[singing] - MTV
- I love every last one of you...
- I love you. - No matter how much
I hate all of y'all.
- If you don't have star quality...
- Baby-- - Get the fuck out of here!
- This is your moment! Have it!
- 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.
- Prep "Untucked" cameras on the main stage.
- Let's get the queens lined up, please.
- I've made some decisions.
Marcia Marcia Marcia.
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.
Luxx Noir London.
You are safe.
You may leave the stage.
[dramatic music]
- Not so fast. [chuckles nervously]
- Mm-hmm. - Not too fast.
- How did all of these bejewelled gowns
get ranked higher than my look?
I look so good.
I should've been in the top, at least.
- I think that my look this week is very strong.
I took the challenge at hand
and made something that was 100% crystal.
Are you kidding me?
I am safe, and I don't love that.
[sighs]
- Repo "Untucked" cameras to the work room.
- Sending the queens in three, two, one.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- Top eight, girlies. - Top eight.
Ooh, look, we got cake.
- Today, we are hitting
the 200th episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
Ugh, it's honestly iconic.
I feel so honoured to be here.
It's such a huge milestone.
And we are part of herstory now,
and that's kind of insane.
- So let's pop.
The bottle. - Ah!
- Cheers to 200 episodes... both: 200 episodes!
- Of "RuPaul's Drag Race." - That's insane.
- It's just such a honour and a privilege
to be a fan of the show and then, like,
to get a chance to, like, live this experience
and then be here for, like, a big milestone.
- Yeah, it's a big deal.
- So three safe girls.
I mean, to me, to be totally honest,
the last design challenge, I was in the top,
and I wasn't really expecting that,
so when we went into this design challenge,
I was kinda excited 'cause I was like,
if I came out on top with unconventional items,
knowing that we had items that are in the real world,
like everyday fabric that you can get from the fabric store,
I was really excited to see what I was capable of doing.
- Sure. - And this being
my second time sewing, I'm, like,
very satisfied with what I made.
But I really wanted to be in the top.
And I want to win because I've been, like, safe
for a long, long time.
I think I'm a eleganza-type of girl.
- Out of all the gown-y eleganza looks...
- Yeah. - Yours is my favourite.
- Thank you. - And I feel like
we really thought outside the box
and did something kind of unexpected
but still eleganza, still elevated.
I thought I had a really good chance to win this week.
- Right. - So to not even be
in the top, I'm, like, a little disappointed.
- I know they always, like, try to push you
to step outside of that box, but your aesthetic
is not, like, diamonds and glitter and shiny things,
so I was like, I'm really interested
to see, like, what take you would take with this.
And I love your take on it.
It's not a gown, but it's still, like, your aesthetic.
And I think it's very elevated from what you do on the norm.
- Thank you.
I don't know what else I could've done honestly.
both: Luxx?
[laughter] - Luxx.
- You have some feelings about this.
- Without a shadow of a doubt,
I know that I was supposed to be in the top.
[laughter]
My look was the most creative.
It was most eleganza.
It was the most crystal.
It was different.
I sold it. I looked really gorgeous.
Because it's like, I didn't just bedazzle a gown.
- It's very unconventional. It's very creative.
But from the judges' standpoint, they probably like,
"We didn't ask for unconventional or creative.
We asked for, like, eleganza."
That's what probably put you in the safe zone.
- Okay.
Oh, my God, I know that I have the best look of the night.
I met the prompt flawlessly, and I'm so proud of it.
- I mean, first and foremost,
this design challenge was, like, a mile more difficult
than the last... - Unconventional.
- Because so much of this was embellishment.
- Which is why I did a really good job,
because I didn't just embellish something.
I was the embellishment.
I didn't win in the eyes of the judges,
but I won in my eyes.
- And your eyes are the eyes that count.
Luxx is really, really confident,
but it's a lot. [laughs]
You could be confident and be very humble about it.
I don't have to say, "Oh, I'm Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.
Like, I got this and I got that," to solidify who I am.
I mean, you won a challenge.
Me and Marcia just been safe. - Yeah.
- And in the top. We've been so close.
It's like we could taste it,
but they ain't putting it in our mouth.
- Yeah. [laughter]
- It's like, you know how it feels.
You hungry for more.
- [screams] Oh, my God!
Thank you so much.
[applause] - [hisses]
- Yeah, I really want another win.
- We just smell it. And, like, we want it.
And they like, "Stay out the kitchen."
Uh-- - Ooh!
- I see a smile. - Oh, okay!
A little smile. - I see gowns.
- I bet you thought you seen the last of me.
- I see sequins. - Oh, my God.
- Rigor mortis, girl.
- Sit down, bitch. Please.
Anetra, darling.
- Can you sit? - If I fit.
- What happened? What happened? - Yeah. What's the tea?
- Tell us everything. Let me guess.
You cracked the code on the competition.
You're beautiful and talented, and they love your look.
- Uh, they really liked the whole presentation.
They're like, I played it smart with what I presented.
And I just wanted to do opposite
of what I've already shown... - Yeah.
- Which is a lot of, like, high drag,
high conceptualised things. - Yeah.
- I just wanted to look really pretty.
- You looked sickening.
- And the weed bag was my camp moment.
And they got it, thank God,
'cause I was, like, really nervous.
And then they really, really loved this.
- Absolutely. It's beautiful. - Thank you.
- That bitch. Ugh!
- I think you have a crush on Sasha.
- I do. I have a crush on Sasha.
- We have a sister-- - Sasha Mosh.
- It's very Appalachian, our love.
[laughter] And we both have boyfriends,
so, like, it's a big, happy family.
- [gasps]
- Salina, what's the tea? - Girl.
I'm in the bottom. [clicks tongue]
They didn't think that my proportions of my body are good.
The palm tree one, yes, she was a mess.
This wasn't...
perfect enough, I guess.
- It just was a hard fabric.
Satin's really puckery. - Yeah.
And, I mean, I could've done a stretched fabric too.
Maybe I should have. - Ooh!
- And that wasn't a read, bitch.
No, like, I could've done a stretch fabric,
hugged it to my body, and been chill in that, but I didn't.
And maybe I should have, so... [clicks tongue]
- You look beautiful. - Thanks.
- Well, they had lovely things to say about your mouth.
They all complimented you. - Yeah.
But at the end of the day, it's like,
being pretty doesn't win you the competition.
You know what I mean? - Mm-hmm.
- This was my second time being in the bottom.
I always find myself struggling with like
these design challenges, I guess.
It's just frustrating.
But at this point, if I have to claw my way up,
I'm gonna do so.
- I don't even-- I just, like, always try
to focus on the positive, so, like,
I'm trying to think of, like, what they said.
- They thought your first look was great.
- Oh, yeah, she said I was fighting the urge to go...
To trot. - To trot.
- I was like, my hands need to be tied back.
- Your whole performance tonight was watching you
fight the urge, fight-- yeah, you just...
You literally were like... [imitates wheezing]
- We could get her one of those shocker collars.
- Literally! I need to go... [imitates zapping]
- But honestly, I liked talking with them.
- Great. - You took that moment
to really, like, show your personality,
which is good, and make them laugh.
- Yeah, I feel like I had a good rapport with them today.
But, like, in general, I feel like they gag for all of you,
and I'm just like,
oh, like, they're not into me in that way.
What I should've told them is, like,
sweetie, I'm showing the judges versatility tonight.
I'm giving you a pump. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Okay. So who's next?
- So mine was...
mostly extremely positive.
They were like, "We loved your first look,
but then second look, eh."
It just was sort of, like, not a clear idea.
- To be honest,
I didn't know what it was.
Like, I didn't know what bag it was.
Like, I didn't know the reference,
and I just didn't understand it.
But that was me,
and obviously, you got the same critique I did.
- Well, they didn't say that they didn't know what it was.
That was not the same critique. - Well...
- They said that it was too simple
compared to what they've come to expect from me.
- Sure. - Whatever.
- That is different.
- Yeah. Well, I mean, I didn't like it personally.
- Ooh! - [slurping stops]
- It's fine if you didn't like it, but it was not the same critique.
That's the only thing I'm saying. - Yeah.
I mean, yes, but I was being nice about it.
Like, yeah, that's not the same thing they said, like, but okay.
I understand. - You're wrong!
- [gasps] - So I'm just saying
that you're wrong. - Okay, and that's that.
And at the end, I just said how I truly feel.
That's all.
- Girl.
- Okay.
- [laughs] - Ugh.
- Let's just move on.
- Now, Miss Anetra, what did they say about you?
- Well, they really liked this dress.
- It's stunning. - It's gorgeous.
- They said that they liked the racer.
Michelle hated the colour, but she liked it.
- That's just like her. - Classic Michelle.
- Yeah. - We always hear about
how Michelle hates green, but what about green's opinions of Michelle?
[quirky music]
I mean, it's very one-sided. - [laughs]
- We never hear about if the colour green likes Michelle or not.
- [slurping loudly]
- Like, I would love to know. - Please don't play into it.
[laughter]
- Okay. And also, can we have a conversation?
And just be honest, please.
Michelle was like,
"You have a mean resting bitch face."
- You do.
- From one resting bitch face to another...
- No. [laughter]
- When we're in drag, we're in character,
so remember to tell your face that you're having fun.
- If I ever, like, look like I'm upset or something...
- You are. - Like, I'm livid.
- Reverend, gather her.
[laughter] Gather her.
- Well, I'm curious to know
what y'all think who's lip-synching tonight
because I'm like,
well, I guess I have to start listening to this song.
I think it's us two.
- I think it would be Salina and Spice.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Spice, not that I think you're gonna go home,
but if this is my last time talking to you and my last real experience with you,
I just feel like you have grown so much in the competition.
And, like, I think from all of our first expectations
and first meeting you, I didn't know how that would go.
And you do work my nerves sometimes.
And you do the most, but in a good way.
- Yeah. - Like, I really, really love you.
- Aw. - And I think you are, like,
a great entertainer in the making.
- Thank you so much for that. That means a lot
'cause I know on the first day, we were like,
are we gonna be friends or not, you know what I mean?
- Yeah. - But, like,
if tonight's the last night,
I'm so proud of myself, you know?
- And Sugar's gonna be so proud of you.
- There's a lot of girls with a lot more experience
who went home and did not make it this far.
- Girl, watching right now bitter as fuck.
- And mad. They're big mad. - But you know what?
In my delusional fantasy,
me and Sugar were gonna be in the top two
and I was gonna stomp that twink out of the competition.
But that didn't really happen, so you know.
- Hi!
[clamouring] - Oh, my God!
Hi, Julia. - Bitch.
- Oh, my goodness.
I'm obsessed with all of you guys.
You all are so beautiful. Can I sit down here?
- You are the cutest thing.
- Wow. How do you guys feel?
- Horny. [laughter]
- Can you say the line? - What are you wearing?
[screaming] - Oh, my God!
- Bitch, you're so fine!
- Did you want me to say that line?
Which one? - "I don't have time for this."
- I don't have time for this. I do not have time for you.
- Oh, my God!
- Like, you just did that in front of me.
[laughter]
- But I just want to say
how beautiful you guys are from the inside and out.
And you should feel so proud of yourself
getting this far, and just remember that.
- Yes.
- How do you guys feel
from starting to being here? - Immensely proud.
- We're newly in, like, the single digits
of the competitors... - Wow.
- Because we started with 16, which is the biggest number...
- Which has never happened before.
- In "Drag Race" herstory. - Yeah.
- Yeah. And so, now that we're down
into the single digits, I think we're all
immensely proud of ourselves and each other.
- And it's also just, like, more competitive than ever
with drag, I feel like... - Yeah.
- So just being here is such an honour.
- Absolutely. - You know.
- As an artist, how do you keep
your personal fire, like, alive?
- I think keeping your heart open
and trying to have
some sort of grounding exercises
that keep you centred
because it's a lot of chaos.
You know, this is a lot. This is a lot of pressure.
- Absolutely. - Yeah.
- I have a lot of respect for you guys.
So much respect.
[laughter]
- If you were to take up drag, what would your drag name be?
- [gasps] Ooh. - Ooh.
- Twigalicious? - Twigali--ooh, that's good.
That's tasty. - [laughs]
- What's your favourite food? - Probably olives.
- Wow. - Olive Twist.
- Oh, that's a great drag name. - Yeah.
- Yes.
- Justin, get out of here.
- All right, ladies.
Good luck. Bye.
all: Bye. - Bye, guys.
Aw.
- I better get to listening to this song, so...
Well...ah! - Oh!
- Oh, my God. [laughter]
Oh, my God, making "Untucked" dramatic, as usual.
- Of all the times she's in heels,
she falls in the short heels.
- All right, queens, five minute warning.
- [in slow-motion] Aah!
[dramatic music]
- Once again, because of my outfit,
I'm in the bottom.
Surprise, surprise.
But I'm a fighter.
I'ma go in, and I'ma do my lip-sync
the way I do my lip-sync.
Fighting. Gloves off, bitch.
Let's go. Let's get to work.
Let's send a bitch home.
- I wanna prove that I deserve to here.
I'm ready to give it my all.
I'm not a lip-syncer, but I'm learning
throughout this competition not to sell myself so short.
I can do a lip-sync as asked. Like, I have it in me.
- All right, queens, time to head to the main stage.
- Sentry garb. I need to reattach my bustle.
Also, when am I eating that cake? That's my question.
- Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.
Salina EsTitties.
Spice.
The time has come
for you to lip-synch for your life.
[glass shatters]
Salina EsTitties,
shantay, you stay.
Spice, sashay away.
[laughter]
[gentle music]
- [chuckles]
All we ever wanna do is just be seen
and recognised for our work,
and I fully feel that in this moment.
These queens were skeptical about me and Sugar
in the beginning, but you don't have to come up
in a conventional way.
You can come up in your own way.
And everyone's drag is valid.
So I feel like I truly proved everyone wrong.
Well, this doesn't look like the toy store.
[chuckles]
Wow.
Gotta start packing up these stripper heels.
[chuckles]
I'm feeling all the things.
Like, I'm feeling sad, relieved,
but mostly proud.
I'm so proud of myself.
And I've learned so much about myself here.
I learned that I'm more than capable.
I learned that I actually was selling myself short so much.
Like, if you would've told me that I would pretty much
be on my own the whole time and I had to make my way,
that would be so scary for me.
I'd be like, oh, my God, I can't do that.
I'm not ready for that.
But what I learned is that I am.
It's gonna be so interesting to reunite with Sugar.
I feel like we both grew so much
throughout this experience that I almost feel, like,
free in a way, you know?
Like, I came here, I learned so much about myself,
and now when we meet up again and link up,
it's, like, gonna be like the bad bitches linking up.
And we're gonna be even more powerful.
I definitely found a new part of myself being here.
I've realised you're always gonna be better off
when you're just 100% yourself, you know?
Like, that's what I'm excited for,
to just fully just be me
without any inhibitions and just do what I do.
Aw. Aw, they left notes.
- "Spice, my real daughter,
"You made your mark.
"And you made me so proud.
I love you. Mistress."
Aw. I mean, that's the thing about Mistress.
She's not someone to just, like, give out a compliment.
Like, she kissed me on, like, the hand,
and I was like, oh, my God, she loves me.
But she was one of the people
that really, like, was kind of iffy and skeptical
about me and Sugar in the beginning,
and, like, it kind of turned around, like, really quick.
She's definitely the one that I'm rooting for to win.
Oh, let's see what Miss Malaysia wrote.
"My Spicy Spice, I love you so much.
"You are so amazing and brought so much joy to me
"throughout this competition.
You can feel your presence is gone from the room."
Aw.
It's just so nice to know
that I was able to impact my sisters
and, like--'cause they definitely have for me.
And at the end of the day, we all just want to be loved.
We want to love and be loved.
Strip us down to the bare bones,
and we just want to connect.
We want to see each other shine.
And even me leaving, I just feel their energy.
Like, being, like, seen by your peers
and, like, them saying they're proud of you,
like, it just means so much to me.
I didn't feel like I had that before.
Ah.
[grunts]
[strained] I cannot do this.
[sighs]
Hmm.
I can't believe I'm actually going.
[chuckles]
Season 15 just got a lot less spicier.
And chaotic. [chuckles]
I hope people can just learn from me
that it's okay to do what you love
and to have fun and just be yourself
and not care what other people think.
I haven't been to the gym in a while.
Oh. Ooh.
[thud] Oh, good Lord.
If you stay true to you, if you stay positive,
and if you don't get in your head,
you can't go wrong.
First, it was Sugar.
Now, it's time for Spice.
It's been double the trouble
but definitely twice as nice.
Yeah, I think that's good.
Ah! Back to TikTok, I go!
Ah!
[chuckles]
[singing] - A little bit of love
Goes a long, long way
Lifting you up to a brighter day
A little bit of love
Goes a long, long way
Turn it around when you up and say
Everybody say love
Love, love, love, oh, love, love
Love, love, love, oh, love
Love, love
When you feel the love