Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Reunion - full transcript

[RuPaul] Ten painters,
three judges, 500 brushes,

two hundred pasties,
thongs, wigs,

and more colors
than mother nature herself,

and tonight we aren't holding
anything back

as we discuss and relive

some of the most talked-about
moments of the show.

This is the season one
Skin Wars "Reunion".

[electronic music]

[cheers and applause]

Hey!
It's good to see you all again.

Let's hear it for
our Skin Wars champion, Natalie.



[cheers and applause]

Now, kids, we've got a lot
to get in tonight,

so let's get it started.

Natalie, after a long,
hard-fought season,

you are our champion.

At what point did you know
you were going to win?

When the girls turned around
and my name was written on the back.

[laughter]

And what was going through your head
when you heard your name called?

I think everything just went
kind of blurry,

and I just kind of fell into
Shannon's arms, and she caught me,

and the next thing I knew,
I was back in Oregon.

It was all just a big whirlwind.

Well, everyone's dying to know,



what are you gonna do
with the money?

-[laughs]
-Or have you already spent it?

Well, there's probably
a lot of debt collectors,

like, jumping for joy, you know?

There's a little bit of stuff
that I've got to take care of first.

And then I have some big art projects
I would like to do next year.

So did anyone else think
that Natalie was going to win?

-Over here. Really?
-Liars!

Oh, no, I'm not lying.
I'm straight up.

I knew you were gonna win.
I felt that way.

What made you think
that she was gonna win?

Because she's so creative
from the start, and it's just--

The things that she came up with--

Like, who comes up with
a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

-I'm like, "why?"
-Wha--

[laughter]

-La La La La
-You know, you're so--

I mean, like, look at some
of the art she did,

like those wine bottles--
I mean, phenomenal.

And, Felle, you thought
that she was gonna win.

It got to the point
where I was like, "Damn.

Like, she's not running out
of creative ideas."

And after a while, I thought
some kind of pressure

or stress or something
would get to her,

and she never folded,
never, not once.

She, honestly,
was at the top of her game

the whole, you know, competition.

And once I realized I was gone,

you know, I looked at Natalie,

and I said, you know,
"You can do it."

[RuPaul] I love it.

Now, this season
had a lot of insane moments

that were touching

and moments that were
downright frustrating.

And through it all,
the ten of you created

some of the most amazing artwork.

Let's take a look at this
season's most memorable moments.

Welcome to the first season
of Skin Wars.

[cheers and applause]

[Rebecca] For your first challenge,
we want you to be inspired

by your new home, Hollywood.

I love Dutch.

I'm feeling
a little in over my head.

I love, love, loved it.

-You're the winner.
-What?

Alan, it's time for you to go home.

Go, go, go!

[Rebecca]
You must create a body painting

that will make your models disappear.

I am freaking out.

His model's laying on the floor.

Oh, my god!

This is not
a really good painting.

This is a great painting.

That's the best I could do
under these circumstances.

If you can't work
within the time frame,

it doesn't work
in the competition.

In this challenge, your teammate
becomes your competitor.

I'm so sorry, sweetie.

-I don't want to go home.
-Mythica surprised everybody.

and most of all,
she surprised Dutch.

[laughs]

You will be painting
your biggest fear

on your own face.

Boo!

Shannon, take 30 minutes away
from one of your competitors.

-Mythica.
-Aah!

Wow.

Holy mackerel. That was insane!

We're adding another layer
to this challenge.

-What?
-Yeah, buddy!

Not my first rodeo. [laughs]

The winner of this challenge
is Gear.

Are they nuts?
Are they absolutely nuts?

[yelling]
[cheers and applause]

[Rebecca] Sumo...

My dream has come true.

This mopey-artist thing
that you're doing,

if you think
that is a strategy,

it is not!

[Rebecca] For the final challenge,

we wanted to give you
a little extra inspiration.

[cries] Mama.

Oh, Mama.

You should be really happy
with what you've done.

I think you found your diamond.

It's nuts, isn't it?

The first-ever Skin Wars
champion is...

Natalie! Congratulations!

My life is forever freakin' changed.

-Hip hip hooray!
-Yeah!

[cheers and applause]

You know, because you guys

were the first season
of Skin Wars,

You didn't have the advantage
of knowing what the show was.

Now, do any of you--

Honestly, do any of you think
that you should have won?

-Yes.
-Okay.

-[laughter]
-That's why I showed up.

I totally thought
I should have won.

Do you feel that your work was
better than, say, Natalie's?

Absolutely not,
but I think I could have won...

-[laughter]
-Because I don't feel

that I got out of the gate.

I just couldn't get my focus

where it needed to be
at the time.

And, you know,
I was pretty intimidated,

by everything...
and it was very distracting, right?

Now, does anybody else feel
that the judges made

the wrong choice? Dutch?

-Wow, that's a can of worms.
-[laughter]

I think Dutch should have won
the show.

I'm gonna stroke
Dutch here a little bit,

'cause I don't think
he was at all this season.

I think there were many times
that my mouth just fell open.

I sat at home and watched this,
like a lot of the people out there did.

May tick some people off.
I don't know. I don't care.

It's my opinion.

We're gonna get into that.
We will definitely get into that.

But as we know, social media
has revolutionized television

and the way the public
gets to experience it.

Now, I know that Dutch
has gotten a lot of people

from around the world

-talking about you...
-Mm-hmm.

-Specifically.
-[Alan] They love him.

Well, the pros and cons,
you know.

Obviously, you're very recognizable.

What's been the most incredible
response from the public?

The big slap in the face for me

was all of the negative posts
on social media.

-[RuPaul] Really?
-Oh, yeah.

Did it affect you?

You know, for the first
two or three episodes,

it really did.

I'm not gonna lie.
It was hard...

Because, you know,
I worked so hard

touring the world kind of
creating this image, you know.

And then to all of a sudden have
everybody not like you anymore

-was really hard.
-Right.

I just want to ask everybody,

how has your life changed
since it's been on?

Mythica,
how has your life changed?

Are you still homeless?

I am looking for an apartment.

-so that's an improvement.
-[cheers and applause]

-Good.
-Good.

Alan, you are
a proud father now.

-[cheers and applause]
-I am.

Had nothing to do
with the show.

-[laughter]
-Look at that face.

-[all] Aw!
-[RuPaul] Oh, wow.

She made that face
when I got voted off

and Mythica stayed.

-Oh, my god.
-Really, it's not that bad.

-What about you, Gear?
-I got to say real quick--

I wrote myself a check
for $100,000

before I got on the show,
and you know what,

win, lose, or draw, it was like,
"I'm gonna make this manifest."

And since then,
things have been going so well,

because I wanted 'em so bad,
and I'm putting out

the positive energy, sticking to my guns.
And you know what?

Things are happening right now.

-Things are happening.
-That's true. That's true.

I love it.

Things have been going good,
and, you know,

I think this is opening doors
for each and every one of us,

no matter what the outcome
would have been.

Working with Gear, there's a little bit
of a language barrier.

Boyow! Shtew!

Da, da, da, da, like...
[imitating gunshots]

Yow-ow-ow! [growls]

I mean, there's a lot of...
[imitating gunshots, explosions]

Shee.
Na, na, na, na, na.

Yow-ow-ow!
[imitating gunshots]

[mumbling gibberish]

In my head, I got
these Gear sound effects going,

you know, of...
[imitating Gear's gibberish]

[mumbling gibberish]

Ya-wow!
I can't do it, really.

Bam. Bam.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

Bam. bam! Bam. bam.

[laughter and applause]

Well, what do you want me to do?

Now, everyone is here,
and no subject is off the table.

Now, what I want to know is,

what was it like
living together in one house?

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

It was awesome,
but it sucked at the same time.

You know, living with competitors
is hard, you know,

especially when you're on the stage
throwing each other under the bus,

and then you have to go home
and eat dinner together, you know.

It's like... [bleep]

Now, Felle, you often seemed
to rub the ladies

-the wrong way.
-I love 'em.

Uh-huh.
Here, let's take a look.

We gonna take a look?

So we're doing, like,
a fire-and-ice kind of thing.

Her idea is to involve,
you know, koi fish.

We're gonna put my fish on fire.

Well, then your water
would be blue.

-No.
-Well, no.

[Felle] I'm only 50% in control
of this artwork.

I say let the chips fall
where they may.

-You're gonna do a stencil?
-Yeah, definitely.

-That way we can get through--
-I would hand-paint those.

There is a little bit of a power
struggle between Felle and I.

I would like to learn how
to make the highlights on water

-with an airbrush.
-[Felle] I'll do the highlights.

-Now is not the time to learn.
-Now is the time to learn.

I'll teach her
whatever she needs to know,

but not
in a $100,000 challenge.

Are you guys gonna make props?
How would you make your tray?

-Just a--
-[Felle] So you guys are gonna

just tell my competition
how to do this stuff?

-You might let them do the paint.
-Oh, hogwash.

-Why the hell is she here?
-I've had enough.

Don't let your emotions
get you sent home.

Excuse me.

I was thinking of making
a hood with the ears on it.

Nicole's sketch it's looking
like a caveman outfit.

Whatever we're gonna do,
let's do it.

Felle has put this horrendous prosthetic
on the mouth of our model.

I give up.

There really is no partnership
between Nicole and I.

Felle, I hated that face prosthetic.
I hated it!

Let me talk to my partners.

...then win our challenges
and quit talking to losers.

Felle, not the attitude to have.

-I didn't say nothing wrong.
-You just said...

"I'm gonna go with my team
that win challenges."

-It was a joke, Nicole.
-That wasn't a joke.

Nightmare. Nightmare!

[laughter]

[cheers and applause]

[RuPaul] So, Nicole, what happened
between you two?

-Ooh. well, you know--
-I love you.

I love you, too, Felle.

And, you know, it's a shame
that we didn't collaborate.

We really didn't collaborate
at all in that challenge.

-We collaborated.
-Not successfully and...

[laughter]

Like I said earlier, being
in a competition like this,

I learned a lot about myself.

And, you know, I would definitely
like to apologize to the ladies.

It's hard for me to follow,

and I've been leading so long
by myself

and been succeeding at that.

So, for me to allow Nicole
to lead me

was really, really hard for me.

Well, it wasn't even
about leading.

You know, I'm a great
team member, I feel like.

Gear and I both are very
strong artists in our styles,

and to collaborate and to be like,
"We should do this and this and this,"

and bring both of our ideas together.

Some chemistry is just better
than others.

I think that we totally
could have done that, pulled it off.

We were so busy with trying
to figure out our vision,

we were wasting time,
and I didn't see it,

so we just pretty much said,
"Okay." 'Cause the clock was ticking.

And that was my biggest issue,
was I just didn't see the vision.

And watching that, I realized
that I was 100% wrong.

[RuPaul]
Time for some viewer questions.

Brittany Morris from Facebook
wants to know,

"Mythica, what was the hardest
Skin Wars challenge

that you accomplished?"

Usually when I'm painting,

it's to heal in some way,
shape, or form,

and there was no need for that

In the space of the competition
of the show.

And that's the thing that
I really wanted to accomplish

-when I came to the show.
-[RuPaul] I love it.

Whether it was her spirituality,
her rituals,

there was something
about Mythica.

Here's some
never-before-seen footage.

Check this out.

I don't want to go home
and be homeless again.

It's not a financial competition.

-I'm on food stamps, you know?
-I'm below food stamps.

Mythica has caused a few scenes

that have got people
a bit uncomfortable.

[Natalie] All I was saying to her--

I was like, "We're all afraid
of getting kicked off the show.

That's not anything new."

You thought that was
a load of--

Yeah. Of course I did.
Did you not?

[bowl humming]

I've been rooming with Mythica
since the beginning of the show,

and it's been really difficult.

She starts talking to
the Rice Krispies in her head.

She's got
her essential oils going,

and she's talking about how
her body painting saves lives.

You know who actually saves
lives is Alan,

because he's a fireman.

So, Shannon, which one
of your competitors

-will be losing 30 minutes?
-Mythica...

you will be losing 30 minutes.

The way that Shannon says it
is painful.

Okay, Mythica, please
take a seat for 30 minutes.

I'm sad. I'm angry.
I'm frustrated.

The tension is just so big.

This morning,
I'm finally gonna do it.

I throw all of my stuff
into my suitcase haphazardly

and drag it up the stairs
and say to the girls...

Hey, roomies.

"Hey, is it okay, you guys?
Can I move in?"

To the smell
of eucalyptus muscle rub

and meditation gongs.

Oh!

There was some bad energy
between Mythica and Shannon.

-Told her?
-Yeah, yeah.

It was like,
"I'll always love you,"

and, "You could never say
anything to me to hurt you,"

and I was like,
"Wait till you see the show."

[laughter and applause]

-Oh, wow.
-[RuPaul] Mythica...

Now, you saw the clip.

Do you feel that the clip
accurately portrayed you?

Well, in terms of, like,
doing my spiritual thing

and everything
that I did, yeah.

I mean, that's--
I had my ritual every day.

I just had to use everything I could
to maintain myself.

Now, what about
the rest of you?

What was it like
living with Mythica?

I think the Mythica that was
portrayed in the beginning

was kind of misleading.

You know, I still believe
she's a beautiful person,

but there
were certain things that--

you know, like, she drew
some kind of demon or something

and put it, you know,
on the refrigerator,

and that kind of shocked me.

And a letter was found,
where it was like,

-you know, "Plan of attack."
-Oh, yeah, that was with me.

-That scared me.
-[RuPaul] What was this?

-Yeah.
-[RuPaul] Who found a letter?

It wasn't--
She was writing it.

And I walked by her room,
and I said, "What are you writing?"

and she said, "My battle plan."

And I said,
"What's your battle plan?"

and she said, "Make everyone
think they're my friend."

-[gasps]
-It was really super scary.

And I was like, "Oh, [bleep]."

Then I went upstairs
and vented with the girls.

It was just a little-- I'm thinking like,
"Okay, we're on a TV show.

We're in a body-painting competition.

It's not that ser--
We're not at war."

Now, Shannon, I know that
you had your issues with Mythica.

I want to know how you really feel
about her spirituality.

Shannon, did Mythica use
her spirituality as a strategy

or only when it worked for her?

No. However, her spirituality
really came out

when the cameras were on.

Shannon, was it your relationship
with Mythica in the house

that made you take time away from her
in the superhero challenge?

Yes, it was.

Mythica was always great.
She was always gracious.

She was always kind.

She never said
a bad word about me.

I just think that our energy
was different.

We're not designed to get along
with everybody all the time...

and want to love everybody.

And Mythica just only wanted
to just love me and hug me.

And I was just like,

"Whoa. I don't want you
to touch me at all."

[RuPaul] Is that why you didn't want to
be roommates with her?

Yeah, it was just too much.

It was building
and building and building,

and after a 20-hour day on set,

that last thing I want
is a big Mythica hug

at the end of the day.

So I felt like

it was my strategy
to get away from it.

And when I came into
the work studio

the following day
to do the challenge,

her station was moved
right next to mine.

So I thought, "Okay, am I gonna
go home on Skin Wars

"because I can't get away
from this person?

I can't have my own time?"

So that's why I chose her.

But this feeling carried over
after the competition,

because you later blocked her
on Facebook.

I did. And I didn't block you
on Facebook

for any other reason other than
I just wanted some clearness.

I didn't want you
to message me, Mythica,

or I didn't want to see
your stuff on my feed.

But, you know,
before the reunion,

I reached out to Mythica
and friended her,

and I asked
for your forgiveness,

not that that's
anyone's business at home.

But, you know, I'm not proud
of those moments

where I had to be, like,
a little gossip girl

and, you know, chat
with my girlfriends about it.

And, you know, I just--

I am totally sorry.

I don't see us
being best buddies

or, like, having lunch
anytime in the near future,

but I'm okay
with just being cool.

It's been that way my whole life.

People either really love me,
or there's this total repellent thing.

Like, it's opposite magnets.

And there's never been
a lot of in-between.

You guys are both cool--
Shannon and Mythica?

Yeah. Yeah, we talked it out.

-[Shannon] Yeah.
-[RuPaul] Gonna hug it out? [laughs]

-[all] Hug it out!
-Later.

[laughter]

All right, listen,
now, judging wasn't always easy,

and at times, we were torn.

But the one thing
that never changed,

we were never at a loss
for words.

Take a look at the judges
in action.

[cheering]

Our first judge is Craig Tracy.

Hello.

Robin Slonina.

-RuPaul Charles.
-Whoa.

And our very special
guest judges--

-Please welcome Lynda Carter!
-Mwah!

-Joanne Gair.
-Whoa!

-Renowned artist Emma Cammack.
-It's gonna be hard.

Emmy-winning TV personality

-Carson Kressley.
-Hi, everybody.

-Oh, my god!
-Wow.

The judges are awesome.

Good luck!

She is a super freak!

I feel so overdressed.

You definitely captured
cute and ugly.

I'm not buying it.
She could make that better.

Were you at all inspired
by Dutch's hair?

You know, this could get
skin-teresting.

I'm just saying.

Your storytelling
is quite unique.

It was so yummy
that I wanted to eat it.

[RuPaul] Some people wear
their heart on their sleeve.

She wears her heart on her ass.

For a commercial shoot
it would be unusable.

It felt really off.

That is what will make
or break you.

I am blown away
with your skill.

She could definitely be
on a movie poster.

If we saw any more crack,

we'd have to arrest her
for dealing drugs.

I thought it was skin-tastic,
skin-tillating, very skin-pressive.

I'm always a sucker
for a pearl necklace.

When it first came out,
it gave me that "wow."

Just blown away.

I got chills.

This is gonna be
a really tough decision.

I'm glad I'm not them.

[applause]

Now, as a judge myself,
I cannot tell you

how every decision
is a tough choice.

And here to elaborate on that
with me,

I'd like to bring out
our other judges.

The fabulous guru
of body painting,

Craig Tracy is here.

And she's the owner

of the world-famous
skin city body painting

in Las Vegas, Robin Slonina.

-[cheers and applause]
-Hi, guys.

That was for you, Craig.

[laughter]

Now, was this a trip or what?

So much fun watching the show,
and I'm so proud

of each and every one
of you guys.

And, Craig,
how different was this

from judging competitions
around the world?

It is the biggest, hardest,

longest, craziest competition

that has ever existed
for this art form.

Yes. Wow.

I want to know,
what was it like being a judge?

It was really hard.

And, you know, I know
that some of our judgments

have gotten a lot of flak
on social media.

But, you know, I have to pull
everyone back

to what
our judging criteria was.

It was threefold.

Only one third was technique.

The other third was originality
and creativity.

The other third was
implementation of the challenge.

And so, you know, you could be
a technique monster,

but it only counted
for a third.

And that's the rules
that we had to stick to.

I just want to ask
our judges here,

did you judge Dutch
at a higher standard

because you knew
of his reputation?

Or anybody else. Did you judge
some of the other painters

because you knew of them
prior to the competition?

No, absolutely not.

I do understand that someone
could have that perception.

But it is just
a very flawed way of...

interpreting a loss.

Painters, this is your chance
to confront the judges.

Were there any critiques

or eliminations
you didn't agree with?

I was copacetic with all of them,
but I was always like...

She was surprised when
she won the state challenge.

-I was.
-She was, like, super--

-Couldn't believe it.
-It was shocking.

Now, Dutch, were there any criticisms
that you didn't agree with?

The Gear and Natalie standoff.

I just think when it comes down
to picking a winner or loser,

you got to do that
as a judge, and--

-We did.
-Yeah.

-We did.
-[laughter]

We chose to give them
an opportunity to paint further.

Sure. Sure.
No, I appreciate that.

[RuPaul] Yeah, in fact, Dutch,
you were also one of the most vocal

when it came to disagreeing
with the judges.

Dutch, you had a lot of people
trying to figure out

whether or not you were truly confident
or just plain cocky.

Here, see what I mean?

My name's Dutch. I am
the complete embodiment of an artist.

My skill sets and my renderings
are impeccable.

I see a lot
of really contrived pieces,

so I'm thinking,
"I got this in the bag."

Mythica, who do you pick
as your teammate today?

I would love to work with Dutch.

I know immediately
that she's gonna pick me.

But because of our
teacher-student relationship,

she's very subservient,
and I'm cool with that.

Dutch, you're a technique monster.

Say it again.

Your piece was, like,
A-plus one side,

C-minus other side.

[Natalie] There's a difference
between having an opinion

and being, like,
a just straight-up [bleep].

The winner
of this challenge is Gear.

[record scratches]

I thought it was gonna be
more about quality of work.

Okay.

I don't usually get excited
about my own stuff,

but this piece is
really frickin' gorgeous.

Why do you think people assume
that you're gonna ace stuff?

I guess by reputation.

I'm super frustrated
with Dutch's arrogance.

I think what Dutch
is trying to say is that,

"I did not come here
to make friends."

-Yes.
-[Rebecca] Did any of you think

on day one that it would be
the three of you standing here?

-Yes.
-Oh.

[laughter and applause]

Now, we have another question
from Facebook fan Scott Jones:

"Why is Dutch so arrogant?

You can be as good as he is
and still be humble."

So, Dutch, it's time to clear the air.

Just like Felle says quite frequently,

it's like, I keep it real.
I say exactly what I think.

You don't always say
the right word, you know?

The problem is you'd kick us
when we were down.

Like, we'd get in the van after,
like, you know, losing Gear,

and I'm bawling, and, like,
Dutch is right next to me,

"Well, I thought Gear's piece
was way [bleep] better than yours."

I'm like, "All right, dude, this is
already a really hard moment."

Some of that
is the competition. Is it not?

[RuPaul]
It is absolutely the competition.

If I can say anything
from an outsider sitting here

watching this show,
he was the only one here

that was after that $100,000.

And, "You guys can be friends
all you want all day long..."

-Natalie was after that $100,000.
-"But I want the $100,000,

and I'll cut any throat here to get it,

and then we can all
be friends later."

Regarding Dutch specifically,
I hear, "Victim, victim, victim."

And is that what you are, Dutch?
You're a victim?

Of editing, yes...
[laughs] to an extent.

Wouldn't we all be edited?

[Dutch] Yeah, yeah.

I told Dutch I would trade places
with him anytime,

because the one thing
that I know about Skin Wars is,

no matter who won
the competition,

everybody was still talking
about Dutch.

They just kept talking about Dutch,
how much they love him or hate him,

but they kept talking
about Dutch.

So, Dutch, was it strategic?
Was all this cockiness persona strategic?

Well, to a degree,
at the beginning,

I definitely set myself
away from everybody.

I didn't want any interpersonal
relationships with anyone.

I didn't want
to get caught up in the drama.

And, you know,
but the drama finds you anyway.

-You brought the drama.
-[Dutch] I...

You infuriated
your fellow painters.

[Dutch] Yeah, you know,
I wasn't really expecting my--

I guess, my statements
to be so infuriating,

you know, 'cause I was giving...

I was giving...

You know,
sort of unemotional critiques

was what I was giving
90% of the time.

No one asked
for your critique,

-I would assume.
-[Natalie] That was it.

Are you gonna change
your behavior

based on having seen yourself
on Skin Wars?

-Uh, yeah, probably.
-[laughter]

You know, I want
the viewing audience to know

that I really don't think
I'm all that hot snot.

You know, I do--

I am proud of what I've achieved
as a face and body artist.

I do love teaching and traveling.
I do love what I do tremendously.

I guess, when I came
to this competition,

I thought
maybe those critiques

would have been
a little bit more appreciated.

All right, listen,
we're gonna cover the paint-off

that the Internet went crazy over.

Now, this season had a lot of moments
that were downright frustrating.

Natalie, I'm talking about
the mythological team challenge,

where your teammates,
Dutch and Felle,

seemed to turn on you.
Let's take a look.

My biggest competition here
has got to be

those three airbrush gods--

Gear, Dutch, and Felle.

Can we come together? I can work on
some of the things on the front.

Yes, no, anything?
Gentlemen?

Natalie's panicking.

I have so many ideas,

and the boys keep telling me,
"Just wait. Just wait."

[Felle] Please don't be mad
at us, Natalie.

If I go home because
these boys are bastards,

I'm just gonna hate myself.

So, if your team
is the losing team,

who'd go home tonight?

Hands down, definitely Natalie.

I would have to choose Natalie.
Just being brutally honest.

The boys threw me
under the freakin' bus.

I'm Natalie's roommate,
and she stayed up all night

last night
coming up with the concept.

This is her piece.

There's no way she should go
home on this challenge.

[Felle chuckles]

I still love you,
even though we turned

into team throw-under-bus.

I don't feel any regret
for doing that.

I mean, it's an ugly game.

Felle had nothing to do
with the creativity.

Felle, please go wash off
your canvas.

That's for throwing me
under the bus!

-[applause]
-Wow.

So, Natalie, did it indeed feel like
you were being thrown under the bus?

Oh, yeah.
I hate episode five.

I mean, surprisingly,
Dutch and I

worked together really well
in the mini challenge.

That was what was
disappointing about it,

was 'cause we came off that awesome,
you know, collaboration.

and then it just kind of
got ugly after that.

What I hated about
the whole situation was,

you know, the judges come out,
they give us this UV thing,

and I was like, "Okay.

So here's a moment
where I can get weird with it,

like I like to do."

And working with these two guys,
you know, Dutch had a very literal,

like, mythical creature.

"These are the mythical creatures
that I studied in school."

And I'm like, "Okay, but what
can we do to make it weird?

What can we do
to make it different?

Boys, come on, come on,
listen, listen, listen."

and then the clock was up,
and I was like,

"I'm not proud of this piece,
because I didn't do anything,

like, super cool with it."

Is that where you felt
that the energy had changed?

Yeah, that's when I just--
I wanted some kind of creative,

really fun aspect to it,
and it wasn't able to happen.

You know, that's--
That's how I felt.

So, Dutch, why did you
stick up for Felle

when it was said
that he was copying your work?

Well, because I thought it was
rendered very, very beautifully.

Did it have anything to do
with Natalie being

a big competition for you?

No. No, no, no.

Honestly, I wanted us all
to look good.

And in defense of our piece,
I thought, as a unit standing onstage,

it looked like a cohesive unit.

Well, did anybody feel
like there was

a boys-against-girls
story line going on here?

I did, for sure.

I felt like when Natalie
was standing up there,

it was just, like, negative,
negative, negative,

and it was all being thrown
at Natalie.

Being that the other two people
were boys, that's not--

Well, maybe if you guys
would have listened

to the women a little bit more,
like mine and Felle's challenge

-that we didn't win--
-[Felle] I just want to stay on topic.

Your challenge
that you guys didn't win.

[laughter]

Okay, there was one boy-girl
combination who got along,

and you know
who I'm talking about, right?

Let's take a look.

This was, by far,
the most difficult deliberation

the judges have ever had.

They could not come
to an agreement

on who should go home.

-[gasps]
-Oh, my gosh.

The judges have decided
to hold a paint-off.

-Right now?
-Right now.

This is nuts.

"Here's a knife on the table."
"Okay, great."

"You guys got to stab
each other to death."

[whispers] I hate this.
I don't want to be against you.

Your 30 minutes starts now.

This is so juicy right now.

Another chance, that's what it is.

It's me against my buddy, though.

I hate going up against Gear,

but I am definitely
gonna paint my hardest.

[bleep]

I don't find any honor in this.

I'd rather be sent home

than have to paint
against one of my friends.

That's what we're here for.

What if it was you and I
up there right now?

-You're going down.
-Exactly.

He is throwing it,
and it's a dishonor

to not do your best.

Paint!

I knew it was a mistake for Gear
to get too close to her.

There is no honor for me
in this paint-off.

-It just didn't feel right.
-Okay. Okay.

Let's just break it down, okay?

You're about to get spanked.

This mopey-artist thing
that you're doing,

that's very cute,
but there's $100,000 at stake.

You have to buck up
and be a warrior.

Do your thing!
Be who you are!

That's honor.

Gear, you let your emotions
get the best of you,

and for that reason,
we will say good-bye.

[crying]

Go get 'em, tiger.

Kick some ass.

I'm so grateful, but it's still sad.

[sighs] that's a towel
thrown into the ring.

What is that?

-Come on.
-What the [bleep]?

[Shannon] I know, honey.

[applause]

All right, Gear, honestly,

did you throw the competition
for Natalie?

The way I played it
and stayed true to myself,

that's honorable.
I stayed true to me.

[bleep] this competition.
I won for me.

You know, Gear, I love you,

but you're not staying true
to yourself.

Oh, man.

You agreed to be
in the competition,

and that's what you had
to do, right? So...

I wouldn't have done it
any different, Sean.

Oh, I'm not saying that.

I'm just saying
that I don't think

that it was
the honorable choice.

Then we would have
a difference of opinion,

-and that's--
-I've got to agree with Sean.

If it's me and Natalie
at the very end

and we're going for $100,000,

we may be best friends,
we may be great friends,

but that $100,000
goes towards my family

and my livelihood and everything
that I have at home,

and nothing comes before that.

The fact is we are here

because we're committed to
trying to win this competition.

We got a whole bunch
of people watching,

and we owe it to them
to go and do our best

the entire time.

Dutch nailed it on the head
when he said, you know, like,

"You can't just throw the towel in."
You know what I mean?

[RuPaul] Dutch was visibly angered
by Gear's decision.

Oh, my emotions
were coming across as anger.

I was very frustrated and...

That was a long day.
That was a really long day,

and it was also
incredibly emotional.

While we were sitting
in the lounge,

you know, kind of,
armchair-quarterbacking the whole thing,

I started to see Gear--

I mean, he sat there
for probably five minutes

and just swirled a brush in red.

You know,
and he was clearly rattled.

And, I mean, I wanted to see
Gear frickin' pull out

two airbrushes like a gunslinger
and, "Wha-whaa!"

and just, you know, rock it.

I wanted to see him explode
all over that body and--

-Well, you know what I mean.
-[laughter]

It was meant to be a gift too.

You know, that's one
of the toughest things

about this competition is you
guys do not have enough time

to, at times, do your best work.

And so the gift
of 30 extra minutes, you know,

was supposed to be something
that was gonna be beneficial

to both of you.

-Do I get to talk about the paint-off?
-[RuPaul] I want to hear about it.

-My favorite, favorite subject.
-[RuPaul] Favorite subject, yes.

Um...

The only people that will ever
know what it actually felt like

was Gear and I.

Like, people are like,

"That's a dishonor.
What the hell are they doing?

Are they dating?
Are they this? Are they that?"

Like, I've seen so much
all over the Internet.

And nobody will ever know
what it felt like,

except for the two of us.

And I remember
we looked at each other

and I said, you know,
"Let's just paint."

And I thought that's what
we were gonna do, you know. I did.

That's what I thought.

Honestly, like, my piece--
my sumo piece,

like, it evolved because of Gear.

Like, the idea of saying
good-bye to someone

that you've, you know,
spent 24 hours a day with

for a long period of time,
like, was sad to me.

It was sad.
It was one of--

you know, one of my favorite
people in the house and--

Social-media people thought
there was something going on

-between you two.
-Yeah, and I almost thought that--

I've kind of been dreading
this episode for a long time.

I was like, "I don't know what
it's gonna look like, you know.

Like, Gear's got
a bangin'-hot girlfriend.

And we're both in relationships."

[RuPaul] What made you two
get along so well?

I don't know.
I think it's the scorpio thing.

I think it was the scorpio thing.

I think that, like, I respect
Gear so much as an artist,

and he's super confident.

Like, we talk about concepts.
If I would be like,

"Hey, I can't think
of how to draw a gun.

Like, how would you draw a gun
if you were doing this?"

You know, and we'd sit there with
our sketch pads, he would show me--

Sometimes he'd go a little
animated overboard with it.

[both mumbling gibberish]

Natalie, were you surprised
by what he did in the paint-off?

The thing is, like, I didn't
even know that that happened

until I was in the van
going back to the house.

Like, I knew what was going on.

Like, I got it
that you guys were upset.

You felt that he hadn't painted
his hardest, you know.

But I didn't get
a good look at his paint job

'cause we went straight
from the paint-off

to the front of the stage,
and I didn't get it

until, you know, Shannon
and Dutch and Nicole

were all, like, telling me like,
"He threw in the towel.

He sat there mixing red paint."
And I didn't even know.

I thought we were both gonna paint.
[bleep], you know.

I did. I thought that
we were both just gonna paint.

And I didn't know
it was gonna go down that way.

Well, Natalie, at the end, I think
we both equally got rewarded.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, this experience has been
amazing for everybody involved,

the painters, the judges,
and the people at home.

In fact, it inspired Rebecca
and myself

to go into the studio
and record a song

honoring the art
of body painting.

We call it Color Me Love.

[electronic music]

♪ Color me, color me love ♪

♪ Color me, color me love ♪

♪ Color me, color me love ♪

♪ With a fire in your eyes ♪

♪ And your body inspiration ♪

♪ With a fire in your eyes ♪

♪ And your body inspiration ♪

♪ Oh-oh oh oh-oh oh ♪

♪ Oh-oh oh oh-oh oh ♪

♪ Oh-oh oh oh-oh oh ♪

Incredible job tonight.
What a great show.

[cheers and applause]

Well, it was an exciting
and fun time,

and I cannot tell you
how honored I am

to have experienced your beauty
and your talent.

I know we're gonna be hearing
a lot more from you

and seeing a lot more
from you too.

I want to thank everyone,
the contestants,

the judges, the models,
and all of you at home,

that made this season
such a success.

But before we go,
I have one final surprise.

I am happy to announce

that there will be
a second season of Skin Wars.

[cheers and applause]

Now, if you want to be
a contestant,

Facebook and Twitter
for more information.

So thank you all
and good night.

Bark. [panting]