RuPaul's Drag Race (2009–…): Season 9, Episode 13 - Reunited - full transcript

[RuPaul] Tonight on
RuPaul's Drag Race Reunited,

all the queens have gathered
to sound off...

Who here
was talking shit?

Say it. Let's hear it.

[RuPaul] ...break it down...

Do you know that I
had duct-taped my ribcage?

If you can't roll
with the punches,

this is not the career
for you.

[RuPaul] ...and let you have it.

Excuse me.
I need to speak.

I'm not done speaking.



No! No!

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[music plays]

Welcome to
RuPaul's Drag Race Reunited.

We are one week away

from the crowning of
America's next drag superstar

right here on this stage
at the Alex Theater.

But before we do,
the queens are back

to spill all the tee

about this season's
biggest scandaloes.

First up, one of the season's
biggest controversies.

It's not personal,
it's reading.

Now, Alexis Michelle,
people online said

that you could dish it out,
but you couldn't take it.

Take a look.

Farrah Moan,
all those mens

that buy you fancy
designer shoes,

they're not
your boyfriends.

They're called johns
and they're your employers.

-Ooh.
-Ooh.

Shea-Shea Coulee,
you sure are a scene stealer.

I guess gnawing on set pieces
explains those teeth.

-Ooh.
-Oh.

Alexis Michelle,
Pillsbury called.

They want their rolls back.

[all laugh]

Ooh.

Time for us
to start writing jokes.

Here's a tip:
don't make it about my body.

So that's all
I have to say about that.

[RuPaul] What do you say to that?

Regarding my sensitivity,

my body is something that I have
struggled with my whole life.

And we had talked about our body
image issues a few weeks before.

Yeah, but
the reading challenge

is like the Friar's Club.

It's a safe place to just
let it all hang it out

because, you know,
there's love in the room.

And the love came from me
to the girls, too.

And because we had talked
about other eating disorders--

Yeah, no, I got it,
but surely you can understand

why people online would say,
wait a minute, you know.

Having talked about
the other body sensitivities,

it was just--
it didn't feel balanced.

I talked about being
sensitive about my teeth,

but that didn't stop you.

You know what?

And I still was able to
sit there and laugh about it.

And Shea--

And it just felt like you
weren't being a good sport.

I make fun of my size all
the time on stage in my shows.

But that's not her point.

I don't even think
that you come off

as like
some huge size queen.

-I agree.
-Yeah.

I think the gripe that people
might have had online

was the fact that
you dished it out,

basically calling Farrah
a prostitute,

and then turnabout
wasn't fair play.

My advice to you is

is that, girl,
you're a drag queen,

and if you can't roll
with the punches,

this is not the career
for you.

[gasps]

You know, this won't air,

but Lady Bunny and I
used to do acid together.

Aah!

We were kids.

Inevitably
she would say to me--

she'd look at me and go,
Ru, the devil's gonna get you.

[all laugh]

And I'd say,
Why are you doing that?

I'm tripping my balls off
on acid,

and you're bringing up
this stuff.

But in hindsight, I realize
what she was really doing

is demystifying
all those things.

I'm, like, oh, I'm scared.

And you're like,
oh, wait a minute.

There's nothing to it.

And that's what reading
is all about.

What I'm trying to do now

is not take it all
so seriously.

[Aja] I have a question.

If you were to get read
right now,

would you be able
to take it?

-Oh!
-Oh!

Well, I have some
reading glasses right here.

[all cheer]

That's right, ladies.
The library is open.

Let's start with Trinity.

Alexis,
I love your costume.

You look just like
a honey-baked ham.

[all laugh]

After all that, you--

She said
she can take it now.

I can take it.
I can take it.

She's taking it.

-Aja--
-Here we go.

I love your costumes.

That's why I call you
the Joan of Arc of drag.

Great ideas
badly executed.

[all laugh]

It's getting hot
in here, mama.

Oh, yeah. And I had a
really good read for Valentina,

but I can't remember
the words.

-Oh.
-Ooh.

That was good.

That was good, girl.

Trinity swears
she's so fishy, bitch,

all she's serving
is Fisher Price.

-Oh.
-Ooh.

Bitch, you look like fish:
a whale.

-Ooh.
-Baby.

Honey, I'm James
and the Giant Peach

and not afraid of it, okay?

Bitch, you ate James
and the Giant Peach.

[all laugh]

I thought I was a big girl

till your nose walked in,
bitch.

-[all laugh]
-Bitch--bitch, no.

Don't try it, bitch.

All right.
Now, listen--

I had so much more.

I know you did, girl.
Thank you, ladies.

The library for Season 9
is officially closed.

-Amen!
-Yeah!

Praise God.

Now, this year was a season
of shocking eliminations,

and I'm not talking about

what goes on between you
and your Squatty Potty.

First up, Charlie Hides.

I hate to say this, my dear,

but your lip sync for your life
was dead on arrival.

Girl, Charlie,
what happened?

Well, I think
you all know now,

I injured myself
during the cheerleading.

I've cracked my rib before,
and I was in pain,

and my British
stiff upper lip,

I just said, don't show
any signs of weaknesses,

and so I kept it to myself.

And lifting Shea--

Shea, we had to lift you
like 30 or 40 times.

I'm sorry, I have to call
bull shit.

Because how there in the
interview are you gonna say,

oh, in my acts and acts
in London we don't lip sync,

and then after the fact

it's like, oh, well,
I had this cracked rib.

I can make sushi.

I only do it twice a year,
and I'm not very good at it.

So the things that I do
regularly I'm better at.

Trinity makes sushi
all the time.

She's amazing at it.

Yeah, but we do sushi
on the show.

Yeah.

Cracked rib or not, girl,
you gave up.

Do you know that
I had duct-taped my ribcage?

Girl, you walked
all the way down the runway.

I saw you moving around
that workroom.

I'm sorry, it's just not--
I don't believe it.

All right, there was a side
of me that said that you just--

if I had moved
a little bit to the left

and a little bit
to the right,

which is what I was capable of,
it was gonna be lame.

It's not about
moving, though.

Lip sync happens up here,
not down here.

It's like a passion.
[Trinity] All I hear is excuses.

You looked like
you gave up.

-Let me say something.
-I did the song--

The Britney Spears song,

the subtext of that song,
it's masturbation.

That's what it is.
I was feigning masturbation.

It was a bad choice.

This is the thing.
Let me say something.

If you masturbating,
we weren't getting off, girl.

I don't like this bitch
up here,

but she injured herself,

and if she could do what she did
after her knee injury,

there's no excuse for you.

But if you're gonna
have an excuse, pick one.

Don't have five.

[Charlie] I was, at that point--

and it's not an excuse,
okay?

I didn't have
very much left.

It was at the end
of a very long day,

at the end
of a very long week.

I was getting an hour
and a half sleep a night.

-And so were we.
-Since--

[Farrah] But I'm just trying
to figure out

is it a lack of sleep--
-And you're half my age, Aja.

Or is it a broken rib,
or is it--

Because I saw online
that you said you had diarrhea.

[laughs]

On the first day
of rehearsing,

but that was long past.

It was a rough day
for Charlie.

I fainted
in my hotel room,

and I still did
that fucking routine twice,

and then I lip synced for my
life the fucking day after.

Do you think that it was
just--you just gave up though,

because you might
have been ready to go home?

I said before
I was on empty.

Charlie, did you tell Nina
that you wanted to go home?

I don't ever remember
saying that, no.

Well, let's take a look
at this never-before-seen clip.

Oh, Lord.

Charlie
didn't do anything.

[Alexis] She threw the towel in.

Because Charlie personally
talked to me and told me

that she wasn't going to learn
the words to that song

because she didn't want to
really.

So I think she was kind of
ready to go if she had to go.

She gave up.
She didn't even try.

[Nina] And I was kind of
disappointed in her,

but she already told me,
so that's why she stood there

because she, you know,
she didn't know the words to it,

so she just
kind of was like--

I feel like the moment
you don't try for a lip sync

is the moment when you're saying
I'm too good for this.

[Sasha] Whoo.

So she did
tell you that then?

I never said
that I was too good.

And can I just say I'm sorry

if you thought
I was disrespecting you

by giving up and not
giving everything I had.

[RuPaul] Well, no, but it's true
with all of you girls.

I've seen
your audition tapes.

Some of you I've seen
year after year after year,

and I've seen you improve.

And then I get inspired

by what you're gonna give
to this competition.

And then when someone
doesn't give it their all,

I'm disappointed.

I'm sorry.

[RuPaul] Listen, you may not be
the best lip syncer

in the world, but you are
fabulous on YouTube,

and I think that
you have made your mark here.

Thank you.

Now, another
shocking exit came

when we had
to say goodbye to Eureka.

Doctor's orders.

Let's take a look.

[Eureka] When I doing
the cheerleading challenge,

I landed wrong
and my knee just popped.

The last couple weeks
I've been able to push through,

but now it's hurting,
so I have to use crutches.

But I'm gonna do
whatever they throw my way.

I have made my decision.

Eureka...

Would you please
step forward.

We've been in touch
with the doctor,

and I cannot allow you
to continue in the competition.

[sobs] No.

[RuPaul] So Eureka,
what was it like

to leave the competition
that way?

It was hard because, you know,
I come from a small town.

Ever since I grew up I've always
never really belonged anywhere,

and you all
made me feel so belonged.

So it was hard, you know.

[RuPaul] I want to ask
Farrah Moan

why were you so upset?

I had kind of accepted mine or
Cynthia's fate at that moment,

and the last thing I would have
expected was for that to happen.

I was just like, no, no!

Take one of us!

She's gonna go all the way.

You've seen that GIF
all over the world.

Can you recreate it?

-I can.
[RuPaul] Let's do it.

I'm sorry, Eureka,
but you've gotta go home.

[snorts and sobs] No!

[all laugh]

[snorts]

That's exactly
what her reaction is

when her sugar daddy takes away
her credit card, bitch.

-Ooh!
-Ooh!

-Oh!
-[laughs]

Tell me this,
was there anyone else here

who feels the opposite,
who was happy her ass was gone?

You were a major threat.

I felt so bad for you
on a personal level,

but as a competitor,
I was just like...

And I still hope
you lose Season 10.

[all laugh]

Now, I know that
you had beef with Trinity.

Did you guys ever say goodbye
to one another?

Whenever everyone
was hugging me,

Trinity did look me
straight in the eyes

and she said,
I'm sorry, girl.

I know how much
you wanted this. You know?

Yeah.

And that's literally
the one sincere moment

I've ever had
with Trinity Taylor.

-[all laugh]
-I want to say this.

Yes, I think you're too loud

and I think
you can be obnoxious,

but I do respect you.

Thank you.

And I think you are
an amazing entertainer.

I wanted you to leave
because you deserved to leave,

not because of an injury.

I just feel robbed

of my Trinity Taylor
versus Eureka lip sync.

I know!

That's what
I feel robbed of.

Now, I hear your head
is fabulous.

How's your knee?

My head's great.
They always ask for seconds.

And my knee's pretty good.
I'm back to sucking dick.

[cheers and laughter]

Bitch!

[RuPaul] Get well soon, girl,

and I can't wait to see you
in Season 10.

Next,
the shocking elimination

to end all
shocking eliminations.

Valentina, bring me my mask.

[laughs]

[RuPaul] Stop, hold up, hold up.

All right, enough.

Valentina, this is
a lip sync for your life,

and we need
to see your lips.

Take that thing
off of your mouth.

I'd like to keep it on,
please.

[RuPaul] It's a lip sync.

What part of that
do you not understand?

Okay.

[RuPaul] So we're gonna reset.

Valentina, what was
going through your mind

at that moment?

I don't know.

I was just--I wasn't there.

Yeah, I was in
a real state of shock.

The one thing I will say about
Valentina with her elimination,

at least you didn't
make excuses like Charlie.

And you at least owned up
to not knowing your words,

and you went home
and you deserved to go home.

Did you ever learn
the lyrics at all?

Yeah. The night before

I didn't have the lyrics
with me,

so I stayed up
listening to the song

-and writing them--
-Girl.

I handwrote them.

What?

It's a seven-word chorus.

Seven words in that chorus,
girl.

[Aja] You can literally
just listen to the song

and just like
get the syllables,

the little gibberish.

I'm sorry, too, and there's
a moment in Untucked

where you and Nina
are sitting there together.

You guys both
have one earbud in.

She's mouthing the words.

You're just
straight chilling.

Mm-hmm.

[Alexis] I just want to say,
Shea, because I know Valentina

has a lot of voracious
supporters out there,

and I want to make it clear
to all of them

that I saw your notebook
with the words written out,

and I just want to make sure

everybody knows
that the girl tried.

I know you're trying
to get your redemption

from her fans, girl,
but let's be real.

-Aah!
-Let's be real, girl.

Nina, you received
a lot of backlash

from this, too, didn't you?

Because you lip synced
against her.

I really don't get why there
was so much hate towards me

for doing what was asked of me,
lip sync for my life.

Valentina,
why do you think

your fans came for the girls
so strongly?

My following is--it's very
underrepresented in the media.

I represent something

similar to what Selena
represented in the nineties.

Chicano, Mexican,
first generation, talented,

so they're
overprotective of that

and they'll fight anybody.

I don't agree
with that kind of behavior,

because it's not
the kind of person I am.

Why didn't you say that
on the media?

-Yeah, you didn't say that.
-Because you know what?

-Hold up. I'm sorry.
-You're their role model.

I don't approve that,

and I hope
you guys know that.

But you never told them.

I called you,
I Facetimed you in tears

because of people telling me
I should go kill myself

because I'm so ugly
and so fat,

and I should have
volunteered to eliminate myself

over your elimination.

I don't think
that she encourages that,

but you could have said
I do not agree

with the way you guys
are treating this girl.

Please stop.

I'm really bad
with social media.

I kind of just love
to live my everyday life,

and I don't really like
to be involved

in what people think
or what people are saying.

Girl, you can say that
you're not on social media,

but when
we were in Montreal,

you were on the phone
checking every like,

every follow,
every single thing.

Whether you were reading
the comments verbatim or not,

you knew what was going on.

And also, when we were shooting
the promo for this show,

you said to me, you go,
Shea, I just want to say

if anyone comes for Nina,

I told her that
I will stand up for her,

I will address my fans,
and I will make it all right.

-I'm confused.
-Yeah.

You don't need
to be confused,

and you have lots of opinions
of me tonight, Shea.

There's no reason
to get upset with me.

We're just talking.

No, you're the one
that's upset. I'm not upset.

Do I look upset to you?

Yeah. You've raised
your voice with me.

Listen, this is a lot
for anyone,

especially someone like her
who all of a sudden

has 300,000 and 500,000
followers that are obsessing.

Don't you all understand that
that might be intimidating?

-No! No!
-No! No!

I don't think that that's fair
for you to disconnect

when they're coming after us
so hard.

I'm not--no, excuse me.

Because you know what?
Hold up. I'm sorry.

I need to speak.
I'm not done speaking.

Is there something you'd like
to say to the fans right now?

Yes. I don't agree

with that type of behavior
where it's negative.

I'm very sorry.

Like, I don't want you guys

thinking that I'm okay
with that.

Well, what do you want your
fans to do from here on out?

I want them
to respect you guys.

Thank you.

Because we guys,
we are friends.

In that moment--
I'm going to be honest--

I was disconnected from
everything and everyone

because I myself am trying
to process my elimination.

-Uh-huh.
-I was torn for months.

I was lost.

I know
because you called me.

-I remember.
-I couldn't--

-No, we did talk on the phone.
-I couldn't leave the house.

I couldn't process
the disappointment that I felt

from you saying you could
have gone all the way.

I felt like you'd
stopped believing in me.

I chose
every single one of you girls

to be on this show,

and I have the highest hopes
for all of you.

But this is
a competition reality show.

This is not
RuPaul's Best Friends Race.

And contrary to what's
happening in the world

where everybody gets a trophy
for just showing up,

what we do here is if you
fuck in the challenges,

you're in the bottom two.

If you're in the bottom two,

you're gonna have
to lip sync for your life.

And I don't care how pretty
you are or how old you are,

your ass is gone,

and that's how
the game is played.

-Yeah.
-Right.

There's so much to learn from
my elimination about who I am,

and there's so much that
I want to show now from that.

Although it's not the way
I would have wanted to leave,

it was a darn good episode

and I got
my Telenovela ending.

-[all laugh]
-Oh, my God.

So Valentina, speaking
of Telenovela drama,

Aja had some
pretty choice words for you

after
the princess challenge.

[Nina] What did they say?

[Valentina] Oh, my God.
Some of them--

[Aja] You're perfect,
you're beautiful,

you look like Linda Evangelista,
you're a model.

Did you stone those tights?

Oh, you're smiling.

They eat her up

every single time
she's on that damn stage.

She could walk out there
in a fucking diaper,

and they're like, Valentina,
your smile is beautiful.

[all laugh]

I'm not gonna say
nothing to that.

- Oh bitch.
[all laugh]

Oh, my God.

Valentina,
what'd you think of this?

Oh, I loved it.

I'm currently working
on a number

where I just literally
come out

and just stand there
in a diaper and smile.

[all laugh]

Aja, what was
going on there?

Here's the thing.
If you're in the moment

and you have some
shit to say, say it.

So when Valentina
was getting so much praise

for being this gorgeous,
beautiful model, which she is--

She is.

She's kind of a psycho,
but she's still beautiful.

[all laugh]

And that day
I really had felt like

she didn't deserve
to be in the top,

and I was just over it.

I was like, girl,
and then I, you know,

I don't want to say
I read her.

I just aggressively
complimented her,

and I let her know
how beautiful she was.

[Trinity] You could see
how happy I was.

I was like, yes, girl.

Get her!

Get her, J! Get her!

I think a lot of us
had the feeling

that as you were saying it,

there was a little bit
of the silent amen. Amen.

Oh, yeah.

[Charlie] She's saying
what we're thinking.

[Sasha] We didn't understand

why Valentina was in the top
that challenge.

A lot of us didn't
necessarily appreciate

the charm that Valentina
was conveying on camera

because, to be honest, girl,
you were not making an attempt

to like really get to know us
backstage at that point.

It came on
a little bit later.

Because I wanted to win.

You wanted
to be on the show

because you wanted
to be a star, and you--

I didn't want to be star.

I wanted to show
the star that I am.

You are secretly
one little bitch,

and that's why
I love you now.

But back then, bitch,
I hated you so much.

Me a bitch?

And I was just like, I want
to send this bitch home so bad.

[all laugh]

[RuPaul] What's great about
Drag Race

is even a meltdown can be
turned into a masterpiece.

Take a listen to this
bitch track by Adam Joseph.

♪ You're perfect,
you're beautiful ♪

♪ You look like
Linda Evangelista ♪

♪ You're a model ♪

♪ Oh, you're smiling ♪

♪ Valentina,
your smile is beautiful ♪

[all laugh]

Hey!

You were a little bit difficult
to work with yesterday.

My mind was very set
on Blac Chyna,

and when it was given
to Shea,

I thought it was like
a setup in a way

for me to, like, fail.

What we just heard was that
there was a conspiracy theory

that sounded
more like paranoia.

Some girls here think,
oh, she's not original,

oh, she's not being funny,
she's--

-Who is saying that, Nina?
-You.

What? Bitch, no,
I never said that.

-Yes.
-When did I say that?

You've said it
more than once.

I don't play those games
with you.

I've always looked out
for you.

I have defended you.

So it actually
really hurts my feelings

because
I've never done that.

[slurps]

Wow. Nina,
do you still think

the queens are talking
about you behind your back?

-A little bit.
[Alexis] Oh, girl.

But, I mean,
but we all talk about--

I mean, we--it's what
queens do, I mean, but--

But did you see that the girls
weren't trying to sabotage you?

But the camera
doesn't see everything.

You know, like, everything
isn't seen or shown.

None of us
were out to get you.

In fact, the only time
and the most I spoke about

with you with other girls
was, is Nina okay?

Why does she think
we're coming for her?

She seems like
she's giving up.

That's what was being said.

Is it possible
that you imagined it?

-No.
-It's not possible.

[Trinity] Girl, how many--

Well, then, yeah,
let's talk about it.

Nina, right now, like, I need
you to call them out right now.

Like, we are here
to talk about it.

Call who it is out
that was talking shit.

Well, online you did throw
some light shade

towards Shea Coulee.

You said that she was only nice
to you when the cameras were on.

I think my fan
said that because--

No, no, no.
I'm not gonna do--

No, listen. No, Shea
knows that I joke her about

and stuff
with people online.

But sometimes
the fans can say things

and blow it
out of proportion.

[Shea] There are timestamps,
Nina,

and someone came
to my comments on Instagram,

and they said,
hey, are you aware

that Nina says
that you're two-faced

and you're fake
and you only said things nice

in front in the camera?

And I said, girl, I was
just texting Nina yesterday.

She did not say that,
and she said

that I'm gonna need you
to show some receipts.

And they were like
timestamp, timestamp.

And then you heard me say
that I said

that you were being, like,
fake just for the camera.

-Yeah.
-That I said those words?

Yeah.

I wanna see this.

[Shea] You're throwing me
into the fire

for these fans who, like,
want this, like, drama.

[Nina] No.
[Kimora] I--honestly Nina,

like, I love you,

but my friends follow you,
you know?

And they're just, like,
oh, my God,

Nina Bo'nina Brown's
live right now.

I peeped through
and you were on my YouTube

and you were talking shit
about the way I perform.

You really were.

Oh, girl,
but it was all jokes.

No, but
it ain't about joke

because if it was about joke,
you would say like, haha JK.

-It was a joke.
-But the thing about--no.

But you didn't say JK though,
but you gotta understand--

Do I have to say it,
girl?

Honey, it's a joke.

[RuPaul] Okay, but
so let's turn that around

because if you're saying, oh,
I was only joking with her,

it could be that what you saw
was them only joking about you.

[Nina] Hmm, no.

[RuPaul] You know, turn it
around.

It hurt my feelings

because I had nothing bad
to say about you,

and when I watched Untucked
with you and Shea,

Shea gave you a platform
to step up, to say something.

You didn't say nothing.
You were just like, oh, no,

I heard this, I heard this,
da da da.

But you didn't say who.

So we're here right now,
reunion this,

who here
was talking shit?

Nina, call it out.

-I'm gonna stay quiet.
-Okay, wait a minute.

So now
you want to stay quiet?

Okay, this is
your platform. Let's hear it.

I'm good.

We'll just watch
the live later then.

Yeah, watch
the live videos, please.

Well, listen,
you all know

under the pressure
of this competition,

it's intense,
so all of your inner demons

will come to the surface
and try to nip at you.

And I will say this,
Nina, too.

You know, in my career,

the biggest obstacles
I've ever faced

were my own perceptions
of myself.

And what I do
is counterbalance it

with positive voices
that say, bitch, please.

You are fabulous.
Go for it.

Use what you've got
to get what you want.

Now, not everyone
was upset about the casting.

Alexis, you did
a mean Kris Jenner,

and I'm not the only one
who thinks so.

Take a look.

-Oh, my God!
[Kris] Hey, everybody.

Best season ever,
and the best part

was the Kardashian musical
that I loved.

And Alexis Michelle,
your Kris Jenner was dope.

So have fun, you guys,
and con-drag-ulations.

-[cheering]
-Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

[Eureka] Kimora is ready to stab
you in the throat right now.

[Kimora] I'm so jealous.

-Kimora--
-I'm so jealous.

Don't take this moment
from me.

[all laugh]

That's everything.

This year, our top five queens
threw the gayest ball ever,

but not everyone
was feeling the fantasy.

Let's take a look.

[Trinity] Peppermint
has a great personality.

She has a great personality,

but her looks,
they're just not polished.

[Shea] Alexis need to push
her aesthetic further.

I feel like I could go to
New York and throw a stone

and hit five other queens that
can do exactly what she does.

[Alexis] Sasha's rainbow runway
look, it's very pedestrian.

[Trinity] Cutoff shorts
and a wife beater, really?

Does it look like
a construction worker?

Bitch, no.

[RuPaul] Who deserves to go home
tonight and why?

Alexis Michelle.

[RuPaul] Sasha Velour?

Alexis
did really struggle.

I would have to say Alexis
as well.

Very interesting that they're
not supportive of my look

right now
in front of the judges,

considering they had nothing
to say to me about it

in the workroom.

fucking shady whores.

[RuPaul] Shea and Sasha,

Alexis felt that you
should have given feedback.

Is it a given that you all
give each other feedback?

-No.
-No.

And to be realistic,
there was feedback

that Trinity was giving
to you, Alexis,

that I did not see you
accepting or taking on.

So for me, in this moment,

I was just like,
why waste my breath?

You know, you were very much
so committed to your vision,

and who am I to sit here
and tell you

not to follow your vision?

You know you're stubborn,
don't you?

I'm totally stubborn.
I'm like a bulldog.

But if we're gonna address stuff
that was just said in that clip,

I just want to say, Shea,
I don't disagree with you.

In that ball, I did need to
step up my forward thinking eye,

but, bitch, I challenge you

to find anybody
that can do what I can do.

Nobody can do Alexis Michelle
like Alexis Michelle.

[RuPaul] Sasha, Alexis thought
your looks were pedestrian.

What do you think of that?

I mean,
it's all very ironic

because to my face you were so
encouraging about the outfits,

which is exactly what
you accused us of doing.

[Alexis] What I was
specifically speaking of

was your rainbow look,

which was a turtleneck
and a pencil skirt.

I think that
what makes Sasha Sasha

is how you can put a turtleneck
and a pencil skirt together

and make it look elevated
and artistic and with a message.

Okay. Well, you're
backtracking a little bit now.

[Alexis] All tee, all shade,

the competition
was getting to me. It was.

Now, Peppermint,
how'd you feel

about Trinity saying
your look wasn't polished?

She didn't say it
to my face.

No, no, no.

Yes, I did.
Yes, I did.

I said, I'm gonna be honest
with you that this--

you need to pay attention to
details, and I did say that.

I did say that.

I felt like your garment

was not up to par
to the rest of us.

I actually liked Alexis' outfit
more so than yours.

[RuPaul] All right.

Now, Shea,
Trinity wasn't feeling

your construction worker look.

How do you respond to that?

Well, bitch,
you helped me sew it,

you fucking shady lady.
[all laugh]

-Shady!
-So...

[Trinity] Sabotage right there.

I think I looked like
a construction worker.

Fuck, like--

You do look like
a construction worker.

[all laugh]

Whoo!

Let's take a look at some
never-before-seen moments

with our iconic
guest judges.

Listen, I know that
you've got a plane to catch.

Yeah, sorry.

So I've arranged
for a Ru-ber driver

to take you to the airport.

-Ooh.
[all] Oh!

It's a Ru-ber black.

[all laugh]

I'll follow.

Now, Cheyenne,

just one more question
about the assless chaps.

Yes?

Have you ever worn them,
and you wearing them now?

I have worn them.

They're very freeing.
It feels really good.

Is that footage online?

[Michelle] And would you like to
reenact it in the dressing room?

Done.

[Todrick] If she was able to
somehow figure out a way

to, like, lip sync
without moving--

Her faking was terrible.

The makeup was no.
The dress was no.

-No. [laughs]
-Okay?

Remember when we were
shooting in the Peach Pit

and that--remember
how that candy machine,

there were maggots in it?

-No.
-You never saw the maggots?

In a candy machine?

-Right next to the jukebox.
-Eew.

There was like
a candy machine.

You could put money in
and get candy,

but it was actually
filled with maggots.

I never got any candy.

I was asking Carson
if you had a rib removed

because you are so tiny.

Did you?

Not yet,
but that's on my list.

And when she does, she will
sauté it in a peanut sauce.

[all laugh]

Look at your nails.

Those are fun.

Definitely not
lesbian friendly.

No.

Slicing vulvas
everywhere I go.

Whish!

I'm 22.
I was born in '94.

[RuPaul] '94, yeah.
[Carson] Wow.

I usually
don't say that out loud

because it's met
with an "ugh."

No, I won't
make that noise.

I'll just key your car
in the parking lot.

-That's right.
-Why can't everyone win?

Or why can't everyone go

and we can all
split the money.

-Okay.
-Done.

Ladies, it's time
to turn the tables

and let each of you
judge each other

in a little fashion game
we call "Toot or Boot."

Yes!

[Peppermint] No!
[RuPaul] Yes, yes.

If you like something, toot it.
If you don't, boot it.

All right, starting with
Alexis Michelle's faux fur look.

Cucu, toot or boot?

I have to boot it.

I'm so sorry
for the inconvenience.

[RuPaul] Okay.
Aja, toot or boot?

I have to boot this look.

Your hat looks like
a hairy foreskin.

[all laugh]

And that's a bad thing?

[all laugh]

[RuPaul] All right, up next
is Peppermint's Club Kid look.

Toot or boot,
Kimora Blac?

Super toot.
She looks so sweet.

-[RuPaul] Valentina?
-Ooh, Peppermint, toot!

-[all laugh]
-[RuPaul] Miss Trinity?

An absolute toot.

This is the probably the only
toot I would give Peppermint

during the season.
Sorry, girl.

But I loved it.

-I'll take it.
-[Trinity] I loved it.

[RuPaul] All right. Shea?

It was initially a toot,

but seeing the way
that she sold it

as this nasty little
Lollipop Guild person,

it turned into
a straight up shoot.

[RuPaul] Ooh!
From a toot to a shoot.

[Shea] Shoot.
Yes, from a toot to a shoot.

[RuPaul] Onto the next one,

we have Shea Coulee's
Rainbow She Betta Do.

Toot or boot,
Charlie Hides?

It's a boot for me, Ru.

I don't see anything about that
that says rainbow.

It kind of looks like
gay birds shit on her arm.

[all laugh]

Boot.

Up next we have Sasha Velour's
cowboy-inspired look.

Eureka?

I mean,
being from East Tennessee

where cowboys roam and play
and jig and gig, I was sold.

I literally threw
my fucking phone at the TV

and was, like, Sasha!

-[Eureka] So definite toot.
-[RuPaul] All right. Shea?

I'm gonna
have to say boot.

It's basically a traced top
on a dress form

with a pin in the back.

And I would have
enjoyed to see her

step out the box a little bit
more and challenge herself.

Let's go to Eureka's
hair lobes.

Aah!

Nina Bo'nina?

She reminds me of a big
plus-size match that was lit,

so I'm gonna say toot.

[RuPaul] Toot or boot, Farrah?

Toot, Ru.
I absolutely loved it.

[all laugh]

Loved it, yes.

Y'all, Farrah
just made a very funny joke,

and she delivered it
really beautifully.

Give her a big round
of applause for that.

[cheers and applause]

[snorts]

So, ladies,
last toot or boot.

What do you think about

these gorgeous chairs we're
sitting on from 204 Events?

Because
we got bills to pay.

-[laughs]
-Whoo!

-Ooh, they're beautiful.
-Beautiful?

They're perfect,
they're beautiful.

They look like
Linda Evangelista.

They're modern.
[all laugh]

You're on a roll, bitch.
You're on a roll.

[RuPaul] Toot toot.
-[all laugh]

Now the moment
we've all been waiting for.

Which one of these bitches

have the fans voted
Miss Congeniality?

Will last year's winner,
Cynthia Lee Fontaine,

please step forward?

[Eureka] Yes!

[cheers and applause]

Cynthia!

Cynthia, do you have
any parting words?

To all the fans of
RuPaul Drag Race,

it was a great
and amazing experience.

Thank you
for your love and support.

Now, I have verified
these results,

and I can promise you

that this election was not
hacked by the Russians.

The winner of Miss Congeniality
Season 9 is...

I'm so nervous.

Valentina!

[cheers and applause]

Aw!

Con-drag-ulations.

You've won $5,000
courtesy of Logo.

I dedicate this prize
to my mother.

She taught me to always
be kind and forgiving.

So thank you to her.

Without her, I wouldn't
even be congenial.

What?

Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, no, no, no.

Congenial?

I don't want to be the one,
but I'm gonna be the one.

I just don't feel like

you should be
Miss Congeniality.

Do you have anything to say
to respond to Aja's claim?

I've been kind
to every single one of you,

and I'll continue
to be kind towards success.

Can I say something?

[RuPaul] Sure, go ahead.
[Trinity] Everyone else is.

Well, I finally
want to say something.

Valentina, we literally

did everything together
this whole show.

We were such close friends,

and you literally
have not spoken to me

in almost five months,

and I really miss my friend,

and it really hurts my feelings
that you have not spoken to me.

I respect you
and love you.

-You don't love me.
-[gasps]

If I was
a real friend to you,

you would not
have just dropped me.

Farrah Moan,
if you want a friendship,

text me, call me,
let's talk about it.

I have texted you.
You ignore my texts.

I've responded.

You finally responded to me
when you got eliminated,

and I texted you and said
are you okay, and you said yes.

Okay.
Let's talk about it.

I would really love to,
but it seems like

you don't have any time
or really any desire.

Like, you are clearly not
focused on anybody but yourself,

and fan favorite,
yeah, great.

Like, you have a lot of fans,
your fans love you.

But is it fan favorite
or is it congeniality?

-It's fan favorite.
-If it's fan favorite,

then I guess
she deserves it.

Then we should call it
Fan Favorite.

But congeniality?
I just don't see it.

Yeah. Fan Favorite,
congratulations.

Everyone, let's make a round
of applause for Fan Favorite.

Work, Fan Favorite!

-Fan Favorite!
-Fan Favorite!

[cheers and applause]

All right.
Well, the ladies

have changed
the title of the award,

but the cash
is still in U.S. currency.

Thank you.

Wait, I have something
to say, too.

You have something to say?
[laughs]

All right, go ahead
and say it, yeah.

[Trinity] Valentina,
on the show,

I thought you only thought
about yourself,

which is partially true.

-What isn't true?
-But--

Farrah Moan,
just shut up already.

But regardless of what
anybody thinks about you,

you are Fan Favorite,

and that's the true winner
of the season.

Aah!

You see what you did,
girl?

I ain't got nothing
to say about that.

[RuPaul] All right, ladies.

Now it's time for some
major breaking news.

Next week
at the grand finale,

for the first time
in Drag Race herstory,

the top four queens
will have to compete

in a sudden death lip sync
smackdown for the crown.

This season proved

that lip syncs have never
been more important.

So ladies,
don't fuck it up.

This is your last chance
to let me know

who you want to be crowned
America's next drag superstar.

Are you #TeamPeppermint,

#TeamSasha,

#TeamShea,

or #TeamTrinity?

Get posting
on all your social media,

and let me know.

This is a finale
you do not want to miss.

Ladies, thank you
for making Season 9

the biggest season ever,

and I'll see everyone here
next week

for the grand finale of
RuPaul's Drag Race.

Now, if you can't
love yourself,

how in the hell you gonna
love somebody else?

Can I get a amen
up in here?

-Amen!
-Amen!

All right, Amen.
Now let the music play.

♪ Hey, kitty girl ♪

♪ It's your world ♪

♪ When you walk the street
steppin' to the beat ♪

♪ Hey, kitty girl ♪

♪ Get your twirl ♪

♪ Hey, kitty, kitty girl ♪

♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪

♪ Yeah, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, kitty girl ♪

♪ It's your world ♪

♪ When you walk the street
steppin' to the beat ♪

♪ Hey, kitty girl ♪

♪ Get your crown ♪

♪ In the disco heat ♪

♪ You're the boogie
body-rockin' queen ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Kitty kitty,
Hey, here kitty kitty ♪

♪ Hey, kitty kitty, yeah ♪

♪ Ahh, yeah, whoa-oh-oh ♪