Gia brings up the idea of the "first trans woman on Drag Race" not to celebrate trans inclusivity on the show or her fellow trans queens, but to celebrate herself.
It's all she ever does. She can't do or say anything if it's not to get herself attention. And she's still clearly not figured out there's a difference between positive and negative attention.
Shannel was utter perfection in You Spin Me Round and I'm Every Woman and she just proved to the world that you don't need stunts and tricks and flashy dance moves to be a great performer and to captivate an audience, which I think is sooo needed at this point in Drag Race where everyone is cramming in splits and flips and reveals and gags and goops at every opportunity. She embodied the vibes of the songs and emoted so flawlessly that she didn't need any of that. I couldn't take my eyes off her, she truly came ALIVE on that stage and it was everything.
Vanjie and Shannel are my favorites Their mannerisms and the way they speak are so unique and compelling Vanjie puckering her lips and making bold hand gestures, holding out her whole arm to point a finger Shannel making eyes and facial expressions like she's an old Hollywood diva finding her light, and always being so in love with herself A tv show with them and Tammie Brown just walking around and talking would be endlessly entertaining to me
@@bunjijumper5345 it was supposed to be a joke if you don't actually know what we are genuinely trying to say don't say anything back. Please thank you this was just a message not an insult
@@bunjijumper5345there's literally been mini challenges where the pit crew are getting humped by the main cast 😭 if they didn't like the comments or the attention they wouldn't work for the show and they'd go back to being dancers like a lot of them were
does gia realise that being a woman doesnt mean you have to be glammed up dolled up all the time? if you wanna do that, thats fine, but i know personally that i look like a man 99% of the time, and im a cis woman. nobody on drag race she mentioned was any less of a woman just because they naturally presented during confessionals, thats an insane standard to set.
I've worn make up twice in my life and I am still a woman like... I hate the standard even our trans-sisters can't escape it's vile. IF ANYTHING that is proof that they are real women because what man would willingly go through that?
The struggle is real. I’m 50% truly angered and 50% pitying that people have to fight so hard ti shake the shackles of an assumed and assigned gender… and still end up stuck in the mire of toxic gendered stereotypes. I hope all Gia’s fighting has improved her quality of life but she still has some way to go.
Honestly very upsetting that Peppermint is still getting flack for her confessionals 7 years later. Shes the first out trans woman to have a role in a broadway musical. Shes in another musical right now. Shes got an incredible career and is an absolute titan. And shes done alot of for the trans community. She just dressed comfortably and shes talked about how insulting it is that she gets shit for "presenting as a boy" when thats not what she was doing at all. Peppermint deserves way more then people trashing looks she wore several years ago.
@@rubinhardin4183 because she did present as boy there was never anything presenting feminine or giving the idea that she was trans nobody knew twoards the end what she was you can’t blame people for a trans woman who dressed “comfy” in masculine clothing
@salemlee2592 you know she was forced to do that by the production team and told she wasn't allowed to be femme in her interviews? So lets not support that transphobic bull from production and say that sort of stuff. She wasn't "boy" she was forced to not be herself.
Not Gia using a picture of her All Stars confessional look to prove how female presenting she was... in her original season. Where she didn't look like that edit: my mistake has been pointed out to me, don't want to delete this though because some comments were interesting
@@irenbebe, it seems like her point is, "You're not a trans woman if you don't present as femme" Which a lot of people disagree with, for so many reasons Trans people need money and/or access to health care to transition, and so many don't have either or both So comments like that risk pushing transfems further back into the closet because they can't access hormones or surgery to look femme enough
Gia’s first statement could’ve been way less controversial had she phrased it as “I was the first openly transgender woman on the show” (which is not true, but ya know) instead of “the others were boys”, which would’ve been way less combative and rude
If I tried to do as much hairography as Roxxxy I would probably fall off the stage, get whiplash, and then have to quit the competition with a broken ankle, neck trauma, and persistent migraines. Sis is wild!
My favorite lipsync EVER was Roxxxys Diana Ross though and she just walks around the stage, files her nails and emotes and that was probably the best lipsync I will ever see in the show 😂
Gia been had some type of inner issue with what femininity and masculinity is for her from her comments ever since season 6. I hope she learns to stop hurting other trans women with her shitty comments
genuinely though, why not show a season 6 confessional? like idk why she's trying to claim the "first trans queen on drag race" title, I hope she's happy with her transition but putting down other trans queens is not a good look
I mean you missed the point though.... I'm not defending her, but she's claiming she was the first trans presenting contestant when she came onto AS4, not her original season. That's why she includes peppermint.
@@Face0Lessshe didn't need to say it. Peppermint was living as trans long before she was on RPDR. this is why Bob keeps chiming in. Anyone that knew Peppermint knew that she was living her life as a woman.
But seriously, my biggest issue with trans people like Gia talking shit about other trans women this way is that it gives cis people implicit permission to speak that way about us as well
100% this! "If another trans person says it, then it MUST okay for me to say it!"... without ever taking a moment to consider that internalized transphobia/cissexism is a thing.
If the talent show gives two badges and the queens then vote and someone gets an extra badge through that then any of the 2 badge queens can potentially match Roxxxy. And beyond that, there will need to be a tiebreaker because this system very much requires it; we will likely have multiple queens in third place.
Its sad when a woman has to bring up her own insecurities to bring other women down to make herself feel better. Her transition isn't lessened by other trans women and to think she can dictate what is "feminine" presenting enough is also just very myopic. Joslyn Fox was right to call her ignorant back than just like how we are right to call her ignorant now.
Saying peppermint was giving boy in her confessuonal just comes off as racism to me tbqh. Like she looked like so many black women i know in her confessional
I'm not defending her, but she's claiming she was the first female presenting contestant when she came onto AS4, not her original season. That's why she includes peppermint.
@@AAA-kh6qi Monica and Kenya already looks female when they started drag race even at their confessionals, Gia is just too much, as a transwoman, emphasizing on "Female-presenting" can be a little dangerous for the trans community as not everyone can be "Female passing", and her claims are just messed up just to get some traction on her OF.
@@AAA-kh6qi Which is technically wrong cause Kylie appeared as female presenting on the christmas special which aired before all stars 4, so technically Kylie was the first, which at the end of the day who cares this isnt a competition, everyone has their own journey
@@rogelio9225 The 'competition' aspect of it comes from the fact that being THE Trans Queen that that Gia wants to present herself out comes with a lot more branding/clout than being A Trans Queen among several. And the fact that most of her clout after Drag Race came from controversy more than anything. If she's not the first, she's not particularly relevant in the conversation, or if she is relevant it's for the wrong reasons.
I laughed when plastique yelled about how roxxxie knew every word to the rap. I wish someone would have said you're supposed to know every word In the songs, even the raps
Angie didn’t know the words to Grove is in the Heart and that blew my mind! It was obvious she didn’t know the rap but she was lip syncing “Groove is in MY Heart” I was so surprised.
@@ChristinaVVM I will say this: Angie’s outfit didn’t help her. The fake cut-outs were placed in a way that didn’t help her stage presence. But Roxxy was great!
@@ChristinaVVM I know but Angie did make an effort to pretend to know Groove, whereas Plastique straight up didn’t knew any lyrics. So she does tricks to distract 😂 Just move the mouth would have been more convincing 😂
Gottmik is NOT a great lip syncing queen. She knows it. Truly think this lip sync battle should have happened earlier in the season as it now felt as rigging it for Roxxy.
That or it's all completely scripted to make sure we get Jorgeous with Roxxxy for the Tandi Andrews storyline and the Shannel vs Roxxxy for the OGs against each other storyline. Roxxxy wouldn't even still be in a regular season with those horrible design challenges and snatch game clown show. It's so contrived and tired.
@@ceciliaSF-TX it "feels" like it's rigged for Roxxxy because it *IS* rigged for Roxxy. The storyline has been it's her turn from the moment they announced the cast. Same for Jinkx and Jimbo (although they deserve it a helluva lot more than Roxxy)
Jorgeous has the dancing portion of performing DOWN! But a performance is an art…very nuanced. So much more than just dancing goes into a truly great performance. Emotion is key. Jorgeous face was giving that she was still in “Megan” mode from last week.
I'm sorry Gia but being a closeted trans/ presenting as the gender you were assigned at birth in confessionals does not invalidate these people's identity. The first trans woman on drag race was Sonique aka Kylie Sonique Love. Gia did a lot for the trans community on drag race that is true. I just do not understand her need for the title of "first trans woman" on the show to highlight her contributions.
She needs that title because she hasn't actually done a lot for the trans community. She's just displayed a lot of nastiness and a lack of self-awareness; if anything, she makes the community look worse. She wants recognition without any of the work.
This is the comment for me! Bingo. Imagine where Gia could be if she wasn't teetering into that "pick me" category that involves tearing everyone down around her.
@@ambrosiarose Thank you for getting my message. Her contributions was to lift the trans community so she should lift everyone up yet she tears people down constantly. But like bussy queen said in the video, she just knows what to say to stir the pot and that's just sad. Her constant need to stir up controversy keeps reducing the impact of what she did, which is the opposite of what the trans community needs. I'm just a bi ally but even for a cis-woman like me this is just plain sad to see.
The Lipsync between Plastique and Vangie is a glowing example showing how far Vangie has grown. Bless her heart she had such severe stage fright 😱 in her last season she struggled to take her eyes off the floor. Now she doesn't take her eyes away from the judges, she has become a fearless entertainer. I am so proud of her. ❤ #teamvangie
Also we know that production told the queens on early seasons to "butch it up" for their confessional looks. Thats why they look so straight and cis compared to modern seasons
We all know that the show would forbid the queens to do hormones while filming, also wouldn’t cast trans queens cause Rupaul was transphobic af and when he was called out he put Gotmik on s13 and pushed her to top 4 and then pushed sonique to the crown…
I love that Gia included a pic of herself from AS4 AFTER she had transitioned instead of her original season 6 look.... She's such a dumpster fire lmao
Gia not using her season 6 confessional photo is so damn calculated... Oh, and by the way, Monica was *always* very female presenting. I was not at all surprised when she finally spoke her truth to the cast. Bob is absolutely right: you can be proud of your journey without tearing others down. Gia has a lot of internalized baggage that she should be unpacking. No one, and I mean *no* one, who is secure in themselves carries themselves the way she does. I wish people would stop giving her a platform. She is *not* helping anyone, including herself.
Is kind of shallow of Gia to say “I saw boy” because what if some of those queens felt feminine in that moment ? It’s not surprising that Gia thinks like she does tho.
Little-known trivia: RuPaul and Lady Miss Kier from Deee-Lite were friends from years back in NYC and Kier once suggested she'd actually been asked to do vocals on the _Drag Race_ theme song when Season One was being produced. Obviously, she declined that invite along with several requests to guest-judge an episode because she's not a fan of reality television, specifically not competition-based reality TV. Regardless, "Groove is in the Heart" is an absolute masterpiece of sampling, with almost every single element of it aside from Lady Miss Kier's vocals lifted from obscure old records (the I-i-i-i-i-I is actually Eva Gabor doing the _Green Acres_ theme) and pieced together in a way that is simply ingenious. That said, it's a very difficult song to perform and virtually impossible to do a cover of. Roxxxy did well and there's a bit from Angeria towards the end where she dances with the horns sample that had me rolling on the floor. I'm glad RuPaul's re-introduced it twice now so future generations of queens can love it as much as we did.
I was not ready for Vanjie's ass in that get up. Was shooketh in the best way possible. Might not swing that way, but can appreciate a Monet without being an artist. *chefs kiss*
I dont want to give Gia any attention for her rent thats due 🙄 but are people still seriously "living" for this behavior? I called the plastique hide her mouth choreo 😅 might be why she doesnt win her lip syncs because she just worked aroun not learning lyrics 👀 not too shady because Sponge Queen Mama Monet Xchange loves a turn and vurn the lyrics too 💅🏽 Vangie is still a treat 😊
I watched that Matt Cullen interview.. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.. I went into watching hoping my opinion on gia would change & all she did was solidify it for me
I cannot hear you spin me round without thinking of meatspin. And in turn, jarsquat, sandbox, lemon party, and two girls one cup. The dark side of the internet. Trauma.
I’m not sorry but Gia doesn’t deserve the traction for being ‘controversial’ and a borderline horrible person. Y’all forget her attitude with Covid? Cuz I didn’t. There’s no point in feeding her, call me soft but people like her shouldn’t drown out actual voices, it’s exhausting
Honestly.... if you look at this as more of an "all-star showcase season" rather than a competition, does it still fall short of delivering? I'd say no. All-Stars has always been struggling to find the right approach and how to set it apart from regular seasons. I think they're finally nailing the best structure and we need to reconsider how we hold it to others. It's like comparing apples to doorknobs.
It's nice to see old school drag getting the respect it deserves. Some of the queens think lip syncing is about who's sexiest. That gets a bit one note.
don’t you guys think if you stop looking for every possible way production might be interfering, you’d just enjoy the season more? like we’ve been watching the show- we get how it works already. get into the fantasy cause there’s absolutely nothing any of us can do to change what has already happened. like damn yall are so into being bothered
If Gia wants to be acknowledged for her contributions to the trans community on Drag Race, she needs to be truthful about what they actually are. Deliberately failing to post a picture of her initial confessionals, where she did present as a boy, makes her look bitter and dishonest.
Is there no budget this time around? ALL of the lip sync songs had been already used previously. That makes me mad because it is inevitable to compare the old performances with this ones.
i got to say i NEVER liek roxxxy she was always annoyingly a mean girl in past but im wondering now if that was detox and Alaska bring out the worst in her b/c this season im in love with her and she is becoming my new fav queen
Roxxy's title of Undefeated Lip Sync A$$@$$1n made me think she might be the winner of this season of AS. I mean, if they give it to another queen, that means no one will hold this title anymore and it kind of attracts audience to the franchise. It's nice to think there's one that hasnever lost a lip sync, in a world that includes Anetra, Jorgeous, Morphine 🤔, these are great dancers and they have lost lip sync battles.
I actually think they’ve done a fantastic job editing this season - being a “charity season,” it could very easily become boring, dull, RuPaul’s Best Friend Race, etc. - but they’ve done a great job of keeping it entertaining, keeping us on our toes and putting on a great show that both provides juicy drama for the audience but showcases the queens in the fairest way possible. Good stuff.
I will literally never be able to hear Break Free on Drag Race without thinking of how incredibly Kandy Ho did it on S7. They weren’t even focusing the camera on her most of the song (because producers gonna produce), and she still *consumed*. Side Note: I want a season of All Stars with just PR queens. Kandy, April, Yara, Linesha, Alyssa Hunter, Jax…😍
@@darchangel8675309 if that makes you happy in any way, Alyssa Hunter is speculated to be on All Stars 10 so we will get Puerto Rican representation very soon (let’s just hope she doesn’t get mistreated the same way she was back on season 14)
These lypsinc smackdowns are becoming so predictable - I guessed the winner of each one even before the songs began. Not saying the winners were undeserving, but obviously what was shown was for narrative purposes only. Yay Roxxxy, I guess.
Not to be rude to Gia, I don’t waste my time listening to what she has to say. To me she is just a mean spirited troll. But Gia had got to be Gia. People may love her, but I don’t pay her any mind.
LIPSYNCING is an art. It is acting. It's embodying a charachter, commanding the stage, and telling a story through the body AND face. It is not barely knowing the words, keeping one facial expression (usually dead behind the eyes), and performing a bunch of tricks and dips. Its a disservice to the art that so much of the fandom and many drag queens can't realize this. Something is in the water, clearly....
I love Roxxxy and I think she's won every lip sync justifiably but across the entire franchise I must say that Coco Montrese, Trinity K Bonet, Laganja Estranja, Kennedy Davenport, Peppermint and Sasha Colby are, in my opinion, capable of beating Roxxxy in a lip sync (although entirely dependent on the song choice).
The thing about Plastique is she has all the tools and ingredients to be a lip sync assassin. But what I think is happening is something holds her back, something is still a little bottled up. When she lets go of it, she can only become phenomenal
Can we all just PLEASE stop giving ms. boom boom gun attention. She's proven time and time again that she'll say any and everything she can just to get a rise out of people. She acts like she wasn't a boy when she was doing interviews back on her run in season 6 of drag race.....soooo go off?? I guess??? :/
gia's statements are invalidating af! to boost herself up, she has to put someone else down?? it doesn't work like that! in her confessional picture, Peppermint and i could be twins! i'm a Black woman AFAB! Peppermint is my mom, my aunties, my cousins. she was and is a woman!
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Gia brings up the idea of the "first trans woman on Drag Race" not to celebrate trans inclusivity on the show or her fellow trans queens, but to celebrate herself.
Just so disappointing.
It's all she ever does. She can't do or say anything if it's not to get herself attention. And she's still clearly not figured out there's a difference between positive and negative attention.
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Exaaactly
She's so desperate to make herself the main character in everything she talks about. It's pathetic 😒
Gia is incapable of lifting herself without lowering someone else.
Over it.
She is saying the facts as they are. Your snowflake behind can’t handle it. It’s not for you
Well said. Perfectly said!
Shannel was utter perfection in You Spin Me Round and I'm Every Woman and she just proved to the world that you don't need stunts and tricks and flashy dance moves to be a great performer and to captivate an audience, which I think is sooo needed at this point in Drag Race where everyone is cramming in splits and flips and reveals and gags and goops at every opportunity. She embodied the vibes of the songs and emoted so flawlessly that she didn't need any of that. I couldn't take my eyes off her, she truly came ALIVE on that stage and it was everything.
The exact same could be said about Symone but everyone criticised her lipsyncs. Wonder why 🙄
Simple,She's Black.@@Smarterthanyew
Finally, someone said it. Jorgeous moved well but her face was one note. She wasn’t giving the necessary emotions needed for the song…
I agree. If she focused some more on emoting and the words she would be unstoppable.
At least she’s gone from blank face to…smiling blank face?
She needs to take some facial choreography lessons from Shannel.
i need vanjie on every season for her confessionals and random moments alone.
she is TV GOLD. TRULY.
i need that ass on ever season lol
RIGHT I BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS
Vanjie and Shannel are my favorites
Their mannerisms and the way they speak are so unique and compelling
Vanjie puckering her lips and making bold hand gestures, holding out her whole arm to point a finger
Shannel making eyes and facial expressions like she's an old Hollywood diva finding her light, and always being so in love with herself
A tv show with them and Tammie Brown just walking around and talking would be endlessly entertaining to me
@@AuDHDarling Right I would love taht and I LOVE VANJIE SO MUCH
The new Juju
I don’t blame Vanjie for throwin it at Bruno whatsoever that man is foine!
And I feel like Bruno is OBSESSED with her. I would too with all them cakes on her lmao
Bruno looked like he was thoroughly enjoying watching the queens lip sync. That was so enjoyable.
It is in appropriate for someone to have to hear that at a work setting. We should be respectful and not put people in those position. Its abusive.
@@bunjijumper5345 it was supposed to be a joke if you don't actually know what we are genuinely trying to say don't say anything back. Please thank you this was just a message not an insult
@@bunjijumper5345there's literally been mini challenges where the pit crew are getting humped by the main cast 😭 if they didn't like the comments or the attention they wouldn't work for the show and they'd go back to being dancers like a lot of them were
does gia realise that being a woman doesnt mean you have to be glammed up dolled up all the time? if you wanna do that, thats fine, but i know personally that i look like a man 99% of the time, and im a cis woman. nobody on drag race she mentioned was any less of a woman just because they naturally presented during confessionals, thats an insane standard to set.
No such thing as cis. You're a woman. Period.
@@mushshrews she really said “lemme reinforce hurtful female stereotypes while at the same time shamming all my trans sisters for their appearances”
I've worn make up twice in my life and I am still a woman like... I hate the standard even our trans-sisters can't escape it's vile. IF ANYTHING that is proof that they are real women because what man would willingly go through that?
The struggle is real. I’m 50% truly angered and 50% pitying that people have to fight so hard ti shake the shackles of an assumed and assigned gender… and still end up stuck in the mire of toxic gendered stereotypes. I hope all Gia’s fighting has improved her quality of life but she still has some way to go.
Gia just doesn't like other women
Honestly very upsetting that Peppermint is still getting flack for her confessionals 7 years later. Shes the first out trans woman to have a role in a broadway musical. Shes in another musical right now. Shes got an incredible career and is an absolute titan. And shes done alot of for the trans community. She just dressed comfortably and shes talked about how insulting it is that she gets shit for "presenting as a boy" when thats not what she was doing at all. Peppermint deserves way more then people trashing looks she wore several years ago.
@@rubinhardin4183 because she did present as boy there was never anything presenting feminine or giving the idea that she was trans nobody knew twoards the end what she was you can’t blame people for a trans woman who dressed “comfy” in masculine clothing
@@salemlee2592would you say the same about adore delano?
@@afreepotatochip8765 yes exactly the same because adore dressed as a boy and presented as a boy never said she was trans until recently
@salemlee2592 you know she was forced to do that by the production team and told she wasn't allowed to be femme in her interviews? So lets not support that transphobic bull from production and say that sort of stuff. She wasn't "boy" she was forced to not be herself.
Just because you have short hair doesn't mean you're 'presenting boy' 😂😂😂
Ohhh so Gia wants attention and has nothing to offer for it but nastiness... again....
No gigs
Loved how the OG queens from the single digit seasons killed it in the rulalapalooza
I don't believe Shannell did better than Vanjie, sorry
She embodied the song. As did Roxy. Watch it again. Fair win Sorry not sorry
@@MichaelSmith-zx5lwits ok to be wrong, Michael❤
@@MichaelSmith-zx5lw She did tho
Gorgeous in my opinion beat roxxxy 😅
Not Gia using a picture of her All Stars confessional look to prove how female presenting she was... in her original season. Where she didn't look like that
edit: my mistake has been pointed out to me, don't want to delete this though because some comments were interesting
i think you're missing the point she was trying to make 😭
@@irenbebe feel free to explain
@@irenbebeshe made no point and was just flapping her gums, per usual
@@irenbebe, it seems like her point is, "You're not a trans woman if you don't present as femme"
Which a lot of people disagree with, for so many reasons
Trans people need money and/or access to health care to transition, and so many don't have either or both
So comments like that risk pushing transfems further back into the closet because they can't access hormones or surgery to look femme enough
@@irenbebe the point is, she’s not the first and is transphobic and nasty
Gia’s first statement could’ve been way less controversial had she phrased it as “I was the first openly transgender woman on the show” (which is not true, but ya know) instead of “the others were boys”, which would’ve been way less combative and rude
Gia is truly incapable of being anything other than combative and rude
If I tried to do as much hairography as Roxxxy I would probably fall off the stage, get whiplash, and then have to quit the competition with a broken ankle, neck trauma, and persistent migraines. Sis is wild!
My favorite lipsync EVER was Roxxxys Diana Ross though and she just walks around the stage, files her nails and emotes and that was probably the best lipsync I will ever see in the show 😂
Gia was being straight up transphobic full stop.
Gia been had some type of inner issue with what femininity and masculinity is for her from her comments ever since season 6. I hope she learns to stop hurting other trans women with her shitty comments
Gia using pics of the other trans queens pre-transition excluding herself is conniving and disgusting.
genuinely though, why not show a season 6 confessional? like idk why she's trying to claim the "first trans queen on drag race" title, I hope she's happy with her transition but putting down other trans queens is not a good look
I mean you missed the point though.... I'm not defending her, but she's claiming she was the first trans presenting contestant when she came onto AS4, not her original season. That's why she includes peppermint.
Peppermints confessional look was filmed years into her transition... Just cuz she's not hyper femme doesn't mean she's not presenting as a woman
Pepp wasn’t openly trans as a contestant.
@@D1rtytacoshe said on the show she was. In the workroom to the other girls and another time to RU
Peppermint was LITERALLY the first, if you rule out MBH, who lived her life as trans before the show and knew who she was coming into RDR
Peppermint never said she was trans in her season though….
@@Face0Less actually she did
Yes she did. It was in the workroom later in the season talking to another queen.@Face0Less
@@Face0Lessshe didn't need to say it. Peppermint was living as trans long before she was on RPDR. this is why Bob keeps chiming in. Anyone that knew Peppermint knew that she was living her life as a woman.
and actually kylie soniques christmas season aired before allstars 4 so she was out before gia too
But seriously, my biggest issue with trans people like Gia talking shit about other trans women this way is that it gives cis people implicit permission to speak that way about us as well
100% this! "If another trans person says it, then it MUST okay for me to say it!"... without ever taking a moment to consider that internalized transphobia/cissexism is a thing.
i hate how people say “pick me girl” without knowing what it means. GIA is the definition of a “pick me girl” 🤢
Every time Ru says there’s still a way for anyone to win, I wonder what was the purpose of the badges in the first place?!
I think it's so the queens won't give up. Shannel had 0 for weeks and I reckon she would have given up if she didn't know she could still win.
5 badges to the talent show...
Well, it helps one contestant to win whatever the surprise is, but the others depends on how many badges they won across the season.
If the talent show gives two badges and the queens then vote and someone gets an extra badge through that then any of the 2 badge queens can potentially match Roxxxy. And beyond that, there will need to be a tiebreaker because this system very much requires it; we will likely have multiple queens in third place.
I hate Rupauls best friend race, that’s y I disliked as7, I wanna see real competition, there’s nothing at stake
Its sad when a woman has to bring up her own insecurities to bring other women down to make herself feel better. Her transition isn't lessened by other trans women and to think she can dictate what is "feminine" presenting enough is also just very myopic.
Joslyn Fox was right to call her ignorant back than just like how we are right to call her ignorant now.
Saying peppermint was giving boy in her confessuonal just comes off as racism to me tbqh. Like she looked like so many black women i know in her confessional
Yea and didn’t she have her breasts too during season 9 like Gia is so…dumb
THIS!
this is such a reach
Its nasty and stupid but I don't see racism. Implying so many black women look alike though .....😂
Bless Gia’s heart. 🙃 I just hear a human who hates herself and needs to put others down. I’ve never heard a kind word come out of her mouth publicly.
Lol, Gia using her All stars confessional as a her reference photo, Like guuurl! we haven't forgotten about that wonky lash on season 6! 😂😂
I'm not defending her, but she's claiming she was the first female presenting contestant when she came onto AS4, not her original season. That's why she includes peppermint.
@@AAA-kh6qi Monica and Kenya already looks female when they started drag race even at their confessionals, Gia is just too much, as a transwoman, emphasizing on "Female-presenting" can be a little dangerous for the trans community as not everyone can be "Female passing", and her claims are just messed up just to get some traction on her OF.
@@AAA-kh6qi Which is technically wrong cause Kylie appeared as female presenting on the christmas special which aired before all stars 4, so technically Kylie was the first, which at the end of the day who cares this isnt a competition, everyone has their own journey
@@rogelio9225 The 'competition' aspect of it comes from the fact that being THE Trans Queen that that Gia wants to present herself out comes with a lot more branding/clout than being A Trans Queen among several. And the fact that most of her clout after Drag Race came from controversy more than anything. If she's not the first, she's not particularly relevant in the conversation, or if she is relevant it's for the wrong reasons.
@@rogelio9225Monica was the first
Let's stop platforming Gina...
they can’t. She gives them views
We love Gia
Peppermint was giving woman from day one! I remember checking if she was an AFAB queen.
But that’s not even the pic from her original season! She was interviewing as a boy on her first season!
I was thinking the same thing! Like who are you trying to fool miss Gia 😂
That's from all stars 4
Mik probably knew she wasn't gonna win anyways and chose to go backstage to drink asap 😂
Vanjie sayin to Bruno “good job Bruno!….you muhfuckah.”
HAHAHAHAAAAAA. She reminds me of my family, thank god for her. I love Vanjie
Gia hates herself, its pretty obvious she seeks validation from people
I need to see a roxxxy vs morphine lip sync
Vanjie ate Plastique up!
I love Plastique but she don't know the words to any of the songs, that's why she does all those tricks and stunts 😁
I laughed when plastique yelled about how roxxxie knew every word to the rap. I wish someone would have said you're supposed to know every word In the songs, even the raps
Angie didn’t know the words to Grove is in the Heart and that blew my mind! It was obvious she didn’t know the rap but she was lip syncing “Groove is in MY Heart” I was so surprised.
@@ChristinaVVM
I will say this: Angie’s outfit didn’t help her. The fake cut-outs were placed in a way that didn’t help her stage presence. But Roxxy was great!
@@ChristinaVVM I know but Angie did make an effort to pretend to know Groove, whereas Plastique straight up didn’t knew any lyrics. So she does tricks to distract 😂 Just move the mouth would have been more convincing 😂
I didn’t mind Gia until she made that unsolicited comment about Peppermint
Bingo
Gotmik chose Angeria because she is over it, she is like "Gorge if you wanna win go ahead"
Gottmik is NOT a great lip syncing queen. She knows it. Truly think this lip sync battle should have happened earlier in the season as it now felt as rigging it for Roxxy.
That or it's all completely scripted to make sure we get Jorgeous with Roxxxy for the Tandi Andrews storyline and the Shannel vs Roxxxy for the OGs against each other storyline. Roxxxy wouldn't even still be in a regular season with those horrible design challenges and snatch game clown show. It's so contrived and tired.
I think Gottmik picked someone who stood a good chance of winning because they didn't want to lose to someone not as good.
@@ceciliaSF-TX it "feels" like it's rigged for Roxxxy because it *IS* rigged for Roxxy. The storyline has been it's her turn from the moment they announced the cast. Same for Jinkx and Jimbo (although they deserve it a helluva lot more than Roxxy)
Roxxxy was giving Shrek 2 (fairy godmother) vibes
Jorgeous has the dancing portion of performing DOWN! But a performance is an art…very nuanced. So much more than just dancing goes into a truly great performance. Emotion is key. Jorgeous face was giving that she was still in “Megan” mode from last week.
Yessssss! I felt the same way. The energy was off because her face was happy or blank despite it being a ballad
I'm sorry Gia but being a closeted trans/ presenting as the gender you were assigned at birth in confessionals does not invalidate these people's identity. The first trans woman on drag race was Sonique aka Kylie Sonique Love. Gia did a lot for the trans community on drag race that is true. I just do not understand her need for the title of "first trans woman" on the show to highlight her contributions.
She needs that title because she hasn't actually done a lot for the trans community. She's just displayed a lot of nastiness and a lack of self-awareness; if anything, she makes the community look worse. She wants recognition without any of the work.
I don't get it either. Why does Gia care so much?!
This is the comment for me! Bingo. Imagine where Gia could be if she wasn't teetering into that "pick me" category that involves tearing everyone down around her.
@@ambrosiarose Thank you for getting my message. Her contributions was to lift the trans community so she should lift everyone up yet she tears people down constantly. But like bussy queen said in the video, she just knows what to say to stir the pot and that's just sad. Her constant need to stir up controversy keeps reducing the impact of what she did, which is the opposite of what the trans community needs. I'm just a bi ally but even for a cis-woman like me this is just plain sad to see.
but Gia also was giving interviews "as a boy" too 😅
Just because she is transphobic doesn't mean you need to join in
On season 6 but as4 was puss
@@yuh6518 I mean she could've showed Kylie and Monica's all stars seasons too
@@isurehopeitdoes Kylie/Monica's all-stars seasons were after hers.
@@AAA-kh6qi Well Kylies female presenting confessional was on the christmas special which aired before gias all star
The Lipsync between Plastique and Vangie is a glowing example showing how far Vangie has grown. Bless her heart she had such severe stage fright 😱 in her last season she struggled to take her eyes off the floor.
Now she doesn't take her eyes away from the judges, she has become a fearless entertainer. I am so proud of her. ❤ #teamvangie
how is Plastique lacking stage presence yet her mama is Alyssa???
she got the stage presence gene from her paternal side i fear
Honestly like Alyssa taught her how to dance but bc it how to learn the words 😂
@@sittinginacornerihaunt3764was that father Kahmora or something ?
genetics luv, there might've been a mutation
@@maximeminassian6002nah, Kahmora has stage presence, I didn’t lose her during 100% Pure Love, maybe more the stage presence of…. Naysha
Also we know that production told the queens on early seasons to "butch it up" for their confessional looks. Thats why they look so straight and cis compared to modern seasons
Lizzza Minelli! 😂😂😂
So Gia did all that noise to promote OF? Okay ..
We all know that the show would forbid the queens to do hormones while filming, also wouldn’t cast trans queens cause Rupaul was transphobic af and when he was called out he put Gotmik on s13 and pushed her to top 4 and then pushed sonique to the crown…
I love that Gia included a pic of herself from AS4 AFTER she had transitioned instead of her original season 6 look.... She's such a dumpster fire lmao
Gia not using her season 6 confessional photo is so damn calculated... Oh, and by the way, Monica was *always* very female presenting. I was not at all surprised when she finally spoke her truth to the cast. Bob is absolutely right: you can be proud of your journey without tearing others down. Gia has a lot of internalized baggage that she should be unpacking. No one, and I mean *no* one, who is secure in themselves carries themselves the way she does. I wish people would stop giving her a platform. She is *not* helping anyone, including herself.
Gia gives insecure she’s popular but not popular for what she wants to be popular for that what it gives
Tired of people acting like Gia's transphobia is cute or funny
@@ItsMeBeeeeI really wish more of the Drag Race girls would start calling her out. Gia and her blatant ignorance need to be stopped
It just amazes me how mbh can be forgotten wen she literally came out as a transgender woman during an episode to rupaul on season 5
Is kind of shallow of Gia to say “I saw boy” because what if some of those queens felt feminine in that moment ? It’s not surprising that Gia thinks like she does tho.
i swear everyone loves to forget that Monica Beverly Hills was openly trans on s5
Little-known trivia: RuPaul and Lady Miss Kier from Deee-Lite were friends from years back in NYC and Kier once suggested she'd actually been asked to do vocals on the _Drag Race_ theme song when Season One was being produced. Obviously, she declined that invite along with several requests to guest-judge an episode because she's not a fan of reality television, specifically not competition-based reality TV.
Regardless, "Groove is in the Heart" is an absolute masterpiece of sampling, with almost every single element of it aside from Lady Miss Kier's vocals lifted from obscure old records (the I-i-i-i-i-I is actually Eva Gabor doing the _Green Acres_ theme) and pieced together in a way that is simply ingenious. That said, it's a very difficult song to perform and virtually impossible to do a cover of. Roxxxy did well and there's a bit from Angeria towards the end where she dances with the horns sample that had me rolling on the floor. I'm glad RuPaul's re-introduced it twice now so future generations of queens can love it as much as we did.
Shannel had the first iconic lip sync moment when the medusa head falls off
I was not ready for Vanjie's ass in that get up. Was shooketh in the best way possible.
Might not swing that way, but can appreciate a Monet without being an artist.
*chefs kiss*
You’re my MVP girl, I’m watching this season through your page
The way you pronounced Chaka Khan killed me a little 😅
I dont want to give Gia any attention for her rent thats due 🙄 but are people still seriously "living" for this behavior?
I called the plastique hide her mouth choreo 😅 might be why she doesnt win her lip syncs because she just worked aroun not learning lyrics 👀 not too shady because Sponge Queen Mama Monet Xchange loves a turn and vurn the lyrics too 💅🏽
Vangie is still a treat 😊
@@pixiestxNyomoufI actually wish more people (especially more Drag Race girls) would start calling her out. Gia really needs to be stopped
Peppermint was literally on the Finale/Reunion post Breast Aug
She was the 1st.
I watched that Matt Cullen interview.. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.. I went into watching hoping my opinion on gia would change & all she did was solidify it for me
I cannot hear you spin me round without thinking of meatspin. And in turn, jarsquat, sandbox, lemon party, and two girls one cup. The dark side of the internet. Trauma.
I’m not sorry but Gia doesn’t deserve the traction for being ‘controversial’ and a borderline horrible person. Y’all forget her attitude with Covid? Cuz I didn’t.
There’s no point in feeding her, call me soft but people like her shouldn’t drown out actual voices, it’s exhausting
It is exhausting. So negative all the time to SAY “Laud me! I was the first!” How do you eff up a PR piece?
borderline? lol
Honestly.... if you look at this as more of an "all-star showcase season" rather than a competition, does it still fall short of delivering? I'd say no. All-Stars has always been struggling to find the right approach and how to set it apart from regular seasons. I think they're finally nailing the best structure and we need to reconsider how we hold it to others. It's like comparing apples to doorknobs.
It's nice to see old school drag getting the respect it deserves. Some of the queens think lip syncing is about who's sexiest. That gets a bit one note.
Roxxxy and Shannel was the battle of the titans
The soft piano playing in the background of Gia’s interview video is sending me.
don’t you guys think if you stop looking for every possible way production might be interfering, you’d just enjoy the season more? like we’ve been watching the show- we get how it works already. get into the fantasy cause there’s absolutely nothing any of us can do to change what has already happened. like damn yall are so into being bothered
If Gia wants to be acknowledged for her contributions to the trans community on Drag Race, she needs to be truthful about what they actually are. Deliberately failing to post a picture of her initial confessionals, where she did present as a boy, makes her look bitter and dishonest.
It is exhausting watching Roxxxy working hard to come across as genuinely kind and t.v. palatable.
Get over it, the doll is killing it
@@Boscosuniform she got the other dolls gagged and gaslit
Is there no budget this time around? ALL of the lip sync songs had been already used previously. That makes me mad because it is inevitable to compare the old performances with this ones.
Honor and legacy are very emotional and beautiful reasons to win. Those are real and important aspects about drag.
Once jorgeous learns to emote like roxxxy it would be over for everyone else lol
Also, does a tie with Alyssa count as a win?
Well she didn't lose
i got to say i NEVER liek roxxxy she was always annoyingly a mean girl in past but im wondering now if that was detox and Alaska bring out the worst in her b/c this season im in love with her and she is becoming my new fav queen
u don’t like her based on heavily edited tv? lol
@@JonahSMoonRiver yeap just like millions of other ppl
it'll probably be some sort of B.S. like a talent show, and the winner(s) get 5 badges .... lol
Roxxy's title of Undefeated Lip Sync A$$@$$1n made me think she might be the winner of this season of AS. I mean, if they give it to another queen, that means no one will hold this title anymore and it kind of attracts audience to the franchise. It's nice to think there's one that hasnever lost a lip sync, in a world that includes Anetra, Jorgeous, Morphine 🤔, these are great dancers and they have lost lip sync battles.
it's been rigged for Roxxxy from day one. It's been so obvious. It's that "it's her turn" mentality. It's so tired and predictable.
I actually think they’ve done a fantastic job editing this season - being a “charity season,” it could very easily become boring, dull, RuPaul’s Best Friend Race, etc. - but they’ve done a great job of keeping it entertaining, keeping us on our toes and putting on a great show that both provides juicy drama for the audience but showcases the queens in the fairest way possible. Good stuff.
imagine its like mario party and they give out bonus badges
I'm happy for roxxy, but for me, jorgeous won that lipsync. Jorgeous dancing was so sharp on that song.
Yes & No dependence on hair flipping.
the first trans girl is not the same as the first female presenting.... you can be trans without being 100% female presenting
The transphobia is coming from inside the house
I will literally never be able to hear Break Free on Drag Race without thinking of how incredibly Kandy Ho did it on S7.
They weren’t even focusing the camera on her most of the song (because producers gonna produce), and she still *consumed*.
Side Note: I want a season of All Stars with just PR queens. Kandy, April, Yara, Linesha, Alyssa Hunter, Jax…😍
@@darchangel8675309 if that makes you happy in any way, Alyssa Hunter is speculated to be on All Stars 10 so we will get Puerto Rican representation very soon (let’s just hope she doesn’t get mistreated the same way she was back on season 14)
Honestly, they should have a Puerto Rico/Caribbean spin off and have Alexis Mateo host
The left one crumb for Angeria to see and then grabbed it anyways was a perfect metaphor ❤😂😂😂😂 cuz she literally got her at the end.
These lypsinc smackdowns are becoming so predictable - I guessed the winner of each one even before the songs began. Not saying the winners were undeserving, but obviously what was shown was for narrative purposes only. Yay Roxxxy, I guess.
Rigged - this season of all stars was another example of how these seasons are built to tell a story where the winner is already selected
ahh ur mad
Agreed
Ur mad madd loll. Roxxxy is winning the season
Exactly
@JacksonAlvesMusic obviously she is winning. The odds are stacked against everyone else
I’m tired of the excuse she’s messy , she’s just a bad person 💀
Welcome back from Coachella.
Not to be rude to Gia, I don’t waste my time listening to what she has to say. To me she is just a mean spirited troll. But Gia had got to be Gia. People may love her, but I don’t pay her any mind.
LIPSYNCING is an art. It is acting. It's embodying a charachter, commanding the stage, and telling a story through the body AND face. It is not barely knowing the words, keeping one facial expression (usually dead behind the eyes), and performing a bunch of tricks and dips. Its a disservice to the art that so much of the fandom and many drag queens can't realize this. Something is in the water, clearly....
I got the Gia prep commercial before the video started. 😂
not a meat spin reference on this the day of our lord 🤣
I love Roxxxy and I think she's won every lip sync justifiably but across the entire franchise I must say that Coco Montrese, Trinity K Bonet, Laganja Estranja, Kennedy Davenport, Peppermint and Sasha Colby are, in my opinion, capable of beating Roxxxy in a lip sync (although entirely dependent on the song choice).
Tea. And, none of them would have to flip their hair around & around - over & over & over - to do it... xo
I would agree with you. No shade to Roxxy. But song choice is crucial.
"IF I..." Winner.
Wasn’t it Monica to be the first trans ? Not that it matters but I recall her being the first to say it
The interviewer was physically leaning away from Gia. 🤣
YESSS BUSSY ! The meat spins! And if you wait until 100!
That’s legit all I think of when I hear this song
With all that hair flipping and whipping that runway should be immaculately clean lol
The thing about Plastique is she has all the tools and ingredients to be a lip sync assassin. But what I think is happening is something holds her back, something is still a little bottled up. When she lets go of it, she can only become phenomenal
Not Gia with her voice lower than my parent's expectations
Can we all just PLEASE stop giving ms. boom boom gun attention. She's proven time and time again that she'll say any and everything she can just to get a rise out of people. She acts like she wasn't a boy when she was doing interviews back on her run in season 6 of drag race.....soooo go off?? I guess??? :/
gia's statements are invalidating af! to boost herself up, she has to put someone else down?? it doesn't work like that! in her confessional picture, Peppermint and i could be twins! i'm a Black woman AFAB! Peppermint is my mom, my aunties, my cousins. she was and is a woman!
As much as I loved Roxxys green lip synch dress
Can we talk about how good the colour of that blue robe looked on her?!
NOT MEAT SPIN! LOL