- [singing] MTV
- I've been nice to everybody in this competition.
And today, I will stand my ground.
- No fucking class or decorum, honey.
- Are you serious? - Oop, oop, oop!
- I'm fucking pissed. - Say the name!
- 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.
- Walkie check. [walkie-talkie beeps]
- Copy. - Good check.
- Please get the queens to the main stage.
- "Untucked" cameras on the main stage.
- Rolling, rolling.
- Welcome back, queens.
Nymphia Wind,
Q,
Sapphira,
your peers have rated you as the top queens of the week.
- [gasps]
[laughter and applause]
- Geneva Karr,
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté,
Mhi'ya Iman LePaige,
your peers have rated you
as the bottom queens of the week.
[dramatic music]
The rest of you are safe.
You may leave the stage.
- Thanks.
- [sighs]
- Bitch, I am filled with gratitude.
I did not sleep last night because I was so stressed
about getting this outfit in a place
that would be presentable.
This was a lot.
So to be safe, I'm thrilled.
Life is very good for Miss Amanda Tori Meating
in this moment.
- Ooh, bitch.
- I'm disappointed to be safe.
I really like the looks that I created.
But I will never knock a safe placement.
It's just another week that I get to show everyone
what a dumbass I am.
[laughs]
- Repo cameras to the "Untucked" lounge.
- Send the queens in three, two, one.
- Ooh! - Ooh!
- Oh, my God. - Ugh!
- Oh, my gosh. - We survived.
- Right? My heart. - "Untucked."
- Girl. - Hey.
- It's time to drink!
- Immediately to the fucking--
baby, that's it. You're safe. It's fine.
- Oh! - [laughs]
- Take this shit off.
- Cheers to the safe girlies.
- Cheers to the safe queers.
- Cheers!
[excited screaming] - Yeah!
- Cheers! - Week three, bitches.
We did it. - How's everybody feeling?
- Grateful as motherfuck. - Yeah, same.
- Because coming into "RuPaul's Drag Race,"
we all know the ball's coming,
but not the first motherfucking challenge out the gate.
And, bitch, this was the one I was the most scared about.
So--so... - Same.
- Really? - I'm happy--yes.
- Not gonna lie, I was really scared.
- Me too, bitch.
- Like, even though all of you were affirming me like,
"Oh, you look great, you look great, you look great,"
in my head, I'm like...
- They mean me. - "You are the worst."
- [laughs] - No!
- No, me too.
- Miss Mirage, how did you feel,
like, hearing that you weren't gonna be in the bottom?
- What do you mean? [laughter]
- Well, no, no, no. Because I was working
next to you yesterday, and it felt tense.
- Oh, we are lip-syncing this week, bitch.
I don't know what to do.
I might have to start over.
- So first of all, congratulations.
- Oh, thanks. - Yeah, of course.
- Oh, you know, I just fucked up this sweater,
called it a day.
- Well, you know what I thought is that, like,
even if it's not, like,
the most, like, put-together thing,
like, you sell it, bitch. - Exactly.
- You do. - Bitch!
On the runway, you are so cunt.
- Always, once I get my eyelashes on,
I feel sickening, so that helps a lot.
[laughter]
But, like, yesterday, I almost cried.
- Yeah. - She was going through it.
- And now you seem, like, much more lively,
and so I'm very glad.
- Thank you.
- I was scared because you just never know,
like, how the girls voted.
You know what I mean? - No, yes.
The Rate-A-Queen really did so much to my brain.
- That's why I was like, "I pissed somebody off."
- Granted, now that we're talking
about how the girls voted, I actually think
that it was pretty fair judging from the top to bottom three.
- I have to agree, because the top three were
the top three that I voted for.
- Yeah. - The group agrees.
- And that's a fierce top three.
- Yeah. - It's a fierce top three.
- What about the bottom three?
Do we agree that they're the bottom three?
- I was a little shocked at Geneva.
- I second that. Right?
- I also didn't expect Geneva to be in the bottom.
- Me neither, and I'm sure she didn't either.
- But, Megami, I thought you might have been in the top.
Because, like, looking back at all three of your things,
I was like, they're all so distinctly,
like, different and beautifully crafted,
but also so personal to you.
- I was hoping, but I am also very glad to be safe.
Because being on the bottom,
it's not in my fantasy right now.
- I was gonna ask.
I thought you would have been in the top, Dawn.
- I thought you were gonna be in the top too.
- Yeah. - Thanks.
That makes me feel better.
[laughter] I kind of, like--
I put my whole heart not only into this look,
but also, like, the other two that I made.
And I personally thought that I showed a lot of versatility.
And so not being in the top, I was kind of like,
am I, like, delusional or something?
- No, but I think it's a testament
to, like, how strong the group is.
- No, and I'm not pressed.
Because those girls-- those girls ate it up.
- Uh-huh. - Bitch.
- Xunami?
- Honestly, like, I want to clap to you
because you did not touch the sewing machine.
Not once, babe. [laughter]
- I tried, and then she said-- [rolls tongue]
I was like, ah! [laughter]
- But that Humpty-Dumpty, bitch.
- Ah! - Girl.
- Thank you.
- And then also when you walked in
with Candy's actual boom box,
I was like, fuck you!
Go back to Brooklyn!
- She's gonna live for that moment
because she just loves being talked about.
[laughter]
- I heard Dawn over the back of my shoulder--
[whispering] "Push play."
[laughter] - "I hope she'll push play!"
- I did, but yeah. - But you didn't.
- I did! [dings]
- I don't get a lot of opportunities in New York
to, like, serve full camp.
But, like, the Tweedledee, Tweedledum felt so good.
[bell rings] - Can I be honest?
This drink is hitting.
I need to tell you something. - Ooh!
- Tell her! Tell her.
- I hated Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
[laughter] - I did too! I did too.
- Why? - I hated it.
- Oh, my God!
- Wait, wait, wait. My favourite thing was the walk.
- That was my least favourite part!
- She went like this.
[laughter]
- OK, I would like everyone to speak their piece
before I absolutely lose my mind.
- Raise your hand if you felt victimised by Plasma's look.
[laughter]
- OK. Well, that's your opinion.
And then there were like four other girls who were like,
no, I also hated Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
And I'm like, bitch, shut the hell up.
We're all safe.
Can we all just drink and laugh?
Please tell me why.
I would like to know.
- I don't think it read entirely correctly,
and it just kind of seemed confusing.
But I liked the concept, and I commend you for that.
- Let me get another sip of this.
Hold on. Hold on. - No, girl. I'm sorry.
I'm not--I'm not trying to, like, come for you.
- She wasn't coming for you.
She was lightly jizzing for you.
- Exactly. [laughter]
- Oh, my God, Nymphia.
- Oh, Nymphia? - Do not get me started.
- Right? - All three looks.
- Ooh! The Thai one?
- She looks like a runway model.
- I was thinking the same thing.
- I'm not mad at it. - I'm not either.
- Excuse me. I'm moving over here.
- Now, Amanda...
- What's up?
- You're a girl from the cast
that I have not really connected with...
- Yes.
- Look-wise. - Oh!
- Ooh! - Wait.
Wait, wait, wait. - Hold on now.
That's my sister. Be careful.
- As we get to know each other, and I hope we do...
- Mm-hmm. - I hope that you're able
to sort of sway my opinion on how you've been looking,
which is not very great.
- I love it's suddenly Plane Jane's Drag Race now.
- Right. Girl. - Queen.
- It's no tea. It's no tea.
Like, I'm just saying. - The shade--
[drum beating] [laughter]
- Wait, I--wait, wait, wait. [drum beats]
- I think you're making lots of assumptions
that I'm featuring you look-wise.
- Ahh! - Ooh!
- I mean, it doesn't matter what you feature look-wise.
It matters what, you know, the world features look-wise.
And I'm sure the world would agree
that this is giving more than that's giving.
- Oh! - Where is this coming from?
- Shun! - Um...
- So, baby, where is this coming from?
Because I don't know you.
Like, what's up?
This bitch is coming for me for no reason.
I don't know her, and I didn't ask.
So, like, who the fuck is this bitch?
- You know, I'm keeping it real.
You know, we are voting.
And look-wise, I'm just not getting it from you so far.
- It's not for you to get.
- But you know what, Miss Jane?
Why don't you untangle your bracelet from that arm hair
before you keep going?
- Right. - [screams]
- What--who said that? Who? [laughter]
- Your friend.
- You're another girl who hasn't been
serving it look-wise, so why are you talking?
[tense music]
- Because I don't agree, my love.
- Girl, I don't want none of this fire.
- I don't care that you don't like my look, baby.
I don't like you so far.
[laughter]
- Well, that's OK because you won't
have to see me for long
considering you'll be gone soon, so...
- Talk your shit, babe.
Talk your shit.
- This doesn't mean that we can't be sisters.
- Sure.
You're definitely setting us up for success.
- I just wanted to--I just wanted to let you know...
- Yeah.
- That this is not my vibe.
This is my opinion.
I don't think it's a crime to share opinions.
- No. Not at all. - No, absolutely not.
- Not at all.
- Honestly, that's why we're here.
- And may I share my opinion?
You are a light.
You are a joy to be around.
And literally just getting to know you--
- Yeah!
- Everything you do makes perfect sense.
This is our first time on "Untucked" together.
I just don't understand, like,
why you are immediately being a bitch.
Why are you like, "This is awful, and quite frankly,
I don't live for anything that you do"?
Girl, it's just a little harsh.
- My comment wasn't a comment to Amanda's personality at all.
- No. You meant just her drag.
- Just visually, baby. - Just visually.
[laughter]
I feel like I could have raised things
a little bit differently than I actually did.
But at the end of the day,
everything that I said to Amanda
is exactly how I felt.
[all screaming]
- Oh, shit! There they are!
- Hello, bitches.
- Grab a drink. Grab a drink.
- Sit down. Sit down.
- Oh, I'm dying!
- You missed so much.
- Oh, my God.
- How's everyone?
- Miss Q, come take a seat.
- My feet hurt. - OK.
- Wait, wait, wait. This is the entire
season 16 cast in "Untucked" for the first time.
- Everybody raise your glass.
- No more being a local girl, diva.
[all scream]
- One, two, three. Pa arriba!
all: Pa arriba!
- Pa abajo! all: Pa abajo!
- Pa'l centro! all: Pa'l centro!
- Pa dentro! all: Pa dentro!
- Now say what I taught you.
- Dames más leches.
[laughter]
- Now sit down.
- I just want to say fuck all y'all bitches
that put me at the bottom.
- I didn't put you in the bottom three.
- I agree. - I didn't.
- The judges want to see more of my personality.
And going forward, I'm definitely giving all of that,
even with you girls. - Period.
[laughter]
- I just want to know, like, if anybody has
the courage to tell me, like,
who put me on the bottom and why?
- I did put you in the bottom
because I felt like compared to the group,
it didn't pop as much.
- But I mean, I did sew this.
I didn't glue, like, stuff on a corset.
- Ooh! - I put you in the bottom
just because I thought the first look was, like,
a little costumey in, like, not a fashion way.
- OK. Werk.
- Miss Hershii, how are you feeling, baby?
What did the judges tell you?
- I mean, kind of what I expected.
I'm not naive to what I was dealing with yesterday,
so I'm not acting like this is...
[laughs] A grand outfit.
- You didn't make the pants.
The look is very basic, very flat.
- It's giving me Stepford mom.
- I was trying to give a little homage
to the mothers in my life.
- Yeah, but it's very realness.
- It's more so the shock of hearing everything.
Like, I'm not naive to what's going on.
Like, somebody gotta go home.
Most of this is because, like, I think about after this.
And I did this for my kids, and I get scared.
Like, you know, what is work
going to look like for me after this?
I want to make a better life for my family.
I'm not just doing this, you know, for me.
And am I going to have to go back to being a local girl?
Like, I really wanted to be better than this.
I feel like I'm failing.
I'm thinking about my kids.
That's all.
- Baby, you got here, though. - Yeah.
You're here for a reason.
- You're here for a fucking reason.
You're fucking talented.
- [sniffles]
It's like, I ain't never
experienced no pressure like this before,
and I got two fucking kids.
And raising kids is easier than this shit,
so that's all this is.
It's just like, ugh.
- 14 of us got picked from thousands
of motherfucking queens in the nation,
and you're one of the 14.
- Right. - You want to go home first?
[laughter]
- But listen, listen.
Vanjie went home first.
- And we're not saying you're going home first.
- For the top girls... - Right.
- Well, how do you think it all went for y'all three?
- Yeah.
- Who do y'all think is going to win?
- Look, I'ma to tell you what.
Isaac Mizrahi said he loved this, so...
- Oh, werk!
- This, too, I really like.
It's very "Shucked" and very "Green Acres."
- With a dash of "The Wiz."
- Yes. - But--
- Do you think it's going to be between these two?
- Between these two-- yes, it is between these two.
- They really loved my first look,
how kind of, like, nursery rhyme,
kind of storybook character-esque that it was.
And then they love, love, love Judy.
Like, were obsessed.
They loved all that.
- So, Miss Q, congratulations on your critiques.
- Thank you. - Miss Nymphia,
what did they say to you?
- Yeah. - They're obsessed.
- My brain is not very good at remembering things,
but all I heard was good critiques.
The Angelina Jolie dress was,
like, something sentimental to me
because it was really hard
abandoning my, like, drag daughters in Taiwan.
- Wait, you had drag daughters in--
- Yeah, in Taiwan. - Yes.
- I have a drag family back home.
And then they drew the drawings behind,
and my friends and family back home.
So it was like bringing a piece of them
into this competition.
- But, Nymphia, I just want to give a round of applause
because this look,
this might be one of the best looks in "Drag Race" history.
It is. It's up there. - Yeah, yeah.
- It is definitely up there. - It's got to be.
- Incredible. - Yeah.
- [screams] - And you know, I have to say,
because when we were getting ready,
you was chatting... - Oh, my God.
- And making jokes.
She was wasting everybody's time.
- Girl, what are you doing?
- I'm a professional seamstress.
I can gauge how much time I need, OK?
- Yes. Uh-huh. And it shows.
- So we have two seamstresses in the top.
- I know. - I think that tracks.
- Well, I would love to see them in a dance challenge.
- And then me. [laughter]
- Don't worry.
From what I've heard, you attempt to dance.
[screaming] - No, she didn't.
- You know what?
- RuPaul asked me if I was a dancer.
- And what you said?
- I said I can move.
[laughter]
- Same. - Hit her! Hit her!
- Queens, 10 minutes.
10 minutes till we need you back on the runway.
[dramatic music]
- I'm not surprised by where I landed,
but it still stings a little bit.
I know that I really, really tried.
But, oh, bitch, if I'm leaving up out of here,
you gonna get a show out of me before I leave.
- These girls are being shady
and put me in the bottom for no reason.
I can definitely see how they're playing the game.
I have to do whatever to stay.
They're about to get a show.
- I cannot wait to let these bitches have it.
- All right, queens, it's time to head
back to the main stage.
Follow me, please. - Oh, we got to go?
- Drink your drinks, girls. - Oh!
- All right, ladies. Let's go.
- I live.
Q, we got to talk.
[both laugh]
- Let's talk at the main stage.
[both laugh]
Right this way. - OK.
- Welcome back, queens.
I've made some decisions.
Geneva, Hershii, the time has come
for you to lip-sync
for your life.
[dramatic music]
Geneva Karr, shantay, you stay.
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté,
sashay away.
- Thank you very much, Ru.
And this will be sold everywhere in January.
[laughter and applause]
It's chocolate.
[laughter]
I didn't picture my journey going like this, obviously.
I came in. I didn't give up.
I leave here trying my absolute best,
and I'm proud of that.
I did not prepare this part.
[soft music]
This would have killed onstage.
Being here in the first place, it just doesn't feel--
in a good way--it doesn't feel real in a good way.
Like, watching it for so long,
and it doesn't feel real going home.
I can't say that there's anything
I would have done different at all.
I feel like I came in here
with my little heart on my sleeve.
Even though the judges didn't like
the outfit that I put together, I thought it was cute.
Like, pedestrian, but, you know, cute.
[laughs]
I think Cornbread would be proud of me.
She ain't going to tell me to my face,
but I think she'd be proud of me.
[laughs]
Cornbread told me if I get eliminated not to trip
because that's not where the end is.
It's about what I do from here.
Nobody really remembers, like, the second,
third, and fourth queen.
So, you know, I'm first.
[laughs]
Vanjie, Shangela, Pork Chop?
No, I'm in good company.
Miss Megami--Megami?
Now, this handwriting... [laughs]
"You are truly a goddamn superstar.
"This was a robbery, a travesty.
"I cannot wait to kiki it with you after this mess
because we are forever sisters."
Aww.
Aww!
"Miss Hershii, babe, you brought such joy
"and sunshine to this place.
"I already miss you over your little side eyes
"from across the room looking at your next door werkstation.
"I want you to know that I'm holding you in my heart
"until the minute we reunite
"and get this real kiki opportunity.
Until then, hug your kids for me."
Aww, Plasma.
Being in this competition reminded me
how important my family is to me.
I honestly thought being away from my kids
was going to be easy.
I thought this was going to be like a little vacation.
But I've been sad without them being here,
and it's been absolutely awful not giving them hugs.
I can hear them now, like,
the second I open up the door, "Papa!"
I literally cannot wait to hear it.
This is it.
Well, if I leave you with nothing else,
I'll leave you with this.
Minding your business is tax-free and legal
across all 50 states.
Try today.
[laughs]
I'm not walking away from this experience
with any bad feelings.
I've met some amazing queens that I feel like
I'm going to have some really good friendships with.
[groans]
And I had fun.
This has been a dream come true.
Find somebody and give them a hug today.
It's free. Love. All of that stuff.
I'm out of words. Goodbye.
[laughs]
- [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, oh, oh
Love, love, love
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Love, can you feel the love?