- ♪ 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? - 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.
- Five minutes to the main stage.
- Queens walking.
- Ugh, so uncomfortable.
- Prep "Untucked" cameras on the main stage.
- Rolling, rolling.
- Thank you, Queens.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck backstage,
the judges and I will deliberate.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Me and Dawn are feeling good about our design
and our bathroom,
but the presentation was not the best.
[sighs] It's down to six people,
and there's nowhere to hide,
so I am feeling very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very nervous.
- I'm anxious for elimination today,
because it was such a hard week.
But Morphine did worse than me in the challenge,
so hopefully that'll carry me through.
- Repo "Untucked" cameras.
- Send the Queens in three, two, one.
[upbeat music]
- Damn, damn, damn. Oh, they're so tiny.
♪ ♪
- Are we still alive? - Girl, barely.
- Can we just, like, raise a glass for us
surviving this? - Oh, my God.
- Thanks to a fierce top six. - Oh, my God.
- We can now claim to be interior designers.
- Cheers. - [laughs]
- Good job. Good job.
- Thank you. - Proud of you both.
- Thank you.
This was harder than the seminar, kind of.
- Oh! - Oh, yeah, down.
- Yeah. - Mama, for those at home!
- This is one of those things that when people say, "Oh,
I could do it..." - Girl, no fucking way.
- "Oh, I could do it." - No, you couldn't.
- Nope! - No, sorry.
- Nope, you're wrong.
That was really fucking something.
- That was a lot.
- I have a question for Plane.
You had a moment this week during this challenge,
and you had, like, a bit of a breakdown.
- Mm-hmm.
The reason why I want to succeed here
so bad is because I've--
I've always been fighting against myself.
- Mm-hmm.
- That part of me that tells me that I'm--
I'm scared, and I'm--
I'm-- you know, I'll--
I'll never be able to accomplish what I want to,
or I'll never be able to, like, you know, be myself.
- How are you feeling now?
- I'm feeling better. [laughs]
- Yeah.
- These challenges are getting harder and harder
and harder and harder as we're sort of reaching the horizon,
and my engine is fuelled by my, you know, delusion,
whatever you want to fucking call it.
- Yeah. - You know?
Just me telling myself that I'm amazing,
and fierce, and sickening.
But you know, for whatever reason,
my fuel was running low this week,
and I sort of was, like, "Fuck."
Like, the-- the task seemed a little bit daunting.
I didn't want to cry in front of these bitches,
but we've been here for so, so long,
and I've been keeping my insecurities bottled up
inside of me this entire time.
Ultimately, I think if I kept it bottled up inside,
it would truly have destroyed me.
Girl--
- This is why I had you write down
your doubts in yourself
and tear them up and throw them behind you.
- Yeah. - Because they are behind you.
- I think the pressure of just being so close,
like, really just got to me in that moment.
We ate this challenge.
I mean, together, like, our chemistry was great.
- Yeah, definitely top, of course.
And then everything else is kind of,
I feel like, up for interpretation.
- Personally, I think that Q, you're, like, a solid safe.
- Yeah.
- I think the three of us are, like, low.
- I don't know.
I've just been, like, in my head today.
I'm, like, so hard on myself.
I'm almost, like, preparing myself
for heartbreak, you know? - Same.
- And the thing is, it's top six.
And like, girl, yet again another poopy stain
on my track record.
I did not come here to be in the bottom ever.
But in this challenge, I will say I was at, like,
a 50 and she was, like, at 100.
You know what I'm saying?
- The part where you lost me was the teamwork.
Because Q was kind of driving the bus in there,
and you were doing a lot of head shaking and uh-huh.
And there just wasn't enough of a point of view from you.
- I don't disagree with the critiques.
You know, for me to come up with shit like that
in the moment is hard for me.
I mean, when we kiki, I make everybody
in the fucking room laugh.
I just wish I could just use that.
- Mm-hmm. - How do you feel, Nymphia?
- Well--
- Nymphia, the girl who currently
be overshadowing bitches.
- Apparently now I talk too much.
- Nymphia, I think there's a big misconception
that there can't be any dead air,
that you always have to fill the air.
It's OK to let the room breathe for a split second.
You just kept talking and were going around
chasing your tail saying the same thing over and over.
- I think that what it was
was that the bits that we did plan,
you did kind of ramble a little bit.
- Yeah.
- But it was weird for me to get my critiques first.
Because they were like, "Dawn, you didn't do
a great job because Nymphia overpowered you."
But then it was, "Nymphia, you should have
shut the fuck up."
It wasn't like, "Nymphia, you did amazing.
You overshadowed her." - Yeah.
- It was like, "Nymphia, you steamrolled this bitch
and you should not have."
- In like a bad way, yeah. - In a very bad way.
And so I was like, "Oh, maybe I'm not in the bottom?"
I don't know. - No.
The three of us are in the bottom for sure.
- No, no, I know. - Whoa, you scared me.
Sorry. [laughter]
- Boo! - Jump scare.
- Do I look crazy?
- A little bit. [laughter]
- I was-- whoa!
- You look a little scary right now.
- Yeah, you look a little scary, but gorgeous.
- It's a fierce top six.
I have to give it up to all you girls.
You're all eating, but so am I.
- I don't know.
I'm on week three now of a cute little low, which I--
I feel like every other time,
I just am like, "Yeah, whatever."
But every time I come back here,
I try to be very positive.
And tonight, I just don't feel like doing that.
Every week, it's kind of the same story.
I still don't have a win.
I still am trying to, like, do better.
I think I'm starting to get in my head a little bit about,
like, maybe just everyone here is better than me.
I don't know.
But the judges obviously like me.
They like what I'm doing.
It is just a matter of figuring out how the fuck
to stand out and have a win.
I started off really strong, and I thought
that I would have this, like, really great, like,
end of competition moment.
And it's just been, like... [gasps]
[blows raspberry] You know?
[laughs] Like, it's just
kind of annoying.
The stakes are so fucking high.
I'm not gonna be positive right now.
I feel like poo poo. But you know.
- It's hard to maintain that positivity.
- Exactly.
- It's OK to feel your bad emotions.
- Yes. And, like, really feel it so that you can...
- Exactly.
- Then say, "OK, I'm done with this."
- No, no, no, no, no-- zero shade to my partner,
because I loved working with Nymphie.
I'm fucking tired of these group challenges.
- You've been getting, like, crazy partners.
[laughter] You know?
- Nymphie just would not shut up.
[laughter]
- Girl, other people I've worked with,
we've had a great time. - Cue the video.
- I might not-- have not had--
- Mic check, one, two, three.
Good evening with the sun, daughter.
- Ah!
- It's your mother, Athena Dion.
Ah! - Oh, my God!
- Hey!
Girl, I know you are over there every single day
turning the party and just serving these children.
And you're probably having a nervous breakdown
every single day, too. - Ah!
[laughter]
- Because so am I. It must run in the family.
If only we knew back in the day when I found you
in the dressing room, struggling to pin your wig in
and then I showed you how to do it correctly,
that I would be here right now sending you this video.
I can't say I'm surprised,
but I'm so incredibly proud of you.
You're not only my drag daughter,
but you are-- you are my best friend
in the whole entire world,
and these days without you have been so hard.
Turn it out. Give them everything you got.
I know you've got what it takes.
America's next drag superstar
is Morphine Love Dion.
It has a certain ring to it.
I love you. - Aw. I love you.
- Aw. - Aw.
- That is so fucking-- so cute. - Thank you.
- Oh, my gosh.
She got me together. - Oh.
- Aw. - Well, you know mother.
She's my literal best friend.
I really miss her so much. - Oh.
- I know.
Oh, my God. Athena.
Oh, my God.
That bitch took tears out of my eyes.
Many years ago, I didn't really have,
like, a family to rely on about me as a person,
about me as an entertainer.
And Athena has been there for me
in absolute times of need. She's literally a mother.
She really has helped me become Morphine Love Dion.
- Morphine, I do fuck with this look.
- Thank you. - It's the gold body.
- Oh yeah, I painted my entire body.
This is not bottom two worthy, so I don't--
I don't think I'm going to lip-synch.
[laughs] - Shit.
What if we're in the bottom two.
- Well. [laughter]
- Boy, y'all, too?
- Maybe. - Ah!
- Maybe.
Ah! No. [laughs]
- So wait, we forgot to talk about the sexy--
- Oh, my God. - Oh.
- Can we just talk... - Sexy, sexy, sexy.
- About the mini challenge?
- Ooh, girl.
- Oh, dear.
- Yeah!
- Oh.
- You won. - Which gags me.
But then I saw your shirt, and I was like, "OK."
This shirt was fierce.
- No tea, I think my pit crew member might have farted.
[laughs] - Ah!
- What? How?
- Honey, I think I slammed my face into his stomach
a little too abruptly. - Oh, no, honey.
- But you know, honey, I was soaking it up.
You know, call me "old smeller."
[laughter] - Oh!
- I thought I was gonna win that, but--
- Yours looked like a squat pumpkin.
[laughter]
- I knew you were gonna say that, sister.
- No offence to my beautiful pit crew man.
- Oh, you wanted Bruno? - I wanted Bruno.
- Baby, Bruno--
- Did we all love that human touch we got?
- Yes, absolutely.
- He was like, feel free to use my body
and, like, rub your face all over me.
And I was like, "I will rub my face all over you, sir."
[laughter]
- Oh, my God. I will die.
Usually I am not a horny person,
but, you know, we're in a competition
where we're all stuck here, pent up, stressed out,
and we need things. Ugh!
OK, "Untucked," "Untucked," "Untucked,"
we're back in "Untucked." Ah! Whew!
OK, we're back.
- Nymphia, you're quite the little horndog.
- I know what she's doing as soon as she gets out of here.
- Oh! [laughter]
- Anybody else here have daddy issues?
Or mommy issues-- I can help with those, too.
- Absolutely. - Yay.
- Wow, that gold suit. - Thank you.
Thank you. - Oh, wow, wow, wow.
- Mayan, Mayan, Mayan.
Mayan Lopez is on "Untucked."
I'm a huge George Lopez fan, so it's
so great to meet his daughter.
She's very insightful and so sweet,
a big fan of "Drag Race." I love her.
- Are you enjoying your time here at "Drag Race"?
- I am.
It's hard for me to process, especially since,
like, this show is such a deep fibre of my being.
My dad called me when I found out
I was gonna be a judge,
He's like, "This is bigger to you than our own show."
I'm like, "Oh, no. Absolutely."
Like, this helped me get to here.
And now I'm, like, "I need to think of a new dream."
[laughter]
I mean, I just have to commend all of you.
I mean, drag has saved my life, quite frankly,
and this show has saved my life when I felt nothing.
Like, I wanted to--
I was close to, you know--
- Yeah. - Yeah, yeah.
- Without any of that.
And this show has kind of been--
and I feel like drag, and especially drag queens,
have taught me what it means to have a femininity
and to be a strong woman,
and I've lost 85 pounds, and it's helped me
find confidence in my body,
and drag has helped me.
And you guys are superheroes,
and you affect so many people's lives.
I know right now it's a pressure cooker.
- Ha!
- I can understand about pressure.
You know, I just... - Oh, yes.
- Finished my first season.
I've never done sitcom before.
I'm learning it while having to perform at such a high level.
I can understand and empathise with how draining,
mentally and physically, that can be.
- You said that this is sort of like a new experience for you.
- Mm-hmm.
- Do you have any advice for us in this new experience
that we're about to have?
- One, I know it's gonna be completely overwhelming,
and I think for me it was hard to accept the gift.
I felt kind of an imposter syndrome--
like, am I worth it?
And, you know, like, do I deserve it?
Like, yes, you do.
You are here for a reason. You have the star power.
And I think even just accepting that
and allowing yourself to feel the love
and accept the blessings and know that you survived
100% of the moments that you didn't think
that you were gonna make it. - Yeah.
The imposter syndrome thing that you said,
it hits really hard.
Day one, I was like, "Do I deserve to be here?"
Like, people go through that so much...
- Oh, yeah.
- And they don't even realise it.
It's really sad,
but bitch, we're-- we're here.
- Yes, you are here, all of you beautiful creatures.
- Yeah, you know.
- That was a lot of, like, really good advice.
- Yeah.
- I was like, "Wait, where's my journal?"
- My DMs are open.
I hope I get, like, in front of your line at DragCon.
- Yes, absolutely!
- Sorry, Queens, I gotta take her back.
- No!
- I've watched this, and I didn't want it to be me.
[laughter]
Good luck! - Thank you.
- Mayan!
I love her and her point of view.
I feel like drag saves all of our lives to some extent.
It certainly saved mine.
And it helps people who don't do drag.
It helps women to feel more empowered.
And to know that she sees that
and she feels that is very cool.
- Wait, give us a little runway walk.
- Now you have to give us the runway walk.
- Ah! - Work!
[cheering]
- Mwah! I love you.
Push!
You've got this. You got this.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- I love you. - What a fucking sweetheart.
- I know, that-- that made me, like, emotional.
- My God.
- Every word she said was just--
- Yeah.
What an insightful biotch. - Yeah.
- Are you gonna leave a mark again on the sofa?
- Yes. - Should we check?
- No! She didn't.
- Oh, wow.
- What did you use? What is that gold?
- Did you use that Kryolan?
- I used spackle.
I use everything. - Spackle.
- I don't want to listen to this song.
- [laughs] Well, I am going to.
- That was amazing.
[dramatic music]
- Me being in the bottom three again is not my cup of tea.
But I'm not stressed out.
Girl, this song was written for me.
Like, I have body, the song is about body.
Sorry, girly.
♪ ♪
- I got my bases covered.
I know the song. I'm prepared. I'm ready.
And I want to have a moment.
I never got to have one with a win.
And if I'm gonna have to be up there lip-synching tonight,
let's be a kooky little girl out there. Let's go!
- All right, Queens, follow me.
It's time to head back to the runway.
- I want to just sit and sulk and be in my feels,
but at the end of the day, I'm always
gonna kind of come back to, like,
I'm really proud of myself.
- One thing that Dawn does is she
overthinks a lot of things. - Yeah, I do.
- Going forward... - Yeah?
- I think you should just, like, not.
[laughs] - I know.
[toy squeaks]
- No matter what-- what happens tonight.
- No matter what happens.
- No matter what happens, top...
- Top six forever. - Whoo!
- Top six forever!
- Welcome back, Queens.
I've made some decisions.
Morphine, Dawn, the time has come for you
to Lip Sync for your Life.
[dramatic music]
Morphine, shantay, you stay.
Dawn, sashay away.
♪ ♪
- I'm kind of sad.
I'm kind of bummed.
But you know what's crazy?
Whoo! [applause]
[crying]
In this whole competition, every single week,
literally, I cannot think of anything that I did
that I did not have fun doing.
Like, I just had fun.
So I feel good. Period.
♪ ♪
You're all here for me?
Oh, stop!
Well, this sucks.
All right, let's get to it.
[laughs] Oh, my God!
[laughs]
Can I be honest?
Know who you are before you come here.
OK.
Part of what got me through every single runway
every single week was that
I knew that, regardless of if
it wasn't as sparkly or as extravagant,
it was Dawn and no one else was doing that on the runway.
But behind all the makeup and the drag
and the silly, goofy little things,
I am a person with feelings and quite a bit
of anxiety and introversion.
Aw.
I can't even begin to describe how special and important
it is to me that the judges always loved me,
and I don't think I came in here
expecting them to just get me.
I thought I would have to fight
to show them who I am,
and they just immediately understood it,
and that is, like, life-changing.
Like, RuPaul thinks I'm cool.
I think that's really neat. [laughs]
Oh! They left me letters.
Ooh, I want to read Plane's.
"Dawnisha Dupre, you are a sickening fartist
"and a truly awesome human.
"Your constant ability to find the fun and joy
"in every rotted situation truly sent me into a spiral
"at times, but it's also one of your best qualities.
Love you lots, your fan and sister, Plane Jane."
And she drew a little poop, and it says "poop."
[chuckles]
These bitches are stupid, and I love them.
Here, let's read the one from Sapphira.
"My sweet Dawny baby, you are my sunshine
"and one pussy bitch.
"I am a big fan of Dawn.
"Your growth here is amazing.
"I can't wait to see what you create after this experience.
"The world is not ready.
"I know you don't want a drag mama,
"but I'm always here for you.
Also, could you leave me some lashes, please?"
Yeah, girl, I'll leave you some lashes.
[laughs]
[bright music]
I really think throughout this entire competition,
whether I was doing well, or whether I was stressed
or depleted, I did it with a smile
and I was giggling my way through
every single situation.
[grunts] OK.
And I think the world could use more of that.
Whoosh.
♪ ♪
[grunts]
Well, it's been a hoot.
Goodbye! Whee!
I have, like, this plethora of neuroses
that have plagued me my entire life,
and there's a lot of heavy emotions
that come with drag.
That feeling doesn't go away.
Anxiety doesn't change.
It stays with you forever, but it doesn't
have to feel so painful.
Life can be fun beyond just escaping anxiety.
I've been having fun, going to continue to have fun.
Let's have some fun.
Well, I guess it's back to Brooklyn for me.
Goodbye. Good night.
I'll miss you.
Turn that on. Ooh! [laughs]
- ♪ 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, love ♪
♪ Love, love, love, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Love, can you feel the love? ♪