RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2010–…): Season 11, Episode 11 - One-Queen Show - full transcript

[Lashauwn Beyond] This is not
RuPaul's Best Friend Race!

[Laganja Estranja]
I feel very attacked!

[Vanessa Vanjie Mateo]
I was trying to be cordial with you.

[Silky Nutmeg Ganache] If I would have
lip-synced for my life today, bitch,

I was ready to do so!

-[upbeat music playing]
-[RuPaul] 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.

[intense music playing]

[male crew member] That's a break
on the main stage! All cameras repo.

[RuPaul] Thank you, ladies.



Now, while you untuck backstage...

the judges and I will deliberate.

You may leave the stage.

[intense music playing]

[Crystal] I am in heaven right now.

I had the audience laughing
the entire time, non-stop!

I cannot believe that I...
did what I did!

I'm so speechless.

It's everything I wanted.

And more!

[Jaida] It's really hard
when you are closing the show.

Everybody in the middle
could be hilarious,

and they need you to match
that same energy,

and even though I tried
to work hard as I could,



the end is a bad position,

and I knew
that it was gonna bite me in my ass.

I'mma have to do what I have to do
to prove to the judges

that I deserve to still be here.

Ready to lock those down.

[male crew member] Go ahead.

[male crew member]
All right, guys, here we go.

-Oh, child, child, child, child.
-Girls.

All right, ladies.

-[distorted voice] Girls!
-Gals! Girls!

[Sherry] Yes, girls!

-Ooh!
-Cocktail!

-[Heidi] I'm down.
-I don't think that's gonna work.

-[grunts]
-[Heidi] You so difficult, Jackie.

-[laughs]
-How is everybody feeling?

[suspenseful music playing]

As a top...

I will have to say
I'm bottoming this week.

[all laugh]

[Sherry] I am incredibly sorry.

I don't know how much time passed,

-I don't-- That blew my mind.
-[Heidi] Long-winded Sherry, honey.

I was enjoying it, but I was like,
"Oh, my God, this is taking a long time."

-Like, a really long time.
-Sorry.

[Jaida] It is what it is.

It like... It just didn't--
It didn't work.

And it didn't work.

That's just really it.

-You know.
-[Sherry] Yeah.

At the beginning of this competition,
I was at the top,

and just last week I was at the top,

and now I find myself in the bottom.

There's so few girls,
all it takes is one mistake

and you're out the door.

All I can just feel is, like,
just... disappointment.

[Gigi] I feel really good

because of the positive critiques
that they gave me.

So, I'm kinda riding on, like,
a strange high,

but I also know that the bottoms
of the week are me and Heidi,

-and Jaida.
-Mm-hmm.

I think, like, me and Heidi
received such different critiques

that it's so hard to tell which of us...

[stutters] I don't want to say
failed more?

-[laughs]
-[Gigi] I-- I mean, really, it's like--

neither of us-- and neither of us
completely tanked it.

-[Gigi] Either.
-[Heidi] Yeah.

Right now I'm not feeling too confident.

I'm...

just concerned
that I'm not showing exactly

what the judges have been
asking to see from me.

So...

if I end up in the bottom two
and end up having to lip-sync this week...

I cannot go home.

I'm here to claw my way to the top
and get the crown in this competition.

We received such very different critiques,
I don't even know, like,

which one of us is gonna end up
being in the bottom.

Well, and of the three of you...

I've heard all of the judges say...

so many amazing things
about all three of you.

It's gonna be very difficult

for them to actually send one of you home.

-[Sherry] Yeah.
-Baby.

[Sherry] I just feel bad.

Mostly for Jaida.

[Jackie] Miss Jaida...

I get that you're annoyed
you had to go last,

but someone had to go last.

[dramatic music playing]

I mean, I get that, but...

But what?

I'm not saying anything.

[Jackie] Girl, stop.

I didn't throw you under the bus.

-Did you choose to go last?
-[Jaida] No.

-[RuPaul] So, Jackie assigned you last?
-Yes.

Jaida's had a rough night,

so, in the moment we're onstage,

I'm not gonna say anything,

but backstage,
I'm gonna ask her about this.

I did say, like, "I would like to go
second or third,"

and then I got placed last.

But then you also say,
"I could go, you know, last--"

No, obviously,
you know that is not a fact.

That is obviously not a fact.

[Jackie] Jaida's denying
that she ever volunteered

to be last.

And we need to roll back those tapes

because she clearly said
that she would go last.

I wouldn't mind going,
like, second or third.

I'm with Jaida, I wanna go
kind of in the beginning.

I just don't wanna close the show,
I'll tell you that.

Jaida, I know you didn't, like,
want to be last...

I mean, I don't care at this point.

If it's gonna be funny,
bitch is gonna be funny.

All right, Jaida--
Jaida signed up for it.

Speak now, 'cause I don't want

people to come back and tell me
things were shady later.

I did not want to go last,

but when everybody else had--
already had positions,

it didn't matter if I go last

'cause I really
don't have a choice in the say,

so it really didn't matter.

Girl, you offered to go in that spot.

Either she has selective memory,

or she's just trying to blame
this performance on me.

It's not my fault she's in the bottom.

It's not my fault she went last.

Don't be coming for me,
saying that I assigned this to you.

And I even gave you a chance
to object at the end of it all.

I'm not, like, mad at you,
I just thought maybe, like,

you were mad at me.

Now I feel like you're, like,
trying to make it a thing,

I'm just-- I just told you now
I did not choose to go last,

but I was last.

Okay.

Girl. Come on now, baby.

You know for a fact that I didn't want
to have to close the show,

I wanted to go more towards the middle,
but the thing is...

nobody wanted to close the show,

and I got stuck. And you know that.

I mean, I think they loved a lot of things
about what you did.

Bitch, I don't think so.

Heidi, how are you feeling?

I feel, you know...

I feel good.

Making it so close to the end,

will sting if I don't make it

-to that very end.
-Yeah.

But, you know, I've lasted longer
than what y'all thought,

-especially this one.
-[laughs] Okay, bitch.

You think that Heidi N'Closet
is your weakest competition?

Um, just based off first impressions.

And-- Heidi, what do you say to that?

Fuck all them bitches.

-Oh.
-[all laugh]

I didn't know you, bitch.

-[queens laugh]
-I know!

Oh, I knew her week one,
and I... had my doubts.

[queens laugh]

I've shown what this little town
country girl can do.

Bitch!

[Heidi] Me and Jaida
have grown really close since

the initilation of... "Initilation"?

What's this? [laughs] What is this?

"Initilation"!

That's not a word. [laughs]
That's not a word.

Since the very beginning
of our premiere,

and throughout this whole competition,

I really wanted to prove to Jaida

that I belong here and I deserve my spot.

And, you know, I did that.

There's no shame at this point
in whatever may happen.

-Crystal, you have this win.
-Yeah.

You guys!

-[Crystal] Thank you.
-I had no idea you could do that.

[Sherry] I hope you do that show--

You guys, I don't even know--

It was, like, such an outrageous idea,

and, like, going in, when Ru, like,
did not understand it at first,

he was like, "You're
gonna be a male stripper?"

And I was like, "Yes."

-[Heidi laughs]
-[Crystal] And I just knew

that I had to be really, really weird.

It just felt really good to be out there,

like, acting a fool in front of people.

And...

Yeah, you guys,
I haven't won anything yet,

and I'm just really happy
and really excited.

[Crystal] For such a long time,

the other girls may not have always
seen me as a full threat

because they think I'm just goofy,
and underestimate me a little bit.

I am weird, but I'm a serious competitor,

and I can do this,
and I can win this competition.

I think what's amazing about you, Crystal,
is, I think those first few weeks,

-is they saw your make-up as a mask.
-Yeah.

[Jackie] And as they got to know you,

I think they got to see the person
that lives through the mask.

-You know, like...
-Yeah.

You basically changed their entire mind
around what Crystal is.

[Sherry] Jackie, how are you feeling?

In this critique I saw that big smile
break over Ru's face,

and she said, "I fell in love with you."

I finally was able to show her
who I am, and...

That's all-- You know,
just like you, Crystal,

like, that's all I've wanted to do
this whole time...

-[Crystal] Yeah.
-...is, like, finally show them

who I really am.

But it's so much easier said than done.

[gasps]

-Oh, wow!
-[Crystal] Oh, no!

-[Jaida] Oh, my God.
-Hi.

-We get more time with you?
-Oh, my Gosh, stop!

[squeals] It's Whoopi!

-Hey, baby. Hey.
-Hi.

Workshopping with Whoopi,
it was like a masterclass in comedy.

-Hello, darling.
-Hello.

[Heidi] She was dropping
nuggets of wisdom,

basic things you could live your life by,
and it's amazing,

and I didn't expect to see her here.

Hello!

I love it, I love it.

Can I just say that I wish
you were here every week.

The things you have said to each of us.

Can you, please?

Listen, here's the thing...

you all know so much more
than you realize that you know.

And the only thing I was saying
to anybody is, you know...

there are always gonna be people
you think are funnier than you.

Or more attractive than you,
or smarter than you.

The question is, are they gonna
stop you from being you?

Yeah.

Even if somebody is really, really funny,

or a really, really great actor,
or a really, really great performer,

-doesn't preclude you from being as good.
-Yeah.

[emotional music playing]

And that's what you always have
to carry with you.

It's not that they're better,
they're as good.

-You are as good.
-Okay.

Put yourself here, and not here.

Never start yourself down here.

Everybody else will do that for you.

They'll try to put you down here.

Always walk up this way.

In the light, with your head up.

-And a "fuck you" on your lips.
-[queens laugh]

You know, you're not taking me down.
Nothing's taking me down.

Not you, not anybody else.

Except me.

If I'm gonna go down...

I'm gonna do it myself.

But I'm not gonna let you do it.

It won't necessarily always make
people wanna be your friend...

[laughs]

[Whoopi] But if that's okay with you...

then you can be an individual.
And it's fantastic.

-Sometimes lonesome, but fantastic.
-[laughs]

[Crystal] Oh, my God.

I wish that I could spend
every day with Whoopi

because she's so smart.

I wish that I could call her up

and ask her advice
on every life decision that I make.

She is so wise. Wow. [chuckles]

Just watching everything
that you did tonight,

all the things that I know
you went back and thought about...

it was just-- It was magnificent.

You know, you can have
these conversations with pros,

and they will never listen.

They'll always do it the way they think
they should do it.

And that's the gorgeous part
of everything that I saw tonight.

You're not afraid of it.

-It was just heaven to watch.
-[queens] Thank you.

[Whoopi] Every one of you.
Every one of you. And...

You know, I see the show,
and it's fantastic.

You know, my family's here, and... and...

They're all devotees.

See, they're all over there and stuff.

-Aww.
-Thank you guys for coming.

-Hi, family.
-Fucking Gary.

-Fucking Gary!
-[Heidi] Gary.

-It's Gary.
-[queens laughing]

[Jaida] The one in the distressed denim?

I'm gonna buy you a new jacket.

-[queens laugh]
-On the floor.

-On the floor. Fuck you, Gary.
-[laughs]

I think I'm gonna watch
everything you're saying on repeat

-or make an audio recording.
-[Crystal] Yeah.

-To have it in my ear forever.
-[Crystal] Seriously.

I wanna carry around, like,
words of wisdom from Whoopi

in my pocket.

The only words of wisdom
from me to you that you ever need...

is...

what's the most important thing?

Most important thing is,

I give it my all and do my best.

That's it.

And that's from my mom to you all.

-[gasps]
-Give it your all.

-[Gigi] Wow. Thank you.
-And do your best.

Yeah, she was pretty cool.
I liked her a lot.

-[some queens chuckle]
-I liked her a lot.

-[Gigi] Joel, please don't do this to us.
-Five minutes.

-[Gigi] Five more minutes.
-[Jackie] Do not--

Queens, sorry.

-Do not take her away from us.
-[Joel] Whoopi, I got to take you away.

Say goodbye, queens. Sorry.

-Thank you for today.
-[Sherry] Thank you.

-[Heidi] Thank you.
-[Whoopi] So kind.

Thanks for giving me permission
to be myself.

[Whoopi] Yes. Fly!

Fuck 'em.
They all want you to walk. Fly!

-Yes!
-[queens cheer]

Queens, you got two minutes.

-Two minutes, queens.
-[Heidi] Two?

-Are you shitting me?
-[Heidi] Really?

Oh, God.

[intense music playing]

[Jaida] I'm worried right now because...

I've worked really,
really hard to be here,

and at this point
it would be so sad to see

all of that hard work
go right out the window.

My dream is to win this competition...

so, whatever I have to do
to stay in this competition,

I'm gonna do it.

[Heidi] I can see the writing on the wall.

I'm gonna be lip-syncing.

But... I'm gonna show you that I'm here
for a reason, regardless of...

if this is my fourth time in the bottom,

if this is my eighth time in the bottom.

Whoever I'm lip-syncing against,

they can have wigs on wigs on wigs
on wigs on costume changes...

I don't care.

They are going to remember who Heidi is.

All right, queens,
please follow me to the runway.

-[Jackie] Jaida.
-[Joel] Come on over.

-[Jackie] I love you.
-[Jaida] Love you, too.

-[Gigi] You're incredible.
-[Jaida] Thank you.

[RuPaul] Welcome back, ladies.

Heidi.

Jaida Essence Hall.

The time has come...

for you to lip-sync...

for... your...

life.

Jaida Essence Hall.

Shantay, you stay.

[snorts]

[RuPaul] My dear Heidi...

No more hiding in closets.

[Michelle] Yeah!

Thank you all so much
for seeing something in me,

even when I didn't see
something in myself.

[cries]

[RuPaul]
You are a superstar.

Now, sashay away.

-[queen] Heidi!
-[queens cheer]

[sobs]

-[emotional music playing]
-[continues sobbing]

[Heidi] I don't want to leave.

But...

I'm proud of this journey.

Yes, it's hard getting...

so close, and feeling like...

you didn't have enough to get there.

But...

there's just so much more
in the future to...

to look forward to, you know,
this isn't the end for Heidi.

This is actually the beginning.

And you know what? I can go out

still happy about everything.

[tsks] Oh, what's-- Ooh!

[softly] Gigi.

The one that called me ugly, mind you.

Mm-hmm.

"Dearest Heidi,
you have so much star quality.

Ru fucking told you straight up.

I see such a light in you,

and I really hope you have
no ill will towards me

for dumb things from the past.
So much love.

Gigi."

Of course I don't hold
anything against you.

I feel good with what I accomplished here.

I exceeded all my expectations

of what I thought going into this
I was going to be able to do.

But I-- I am disappointed
that I didn't get to that finish line,

I was so close, you know?

It's literally, like, right in your grasp,
and it gets taken away.

Oh! My Leslie Jones hair, yeah!

Oh! Y'all can't take my Leslie Jones.

I've changed a lot
since being here, like,

before coming here, I never did comedy,

I've never done a lot of things
coming into this competition,

and it really opened my eyes,
and it showed me I can do...

these things that I was
either afraid to do,

or didn't think
that I was capable of doing.

I believe in myself now,
and I'm a completely changed person.

I really look forward to seeing
what I can bring into the future.

So it's-- It's just like
the beginning of a new journey.

Oh, I can't wait.

[sighs]

Heidi's not done just yet.

Maybe you'll see me again.

Maybe.

I'm proud of this journey.

I had to do things
I've never done before.

I had to come out of my comfort zone,

and I bared it all out there, you know.

No, I may not be in that Top 5,
I may not be in that Top 4,

but I'm a winner, baby.

Pretty clean.

And you know what? You're gonna have
to keep your eyes open,

'cause there's so much more to see.

It doesn't matter who you are
or where you're from,

you can be fabulous and a star, too.

Mwah! Love, everyone!

Bye!

Back to the 'Seur!

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