The Queens Of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" Dish Season 4 w/ Carson Kressley

Hi everyone, Carson Kressley, thanks for watching today's construction series. We have a very special group of ladies in the house. It's RuPaul's Drag Race all-star cast for everyone. Yes, go crazy. We have the Monet exchange. Pheromone Latrice Royale Trinity Taylor. Valentina Monique Hart Jasmine dominates Naomi Smalls, gia Gunn and Manila, listen, yeah, this is where you can go crazy and we can meet the girls. What I love about the

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is that we meet all the women in their original

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and the first

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that you're on the show even as a judge the first season like oh my God, where am I?

What is happening inside me? You have a lot going on and what I love. about All-Stars is that you get a second chance, after you've learned to swim, then you'll really like to be a superstar because you know what to expect and I'm sure you've all probably been there. So, you know, we'll ask some questions. Also, if you're watching, you can tweet us your questions. We have questions from our fabulous audience here in New York City, so let's start with, let's get started. with Monet traded when you walked as a guest, give up Monet in New York City, so when you walked into the work room and saw all the other contestants, who did you think was your biggest competition?

To be very honest, I thought Naomi was my biggest competition. because you know that Naomi was among the first three season 8 she is the tallest she is tall that's how she is physically she was my biggest competition I am the mouse she is heavy no but they taught you during your season but I also feel like in the sintra season I've heard of other Queens like Kimchi and Bob and a detox like this is fierce and she's a very good competitor so I thought she would be the silent killer like a silent fart. You know, Amy, you never know who took care of that. the whole room, you know what I'm saying, so I thought you were great competition, oh that's so sweet.

I'd fart on you every time I'm on the same stage Dan Levy sat on. I'm very excited, okay? I want to sit down shit Creek no one eyebrows yeah I get it right now on the other hand I'll ask the same question to Trinity Taylor who are you most excited to see when you walked into the room where her friends were? wow, how was it, you know all the

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are a different beast than the original season because you walk in and you meet almost everyone, so I was really excited to see them all, but most importantly, Valentina, we became really good friends after season 9 and when I watched it it was like yeah I have a sister okay I gotta send her home but yeah well you guys know you gotta do what I got what you gotta do and now some of you this is something interesting, I think some. of you had to do All-Stars more than once and that would be Manila and luxury and I think that's great.

Has anyone had any thoughts on someone you might know will get a second chance on All-Stars? I'm here. Wait. Coming back to the competition you have as much of an advantage as if you knew how the formula works, so to not only come back once but twice you have an even bigger advantage. Do you think there is a white blonde formula? I'm just kidding, right? I won't go near Alaska naked, she might be black. I'm just saying okay, it's really funny, but you guys, John, it was, in some ways it was less stressful for you because you'd been there before.

I don't, absolutely not, no, no, I mean, that's the whole mistake, everyone thinks that everything they've done this before is that okay, first of all, let's have a silent prayer for the first season of All Stars because it was an absolute spectacle, they were making that up as they were leaving, baby, we all knew it. Honey, they didn't. I had no idea or vision, so for us to have to go and endure that monstrosity of a mask, this time coming back was our chance to really shine on our own and not have to have our feet resting on someone.

Someone else's hand, yeah, I mean, All-Stars was an amazing experience and you know, when we got there, we didn't know what the new rules were going to be and when they put us on teams, we all choked up, honey, but you really They forced you to like it. I really played well with the others and that really helped me get back into the competition, but the rules were completely different than All-Stars because it was judged more like a regular season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the new season, you know. We have to make sure we're not here to impress the judges.

You know we're here to impress each other, so it's about the relationships you create with your Queens and your sisters. I love judging it because I'm like we don't have to do anything I just sit there and watch the show girl where's my drink. I love it. This is full of champagne right now, but you can put it in a coffee cup and no one knows. He also works in the office. Only this. little help plant, let's ask a question gia Gunn, how did you approach all the stars? Did you approach it differently than your original season?

In my season, I think I was really confused about who I was and didn't really have a good understanding of who I was as a person, so this time, mentally walking in, I felt a lot more complete and walking into the room of these lovely ladies with fish shape I thought, "Wow, that's not a room full of guys," so I was very happy to see these wonderful ladies. in the room I approached it differently um absolutely not I think I came in there in my main game I prepared as much as I did for season six and I just tried as hard as I could, yeah, and I think what you said about being more Feel comfortable with yourself it allows you to do better because we tell the Queen all the time don't try to be this or that, try to be like the most amazing version of yourself in that particular challenge and that's when everyone does the best they can when they do it. do. their thing within the parameters of what we're asking of them, so obviously I'm looking forward to going to All-Stars, that's when I really understood that it was like mmm, don't go on the show to try to be what you think RuPaul is.

I want you to be, she brought you here like he wanted that, like in my season. I felt like I was trying to be something. Some Rui Ruis see me in a certain way. I'm going to be a comedy queen this week, just always do it within yourself. those parameters and that generally seems to work well, so season 10 and the three stars handed out the mames, the main bad stars to continue that trend, let's ask her, let's ask Valentina, oh dear Lord, yes, she didn't have eyebrows, but you already know. I mean, but you know, the thing is whether it becomes a meme or not, no one tries it, people just do it and it's just a chance and I don't think anyone's intention is like oh yo.

I'm going to go and snatch a meme trophy. There's no trophy for being bad, well not yet, but WoW is getting young. I would gladly accept the prize if it came with money and applause. Really me, me, me, but definitely, let's do the kids go crazy, there you go. It just happens that it could become a meme, who knows, obviously RuPaul's Drag Race has become a huge cultural phenomenon, but could you talk about the importance of the local

drag

scene and we'll ask? I'm trying to spread the word. around, let's ask Jasmine Masters, but I mean, there's, you know, where is your local scene, where do you live now.

Los Angeles in Los. I've heard about it, yes, and do you think Los Angeles? I mean, maybe that's not a good example. of the local

drag

scene because it is a giant city as big as New York and Los Angeles. I feel like other things of my own, but maybe I'd love to switch to that. That's one of my platforms for being on season 9, defending the local Queens. I originally come from a very small town in Alabama and I had to fight to become what I have become on my own, there are no resources there so I know what it's like to really be a local Queen from the middle of nowhere and it's very important when you have a platform to praise, give light and voice to those who don't have it and I think that is important for drag racing girls to look impressive, my sister didn't do it but I did?

I don't want you to change the question without me including it today. No, go ahead, like someone who comes from a small town. You see the champagnes kicking. She is preaching. Not her, really. I'm very well. And someone who comes from a small town where they weren't looking. drag, nobody comes from Kansas City. I try to make sure that I always feature the girls that inspired me on my Instagram, so drag survivor is a Kansas City version of RuPaul's Drag Race which is really like pushing the girls of Kansas City to come on stronger every week, so It's really inspiring to go home and leave.

I need to stay on my game because my little push pushes them, which pushes me, so that's great, can I say something about that? That is, of course, pheromones for everyone. I want to repeat exactly what she said, but I also want to raise awareness about the unfair treatment local girls receive in gay bars. I feel like these girls are putting out new looks every week and are working hard to make Kate the network, you can curse God. Damn ass and they get paid pennies and they're investing more in them and their shit than they're getting back and I think that's so sad because I've traveled all over like all these girls. we have and we have met so many incredibly talented Queens that, you know, they don't have the platform that we have and they have to work quadruple, quadruple is hard and they don't get anything, nothing, I mean local Queens at the same time, so the way us local Queens wouldn't be here, very true exactly, yeah, well the best thing about this is that RuPaul's Drag Race has made everyone in the drag scene step up because we are all local Queens at the same time and we entered this competition. and now we're back and taking a step forward from that point so I think it's really cool because we have all these new Queens who are now inspired to do even better than the Queens they saw on TV because you know.

Back to All-Stars because each of these Queens is way more disgusting than Queens was when it was the first season of Drag Race or the first season of All-Stars. I only ate ginger on Gilligan's Island, all of them. the only person I could look up to to see that you are so young and they say what are you talking about with Shannon German no, but your point is well taken because drag racing has become very popular and because you guys are so fierce and so disgusting and they're very talented and I think that's what the show is really showing the world: that drag is this incredible art form that had been hidden in the shadows of the clubs and not everyone was lucky enough to be exposed to it. and now the little kids I mean, have they all been there to drag Cohn?

I mean, there are little four and five year olds who don't say who's gay or this is straighter, they say this is just fun and this is just expression and this is just art and it's wonderful to see because of you little kids in Alabama or West Texas or wherever I didn't have a place, they say, well, I could do this and I could be really fierce and I mean. in 2020 the queen is on the show you're going to die I mean they will be so every year it just keeps getting better. What is it that these little kids walk into Drakon with heels higher than us?

You've got fresh little Achilles tendons prancing around. "The most amazing part is seeing all the parents being supportive of their kids and like we could be these role models. I'm sure their parents thought maybe we were like monsters like one day we were already in a nightclub ". We are successful and we like to live our dreams and it is very inspiring for these five year olds. Well, I think that's what's really important about the show, is that it doesn't just show the glamour, the sparkles, the funny moments, the glitter and the mischief. and all those good things that we all love, but it also shows you guys without your face, being vulnerable and real and talking about your personal trials and tribulations and how hard life is, so I get it, yeah, I have a question , Hi Yes.

Sorry again, I just wanted to add something else to that because it's so true, so when you go on a tour, you know traveling is fun for sailors. Voss's tours attract different audiences that traditionally wouldn't come to a gay bar. and I've met a lot of moms who are Christian moms and you know I love crunchy Jebus okay wonderful and them coming to a drag show in a theater is still a drag show. You see, you are going to hear the same thing. I still go to see drag

queens

and they say I'm bringing my son or daughter to this and there's a pseudo Christian.

I think this says a lot about the growth and the platform that RuPaul's Drag Race has really shown the world and it just means a lot to me, thank you, well said, it means a lot to a lot of people around the world, okay, let me, who? I still have questions to have six minutes and five seconds to answer oh yes, here we are from all of you. you have thesemassive platforms now, what's the most important thing you want to achieve with your drag? and let's go to Latrice, you know, especially recently with the election and the political climate we're in right now.

I just got my voting rights back in an incredible way. You know what you obviously know I was I'm an open book when I came into my season I let everyone know that I was in prison and my mind, my trials and tribulations, my mother during that period and my rise to where I am. now and I think it's important that people like us, who have a platform to be able to help people and share our stories, that not only are we relatable but we are teaching you that there is a better way and that your problems are temporary and that that It is not the end of the world and it is so important that we are now aware that it is important that you use your voice.

For those who can't speak for themselves, you know that I just got my voting rights back, so for four years I had no voice in this world and I paid my taxes, but I couldn't vote, so it's like everyone does it. do your part and spread the word and use your voice for good and your platform for good. I think we will be in the world towards success, so I think it is important that we all do that, let's hope so and thank you for that mitricia. President, yes, what are you doing in two years? You can do one now that I got my bonus right yeah set your sights high president girl guys let's restore Al 2020 do it these days write me in April trees on shale Obama on the same ticket.

I go every day. I would love for me too. Does anyone else have any thoughts on how you're using your platform? I feel the responsibility, not politically but in general, to be an example of Latin excellence. What I try. I do the same. Yes. I just think that I feel that what I can present through my culture, my education is simply to convey the message that being Latino is beautiful and that people like me who come from not much can achieve so much and so great and that it is achievable and that if you really believe in yourself, no matter where you come from, no matter who you are, if you work really hard at it and you have a push and a drive, they can achieve these things, that the place you come from is beautiful and that you should accept it and use it as a platform and that what I do is not necessarily political, but it can be because through the representation of how much you love yourself and your culture there are many people who will love you and can relate to that and drive the forward conversation.

Latinos are beautiful and we are not represented as criminals or rapists or anything like what Donald Trump represents, but through what I am doing I am presenting the music, the beauty, the fashion and the glamor of being Latino and I hope that with my platform I can push that through the beauty of it all. I feel a responsibility now with my platform, especially being in the stars to bring trans visibility, obviously, to the drag world, to show people that drag is an art form, there's nothing to it. which has to do with your sexual orientation, your gender, it's open to everyone, non-binary men, trans women, whatever you are drag, it's a universal art and I just want to spread a little more love and a little less hate , and I think we are getting there, my main mission for the next year is to truly become the trans activists that I feel I am in my heart and never forget where I come from, being a showgirl is obviously the reason why I am the proud trans .

Woman that I am today, but I feel like trans showgirls in general and trans artists have been left in the dark a little bit and I'm trying to shine a light on that and I'll bring light to my community. Good for you, thank you. You know, you're after these girls too. I know I'm a black gay man and I'm a drag queen. I feel so empowered by bringing drag to more urban spaces that haven't been there for a long time, even though it is played in the epicenter. from the ballroom dance scene in fashion culture, you know it's going to Drakon and you're going to see awful black mothers with their little kids this year at drag Con and it's at the Javits Center and this happened to me, there were all these fabulous black people.

The women and they were with their children. I can't believe you're all here, but there was a black Bible conference on the other level. We all have to use the same bathroom. It sounds like these girls are fierce and we. They were like a walking mime and I thought this is a strange combination. They were there for a drag

race

, but they weren't there, but they loved it. Yes, my point, Monique and I are going to Sunday service. Are you guys doing Sunday service to see these blacks? and black dads and just marrying that, being so loved and accepted by the communities for so long growing up, would we avoid it?

Cool moment at DragonCon, if you haven't been to Drag Con, it happens here in New York every September, they might owe me 20 for exactly 20% off the tickets, not the merchandise and only on a specific booth. Exactly right, so we arrived perfectly on time. Right now we are going to answer some questions from Twitter. Now we have two questions from Twitter. This is from an underscore. That makes me feel uncomfortable. What format do you prefer? Lip sync for your life or lip sync for your legacy format. You can't answer, I don't even ask that question, but yeah, who likes your life or your legacy, what's the difference that I like about your life because you're like fight, fight, fight, stay there and it's very dramatic, but it's also really cool to lip sync for your legacy, like the Queen does and possibly participate.

I mean, obviously, it's more fun and less stressful because, totally, you just go and show yourself one hundred percent talented and what you're really good at. itself, and sometimes they're better that way, yeah, I mean especially because lip sync for your legacy, if you win, you get $10,000 home, no, this season with ten thousand pesos they change it, yeah, you know, cuts budgetary, you prefer men. Sorry, lip sync for your life or your legacy. Oh, I don't like either of them. I would like to say that I would like to lip sync for your legacy more than I would like to lip sync for your life.

Mom was kind of like no. I don't really lip sync two against Charlie Hi, I'm really doing a lot, very good, get the maximum, the maximum, the entire fight was not a satisfied task for that, I would do it in time, sorry, try. I didn't mean to interrupt you twice, I'm sorry. take off your wig, I would say you lip sync for your legacy because it's hard, like you can't really lip sync, which is what we do as drag

queens

, so when you lip sync for your legacy, besides knowing that you're going to win ten stacks when you win, it's like I can show it to the world without unnecessary extra pressure, yeah, and you know you're saving your life, there's so much at stake, it's like I'm going to see a Broadway show that never has a peak, it's like where the stakes are in this story, but when you're searching for your life, you're literally trying, you know, you're trying the flip, so in a crisis, we'll continue with our second Twitter question, this is from K underlined.

By underlining how disgusting RuPaul's appearance was during the season without giving too much away, right in the promo, let's go there, yeah, and look how cool in the promo, they're always the same, right? Let's go to a commercial. What did he mean? I said he was and so are you. I think RuPaul has achieved such a level of success that she has a beautiful outfit around her legs and Aldi starts working behind her to make her look beautiful and beautiful and she was definitely trying her best to look beautiful and It's always a great honor to be there and watch it and study what the glamor and success behind that team is like.

So yes, it's from this season. No, at some point, the tail of the season will tell us what it was, it was the target, the target. Oh, was the monkey outlined? Yes, tell me about this promotional shoot. It's very similar to Louis XI and that infection, no, I mean your boys' experience with it. I loved. I loved the color combination. I loved the lighting. I loved breaking into the world. Crown liked that, it was fun to hammer that block of ice. Yes, okay, let's answer the questions of our esteemed audience here. Oh, look, you're already on deck.

That sounds like a program. Harrah's Tweety look of the season. I can't remember this. one, what is your name and what is your question, beautiful, my question is in reference to the lip syncs that took place in this season, how could you describe them in one epic word? This season's lip syncs, how would you describe them? There you have it, thank you. You'll just have to watch the show and I think you're already sitting there, honey, but I think this season there are a lot of artists who are very good on stage, so I think you guys are in for a trio.

I think it's a plastic star season for fans and you get that level of star quality because they are prepared and hungry to win. Okay, we have another question coming up, okay? What's your name, Alex? If I. I just wanted to address it to everyone. What is it about endurance racing that makes you so tempting that you want to return for a second or third time? Money, money, money and pheromones. Answer this question because I feel like when you do an endurance

race

for the first time. and it doesn't turn out the way you would have hoped or imagined, you really want to go back and show it to the people you know, like I guess when I was in season nine I was in a very strange place in my life, I kind of just put my audition out there just to see what would happen, not necessarily with the intention of getting the call back and then when you get the call you can't say no so you do what you can and you know that everything is a new experience or it's your first time in front of the cameras there all these people everywhere telling you to do this or that there are people Mike, I mean, it's a very overwhelming experience and I think I mean for me personally, I wanted to go back without being afraid of the production. of everything and like my Lady Gaga revealed that never happened in season 9 like a Mike person told me I shouldn't take my jacket off because they didn't know what could be in my latex, but it wasn't the real Mike. girl that ended, oh my god, I mean, it was like it wasn't sabotage and with All Starz it's like all in or all out, you know what I mean, this is your chance to show the world who you really are as an artist and what is your taste level and what is mine, what creative ideas can you come up with and I don't think I would ever go back.

I think what's really cool is that now, as you know, we've proven ourselves and I've traveled around the world and made some coins. It's really nice to come back and have the opportunity to show the world what we can do with our creativity when we have a little more money. Well, this is what the catwalks will be like. disgusting season I'm so scared look look at all these running down the runway so Monique and I came from season 10 I don't have anyone okay honey I'm still using Chipotle coupons okay just to be very clear no , but you two have that bad experience when you go on those tours, I mean, you learn a lot and that's a real confidence building when you like to work in a room and Antwerp when they don't even understand English or something, your skills become very honed and it shows and I.

I'm telling you about the looks, the performances, the whole fourth season, yes, what he said, hello, what's your name, Michael David, congratulations on how far you've come, you all look so disgusting, so big, thank you very much, yes, now, when they entered. On the first day of filming, what were you most looking forward to? Taking off my shoes. Amen. I mean, what's so much more to it? Actually, when you return for the stars, is it really fun and exciting? Are you revitalized? Or are you going crazy like you were the first time you liked your season?

You build such a strong bond in that period of filming, right, girls, it's like summer camp that closes very quickly, yeah, and you're a little terrified. and they need each other exactly and all-stars is like that, it's not different at all, so it's like being in the trenches in the war but with glitter and glue and I laugh, but it's very similar, it's really cool to have a lot of new sisters very close. friends, yes, you're right, friends, acquaintances, coworkers, colleagues, I feel like when you come back, like you, like me, I come from competitions, so it's like it's a competition, like you know if you're really competitive and you're going to go Back to you, it's just another fire that's lit under you to like be competitive and be the best you know, hopefully, and it's just when you walk in and say okay, I'm ready to compete, ready to jump.

Now when you walk into that work room. Let's say I just raised my booking fee, but I also feel like I can see it for myself is walking around just like in the regular season, like you hear the rumors of who might be there, but when you walk in and actually, seeing who your competition really is is like, oh, those were the rumors that were true, this vision is really there and I mean, it's likethe anticipation and, to be honest, the fear of who the other competitors would be was like my biggest anxiety walk. At the Oscars you never know who's really going to be in the room, well, well, I think that's all the time we have, it was super fun, give it up for all the girls, for all our amazing contestants, for all the stars to you.

You must watch, there's an amazing Christmas special this Friday December 7th and then the season starts Friday December 14th on vh1.