RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2010–…): Season 11, Episode 12 - Viva Drag Vegas - full transcript

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

[Laganja] I feel very attacked!

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

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

I was ready to do so!

[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.

[dramatic music playing]

[male crew member]
That's a break on the main stage.

All cameras repo.



[RuPaul] You're all just fabulous.

While you untuck backstage,
the judges and I will deliberate.

You may leave the stage.

[Jaida] Getting this far
in the competition means...

that I can absolutely make the top four.

It would hurt like hell
to know that you were so close

to getting your dream
and it's not coming true.

And, bitch, I'm not finna go home
without the crown.

[Jackie] I've been
in the top and in the bottom,

but I haven't won anything,

so I feel like I'm a little bit
of the underdog going into this.

But I think I should be in the top four.

I think I've shown growth in a way
that some of the other girls haven't.

And knowing what we've known
about past finales,



if it goes down the same way,

then we're walking into the top four
with a completely blank slate.

It's still anyone's game.

[female crew member]
Cut Untucked cameras.

[male crew member]
Untucked cameras rolling.

Marker.

-[female crew member] Ready.
-[male crew member] Queens walking.

[female crew member]
Queens walking.

[sighing]

-Oh, my gosh.
-[exhales deeply]

-[Sherry] Final Untucked.
-[queen sighs]

-[Jaida] Final countdown.
-[Gigi] The last one.

-[Jaida] Oh, Lord.
-[Jackie] Girls.

-Cheers, you guys.
-[Jaida] Cheers.

-[queen cries out]
-Bittersweet.

-[laughter]
-[Gigi] The bitter end.

[laughter]

How are y'all feelin'?

I really don't know how it's gonna go,

but I will say,
regardless of who lip-syncs,

-I feel like we all are winners.
-Oh, yeah.

[Jackie] And they said
we made it hard on them once again

which has been...
We've done that a few times this...

How many t--
Yeah, I can't count that many times.

...during this competition.

[Jaida] And you also know
what is really crazy?

We started out this challenge

in the first number
"Baby, I Made It" in our opening look.

♪ Baby, I made it ♪

♪ I made it ♪

♪ I see the runway right out the door ♪

♪ Baby, I made it ♪

♪ I made it ♪

♪ This is the moment I've waited for ♪

♪ I-I-I-I-I made it ♪

It was like, kind of like, so weird
because when we walked in that Werk Room,

it was like, "Oh, my god,
I made it to RuPaul's Drag Race," right?

-Yeah.
-[Jaida] And then we do this number

in that look and it's like,
"Baby, I made it to the top five."

-Like...
-[Crystal] Yeah.

[Gigi] That's crazy.
I mean, not any one of us

can say that we haven't grown so much.

Yeah.

Was it weird getting back into that look?

It was weird because
I didn't feel like that girl anymore.

Yeah.

-[Jackie] Do you know what I mean?
-Yeah.

I walked in here being like,
"Oh, I'm, like, a little, like, princess"

and like "la-la-la."

I was almost, like, feeling my Jan-tasy.

I feel like I've kinda left
that girl behind a little bit and...

hopefully I'm a little realer than
that girl who walked in that first day.

Yeah.

At least I have
more of an understanding of who I am.

Yeah.

Girls always say you don't know
what it's like till you're inside of here,

-but it's not...
-Honey.

It's not like it's just so crazy.

That's not really
what I've gotten out of this.

It just made you look inside
so much more

than you ever thought
you needed to do.

Like, I thought I had
most of who I am figured out,

but I'm just trying-- I feel like
I'm learning so much, you know?

Even this week I'm learning more.

I've learned a lot over the last
however many weeks in this competition.

Being myself,
being unafraid of being larger than life,

not getting too in my head,

not being too cerebral,

but still honoring who I really am
and where I come from.

And I did more
than I thought was possible.

I surprised even myself
in this competition.

I deserve to go all the way to the end.

I have no idea, actually,
who's in the bottom at this point.

[stammering] I mean, I couldn't tell you
who got the worst critiques.

We all got little things that they
kind of dinged us on here and there,

and I think they just said them
because at this point they've said

that they're splitting hairs, you know?

This is the first time Ru has ever said

this is the strongest group of girls,
and she keeps saying iconic.

Like, when has she ever
called an entire group of girls

standing on that stage "iconic"?

You're all so good.

Each of you
on this stage tonight, i-co-nic.

I can't say enough
about you girls, honestly.

I just, I'm a big, big fan. I really am.

You're all fantastic.

I was gagged, honey, I was like,
"Oh, my god."

[laughing]

But we don't know
how the judges will handle it,

we don't know, like,
how they will deliberate.

I don't know.

Obviously, like, I hope
it comes down to track record

-and, like, runway and everything.
-[laughing]

[Gigi] Just-- I mean, obviously, because
I've done very well in this competition.

Ultimately, whether it does or not,
don't get in my way.

-[Gigi] Buttfuck you all.
-Ah!

I'm just kidding.

I was like, "Oh!"

So, say it is track record and,

I mean, does anybody hope it does?

Is anybody, like, nervous if it does?

[Crystal] Um, I guess I don't know.

-I feel like my "record" is this.
-[Jaida] Yeah.

-Yeah.
-I'm like, is that good?

Well, that's the thing, it's that
track record is such a loose thing.

[Jaida] Yeah.
Crazy 'cause track record could be

like, "Oh, my god,
they won so many challenges,"

and, like, and for me and Gigi,
we both won, like,

a challenge that was about esthetics,

-a challenge that was about comedy...
-Yeah.

...we won a challenge
that was about acting,

so you can say
"Oh, they're really well-rounded,"

but that doesn't necessarily mean
that because you've won challenges,

that that to the judges
is what is the best track record.

That's the thing is track record is,
like, a very loose term.

-Like you said, yours is a very gradual...
-Yeah, like--

...bottom to top, which is essentially
what they're looking for

if you started in the bottom.

Personally, I feel like
I kind of started up here

and then towards the end
it kind of, like, got a little rocky

and then I'm, you know, it came back up.

But we've all hit
high notes and low notes.

I mean, let's be honest, I'm the only one
here without a maxi challenge win,

so if track record is something
they're looking at-- which makes sense.

I mean, we're crowning
America's next drag superstar,

so I understand
if track record comes in there,

and my track record's been like this,

like, I've been in the top so many times
and never clinched to that win.

I think the judges have been surprised
that I have the tenacity that I do,

that I've been able to, like, claw myself
out of the bottom multiple times.

But that's what brings it back to, like,

it's been very clear
that when you've hit a low point,

you've worked harder than anybody else
to dig yourself out of that,

and that doesn't go unnoticed.
You know, it's like...

I think we keep forgetting that, like,

he personally picked
every single one of us to be here.

-Yeah.
-Like, that's nuts.

How many girls auditioned for this shit?
My god.

And I think that the reason
that we're the top five is only because

we delivered on the potential that he saw.

-Yeah.
-[Jaida] For sure.

[Sherry] We each have
our own strength, right?

And like,
your strength is why you're here.

I think tonight I really spent more time
in that make up mirror than I ever do.

You know, I spent more time
working on that dance.

Like, I skinned my hand
working on it in the hotel room

just 'cause I was like,
"I need to make sure that I show Jamal

that I can be sexy when I dance."

You know, coming off
of the Rusical last time, so...

If I'm in the bottom two,
like, I'm gonna claw my way

back into the top four again, you know?

[cocktail bubbling]

I know I'm coming at this
in a little bit of an underdog position.

I'm just fighting to be
the best version of myself.

[dramatic music playing]

-This is our last Untucked.
-Hmm.

I think a fun game that we should play

is our favorite moment of Untucked.

-Yay.
-[Jackie] I'll go first.

-No, I wanna go first.
-[mimicking Heidi] Fuck you. Fuck you.

Fuck you.
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.

And fuck you.

-Okay, that was really close.
-Oh, was that not your favorite?

-[Sherry] But that's not mine.
-[laughing]

My favorite Untucked moment
was when I sat right there next to Whoopi.

-[Gigi] Oh, that was...
-Oh, my god.

Always walk up this way.

In the light, with your head up.

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

Everything she said
was like, I was like,

"How do I store this in my brain forever?"

-It was, like, such good advice.
-[Jaida] You know what?

Funniest moment was
when Leslie Jones came in here,

then out of nowhere, she just was like,
"That's a ugly-ass shoe."

Trust and believe.
I'mma throw these shoes away.

Can you sign one first, though?

Can you sign this ugly-ass shoe?

-[laughing]
-I do wanna sign those shoes.

Can I get a pen?
Can I get a pen or a marker?

[screaming]

[Leslie] I'm signing
the shit out of this shoe.

[screaming and laughing]

Widow Von'Du, Minnie Mouse, yellow shoe.

I was like, gag!

I'm like, I thought we were
here for fun and cocktails.

-[laughing]
-But, bitch, bring on the laughs.

And then, I feel like my favorite moment
definitely when AOC came back here.

The people who change what people think

are artists and drag queens.

It starts with you.

I mean, you're patriots.

You are.

You are.

I mean, like, right now in the world,
like, what is happening, like...

Somebody who is so important and so busy

-would take time to come and see us...
-[Crystal] Yeah.

Child, sickening.

All right, since Jan isn't here
and our large button is gone...

[Jaida] Let me grab it for you.

...I will now waddle over
to the mini button.

-[Crystal] Yeah, bring it over.
-Trade of the season.

-[queen] Yes!
-You're strong, Jaida.

-[Sherry] Come on, trade of the season.
-Strong trade. [straining]

What was our shadiest-- What do you think
was the shadiest moment in Untucked?

Each one of our shadiest moments. Go.

[shady rattlesnake sound]

The shadiest moment for me
was when Brita asked us

who did we think would be in the bottom.

And I was going to tell Aiden,
I thought she would be in this position,

but then her performance was good
and she started going off on everybody.

-[laughing]
-Bitch didn't let me have it.

-[Jaida] When did I come for you?
-Let her finish, let her finish.

Let me finish.

I-- I mean,
I just got completely interrupted.

I have been taking it from all directions.

Everybody in this competition been
taking it from all different directions.

[Aiden] You all have been
calling out my name this entire time.

Aiden, Aiden, Aiden,
Aiden, Aiden, Aiden, Aiden.

We just--
We are having a conversation,

and had you not
interrupted me so rudely,

I would have been able to finish
my statement like I was going to.

I'm like, "Bitch, wait a minute."

-[laughing]
-[Jaida] No, ma'am.

Shadiest moment's
when Gigi said Heidi was ugly.

[screaming]

You're a sickening performer,
but they've told you week after week

that you have to improve on your face.

[pressing the button vigorously]

-[laughing]
-Yes.

The shadiest moment for me
was when Sherry and Jackie came back

and read everybody's
Snatch Game performances, bitch.

Now, that was shady, bitch.

Pop-pop.

This is the challenge that we all
had the most time to prepare for.

We have known that this is coming.

That was shady. Sherry and I
were a little shady in that moment.

-Listen...
-[laughing]

[Jackie] Joel.

[Gigi] Joel is our
special guest in Untucked.

Five minutes.

-Five minutes.
-[cheering]

[Gigi] Come sit with us.

[Jackie] Come here, Joel.

The shadiest moment is when Joel
always comes and takes people away.

-[Joel] Go tuck, go tuck.
-[Jackie] Shadiest moment.

[Joel] You got five minutes, go get ready.

-[laughing] He's running away.
-Joel, never leave us.

[somber music playing]

[Jackie] I'm proud of myself,
I'm proud of what I've done.

I pushed through,
and I did more than I thought I could.

I've shown that I can stay standing.

And I'm still here.

It takes charisma,
uniqueness, nerve, and talent

to be America's next drag superstar.

But it also takes nerd.

It do take nerd.

[Crystal] This competition
has been really hard on me,

but each week I feel like I really

pushed myself outside
my comfort zone and...

proved to myself
that I could do anything and...

this could be my last chance

to prove to the judges
that I have what it takes.

I can't fuck this up.

All right, queens.
Let's head to the runway, please.

[Sherry] Let's have a little,
like, final moment in Untucked.

-What about an energy circle, Sherry?
-An energy circle, yes.

-Like, we hold hands.
-[Sherry] Yes.

I'll start. I love you guys.

Mm, I love you all.

Good luck to all of us because
no matter what happens,

we all worked really hard to be here.

-I'm so proud of all of us.
-[queens] Yeah.

I'm gonna squeeze Crystal's hand,
then we'll just keep it going

until it's, like, just
a bunch of squeezing. Ready?

-[Sherry] Okay, squeeze.
-Go.

[queen whispering] Oh, squeeze, oh.

Faster.

What is-- Wh-- What the hell?
Ow, what is this?

[Sherry] God, it's not that hard, Jaida.

I'm supposed to squeeze her hand, right?
She is squeezing mine!

-[laughing]
-Release control!

Jaida's fingers audibly cracked.

Maybe I have too much energy
for this energy circle.

[Sherry] We worked really
fucking hard, girls.

[Gigi] We're here.

-Oh, my gosh.
-[cheering]

Love you. Sorry
I broke your hand, Jaida.

-[Jaida] Thanks a lot, Jackie.
-[Sherry] Back to work.

[Jaida] Didn't know
your own strength, I see.

[crew member] Ready, queens?

[tense music playing]

[RuPaul echoing] Welcome back, ladies.

Jackie Cox and Crystal Methyd...

this is your last chance to impress me

and move on to the grand finale,

season 12 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

The time has come for you to lip-sync...

for your life!

I've made my decision.

Crystal, shantay, you stay.

[normal voice] Jackie Cox.

My dear, your Drag Race
journey ends here,

but your life in the world's spotlight
has just begun.

Now, sashay away.

[Jackie] I have these two voices
that are always in my head

telling me opposite things
that have led me to this place.

I know how hard it is for any of us
when we get in our heads

and think we can't do something.

And I feel like
I've pushed myself past that,

so the fact that
it wasn't enough is hard.

It's hard to think that this is the end,
even when you know that you...

exceeded your own expectations.

[sighs]

Hello, Werk Room,
for the last time.

Aah!

Oh, my god, so much makeup to pack.

[sighs]

When I walked in here,

I thought I knew everything about myself.

I thought I knew exactly
the challenges I was gonna slay.

I think I learned that...

nothing in life is guaranteed and...

you may be on top one week
and in the bottom the next.

And I think I learned that...

I...

have a lot more
of a fighting spirit than I knew,

and that I'm not afraid of that fight.

[grunting] All right,
let's get this stuff in my bags.

Okay.

I dealt with a lot of
family issues while I was here.

And I think I've really
made peace with a lot of what...

had been bothering me
for so long about things that...

my mom had said, but I know
how much she loves me,

and that's what gives me hope,
that she'll see that

just because my life ended up completely
differently than what she imagined,

that I'm okay and I'm making good choices

and that I have people in my life
who care about me,

and I'm gonna achieve
everything I want to with my life.

[sighs]

My god.

As upsetting as this is, I'm...

still so proud.

And it feels amazing to find this fighter
within myself that I didn't know I had.

Goodbye, Werk Room.

I'll see you again.

I can go out without any regrets.

I'm leaving this competition
with amazing new friends,

with skills I didn't know I had,

with words of wisdom from people
I've admired my whole life

and with the knowledge that...

the only thing that's ever
held me back is myself.

So, as long as I get out of my own way,
I can do anything I want with this.

All right, America.

It's your turn. Time to vote.

And I'm talking about in November.
Go out and vote, people.

[kisses] I love you.

I'll miss you. Bye! [kisses]

♪ I am American, American, American ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ Red, white, and blue ♪

♪ I am American, American, American ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ Just like you, too ♪

♪ Am-Am-Am-Am-Am-American
American, American ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ Red, white, and blue ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ Just like you, too ♪