, but it's just it's not the prompt. It's not the assignment.

SPEAKER_00 30:50

Like imagine they told her like, Yeah, you have to take all those out and then like the whole outfit just falls apart.

SPEAKER_03 30:54

Literally that. All over the chest.

SPEAKER_02 30:57

All over the chest.

SPEAKER_03 30:58

Imagine your workaround being like, I didn't sew it, I used safety pens to keep it all together. And it's like, but what were you keeping together? Safety pins? That's that's about it. It's insane. It is. And then Miss Jane don't. Her materials were fully insane because they were just strips of fabric with giant holes. And I thought this came together very well.

SPEAKER_00 31:23

It's like once again, again, it's like she's hustling us.

SPEAKER_03 31:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:27

And they play it up like she has all these like rags and like torn things, and they're like, oh, she's screwed. Like we finally got her. And then she comes out like this, looking amazing. And she's like, oh, I figured it out. Of course she did. She's chained out.

SPEAKER_02 31:43

She created her own textile. Like she sewed fabrics together to create a cohesive pattern.

SPEAKER_03 31:50

Yeah. And I think that's what gave her bonus points for the win. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:54

Like if I was there, I would full- I like I could not justify it, but I'm like, this isn't fair. Like she should be in like a different competition for people. Like she should be up against the Sasha Colbies.

SPEAKER_03 32:04

She should.

SPEAKER_00 32:05

Like this is not fair.

SPEAKER_03 32:06

Put her in a design challenge with like Sasha, Shay, Trinity the Tuck, everybody.

SPEAKER_00 32:13

Like, I'm glad I like her because if I hated her, the season would suck.

SPEAKER_03 32:16

It really would. And then once we have Miss Juicy Love Dion. What do we think of this little Diddy? I actually think it's kind of cute. It's a little simple, some of it. It looked a lot better in motion, but I think she made the most of her suitcase.

SPEAKER_02 32:34

Whatever I think. I think it's still well constructed and it did have a lot of movement, and it's just like fun and cute. And there's nothing like wrong with it.

SPEAKER_03 32:44

Yeah. And of course, I think Mia Starr would have done something more, but I do love this look and I really love the big curly wig. That wig's beautiful. I know.

SPEAKER_00 32:53

I know it's like it's more than just a complimental look, but that wig looks so good on her. I love when she wears big hair.

SPEAKER_03 32:59

Same. Big curly hair and juicy. It's just matchmade in heaven. Oh, Miss Kenya Pleaser and Vita Vonti's star. This is just such a perfect look. She is everything to me. This is a disco party. You know, Rue was living. I love the gold accessories. It's gorgeous.

SPEAKER_00 33:17

I felt like we were proud ants watching from the crowd. Like, uh, she just like seeing her on this like trajectory of like she had such a rough beginning, and now she's like earning her place, and like she did such a good job in this episode, and like she looks so good. Like, that's such a good look. It is.

SPEAKER_03 33:36

This is like a look so many people would actually wear. Yeah. I think I texted this to Jesse. We have been Kenya truthers, and it's finally paying off.

SPEAKER_00 33:45

We are pleased. She's this is so good. I'm so glad they got she got the. I was hoping the judges would see the same thing that we saw. So I was really happy that like she got her flowers for this one.

SPEAKER_03 33:56

And I love the little like what is this hairbow headband type thing, whatever's going on. It's gorgeous. Everything about this look is just perfection.

SPEAKER_02 34:06

I was so relieved. Like, I think I like breathed a sigh of relief when she came out on the runway.

SPEAKER_03 34:11

I know, and then we were just like, You're doing amazing, sweetie. Yeah. Miss Mikey Meeks going to like a skiing party. This is so cute.

SPEAKER_02 34:22

It is so cute. It reminds me of this is a very specific reference, but there was a line of brats dolls that was like ski bunny, ski resort, brat stalls, and she looks like one of those.

SPEAKER_03 34:34

And sugar and spice could never, they could never, but Mikey could. Yeah, she looks great, and it's blue, so this is the look Jesse would wear.

SPEAKER_00 34:44

Literally, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 34:45

You need these boots, Jesse.

SPEAKER_00 34:47

I love that pattern.

SPEAKER_03 34:48

It's so fun. Good job, Briar.

SPEAKER_00 34:51

I'm sad you didn't get to wear that now.

SPEAKER_03 34:53

Yeah. You know, y'all, I feel a little bad for Nini Coco because Didi Fuego gave her a wild pattern, and I don't know what Nini was doing here. She was doing a lot. What is this orange bodysuit under? It's that's what was interesting, is that it's like she created two different things. I think she only needs the fabric look. I don't think she needs the bodysuit.

unknown 35:16

No.

SPEAKER_00 35:17

That's what I was thinking too. I almost think it would have been like fun and like sexier if she did if she did like a nude underneath it or something.

SPEAKER_03 35:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:26

Like, and it wouldn't have it would have like, I don't know, give more attention to the detail of everything she put together with like the fabric part.

SPEAKER_03 35:32

Yeah. I mean, I like her wig, the high pony and the makeup. It looks good. But I think it really is just the orange that's throwing me off.

SPEAKER_00 35:41

Yeah. I almost I wonder if she thought that maybe it wouldn't be enough, so that's why she did both.

SPEAKER_03 35:45

I mean, we saw Georgia's win a design challenge with just a fluffy skirt, so that's it.

SPEAKER_00 35:50

What a time to be alive. That was crazy. Like it didn't bother me, but it was and we're being like, okay.

SPEAKER_03 35:57

Whatever. And that was our design challenge. Y'all, Rue loves to be evil. And I love that she just started announcing people as safe, and then more people were safe. And then when Discord was safe, she had Jane Don't and Kenya Pleaser thinking that they were the bottom two. And then she's like, I wish I could declare a winner, but I'm gonna have to see you lip sync first.

SPEAKER_00 36:26

Wait, this is after the Who Should Go Home Tonight and Y Ray, which that like Ruse. Yeah. That's like the most like it's been like RuPaul's best friend race this season, so they were so excited to do this to them. Because I don't think they've I don't think they've talked about it on the stage yet, about the paperclips. No, they hadn't about the like they almost got Discord public fear, got away with it.

SPEAKER_03 36:47

And like actually, like Juicy uh like Darlene immediately said Discord's name. Discord said Darlene's name because essentially she named her. And then Juicy fully giving her thesis, her Lex Noir London speech about why Discord's outfit was not the prompt and needs to go home was so fucking funny. That would have been me. And then everybody else is like, yeah, yeah, what Juicy said. Yeah, we agree, Discord. Yep, yep.

SPEAKER_00 37:17

I could tell there's that part where Juicy's like, it's either her or me. Like, I will throw everything out there to make sure that it's her. It's up there with the Georges talking about Bosco, which is like we wouldn't talk about track records. She was in the bottom three times in one episode.

SPEAKER_02 37:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:35

So like if we're gonna talk about it, which again, even again, a season that had almost no drama, but was still amazing.

SPEAKER_03 37:43

Yeah, and then of course Nini Coco just sliding by where I'm like, mm, Nene. They loved her look for some reason. The judges did. Sure. I mean, Iman was a good guest judge, loved the look, and was very fun in Untucked with the Queens. Could not believe she went to Untucked, and then people were like eating fries around her, and she's like, no.

SPEAKER_02 38:03

I made Blake guess how old Iman was. I was like, guess how old this woman is? You'll be wrong.

SPEAKER_03 38:08

How old did Blake say?

SPEAKER_02 38:10

He guessed 50s, and that woman is 70 years old.

SPEAKER_03 38:15

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_02 38:16

Which she does not look at.

SPEAKER_03 38:17

No, she looks younger than me. It's crazy. It is. But yes, again, I thought it was hilarious. Just they have that whole hullabaloo of who should go home, and then Discord gets to spiral. All for it to be a top two. It reminds me of when Plain Jane gave um Nymphia the potion, the immunity potion.

SPEAKER_02 38:43

I forgot about the potions.

SPEAKER_03 38:45

And then it ended up being a top two episode.

SPEAKER_00 38:49

When the era of Drag Race, where we had like the potions and the chocolates, the Donkey Dunk tank.

SPEAKER_03 38:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 38:56

The plungers. This season they truly were like, nah.

SPEAKER_03 39:01

Now it's the chippy tea in the UK, which I would die for chippy tea.

SPEAKER_00 39:05

I know. With all this, like I won't I still wonder if they're gonna bring that to the US ever. I hope in Canada. They should.

SPEAKER_03 39:11

It's so funny. But y'all, this was great. Who would you throw in the bottom with Discord?

SPEAKER_00 39:18

For this challenge.

SPEAKER_03 39:19

Do you want me to pull up the photos again? Nene.

SPEAKER_02 39:22

Yeah, probably Nene. Even though, like, even though the outfit was kind of weird, I don't think it's like terrible.

SPEAKER_03 39:29

Yeah, juicy's.

SPEAKER_00 39:30

Yeah, I was thinking between Nini and Juicy probably be like the lowest of like those people, but I just like Juicy better. So I would rather see Nene. And I feel like Nini's kind of gotten away with a lot.

SPEAKER_03 39:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 39:44

Like, but in general, I feel like she's been mostly safe throughout most of the competition.

SPEAKER_03 39:49

Yeah, like safe or high.

SPEAKER_00 39:51

Yeah. So I don't know. I think I would I would have done that. Juicy's had just like Juicy has such a strong first half, and then again, like Mikey's been great ever since the Raid of Queen, and then Juicy's like struggled every week ever since.

SPEAKER_03 40:04

Yeah, it's just been like whole decline since talent show. She's had a rough time. But yes, our top two were Jane Don't and Kenya Pleaser. They got to sing a Miss Patty song, feels like another one. Oh, and here's the thing. I know Jane Don't won. Kenya could not know a single lyric, and I would still give her the thing. But and that lip sync, who do you think would won? Because obviously I'm biased. I always think Kenya should win.

SPEAKER_02 40:34

No, I thought Kenya won that lip sync as well. I think they both did really good and it was like very different takes on it. Mm-hmm. But Kenya was like more fun with the song, I think.

SPEAKER_00 40:45

I wanted a tie.

SPEAKER_03 40:47

It's a tie. I love a tie. That way they can both get money and a set of luggage from away. Because honestly, luggage be expensive. Maybe all the queens need a set of luggage. They deserve it.

SPEAKER_00 40:57

Like here I am in 2026, asking them to not send anybody home and to give another tie.

SPEAKER_03 41:02

Season 14 all over again.

SPEAKER_00 41:03

Could it be me on other seasons?

SPEAKER_03 41:05

Miss Jane Don't is our winner of the episode that brings her up to three wins, two of them in a row. Y'all, at this point, I'm just like, the only thing that would take her down is the insane boot order this season. Right. No one's safe. Nobody is safe. Like, trust nothing, trust no one.

SPEAKER_00 41:25

And that again, I don't want to see it happen, but Jane Don't leaving would change the rest of the whole season. Because it would everybody be like, oh wait, everyone has a chance now. Especially Mikey.

SPEAKER_03 41:36

Especially Mikey. Which brings me to my next question. Y'all, who are your top two queens this season? Who do you want to lip sync for the crown? You only get two. I know who I want. So I'll go first. I at this point in the show, I would like a Kenya pleaser Mikey Meeks lip sync for the crown. I think that would be so much fun. They are both great personalities and they're very different queens. Those are my two favorites right now.

SPEAKER_00 42:05

I want a Kenya and Jane rematch. Kenya Jane rematch is smart.

SPEAKER_02 42:10

I'm gonna go Jane and Mikey. Nice.

SPEAKER_00 42:14

Look at us. I love when we do this.

SPEAKER_03 42:16

I know.

SPEAKER_00 42:17

We get everybody covered of our of our three favorites. We find a workaround of what Chelsea's trying to do.

SPEAKER_03 42:22

Exactly. Normally it's me being like, Well, you guys did that. I'm gonna do this.

SPEAKER_00 42:26

She knows there's a top three that we all have, so we find an even way to distribute it to them.

SPEAKER_03 42:31

Exactly. Although I will give props to Darlene. She is like rising. She is, you know. Because between being a scene stealer in the rusical and then just this amazing look tonight, I just oh, beautiful.

SPEAKER_02 42:46

She's having a fun run on the show, and I'm interested to see if she just like keeps going up.

SPEAKER_03 42:52

And I can tell her apart from Discord and Nini, and that's powerful. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 42:55

Like now I want to go back and watch knowing who she is.

SPEAKER_03 43:00

Although it'll be tough in those early episodes because her and Didi Fuego, whoo, good luck. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 43:05

I told you, I think I texted you, Chelsea. I was like, now I feel bad that I kept mixing her up with Stari, which is what I call Cyramist.

SPEAKER_02 43:11

Oh, her two, yeah. There were too many of them.

SPEAKER_00 43:15

Every season there's four white queens that I can't tell apart and that I keep mixing up. And it's it like the first half of the season, like, we need to get one of them out of here. I can't tell them apart.

SPEAKER_02 43:25

I get face blindness if they're all like white and have brown hair.

SPEAKER_00 43:29

Like I can't. Discord and Nene, something about when they get in drag. I'm like, who's that?

SPEAKER_03 43:35

Yeah. I'm like, one's like Alyssa Edwards and one's like Alyssa Edwards doing punk.

unknown 43:40

Oh, that's so true.

SPEAKER_03 43:41

And speaking of Alyssa Edwards, the next episode is a toast to Alyssa Edwards, our queen of the mother tucking world. And y'all thrilled, excited, can't wait, Alyssa. I am of the insane mindset that Alyssa should have won All Stars 2. I will say it, I will be brave. She's so pretty and good and wonderful.

SPEAKER_02 44:03

I think you're correct.

SPEAKER_03 44:05

Oh my gosh. Have I converted y'all? I am an Elisara Kati. I should have won All Stars 2 person. No, I'm I'm with you.

unknown 44:13

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 44:14

I knew this was a safe space. Jesse's like going through the files. It's like, well, there was also Detox. There was Roxy. That was a big season. We know you were really rooting for Jeremy. I mean Tatiana was there. That was amazing.

SPEAKER_00 44:30

Ginger Minge.

SPEAKER_03 44:33

That was the one where Ginger Minge wore the crown in her confessional. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00 44:38

Playing with her BFF Katya.

SPEAKER_03 44:40

Katya's my best friend.

SPEAKER_00 44:42

Oh god. I I kind of love Ginger Minge.

SPEAKER_03 44:47

I love her. Bring her back. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 44:50

Ginger Minge for season 19.

SPEAKER_03 44:52

Honestly, Ginger Minge on the Traitors is the only thing I want in this world.

SPEAKER_00 44:56

The faithful who just keeps lying for no reason would be amazing to watch.

SPEAKER_03 45:00

Makes it to the end. Makes it to the end. Lies a thing. It's like, actually, I'm a trader. And Alan's like, Ginger, no, you're not. Delusion. Oh, the best drag delusion. Y'all, this has been so fun. Before we get out of here and promote our socials, what are some other stories you're watching? Because there's so much TV on right now. It feels like a full-time job.

SPEAKER_02 45:23

I'm watching, I was gonna say, I'm watching TV lately. Like I'm getting paid to do it. There's just so much coming out.

SPEAKER_03 45:29

And you know what? Maybe somebody should pay us. They should. Jesse, what are you watching these days? What are your stories outside of Drag Race?

SPEAKER_00 45:37

It's uh it's actually been more drag race. Like I said, recently I watched all I've caught up in all the Canada seasons. I'm almost caught up in all the UK seasons, um, which will be great. I think I just have one more left of Drag Race UK that I hadn't seen yet. I used to watch them when they were airing, but then I just got behind the last year or two. And then the finale, I'm so sad to see it and shall the Drag Race UK versus the World season three.

SPEAKER_03 46:01

It's so good.

SPEAKER_00 46:02

One of the best Final Fours. I love seeing Mariah finally get like to be shown. Like, I feel like even on the seasons she was on, she was so underedited. Like it was clear production likes her because she's in so much like uh behind the scenes stuff and like other like but for some reason when she's on the actual show, she doesn't really get a fair shake at it. This season is different, and Kate Butch, she was great on her original season, uh UK 5. So it's fun to see her really thriving this season. If I honestly, if they're not afraid to crown their own UK queens three years in a row, more power to them.

SPEAKER_03 46:39

I'm fine with it, I think.

SPEAKER_00 46:41

Canada waited until the second season to do that. The first one, they're like, oh, we'll give it to an American. Um, which it was Rasha, so Raja O'Hara. So I was complaining about it.

SPEAKER_03 46:50

That's fair. At least it wasn't the other O'Hara who competed in Canada.

SPEAKER_00 46:54

No, that was rough. Yeah, so yeah, I'm trying to watch more of the international seasons as best I can because there's a lot more that I want to see. So I'm getting caught up with the ones that I was already watching and hopefully checking out some of the ones in other languages. I just have to like really focus because I have to read the subtitles and I can't just like have them on the background like I do with the English-speaking versions.

SPEAKER_03 47:14

Yeah, that's my problem, is I can't have a second screen experience with them. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 47:19

There's so much straw grease out there to catch up with.

SPEAKER_03 47:22

There is, and Lala Ree's gonna be on Down Under.

SPEAKER_00 47:25

Yeah, it's Down Under versus the World.

SPEAKER_03 47:28

I know. Paige, what are some stories you're watching?

SPEAKER_02 47:32

Oh my goodness, I'm watching so many. Um I watched The Burbs with Kiki Palmer. Ooh, I need to watch that.

SPEAKER_00 47:41

How is it?

SPEAKER_02 47:41

It is so fun. I really enjoyed it. It's like there's a bit of a mystery in there and some creepiness and all of that. It I feel like it should have come out around Halloween because it's giving that kind of vibe.

SPEAKER_03 47:56

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 47:57

Um, they have sets, they're on like a studio lot, and I love to see it.

SPEAKER_03 48:02

Yes, bring us back to like Desperate Housewives style studio sets. Where's Wisteria Lane?

SPEAKER_02 48:07

Because it takes place in like a suburban neighborhood and it looks like Desperate Housewives. It's I love it. I love that. Kiki Palmer should be in everything, social. They're just such a good duo.

SPEAKER_03 48:19

Imagine Kiki Palmer guest starring on Girls Five Eva.

SPEAKER_00 48:23

She's like, Kiki Palmer.

SPEAKER_03 48:25

Yeah. I love it. We need one of them days too. I've heard it's in development.

SPEAKER_02 48:31

Yes, I'm so excited for that.

SPEAKER_03 48:34

I love it.

SPEAKER_02 48:35

I also um, of course, Bridgerton season four, the last episodes came out. Chelsea and I are both obsessed.

SPEAKER_03 48:44

It's been out for and we are still just sending each other just like gifts and gifs and cast behind the scenes because the cast is so entertaining. It's they're so they're so good.

SPEAKER_02 48:57

Like I love that cast so much, and that season is like it's skyrocketed to my favorite Bridger 10 season.

SPEAKER_03 49:04

Yeah, I think it's like that one and then season two for me. Then three, then number one is like very far down. Right. Yeah. My stories though. I am catching up on House of Villains because I know Jesse's watching. I've watched the first three episodes so far. I'm really loving Kate and New York's odd little friendship. I hope they keep it up, but also keep it snarky because they're both snark machines and it's glorious.

SPEAKER_00 49:32

Did you see the part where Kate's like, which one of us is the Lucy and which one's the FL?

SPEAKER_03 49:36

I haven't, but that just makes me so excited. Don't worry, it's not a spoiler. I did watch all of season one of the pit, rewatched it so I could uh catch up on season two because y'all I watched season one last year. It's been a whole year. That's 27 lifetimes ago. But I'm really enjoying it. I am I keep comparing my state of anxiety to Mel waiting to give a deposition, and I'm like, that is just me all the time.

SPEAKER_00 50:03

Every time I see her, I'm like, girl, go, you're gonna be late.

SPEAKER_03 50:06

I'm so worried. It's been so much fun. I say the pit has been so much fun. It's a heartbreaking show.

SPEAKER_00 50:15

It's a laugh riot for the whole family.

SPEAKER_03 50:17

But they've had soap opera stars on it. David Fumero, Melissa Fumero's hot husband, who was on One Life to Live, where they actually played siblings on the show. Oh, that's weird. They were siblings on the show and then they got married. Ugh, I know. Wild. He's still hot. So yeah, those are my stories, along with 50-11 soap operas we're watching. And it's so much fun. I cannot wait to dive into more things. And I am still making my way through Survivor. I'm caught up, but I feel like every week is a new journey of like, Jeffrey, what the fuck are you doing now?

SPEAKER_00 50:53

Can I actually say this is an example of how I crack under pressure? The second you ask that question, like, I don't think I'm watching anything. And then like three or four of the shows you just listed, like, oh yeah, I'm watching that. I'm watching Survivor, I'm watching House of Villains, I'm watching the pit.

SPEAKER_03 51:04

We just have to block out Survivor because it's so embarrassing. It's like worse than anything Big Brother's doing. Jeffrey was rapping.

SPEAKER_00 51:11

That was horrible. I can't believe if like he gets to decide, he doesn't have to do that. He chose to be.

SPEAKER_03 51:17

There's a Billie Eilish boomerang idol. What? Billie Eilish, you know she was not writing that message. There's not even like a little video thing for the audience.

SPEAKER_00 51:28

Somebody tweeted something where they were like, survivor, like Billie Eilish Boomerang, Billy Eilish Boomerang. It's like Billie Eilish, nothing. She's not talking about the show. She's not promoted. Like, she probably just like signed something where said, Yeah, sure, you can use my name for this. What are they doing?

SPEAKER_03 51:42

You know, we're wondering.

SPEAKER_00 51:44

The producers have like a humiliation kink. It's so strange to me.

SPEAKER_03 51:48

I don't I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 51:51

As an over decade-long Big Brother fan, we have always been like, Oh, your show's embarrassing by Survivor fans. And I feel like right now we're having a moment where I'm like, actually, Survivor's more embarrassing. Because you have your big 50th season that you've could bring all the best people back that you wanted to, and you're doing this embarrassing stuff. Like that's crazy.

SPEAKER_03 52:12

You just know Julie Chen would never rap.

SPEAKER_00 52:15

No, she wouldn't even go out, she wouldn't even go into the house on Big Brother.

SPEAKER_03 52:20

Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_00 52:22

No.

SPEAKER_03 52:22

The one time she did, it was like in a competition, and I had to get Julie out of the house.

SPEAKER_00 52:26

Survivor people are always confused. So like, wait, so she's not like she's not in the house, like leading these challenges or anything. They're like, no. She comes by once a week to like let us know who's like leaving that week, and that's it.

SPEAKER_03 52:37

It's perfect. Perfect gig. Y'all, this has been so much fun. I love our stories right now, even the cringeworthy ones. Paige, where can the good people find you and all your wonderful things?

SPEAKER_02 52:50

They can find me at Thoughts by Page on Blue Sky. I am Paige Noel Kaiser on Instagram if you want to follow me there. I am, of course, on Across the Universe, a Doctor Who Rewatch podcast, along with Chelsea. We're having so much fun over there. We have such good guests. Jesse's gonna be on an upcoming episode. We're so excited about it. And sorry. And sorry. To Jesse, specifically. Yeah. And I also have a substack that's called Girlhood in Low Resolution, where I talk about growing up as a girl on the internet in the 2000s and pop culture.

SPEAKER_03 53:30

I love it. Everyone, go subscribe to all those things. Check it out. Jesse, where can the good people find you and everything wonderful you're doing?

SPEAKER_00 53:38

The good people can find me. I'm SpeakUp Jesse across social media. Um outside of this, I think I talked about this last time, but I recently did that episode uh for the Female Case Film Club with Morgan. So if you haven't gone to listen to it yet, the episode we just did um was Jawbreaker, one of my favorite movies all time that we talked about. Um, because it had a female cinematographer, and it was the most fun. So and listen to all of Morgan's other episodes because they are really good and so many great movies that she talks about.

SPEAKER_03 54:08

Oh, yeah, like after you for cinematographers month, it was Sheree doing Sinners. And then we also, as of recording, the A Bug's Life episode with my friend Nick is out. And Nick is such a silly billy, so I cannot wait to listen to this after we get out of here. But I am Chel 725 on the Blue Sky and the Serialized, sometimes letterboxed. I'm also on Across the Hooniverse with Paige, where we have so many friends on there and we're just being silly. Everyone go check it out. By the time this is out, we should have also dropped the Unquiet Dead episode. We've done End of the World with Morgan and my favorite toxic trampoline that looks like Joella. It's what a time. And then, of course, I'm on the Q Division, a James Bond movie marathon podcast with Gavin. We're making our way through those and about to start recording some fake James Bond episodes. I can't wait for people to check those out. And then, of course, we're shh, my stories are on on all platforms. Please rate and review. Let us know if there's any shows we should be watching. So thank you for listening, and we'll see you at the next story time.