- 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 of the competition
to become America's next drag superstar.
Girl, if you're not watching "Untucked,"
you're only getting half the story.
- Five minutes to the main stage.
- Queens walking.
Prep "Untucked" cameras on the main stage.
- Rolling, rolling.
- Welcome, queens.
I've made some decisions.
Q, Dawn, Plasma--
ladies, you are all safe.
[upbeat music]
You may leave the stage.
- I've been waiting for the Snatch Game
for a long, long time.
And I wanted to win,
but I didn't feel the confidence
that I wanted to feel coming out of the Snatch Game.
And I don't think that I did poorly.
I just sort of got in my own head.
So I am fine with a safe.
- Snatch Game is hard,
and honestly I don't think I did an amazing job,
but I did not do the worst.
And I had fun,
so that's a win for me. [laughs]
- Rebuild "Untucked" cameras.
- Send the queens in three, two, one.
- Oh, my God.
Oh.
- Pink drink, pink drink. Whoa. Pink drink.
- House of love.
- Oh, I'm so glad they finally redecorated
so I match the furniture. [groans]
- Can we do, like, a little prayer circle or something?
- You're praying?
- No, I'm not religious.
But after Snatch Game, bitch, I might be.
- Girl.
- Q, welcome to your first safe "Untucked."
- Oh, I know.
- We're taking your virginity tonight.
- This is the first week that I have not
stood on stage for critique.
But I am feeling blessed to be here right now.
- Yes, bitch.
Cheers to the top eight, baby.
- Yes. - Cheers, top eight.
- Top eight feeling great, slay.
- Uh-huh. - Mm.
- Ooh. Cheers, fizzy bitch. - Oh.
Yeah, you gotta-- you gotta slurp.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Get in there. Uh-huh.
- How do we feel about not being up there?
- Girl.
- Does anyone think they should have been?
- I thought you should have been.
- Amelia Earhart was wonderful.
- I don't know if should have is the right word,
but I think could have is absolutely.
[quirky music]
- As long as we're being honest,
I thought you would have been up there too.
- In the bottom, mama? - In the bottom.
- Listen, listen, listen.
- I feel like you would have done stronger
in a role that was, like, more close to, like,
the world that you live in.
- Like Shamu?
- Oh, my God.
- Shamu would have been brilliant.
- Shamu would have been good.
- I know.
This is just how I felt, okay? - Okay.
- And this is-- - Tell me how you feel.
- And I'm being-- and I'm being serious here,
now, for a second. - Oh, she's being Dawnest.
- I was feeling insecure about my Snatch Game.
It's cute low safe, and I'm absolutely happy with that.
- That one.
- Was it easier than you thought it would be?
Was it harder? - Oh, my God.
Harder. - So much harder.
- Now listen, y'all are gonna--
- They're gonna make that a sound bite
of us just going harder, harder, so much harder.
Harder than I ever thought. - Very hard, hard, hard.
- Aw.
[laughter]
Snatch Game is not my sense of humor.
But I just had so much fun.
Hey, bitch.
- Megan, how's the view from here?
- The view?
That is trauma, baby.
[laughter]
Whoo-hoo.
What might have separated me from some of the low girls
is that I genuinely was just having so much fun.
And I think that might have been what saved me.
- Yeah, I feel similarly.
I thought that I was running in the middle of the pack.
- Is there a part that you'd love to sink your teeth into?
- Well, you know, Ru, I auditioned
for the original company of "Into the Woods"
back in the 1980s.
And I really wanted to play Cinderella.
But can you believe that Stephen Sondheim
told me I was too old?
- I think that your impressions are really good.
They're just not funny.
- Well, I just think you, like, focus more on the impressions
and not the jokes.
- [gasps] Oh!
- You know what I'm talking about.
[laughter]
- [feigning crying]
Oh, my God.
- I'm sorry.
I had to just let you have it, darling.
- Oh, well.
I'll let you have one of my wins
since you're lacking one of them.
- Oh. - And I got none.
Ooh!
- But I absolutely had a bad day yesterday.
And I froze.
- I feel like I'm good at acting
and I'm good at, like, characters.
And I've done improv before,
but when you're adding this other layer of,
like, make jokes on the spot within seconds--
- Can I be honest?
[gasps] - [gasps]
[laughter]
- Amelia Earhart was sort of giving, like,
airborne brick from Stonewall.
- No, I literally--
I literally--literally.
- Like, when you got up there and she was like,
we have Amelia Earhart. And you were like, hi, RuPaul.
How's it hanging? I was like--
- No. - It's the brick.
- Hey, RuPaul. You look so small from up here.
- [laughs]
- Hello. Hello. Hello.
- Like, it's just the brick. - [laughs]
- Honestly, I thought that, like, Plane and Sapphira,
they were obvious top to me.
And then Nymphia was obvious bottom.
I think all of us... - It was a murky, gray area.
- Was just, like, toss up.
Except I think you were-- - I was safe high.
- As Amelia Earhart didn't, you did find the destination.
[laughter]
- I like to say the plane took off
and then stayed at a steady altitude but didn't crash.
- Nymphia's--poof--snap in half in the middle of the air.
- The plane never took off.
[laughter]
Yeah, it's definitely Nymphia in the bottom.
- Morphine and Xuxu.
I mean, Nymphia, Xunami or Morphine are going home.
- [gasps]
Oh, my God. That is a gag. - Like, that's a gag.
- That is a gag. - Unless it's a double shantay.
- Ooh. - Definitely not.
Somebody needs to fucking go home.
- Go, go, go. - Someone needs to leave.
- Yeah, top eight can't feel great if there's a top nine.
- [laughs] Exactly. - Mm-hmm.
- And listen, I love nine,
but eight is a little bit more comfy.
- Eight is a little-- I'm more of a seven girl.
- Really? - Seven or eight.
- My birthday is April 8th.
- Wait, wait, wait. - Eight is mine.
- Do you get what we were just saying?
- Oh. - Yeah.
- I'm more of a six then.
- Ooh. - Beginner.
- [laughs] - Mama.
- She's kidding, girl. - No, small. Okay?
I'm a little girl. - Mama.
- I'm stopping this conversation.
We're putting it in a box.
[laughter]
- Oh, they're here.
all: Oh.
- Oh, they're--
- [singing] Oh, it's Ronald McDonald
- Ah. - Oh, thanks, baby.
Oh, it has pink in it. How sweet.
- Ay-yi-yi.
- No, I'm gonna sit on the couch this time.
- Welcome to Afters.
Q is hosting this week. - Yes.
Q is hosted by Afters.
- My first time not being here for the Afters.
A first.
- Well, I was about to say, since you weren't
hosting Afters, how do you feel about what happened out there?
- Actually, I think I'm gonna win this episode.
- Can you imagine?
- They love the look.
It was really pretty.
- Yeah, this look is stunning.
- We all got the same critiques, basically.
- So it could be interchangeable.
- It could be anybody.
- I mean, when it comes to, like, the runway,
they, like, live.
They love the dance, all of that.
But then on the Snatch Game, it wasn't like,
oh, my God, it was disgusting.
Get out of here.
They were like, it was a great concept.
You could have done so much with it.
But, like, it was flat. It didn't go anywhere.
- Um.
My Anna, Michelle was like, nope.
No, no, no. Boring.
Honestly, I literally cannot answer things super fast.
And that's why I'm upset with myself
because it took me a little bit of a minute
to come up with a joke in the moment,
especially with Ru being there.
And I'm not making excuse. My shit was not funny.
It was boring. I get it.
- I think it's definitely Nymphia,
and it's either one--you or me.
- I will say, though, Nymphia, your look on the runway
tonight is my favorite. - No, it's incredible.
- Thank you. - It's incredible.
- I always focus on the positive.
But the one thing I'm worried about
is if I have to lip sync against my bestie
in this competition, Morphine.
My God, scary.
We really don't know how this is gonna go.
- It's sad because I couldn't imagine
any one of you guys going home.
- Yeah, Nymphia, what are you feeling?
- I do have a question.
- Ask it.
- They were like, you should open up more.
How do you open up, Mhi'ya?
- Ru kind of did, like, go off on you
a little bit, you know, about-- yeah.
I was a little bit taken back.
I was like, uh-oh.
- The way the audience gets to fall in love with you
is through those places that are imperfect.
Give me the burnt edges, bitch.
'Cause I like my toast burnt.
- [laughs]
- Do you feel like there's a reason
why you're more reserved in front of certain people, or?
- Communication is not my strongest suit.
Like, I'm not the first one that's like, hi, everyone.
I know it's not an excuse, but it's like,
I'm trying to overcome it, like, my whole life.
- Right. - [laughs]
Being brought up in Asia, like--
Asians are generally very soft spoken.
I've always struggled with showing myself.
But if you don't show yourself, truly and genuinely,
you're gonna drown.
I'm a rising Scorpio, so everything about me
is just shrouded in mystery and confusion.
[laughter]
- I love you.
- No shade to the safe girls,
but that's what this Snatch Game was kind of missing,
kind of, just people letting go a little bit.
- I think I let go. - You did.
You did. - You definitely let go.
- You weren't safe, either.
- Safe girls, you needed to let go.
And I'm very disappointed in you.
- Oh! - Oh, no!
- Girl.
Then don't act all hoity toity
and nose up at everybody, mama.
You got some good jokes in, and you did well.
But don't be shitting on everybody else in this room
just because you're in the top, mama.
- I agree. - Okay, Q.
If you took offense to that, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean you. - Who did you mean then?
- Everybody's face. - I meant you.
I meant you.
You want me to point them out to you?
I meant you. I meant you.
I meant--where the other two? You, you.
- But it's the whole thing about how you're coming across
and how you're saying things.
- Don't take what I say so seriously.
- Well, nobody else comes in here from being in the top
and acts like you're acting like right now.
When I come in from the top, I don't act like that.
- So what she was saying is, she was disappointed, as a fan,
because this is one hell of a fucking cast.
We're all hilarious.
- That part.
- I love Plane.
And for the most part, it's all in good fun.
And nothing she says, you should take seriously.
But the other girls are kind of over it.
And bad habits are hard to break.
So we'll see.
- Plane, you know I like you.
I do not have beef with you.
- I like you too, girl. - Right.
I know I didn't do amazing in Snatch Game.
But I don't want you coming in here
saying it the way that you said it.
- The way they felt, that it was condescending.
- Yeah. - They felt like--
- That part. - Okay. I get it.
- I think it was just the choice of words.
Because I know what you meant-- - Hey, you guys.
all: Oh!
[shouting]
- It's so nice to meet you.
You're amazing.
- Oh, my God. I love Kyra Sedgwick.
Because as we know from Kyra Sedgwick,
I'm a very muscular man.
- I love James Brown. He's everything.
- You really embraced how muscular he could be
and how male he could be.
And this outfit and the dance also
had a muscular thing going on.
And I loved it so much.
- [laughs]
Oh, my God. It's the Closer.
- Please sit, sit, sit.
- You guys, you're just incredible.
I mean, I've always been a huge fan of drag.
I actually took my son Travis to his first drag show
when he was eight.
I mean, it's a deep, complex, and difficult art form
that you all have given yourself over to.
And the costumes and then the presentation
and then trying to come up with a character, I mean, my God,
it's wildly impressive.
It's like you're your own writer, director, producer,
actor, and financier.
It's, like, amazing. [laughter]
- I have a little question.
Like, for example, when you've done a bad job--
I'm not saying I have, but you know.
We have bad days and, you know, good days.
And, like, when you have a really bad day,
how do you mentally recover from that?
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- That's what I would love to ask.
- It's hard.
Sometimes trust that, like, I can learn something
from a really bad day.
But I think it's so important not to be too hard on yourself.
- Cry it out and keep it moving.
- That's right. Yeah. - Yeah.
- Exactly, and, like, don't let it weigh you down.
But it is hard not to get into your head.
And sometimes, it's a good place to go.
But often, it's not a good place to go.
And it's not a good place to go by yourself.
I always know that the day it happens,
the night it happens, that's a dark night.
But, like, the next day, the sun will rise and, like,
things will get better.
That is a big part of what's important.
- I, personally, like, really appreciated your critiques
on the main stage. - Oh, good.
- Your words were very, very kind,
but you actually gave us constructive criticism,
which shows me that you, like, really care.
- Yeah.
- And that means a lot to us, especially right now,
to have, like, an ally like you.
- Queens, I'm sorry.
I gotta take Kyra back to the main stage.
- Justin! I know. I'm sorry.
And this is your five minute warning.
Five minutes. - Of course it is.
- Right this way.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you for stopping by. - Mwah.
- Nice job, thank you. - Thank you.
- Wait, wait, wait.
This look, mama. Can you give us a runway walk?
- Give us a runway?
- I don't have much of an ass.
[all shouting]
Whoa!
[clapping]
- Yes.
- Girl, I need my iPod.
- I need you to not go home.
- I'm not.
- Because I love these girls, but you're my bitch, girl.
- I know.
- You're not gonna be in that bottom.
If you are, you're staying. - Yeah.
I mean, that's how I feel. You know I love you.
- It's mutual.
Like, I think you're second to none.
- Et tu.
- She said us pretty girls have to stick together.
[laughter] - Oh.
We two.
Us, the ballroom girls.
- Right? - Yeah.
- [laughs]
- Plane Jane and I definitely flirt.
We may or may not have a thing for each other.
I mean, we do love each other's drags.
And we haven't, you know, crossed any lines here, yet,
but I'm not going anywhere.
So we'll see what happens.
[laughs]
I should have just offered you my cash prize
from the mini challenge for the immunity.
- Just take me on that trip to Spain, sister.
I got you next week.
[laughter]
- This bitch.
It's the same damn leave.
[laughter]
- We'll let our sister focus.
You need a little back rub.
You need a little massage.
- Give me some of your top energy.
[laughter]
Some of your winner energy.
- Okay. We'll let you practice.
[suspenseful music]
- There's so many thoughts going through my head
in this moment.
I don't wanna go.
So that inner beast in me is starting to take over.
The adrenaline is rushing through my body.
Baby, if it's a show that they want,
it's a show that they're gonna get.
- Ooh. This is hard, bitch.
I'm feeling completely distraught
because Xunami and I are really, really good friends.
And it could be down to us two.
But at the end of the day, I'm here to stay.
And if I have to send my sister home,
I'm gonna have to send my sister home. [sighs]
- All right, queens.
It's time to head back to the runway.
Follow me, please. - Okay.
- I didn't get to this point by luck.
I'm not scared of a lip sync. - I'm--yeah.
- One of the things that I do best.
- I can't wait. - [laughs]
- But, I mean, I don't want it to be my sister.
Can you imagine? [sighs]
- It's very evident who's at the bottom, bottom.
- Yeah.
- Nymphia, love. You ready?
[both speaking Spanish]
- Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.
Xunami Muse, Morphine, the time has come for you
to lip sync for your life.
- Ah!
- Morphine.
Shantay, you stay.
Xunami Muse, sashay away.
[somber music]
- It breaks my heart to go home.
But I fought till the very end.
And I fought with a smile on my face.
[applause]
If anyone was gonna send me home,
I'm so happy that it was someone
I consider a sister, someone who
is as talented as Morphine is.
The love that we have for each other and for this art form,
we gave a great show.
Damn, they got me.
I'm gonna miss this place.
This is really hard, you know?
And, I mean, I'm definitely bummed
that I didn't get to show more of me.
I am sad because I wanted to make it to the end,
and I was having such a great time.
But I'm also happy because I gotta be a part of this.
It was such a big dream.
And I did it.
[sniffles]
I'm proud of everything I showed.
And being here definitely leveled me up in ways
that I truly could have never imagined.
And even though I am leaving kind of early,
I still feel like I made my mark.
Winning the Reading Challenge. [laughs]
For my amazing walk, my personality,
and RuPaul just gagging over my style.
Always tackle everything with a positive outlook
because sometimes that's when the best results happen.
Even when you have that doubt, don't listen to it.
Just do it.
And I hope my legacy is one of laughter,
great vibes, good energy, and beautiful smiles.
[laughs]
Ah, I have notes from the girls.
I'm gonna read Sapphira's first.
"I can't believe I'm writing this to you right now.
"You are truly my heart,
"and it feels like it was ripped out of my chest.
"I am so happy to know you now and have you as a friend.
"I can't wait to travel the world with you.
I love you."
Aw.
Morphine.
"I'm honestly gagged, gooped, and bewildered
"about how this all went down.
"I cried so much.
"I really wish it was a double shantay,
"but I guess things happen for a reason.
"Literally, fan favorite.
Love you, Morphine Love Dion."
Ms. Plane Jane.
"Miss you already and cannot believe
"they got your skinny ass.
"I'm not worried about you, though.
"You are a star, and you'll always be that bitch.
"Now, pump, strut, and find the light.
"Turn your head to the left, and you shake it to the right.
[laughs]
Love you, baby, Miss Plane Jane."
I love these girls.
[somber music]
One of the things I learned is,
we all have that voice that tells us,
that's not for you or you're taking on too much.
Girl!
But I learned that that's not true.
Even when you fail, there's still
lessons to be taken from that.
So to me, that's not a loss.
That's a win.
Bye. [laughs]
All this drag.
[laughs]
Oh, my God.
Um, well,
honestly, this is not the end of me.
I'll leave it there.
Bye. [laughs]
I'm not the best driver.
[laughs]
Ah.
I'm absolutely proud that
I got to represent House of Muse,
and I'm proud to have represented
for Panama as well.
And this is just the beginning, you know?
And I can't wait for more.
So watch out for that.
[laughs]
Let me just say this, y'all are not ready
for what Kandy and I are about to do.
Now the whole world knows the other Muse.
Bye. [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?