I love Gia with every ounce of of love I got, but she isn't a Harvard PhD, and that is fine. Its like i love Violet for all the glamour and couture, but not the person I would want to discuss third wave feminism over vegan brunch with, ya know? At the same time she is speaking her truth, and that people in the lgbt community that have trauma over trying to speak their truth and being invalidated is just too much, lets just try a little harder to validate truth.
GET TO ATL and interview Nina Bo Nina Brown! She has such a unique story from being on Drag Race. This interview with Gia was amazing! I enjoy this interview so much and Nina might say yes to someone like you!
I think he already asked nina and, she said no cuz nina doesn't need someone else to interview her to get the truth/facts/opinions since she is very vocal about it If you know you know 567 I ATE it 😊
you could never make me hate Gia. Gia is reality tv *GOLD* it’s unfortunate she did not like the way she was edited on AS4 cause she made for great tv. always has. she will forever be *THAT GURL.*
@@PhilAlumb - There is, but like Madonna (yes, I went there) Gia needs to keep using her "personality" to keep growing, much like Madonna uses religion to keep pumping out controversial images and music. Gia has grown, but she knows what we really want. Her edit could have been better, but... it is what it is. Gia can only continue to keep going higher and higher. LOVE our China mas Latina!!! La Gunn Gunn
right. i always loved gia and it’s annoying how drag race fans had such an issue with her but they all love and support white queens for being “villains” even though she was attacked by them for the same thing? it’s wild.
Although Gia may not have said to the way people would have liked. She is the first female-presenting trans woman. She didn’t come out during the show, she didn’t present as a boy in all stars 4 in order to be accepted into drag race (or other reasons like $). She came in all stars presenting and owning the space as a woman. There is that difference when compared to peppermint, Kylie sonique love, MBH, etc. They are all still valid in their transness and the journeys they went on, but Gia presenting as a woman did change things up in a way that was not seen before for the dolls
y'all are purposely missing her point . she was first one that was casted as a trans woman . She got called in to come on the show with producers knowing she was trans . the others got hired under the impression by producers and the show that they were boys/men .
this is not true. producers most definitely knew about Peppermint as she had already been living as a woman for years prior to S9. Producers know everything. Maybe not in S2/S3, but by S9 they certianly did. What you're trying to say is that they type-casted Gia as a trans woman, while they heavily downplayed it with Peppermint.
@@Meechooilka regardless of any of that 99% of drag race watchers had any idea peppermint was trans because she never mentioned it. when gia came in 100% of watchers knew she was a trans woman .
I beg to differ on her statement but Monica Beverly Hillz came out as Trans on the show. Literally said I am not just a drag queen but I am a trans woman on season 5
and peppermint, it was only mentioned in the show a few times but production edited out a lot of the talk about it but still doesn’t erase the fact that peppermint was
Well I believe Gia is the first trans woman to be on set during filming and competing as an openly trans woman since Day 1. Peppermint and Monica came out after/on the show. And Gia is certainly the first openly transgender woman All Star to be on the show as a woman. The part that really unnerved me was when she said Peppermint was giving "boy" and so wasn't trans. As if you can't be a masculine transwoman or as if you suddenly become passable the moment you come out.
Technically it was Kylie because she said she was in the Season 2 Reunion. She is kind of referring to how she was being her "female" self everytime she was on camera. She said the others were "boys" in their confessional and in the workroom. But Gia was the first to be all about it, not hide it, and be proud of it, on the show.
The comment about Peppermint was jacked up, but I am pleasantly surprised by how vulnerable and insightful Gia was willing to be. I just wish she would use some of that sensitivity in how she treats other vulnerable people!
I mean was it a lie? If she never said she was trans nobody would of knew….. not exactly the type of trans representation the fans were calling for the on the show. Gia was the first female presenting trans person on the show, but people want to credit the male presenting trans woman peppermint over her which is crazy
@@moonlightbae6143 We shouldn't make looking like the gender you identify with a condition of transness. Like the video says, transitioning can be really expensive, and not everyone has the means to get what they want right away, or ever. Calling someone out on not being unclockable is a low blow, and if Gia is all about the sisterhood like she claims, she should know that. Besides, not every trans person is about trying to be unclockable, anyway! There is a lot of variation, and that's okay.
@@sojournertruth9844 I really disagree! Peppermint was straight up wearing mens clothes there wasn’t anything to clock in the first place. I doubt queens like Kerri Colby and Kylie or any other trans person at home thought oh yes I can definitely compete on the show in the same way they did when they saw Gia. I mean Kylie has been very vocal herself about it in interviews and she agree’s unless your physically presenting as a women in your day to day life, you can’t really label yourself a trans women.
@@sojournertruth9844 not gatekeeping your just saying the first trans woman representation we got on the show was a male presenting contestant instead of Gia, which is very strange
Sometimes we see someone in a certain light and forget they’re human beings with well rounded minds that can sometimes be contradictory. This doesn’t make them good or bad just human.
@WOW please give us this ~problematic~ cast for All-Stars 12 ***All-Cancelled*** Tyra Sanchez Willam Carmen Carrera Courtney Act Widow Von'Du Nina Bo'Nina Brown Robbie Turner Pearl Max Tamisha Iman The Vixen Gia Gunn
Courtney act was problematic? I never read anything about her being cancelled. The only issue people had with her was that she put on lipgloss and called it drag, but someone that does the same and doesn’t bother to tuck won canada’s race so…
@@dyo6909 what she dishes out for us does not in any way represent Asians or transgenders. She chose this persona and whatever flak she gets is no fault of the fans. The cameras are not rolling anymore so its not editing anymore. It’s her own production.
well i love and live for gia but some of her statements here do are problematic. i get she means she was the first "female presenting" trans woman in the show (according to dominant cis-passing standards of how trans women should look) but everybody's transition is different and peppermint's experience is real and valid even though her transition may not have fitted said standards while she was filming the show. gender identity is not about what you look like. gia could have focused on her experiences on all stars and how she was used to make the janitorial work without bringing down other people NOT MY OPINION but, since she hadn't passed through surgery when she went to all stars, taking her arguments to a next level extreme, some (transphobic) people might say gia wasn't the first person entering the werk room as a trans woman neither, she was just in "fishy drag" all the time and not just in the runway as the other queens. Which is very transphobic and probably would be as hurtful to hear for gia as it probably is for the queens she's talking about and the trans people watching this video who could feel inadequate or "not trans enough"
Mhm. This is the issue with what she said. Real people are going to be harmed by her comments. Her allocating funds given to her differently doesn't harm Like cmon people. Priorities
@@luisguillen7005they are not, just outspoken which rubs people the exact same way but shouldn’t. Willam has yet to tell a lie and when being outspoken it’s almost always in direct response to something she feels is unfair as a whole or directly affects Queens, their livelihood, etc.
Gia was funny for a season or two, but the victim card is tired. She knows good and god damn well Peppermint was fully t for years in New York. Anyone who knows the basics of the drag scene on the East Coast knew who Peppermint was, she has been a legend for years.
Gia seems to have spent a lifetime trying to maintain exclusionary boundaries and being arbiter of who can belong and who can’t. Then blames the hate on the editing.
i feel like you really have to go back and read what rupaul said, to understand why gia said what she said about being the first openly transwoman on the show. rupaul specifically said a transwoman with body enhancements is cheating, kylie, monica and peppermint were not physically enhanced on their season and weren’t expressing that they were trans since the start of their season like gia was
Gia seems to not realize that if she made a gofundme for her surgeries it should have gone to the surgeries. She seems to think that because she was called for All Stars, she had to use the surgery money to fund All Stars. However that is not why people donated to her campaign. So indeed she did scam people. Matt knew she would be messy and bring views.
Not really she made that money back tenfolds after All Stars, so technically she just invested the money into something to get a bigger return. I doubt she would of been able to make as much money as she does now. So the money still inevitably went towards her transition
@@moonlightbae6143 So it is ok she used money people donated for her to get surgery ,on a reality competition show instead because after the show she will get more bookings and therefore more money? (which is not a guarantee in itself and how do we know she made that money back tenfold.) Just trying to understand your logic here, because all your comment did was confirm what the original poster was saying to me.
@@CaptainSully93 I mean if you was actually a fan of hers its pretty obvious, her following increased massively, she moved into a new apartment, she has brand deals, expensive clothing, paid for all her surgeries since All Stars 4. So the money in the end technically did go on her surgeries, just not directly. I’m sure all her fans are happy to know they played a role in all of that in the end, not just the surgeries
They donated that money to her. She did what she wanted with it. She still got her surgery and because she went on all stars she gets to claim first and obviously get money off bookings. Timing is everything. She did the best thing with that money. Did the people that donated complain or just the haters?
I live for Gia. Good and bad, authentic person. But it's kinda icky with the "giving boy" comment about Peppermint. I have a few cis female in my own life that is giving what Peppermint was back in season 9.. and saying that is boy is kinda insulting in many ways.
Well yeah and clothes and appearance don't make u any less trans cus cis women who identify as women wear mens clothing like some things she says are backwards
right??? I know straight ciswomen who look like Peppermint did out of drag on S9, and to say "giving boy" when someone isn't fully out or has literally just come out... is really scary coming from another trans person. Like, we don't need to reinforce the false belief that you can only say your trans once you've fully transitioned, or gotten to a place where you pass. Trans people can define themselves as trans people from the moment they feel its appropriate to do so for themselves onwards.
I think it's an easy way to say it doesn't seem like fully transformed kind of look. Gia really just had long hair and a feminine look in s5, but that was the only thing that wasn't as "boyish" as the other trans contestants who were on before, like Kylie and Monica. Gia just thinks she was unclockable not in drag lol.
Matt can you please bring Stacy Burke on the show? She’s part of Playboy’s history and was also one of Hugh Hefner’s girl friends in the early 2000’s she has so many stories from her Playboy days and pictures to go along. Please!!! 🙏🏻
@@AlexaSteelAuthor The production was aware that Peppermint was living as a trans woman as well in S9, but I believe they encouraged her to present as nonbinary/less fem on the show.
Gia is one of my favorites now. I like and appreciate this side of her so much more because she's conversationally Intune with the trueness to her answers. She is highly self-aware and possesses an unmatched strength of resilience. What a powerhouse. Unfortunately, RuPaul has had many encounters like this with several of his employees. I believe his short and aloof answers are to protect his brand and preserve his energy seeing how he has a whole enterprise to deal with. He probably sees these conversations as "Problematic small talk" when he has bigger issues to fry. He may come across careless, but his logic is "I gave you a platform to become a star, and you survived and made your way to the top...how could you complain? you have money and fame. Life will sort out the small stuff, Now Werk henny". I totally feel he thinks like that. But any who, this interview was amazing. You got another subscriber!
I LOVE the drag girls interviews. Willam should spill the T, Alaska should give some sass, Laganja can speak about her transition experience. All the dolls 🙏🏼
@fenrafael It's far better than the overuse of "like" spoken with vocal fry imho. "OMG like, she was like literally starving, so like she went to In n Out to grab something to eat. I was like wow..."
Gia contradicts herself so much. She has a very one sided idea of what trans is suppose to look like and what drag is suppose to be. She internalizes so much shit. BUT SHE MAKES GREAT TV.
Each one of us contradicts ourselves. And we all internalise so much shit. Like I too want to be seen and recognised and celebrated as out and proud, but I don't want to be seen as being gay my personality. I wear my gayness on my sleeve and and read to filth anybody who calls out my gayness. We're all work in progress and the fact that Gia has always been so true to that work in progress, that's what makes her so attractive. Much better than so many celebrities who have a flat personalities.
@@jayrose4748 she’s trans dummy voice is part of the transition and nothing is over night. Idk why y’all being weird. She said straight facts. Peppermint didn’t look trans whatsoever and never mentioned it on her season. Go cry. Gia was first to be trans from start to finish and was booked for rpdr with producers knowing or seeing a transition progress
My sister was a kindergarten teacher. Her classroom walls were full of color and so was every shelf. Everywhere around her was busy, busy color. Her new home was as light a neutral as it gets without going white. Her walls were bare. She bought stained glass lamps that bathed the walls in soft, calm swathes of color. She called home to have her son turn on the lights, her work friends were coming to see the house. She walked in and every light in the house was on, just not the lamps in every room she was dying to show off. Completely typical of my clueless nephew.
My point was that she saw enuf chaos at work. She wanted her home decor to be as unchaotic as possible. A drag artist works in a chaotic colorful world, too. I can understand the desire for colorless home. That's when playing with texture comes in to make it interesting and inviting. I seriously need some color and whimsy in my environment. We'd be so dull if we all had the same tastes. Can't find much fault with Gia's taste.
only other transsexual women can understand how difficult it is to navigate the world being desired and hated at the same time by so many people, the constant fear of just existing, not to mention seeing other trans women like you dying/getting killed regularly and seeing all the hate for trans women online. and then having people who have never experienced those things policing everything you do & say and expecting us all to just be fine with the trauma we deal with constantly. and then yall wonder why we are just over it and dont coddle you
The killing will stop when transsexuals stop desiring the men that hate them for the most part. That's another discussion that needs to be had. IYKYK 🤷🏾
When I watched season 9, I assumed Peppermint was a guy. I thought all the contestants were male. How was anyone supposed to know? I only learned she was trans once she said it in the Werkroom.
I think what she meant to say was that Peppermint came out on the show and during that moment, her peers weren’t aware she was trans. They all hugged as I recalled. Therefore it was implied that Peppermint was a gay male before she made her gender identity public to both the viewer and the other queens. Gia came one the show as she mentions in the interview, as Gia
Hey, don't forget this: Make sure to give her the flowers she deserves. I've met her in person many times, and at first, she seemed all about herself. But you know what? She actually has a big heart and isn't afraid to speak her mind. I'm totally rooting for her to represent us girls. You go, girl! You've definitely got my vote.
1:04 just because peppermint didnt appear as feminine as gia gunn's ideal of what a feminine trans woman is, doesnt mean that peppermint wasnt trans...
@@spencerburrows624 yes that's what i meant. it seemed like gia was saying peppermint didnt look feminine enough to be trans...which has nothing to do with her identity.
@@endor8witch don't get me wrong I am from Eastern country the way peppermint portrayed is a "boy" I don't know who peppermint was before drag so I didn't know she was trans nothing against it just saying. Maybe it's producers' fault or smth but I really didn't think she was trans
Gia's main issue is that she speaks without being fully studied on what she speaks about and then further says divisive things. Peppermint is a widely known (even before drag race) transwoman, "I dont know about yall but i saw a boy" was just completely uncalled for and why people have the issues they have with Gia, she wants to be entitled to accolades instead of actually deserving them - she could be fierce but she just keeps doing too much.
Gia is ICONIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She gave us so many moments. We should love her and stand by her for that! She always speaks her mind and her truth. And SHE IS the 1st trans women to walk into Drag Race as a proud trans doll!!! She is right when she says that Peppermint presented herself as other thing than a woman. Even MBH... she came out on the show but she always presented as the other gender until that moment. Entering a place presenting herself as a proud trans woman IS RELEVANT and important to highlight. the community should not discredit that from Gia. It kinda feel the same when Kim Petras won the grammy as the 1st trans woman to do that and eeveryone started to look for WHO who won 20 years ago. When that person won she didnt presented as trans. So let's celebrate our BRAVE trans individuals who are fierce enough to say HI , I'M TRANS.
I really don't understand in gay culture how we decide the line between being "iconic" and admitting someone is possibly just not a good person. I feel if gia wasnt famous she wouldn't get the passes she's getting. I see a flawed, deeply hurt individual that can't seem to grow passed whatever trauma she's grown up in and projects it on to others. Her world view seems so narrow that she can't even understand other trans people; the people she should understand and uplift the most. Being good TV isn't enough of a criteria for me to categorize someone as iconic. I'm struggling with what i think of her.
the idea of being a good or bad person is flawed in itself because people provide different things to different people. Gia as far as we know is not a murderer, offender or thief or nuisance other than having problematic opinions. With Gia, the context as to what makes her iconic is her insensitivity and backwardness- it's uniquely entertaining but also by in large harmless other than being stigmatizing and socially inflammatory. She will have fans and will have a platform as a talented hardworking performer and she deserves her career but with anyone in your life, you have to evaluate for yourself if the bad traits are worth your interest in their work.
@@stache1954 for sure ..see what I don’t like is when trans women go after other trans women and who’s the fishiest and who’s in her words “a cross dresser” it’s hard enough already why would she always wanna go after her own. I’ve always said there’s nothing really “fishy” about her for her to be calling people out ..now she’s had work done to her face that she just looks bloated and that voice still screams “sir” lol now I know I just said I hate when girls call out other girls but she’s done it so much that at this point she deserves it all back 10Xs
The Way she was edited bothers her? Yet she's consistently carried the same personality traits on beyond the show and continually been judgmental about others, yet she hates it when others judge her. A truly happy person doesn't behave the way she does. Cretinous. Stick to the trans girls who behave humbly and don't need to constantly create drama or put others down.
Yeah, with her response to Covid and her overall behavior I'm just not a fan, and people need to stop pretending that she had a bad edit, or that she's somehow misunderstood. NO. Apologists need to get real.
Well tbf everyone only points out her faults never praising her amazing talents. And then she makes her whole living based on what everyone else thinks about her.
OHHHHHHHHHHH Matt you have opened the flood gates with this interview and im living for it. Bayyyyyyyyyy Bay the queens will be calling you up to tell their truth. This was a goooooood move 🙂
It’s so funny I had no idea people fought Gia on the being the first trans woman on drag race. She truly was the first to come on the show as a woman. Not, the rest who were like, surprise I think I’m trans. I also think she had some profound thoughts on the need to say “I’m not one of THEM” at every new stage. Pretty classy and chill. Glad to see the interview. Can’t wait to watch the rest!
21:30 Trust and believe I’m pausing the video here, to jump down in these comments so I can find out who this “Doll” is that Miss Gia is calling too 🤔🤭
I want to like Gia but every single video she just seems to miss the point. She was not technically "fully realized" when she was on drag race. She mentioned she had "no tits" and I'm not even sure she had bottom surgery. How can she say she was the first transitioned on drag race then? It just seems illogical. It's also seriously catty and I've seen her drop slur after slur about people in her own community (or what was) and she chooses to still keep her business in the trans community instead of just moving on to live her full transitioned life. I just don't get it.
I think she's just a bit narcissistic/likes bring the center of attention. Also she knows that she is an entertainer/she has to stay relevant/give people the drama/tea.
“I felt.” LMFAO idc Gia is literally great television, entertainment, and even perspective. I like how she stands by her journey and her truth and it’s always consistent.
How is it consistent to brag that she was making 6 figures by the time she was 22 years old, but later raised 30k on GoFundMe for her gender affirming surgeries, but instead she spent that money to go on All Stars 4? She's consistent in her dishonesty and bad character, yes. Who knows how many men (johns) she's ripped off along the way too??? Truth and Gia Gunn were never on speaking terms.
Gia wants additional chances. Gia says that she has grown and changed. Here's my issue with those comments. What does she say in the interview when she does not get the title of "The First Trans Woman" on Drag Race? She insults Kylie, Carmen, and, especially, Peppermint, which is exactly what I expect from Gia, but negates her claim that she has changed. Those moves are original season 6 Gia Gunn, not a new, evolved Gia Gunn. I do think Gia is fierce. I would love to see an evolved Gia, but I do not see her in this interview.
She's right , as a trans woman , the trans "community" is not all a big sisterhood there's alot of jelousy and bitterness, i think it comes down to insecurities and dysphoria, the girls can get competitive and it infuriates me because we need to unite together in a world that turns against us so i definitely distance myself from alot of the girls and only have a select few tgirl friends for those reasons.
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You should tell her she looks like the fat lady from her season, the one she told that there is enough room for every body . Just kidding
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At this point, the dolls are the dolls
At this point Trix… 😂😂😂
I love Gia with every ounce of of love I got, but she isn't a Harvard PhD, and that is fine. Its like i love Violet for all the glamour and couture, but not the person I would want to discuss third wave feminism over vegan brunch with, ya know? At the same time she is speaking her truth, and that people in the lgbt community that have trauma over trying to speak their truth and being invalidated is just too much, lets just try a little harder to validate truth.
And you can't read the doll... And that's on Roxxxy Andrews
@@ericdwhitmorec that is on Roxxcy's mama that left her at the bus stop.
Iykyk
GET TO ATL and interview Nina Bo Nina Brown! She has such a unique story from being on Drag Race. This interview with Gia was amazing! I enjoy this interview so much and Nina might say yes to someone like you!
Second this. Need to see Nina in the interviews again
THIS. Please plllleeeeease Matt! Nina is a fascinating and very unique queen and an interview with them would make great content.
YESSSSS!!!!!
This is such a good idea. Hopefully we get a NBB and Matt Cullen exclusive interview soon!
I think he already asked nina and, she said no cuz nina doesn't need someone else to interview her to get the truth/facts/opinions since she is very vocal about it
If you know you know
567 I ATE it 😊
you could never make me hate Gia. Gia is reality tv *GOLD* it’s unfortunate she did not like the way she was edited on AS4 cause she made for great tv. always has. she will forever be *THAT GURL.*
There's More Gia to love Now!
@@PhilAlumb - There is, but like Madonna (yes, I went there) Gia needs to keep using her "personality" to keep growing, much like Madonna uses religion to keep pumping out controversial images and music. Gia has grown, but she knows what we really want. Her edit could have been better, but... it is what it is. Gia can only continue to keep going higher and higher. LOVE our China mas Latina!!! La Gunn Gunn
right. i always loved gia and it’s annoying how drag race fans had such an issue with her but they all love and support white queens for being “villains” even though she was attacked by them for the same thing? it’s wild.
shes an honest person❤
@charlotteaitchison2922 are we forgetting the covid season how rude she was all over Twitter
This tea is going to be HOT
I want to know who was the trans that accused GİA for stealing the fans money for her surgery 😅
@@tinaarabia825 Just go through matt's older episodes with doll in the title and draw your own conclusions 😂😅😂😅
@@tinaarabia825she said “doll” so probably someone whose title starts with “-- the doll.”
@@SLOANHOOKS cuties support together stay blessed ❤️❤️
And IT IS HOT!! Now I can't WAIT for part 2!! And THANK GOD I have YOU to watch while I wait!!😍❤🥰
Although Gia may not have said to the way people would have liked. She is the first female-presenting trans woman. She didn’t come out during the show, she didn’t present as a boy in all stars 4 in order to be accepted into drag race (or other reasons like $). She came in all stars presenting and owning the space as a woman. There is that difference when compared to peppermint, Kylie sonique love, MBH, etc. They are all still valid in their transness and the journeys they went on, but Gia presenting as a woman did change things up in a way that was not seen before for the dolls
I agree 100%
y'all are purposely missing her point . she was first one that was casted as a trans woman . She got called in to come on the show with producers knowing she was trans . the others got hired under the impression by producers and the show that they were boys/men .
this is not true. producers most definitely knew about Peppermint as she had already been living as a woman for years prior to S9. Producers know everything. Maybe not in S2/S3, but by S9 they certianly did. What you're trying to say is that they type-casted Gia as a trans woman, while they heavily downplayed it with Peppermint.
No! Michelle Visage was the first.
@@Meechooilka regardless of any of that 99% of drag race watchers had any idea peppermint was trans because she never mentioned it. when gia came in 100% of watchers knew she was a trans woman .
@@rebeccarichardson8669 😂😂😂😂
@@Meechooilkaif they knew , why did the producers not show it on the show. Still seems like a rpdr problem, for both peppermint and Gia
I beg to differ on her statement but Monica Beverly Hillz came out as Trans on the show. Literally said I am not just a drag queen but I am a trans woman on season 5
This part right here.
And I can't believe Gia is doubling down on her claim about being the first trans person on the show, despite irrefutable evidence that she wasn't.
and peppermint, it was only mentioned in the show a few times but production edited out a lot of the talk about it but still doesn’t erase the fact that peppermint was
Well I believe Gia is the first trans woman to be on set during filming and competing as an openly trans woman since Day 1. Peppermint and Monica came out after/on the show. And Gia is certainly the first openly transgender woman All Star to be on the show as a woman. The part that really unnerved me was when she said Peppermint was giving "boy" and so wasn't trans. As if you can't be a masculine transwoman or as if you suddenly become passable the moment you come out.
Technically it was Kylie because she said she was in the Season 2 Reunion.
She is kind of referring to how she was being her "female" self everytime she was on camera. She said the others were "boys" in their confessional and in the workroom.
But Gia was the first to be all about it, not hide it, and be proud of it, on the show.
The comment about Peppermint was jacked up, but I am pleasantly surprised by how vulnerable and insightful Gia was willing to be. I just wish she would use some of that sensitivity in how she treats other vulnerable people!
I mean was it a lie? If she never said she was trans nobody would of knew….. not exactly the type of trans representation the fans were calling for the on the show. Gia was the first female presenting trans person on the show, but people want to credit the male presenting trans woman peppermint over her which is crazy
@@moonlightbae6143 We shouldn't make looking like the gender you identify with a condition of transness. Like the video says, transitioning can be really expensive, and not everyone has the means to get what they want right away, or ever. Calling someone out on not being unclockable is a low blow, and if Gia is all about the sisterhood like she claims, she should know that. Besides, not every trans person is about trying to be unclockable, anyway! There is a lot of variation, and that's okay.
@@sojournertruth9844 I really disagree! Peppermint was straight up wearing mens clothes there wasn’t anything to clock in the first place. I doubt queens like Kerri Colby and Kylie or any other trans person at home thought oh yes I can definitely compete on the show in the same way they did when they saw Gia.
I mean Kylie has been very vocal herself about it in interviews and she agree’s unless your physically presenting as a women in your day to day life, you can’t really label yourself a trans women.
@@moonlightbae6143 I don't agree with you at all, and I think you're gatekeeping and splitting hairs.
@@sojournertruth9844 not gatekeeping your just saying the first trans woman representation we got on the show was a male presenting contestant instead of Gia, which is very strange
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We need a Nina Bonina Brown interview !!!!
I love Matt. He’s so open-minded and no judgments.
Please interview Nina Bo'Nina Brown and dispel all the disgusting rumors about her
Sometimes we see someone in a certain light and forget they’re human beings with well rounded minds that can sometimes be contradictory. This doesn’t make them good or bad just human.
we need more of you
True, and to be contradictory for the sake of being contradictory is a character flaw.
@WOW please give us this ~problematic~ cast for All-Stars 12 ***All-Cancelled***
Tyra Sanchez
Willam
Carmen Carrera
Courtney Act
Widow Von'Du
Nina Bo'Nina Brown
Robbie Turner
Pearl
Max
Tamisha Iman
The Vixen
Gia Gunn
Man I would watch the shit out of that 🤣 I haven't watched anything since Sasha won too
what have widow, robbie, and Tamisha done???
Courtney act was problematic? I never read anything about her being cancelled. The only issue people had with her was that she put on lipgloss and called it drag, but someone that does the same and doesn’t bother to tuck won canada’s race so…
O. M. G. 👏👏👏👏👏
Yo this would break view records for sure
I’m so ready for part 2 😮
Gia lives in her own bubble where she's the star, the best, the first, the only..........
And she is
@@dyo6909 that’s debatable
@@alfjoey1234 in ur world
@@alfjoey1234 u should have her back as a asian look a like..
@@dyo6909 what she dishes out for us does not in any way represent Asians or transgenders. She chose this persona and whatever flak she gets is no fault of the fans. The cameras are not rolling anymore so its not editing anymore. It’s her own production.
well i love and live for gia but some of her statements here do are problematic. i get she means she was the first "female presenting" trans woman in the show (according to dominant cis-passing standards of how trans women should look) but everybody's transition is different and peppermint's experience is real and valid even though her transition may not have fitted said standards while she was filming the show. gender identity is not about what you look like. gia could have focused on her experiences on all stars and how she was used to make the janitorial work without bringing down other people
NOT MY OPINION but, since she hadn't passed through surgery when she went to all stars, taking her arguments to a next level extreme, some (transphobic) people might say gia wasn't the first person entering the werk room as a trans woman neither, she was just in "fishy drag" all the time and not just in the runway as the other queens. Which is very transphobic and probably would be as hurtful to hear for gia as it probably is for the queens she's talking about and the trans people watching this video who could feel inadequate or "not trans enough"
Amen.
100% agree. My sister is damn near 40, and is still that ignorant? Whew!
love seeing another rational voice
Mhm. This is the issue with what she said. Real people are going to be harmed by her comments. Her allocating funds given to her differently doesn't harm Like cmon people. Priorities
Bitchy comments about Peppermint... NO Gia. No.
the title??? gia is by NO means the “most problematic” queen from the franchise. sherry and sharon say hello!
Right?? My gawddd 💀
Don’t forget the third “Sh” of the unholy “Sh” trinity, Shangela
Thought Willam was problematic. lol.
@@luisguillen7005 nope
@@luisguillen7005they are not, just outspoken which rubs people the exact same way but shouldn’t. Willam has yet to tell a lie and when being outspoken it’s almost always in direct response to something she feels is unfair as a whole or directly affects Queens, their livelihood, etc.
Gia was funny for a season or two, but the victim card is tired. She knows good and god damn well Peppermint was fully t for years in New York. Anyone who knows the basics of the drag scene on the East Coast knew who Peppermint was, she has been a legend for years.
The irony of people being annoyed that Gia is commenting on trans women’s appearances while commenting on her own appearance 🙄
Gia seems to have spent a lifetime trying to maintain exclusionary boundaries and being arbiter of who can belong and who can’t. Then blames the hate on the editing.
Exactly! 👍👍
And she has the right to learn from her mistakes and grow as a person! This whole interview flew right over your head.
@@snowdropmo8335 I don’t think so pet. What growth? Barely five minutes in she’s trying to state who is legitimately trans and who’s not on RPDR.
@@psamkeastthat is not what she said at all lol not you twisting Gia’s words 😂
@@fresamobile trew
i feel like you really have to go back and read what rupaul said, to understand why gia said what she said about being the first openly transwoman on the show.
rupaul specifically said a transwoman with body enhancements is cheating,
kylie, monica and peppermint were not physically enhanced on their season and weren’t expressing that they were trans since the start of their season like gia was
Gia seems to not realize that if she made a gofundme for her surgeries it should have gone to the surgeries. She seems to think that because she was called for All Stars, she had to use the surgery money to fund All Stars. However that is not why people donated to her campaign. So indeed she did scam people. Matt knew she would be messy and bring views.
Not really she made that money back tenfolds after All Stars, so technically she just invested the money into something to get a bigger return. I doubt she would of been able to make as much money as she does now. So the money still inevitably went towards her transition
@@moonlightbae6143 So it is ok she used money people donated for her to get surgery ,on a reality competition show instead because after the show she will get more bookings and therefore more money? (which is not a guarantee in itself and how do we know she made that money back tenfold.) Just trying to understand your logic here, because all your comment did was confirm what the original poster was saying to me.
@@CaptainSully93 I mean if you was actually a fan of hers its pretty obvious, her following increased massively, she moved into a new apartment, she has brand deals, expensive clothing, paid for all her surgeries since All Stars 4. So the money in the end technically did go on her surgeries, just not directly. I’m sure all her fans are happy to know they played a role in all of that in the end, not just the surgeries
@@moonlightbae6143 So you agree? That it is ok to use donation money for something else as long as you are able to get that money back in return...
They donated that money to her. She did what she wanted with it. She still got her surgery and because she went on all stars she gets to claim first and obviously get money off bookings. Timing is everything. She did the best thing with that money. Did the people that donated complain or just the haters?
🤣 I like how they had to hard cut at the covid question, Gia's entertaining but she's not that bright
They hard cut it because it was just a preview of the second part of the series. He was just teasing to the questions he asks her.
I live for Gia. Good and bad, authentic person. But it's kinda icky with the "giving boy" comment about Peppermint. I have a few cis female in my own life that is giving what Peppermint was back in season 9.. and saying that is boy is kinda insulting in many ways.
Well yeah and clothes and appearance don't make u any less trans cus cis women who identify as women wear mens clothing like some things she says are backwards
It's downright transphobic and it is why she got called out hard for claiming she was the first trans contestant on RPDR.
right??? I know straight ciswomen who look like Peppermint did out of drag on S9, and to say "giving boy" when someone isn't fully out or has literally just come out... is really scary coming from another trans person. Like, we don't need to reinforce the false belief that you can only say your trans once you've fully transitioned, or gotten to a place where you pass. Trans people can define themselves as trans people from the moment they feel its appropriate to do so for themselves onwards.
I think it's an easy way to say it doesn't seem like fully transformed kind of look. Gia really just had long hair and a feminine look in s5, but that was the only thing that wasn't as "boyish" as the other trans contestants who were on before, like Kylie and Monica. Gia just thinks she was unclockable not in drag lol.
Why can’t people say what they feel anymore? Like omg
Matt can you please bring Stacy Burke on the show? She’s part of Playboy’s history and was also one of Hugh Hefner’s girl friends in the early 2000’s she has so many stories from her Playboy days and pictures to go along. Please!!! 🙏🏻
please interview nina bonnina brown her whole story on drag and with the drag race fandom needs to be told
The Monica Beverly Hillz erasure here is disrespectful
Gia opened a door that she created. It's kind of like Beetlejuice.
She came out during the show. If anything, Sonique did it first. And Gia was the first to be casted while the production was aware that she was trans.
@@AlexaSteelAuthor The production was aware that Peppermint was living as a trans woman as well in S9, but I believe they encouraged her to present as nonbinary/less fem on the show.
Part 2 omg than you for this ❤❤❤❤
Gia is one of my favorites now. I like and appreciate this side of her so much more because she's conversationally Intune with the trueness to her answers. She is highly self-aware and possesses an unmatched strength of resilience. What a powerhouse. Unfortunately, RuPaul has had many encounters like this with several of his employees. I believe his short and aloof answers are to protect his brand and preserve his energy seeing how he has a whole enterprise to deal with. He probably sees these conversations as "Problematic small talk" when he has bigger issues to fry. He may come across careless, but his logic is "I gave you a platform to become a star, and you survived and made your way to the top...how could you complain? you have money and fame. Life will sort out the small stuff, Now Werk henny". I totally feel he thinks like that. But any who, this interview was amazing. You got another subscriber!
Did she approve of the videos tittle? If not she's going to have a field day
Willam is the problematic one. Lol
GIA IS A KI😭🤣 I’ve always loved her since I was in hs when she was painted the villain, but I just love the villains
Oh baby I'm ready for part 2 when are you dropping it🎉
I LOVE the drag girls interviews. Willam should spill the T, Alaska should give some sass, Laganja can speak about her transition experience. All the dolls 🙏🏼
Gia said “you know” one million seven hundred seventy seven times in this video. 😜
You know?
@@GiaGunnEntertainmentPick up your fucking feet when you walk!
@fenrafael It's far better than the overuse of "like" spoken with vocal fry imho. "OMG like, she was like literally starving, so like she went to In n Out to grab something to eat. I was like wow..."
@@GiaGunnEntertainment pick up your gottdamn feet when you walk.
"At this point Trix, the dolls are the dolls" 👑
Gia my god. There’s… room for everybody, let’s just say that.
Baby the EATrogen don’t play.
😂 She went from tilapia to blowfish.
@fernandomolina
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The same clowns that talk about her weight are the same ones that are parading trans rights and trying to come for gia later, make it make sense.
She contradicts herself so often. It’s wild.
“I need them, and they need me.”
Next thought “we don’t really need them anymore.”
We love a cliffhanger. Great job as always Matt. ❤
To sum up, Gia doesn't like anyone, anyone doesn't like Gia and has a houseboy to do some errands. Oh, and her home deco taste is nonexistent.
Gia contradicts herself so much. She has a very one sided idea of what trans is suppose to look like and what drag is suppose to be. She internalizes so much shit. BUT SHE MAKES GREAT TV.
Nope you took what she said wrong . I know what you’re trynna say but nope she has a point about being the first.
Each one of us contradicts ourselves. And we all internalise so much shit. Like I too want to be seen and recognised and celebrated as out and proud, but I don't want to be seen as being gay my personality. I wear my gayness on my sleeve and and read to filth anybody who calls out my gayness.
We're all work in progress and the fact that Gia has always been so true to that work in progress, that's what makes her so attractive. Much better than so many celebrities who have a flat personalities.
That voice is giving gay boy and not woman, that’s for sure 😢😂
@@jayrose4748 she’s trans dummy voice is part of the transition and nothing is over night. Idk why y’all being weird. She said straight facts. Peppermint didn’t look trans whatsoever and never mentioned it on her season. Go cry. Gia was first to be trans from start to finish and was booked for rpdr with producers knowing or seeing a transition progress
@@jayrose4748 you can always expect "men" to be transphobic just to prove how sassy they are.
I love your channel. We need part two 🥰
WE NEED A NINA BONINA BROWN INTERVIEW
My sister was a kindergarten teacher. Her classroom walls were full of color and so was every shelf. Everywhere around her was busy, busy color. Her new home was as light a neutral as it gets without going white. Her walls were bare. She bought stained glass lamps that bathed the walls in soft, calm swathes of color. She called home to have her son turn on the lights, her work friends were coming to see the house. She walked in and every light in the house was on, just not the lamps in every room she was dying to show off. Completely typical of my clueless nephew.
My point was that she saw enuf chaos at work. She wanted her home decor to be as unchaotic as possible. A drag artist works in a chaotic colorful world, too. I can understand the desire for colorless home. That's when playing with texture comes in to make it interesting and inviting. I seriously need some color and whimsy in my environment. We'd be so dull if we all had the same tastes. Can't find much fault with Gia's taste.
@@wendybutler1681 this is the gayest comment ive ever read
only other transsexual women can understand how difficult it is to navigate the world being desired and hated at the same time by so many people, the constant fear of just existing, not to mention seeing other trans women like you dying/getting killed regularly and seeing all the hate for trans women online. and then having people who have never experienced those things policing everything you do & say and expecting us all to just be fine with the trauma we deal with constantly. and then yall wonder why we are just over it and dont coddle you
Amen
The killing will stop when transsexuals stop desiring the men that hate them for the most part.
That's another discussion that needs to be had.
IYKYK 🤷🏾
Gia calling peppermint a boy when she was on season 9 is super disrespectful imo.
oh the comment about peppermint was DISGUSTING.
When I watched season 9, I assumed Peppermint was a guy. I thought all the contestants were male. How was anyone supposed to know? I only learned she was trans once she said it in the Werkroom.
I agree - looks don’t dictate gender. Peppermint is trans and she said that.
@@frankierose1814 Yeah. Looks don't dictate your gender, but anatomy dictates your sex.
@@rebeccarichardson8669 okay sis
I think what she meant to say was that Peppermint came out on the show and during that moment, her peers weren’t aware she was trans. They all hugged as I recalled. Therefore it was implied that Peppermint was a gay male before she made her gender identity public to both the viewer and the other queens. Gia came one the show as she mentions in the interview, as Gia
Hey, don't forget this:
Make sure to give her the flowers she deserves. I've met her in person many times, and at first, she seemed all about herself. But you know what? She actually has a big heart and isn't afraid to speak her mind. I'm totally rooting for her to represent us girls. You go, girl! You've definitely got my vote.
1:04 just because peppermint didnt appear as feminine as gia gunn's ideal of what a feminine trans woman is, doesnt mean that peppermint wasnt trans...
he a mannnnnnnnnn
Peppermint was definitely trans just not female presenting in the interviews. That's the only difference.
@@spencerburrows624 yes that's what i meant. it seemed like gia was saying peppermint didnt look feminine enough to be trans...which has nothing to do with her identity.
@@endor8witch don't get me wrong I am from Eastern country the way peppermint portrayed is a "boy" I don't know who peppermint was before drag so I didn't know she was trans nothing against it just saying. Maybe it's producers' fault or smth but I really didn't think she was trans
Not Gia “The Janitor” Gunn 💪🏽😂👑✨
I’ve always Loved me some
Gia Gunn ever since,
Leave me alone I’m feeling my oats I’m feeling my oats 😂❤
Gia's main issue is that she speaks without being fully studied on what she speaks about and then further says divisive things. Peppermint is a widely known (even before drag race) transwoman, "I dont know about yall but i saw a boy" was just completely uncalled for and why people have the issues they have with Gia, she wants to be entitled to accolades instead of actually deserving them - she could be fierce but she just keeps doing too much.
She gives inner conflict not at peace who is still struggling. I hope she is in therapy.
whaaaat how dare leave us hanging!!! when is episode 2 coming!!!!!!
Omg this two interviews it’s just take me back to gia season and how iconic and real she was ❤❤ we need more of this
someone that shows off materialistic possessions then asks for money for their own procedures doesn't sit well with me.
Gia is ICONIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She gave us so many moments. We should love her and stand by her for that! She always speaks her mind and her truth. And SHE IS the 1st trans women to walk into Drag Race as a proud trans doll!!! She is right when she says that Peppermint presented herself as other thing than a woman. Even MBH... she came out on the show but she always presented as the other gender until that moment. Entering a place presenting herself as a proud trans woman IS RELEVANT and important to highlight. the community should not discredit that from Gia. It kinda feel the same when Kim Petras won the grammy as the 1st trans woman to do that and eeveryone started to look for WHO who won 20 years ago. When that person won she didnt presented as trans. So let's celebrate our BRAVE trans individuals who are fierce enough to say HI , I'M TRANS.
22:22 who is this section about?????
Im trying figure that out too
Joslyn Fox was always right about her.
Yes!!!! I love Gia this was so good! thank you!!
Asian house lmao “ Take off your shoes” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yazzzz
Farah moan is getting called out everywhere 😂
Farrah hasnt been on Matt’s channel right?
farrah hasn't been on his channel, maybe it was kylie? or eureka
@@dahliabloomI think is AJA
@@Mialc01 i think it was before aja bc that was as4 and whose to say it was a rugirl
another comment said eden the doll
I’ve loved Gia since the first day I saw her on RPDR and will continue to love her forever. God bless you Gia! God bless you Matt! ❤
I love this. Do u have spotify podcast?
Yea this still made us not like her even more. She plays the victim role so well
Why are you saying "us" as if you speak for everyone. Please have several seats.
if you didnt use the money for its purpose then its stealing
Love this interview
Another great interview matt! ❤
I really don't understand in gay culture how we decide the line between being "iconic" and admitting someone is possibly just not a good person. I feel if gia wasnt famous she wouldn't get the passes she's getting. I see a flawed, deeply hurt individual that can't seem to grow passed whatever trauma she's grown up in and projects it on to others. Her world view seems so narrow that she can't even understand other trans people; the people she should understand and uplift the most. Being good TV isn't enough of a criteria for me to categorize someone as iconic. I'm struggling with what i think of her.
the idea of being a good or bad person is flawed in itself because people provide different things to different people. Gia as far as we know is not a murderer, offender or thief or nuisance other than having problematic opinions. With Gia, the context as to what makes her iconic is her insensitivity and backwardness- it's uniquely entertaining but also by in large harmless other than being stigmatizing and socially inflammatory. She will have fans and will have a platform as a talented hardworking performer and she deserves her career but with anyone in your life, you have to evaluate for yourself if the bad traits are worth your interest in their work.
Excited for part 2!!
If Gia spent less time being negative and talking about drama she would be a lot further in life right now.
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 seriously ! Seems like everything that comes out her mouth each time I’ve seen her it’s drama or he reading people thinking she’s better
@@selestewithans And she's looking manly these days.
@@stache1954 for sure ..see what I don’t like is when trans women go after other trans women and who’s the fishiest and who’s in her words “a cross dresser” it’s hard enough already why would she always wanna go after her own. I’ve always said there’s nothing really “fishy” about her for her to be calling people out ..now she’s had work done to her face that she just looks bloated and that voice still screams “sir” lol now I know I just said I hate when girls call out other girls but she’s done it so much that at this point she deserves it all back 10Xs
she wont tho, thats why she is stagnated.
she’s flourishing and happy though? Nothing about Gia says “I’m behind in life right now”
The Way she was edited bothers her? Yet she's consistently carried the same personality traits on beyond the show and continually been judgmental about others, yet she hates it when others judge her.
A truly happy person doesn't behave the way she does. Cretinous. Stick to the trans girls who behave humbly and don't need to constantly create drama or put others down.
Lol. In spanish that is called 'Manicomio'😂
GIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT GIRL, so transparent about everything and everyone. Luv her
In her Kim kardashian era
Can't wait for part 2 🤩
Sge worries too much about what others have said...then proceeds to say she ain't worried lol.
Yeah, with her response to Covid and her overall behavior I'm just not a fan, and people need to stop pretending that she had a bad edit, or that she's somehow misunderstood. NO. Apologists need to get real.
Well tbf everyone only points out her faults never praising her amazing talents. And then she makes her whole living based on what everyone else thinks about her.
she's good tv that's for sure. There just comes a point when you realize others will have opinions & that's okay.
beautiful home, and she's right, I would never have expected her to have that decor, it's IS very calming and lovely. good for Gia!
OHHHHHHHHHHH Matt you have opened the flood gates with this interview and im living for it. Bayyyyyyyyyy Bay the queens will be calling you up to tell their truth. This was a goooooood move 🙂
I absolutely agree lol
It’s so funny I had no idea people fought Gia on the being the first trans woman on drag race. She truly was the first to come on the show as a woman. Not, the rest who were like, surprise I think I’m trans. I also think she had some profound thoughts on the need to say “I’m not one of THEM” at every new stage. Pretty classy and chill. Glad to see the interview. Can’t wait to watch the rest!
Gia gia the one and only first queen to show reallllllll❤❤❤❤
21:30 Trust and believe I’m pausing the video here, to jump down in these comments so I can find out who this “Doll” is that Miss Gia is calling too 🤔🤭
I want to like Gia but every single video she just seems to miss the point. She was not technically "fully realized" when she was on drag race. She mentioned she had "no tits" and I'm not even sure she had bottom surgery. How can she say she was the first transitioned on drag race then? It just seems illogical. It's also seriously catty and I've seen her drop slur after slur about people in her own community (or what was) and she chooses to still keep her business in the trans community instead of just moving on to live her full transitioned life. I just don't get it.
I think she's just a bit narcissistic/likes bring the center of attention. Also she knows that she is an entertainer/she has to stay relevant/give people the drama/tea.
“I felt.” LMFAO idc Gia is literally great television, entertainment, and even perspective. I like how she stands by her journey and her truth and it’s always consistent.
How is it consistent to brag that she was making 6 figures by the time she was 22 years old, but later raised 30k on GoFundMe for her gender affirming surgeries, but instead she spent that money to go on All Stars 4? She's consistent in her dishonesty and bad character, yes.
Who knows how many men (johns) she's ripped off along the way too???
Truth and Gia Gunn were never on speaking terms.
Queen of queens ❤
It’s great to see Gia so comfortable in her own skin and seem very in tune with herself. ❤
I neeeeeeeed part two! Gia continues to be iconic!
Never clicked on a video so fast!! Also, I’m SO excited for the Old Gays episode!!
Not her being transphpbic to peppermint in the fuckin opening.
Not transphobic if it's the truth
@nickiminajisthequeenofrap6235 leave it to the nicki stan account to protect terrible people who make terrible decisions.
Peppermint looks like a manly lucha libre wrestler, is the truth, no offence...
@onlyrealtalentedartists you do realize that doesn't stop you from being a mouthbreathing transphobe, right?
In that case, for what its worth, Gia was back then and still is a botched biological trainwreck.
Kind of doesn't make sense. Gia doesn't like being called a drag queen: gets ready for a drag queen brunch :/
who’s the certain doll????
Eden the doll
Gia wants additional chances. Gia says that she has grown and changed. Here's my issue with those comments. What does she say in the interview when she does not get the title of "The First Trans Woman" on Drag Race? She insults Kylie, Carmen, and, especially, Peppermint, which is exactly what I expect from Gia, but negates her claim that she has changed. Those moves are original season 6 Gia Gunn, not a new, evolved Gia Gunn. I do think Gia is fierce. I would love to see an evolved Gia, but I do not see her in this interview.
She's right , as a trans woman , the trans "community" is not all a big sisterhood there's alot of jelousy and bitterness, i think it comes down to insecurities and dysphoria, the girls can get competitive and it infuriates me because we need to unite together in a world that turns against us so i definitely distance myself from alot of the girls and only have a select few tgirl friends for those reasons.
"YAS BUT NOT FULLY REALIZED LIKE THIS" 🔥 would have been THE BEST CATCHPHRASE ever..😂 #gaggggggg
wasn’t kenya michaels on the show when she was already on estrogen?
I love Gia. She speaks nothing but the truth I know Gia personally and she’s actually very very nice and such a good time she keeps it 100% ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Part 2 pleaseeee
Im sorry but sonique, monica, carmen were beginning their transition
gia clearing ru omg 😭