The show started because I had a podcast for going on 11 years. Jonny McGovern: It’s been a journey of persistence, of stick-to-itivness. The Pride: Let’s talk about your journey from being a DIY operation to entering the 6th season in style. I spoke with McGovern about the evolution of “Hey Qween” from YouTube channel to international sensation on the eve of the show’s 6th season premiere on StreamTV. Needless to say, it was thrilling, life-affirming, and serves as the setting for McGovern’s talk show-cum-bitchfest where drag queens and performers spill tea, throw shade, and talk about artistry. Exhibit A: A needlepoint sign on McGovern’s desk – in between a ceramic head of the Queen and a pair of lorgnettes – reading “Every Boner is a Blessing,” a collection of G-Strings on the coffee table in the waiting area, and a go-go boy ready to give the show’s next dragtastic guest a lap dance. On a set described as “‘The Wiz’ meets the “Facts of Life” gift shop” by the show’s creator and host, Jonny McGovern, I found no shortage of signposts to show me that I was in blazingly queer territory. But, yes, there was tulle!”Įntertainment Weekly’s interview with Shangela and Raja is now available on all streaming platforms.On a Saturday in West Hollywood, I found myself entering the pink-and-purple sequined glory hole that is the “Hey Qween” soundstage. “What I did with the hair was I pelted it, kind of like dreadlocking, where you tease hair so it becomes like felt, so I put a layer of sheer tulle underneath to keep the shape. “There was tulle! There was a layer of it that held the hair in place,” admitted Raja. During Untucked, Yara Sofia informed Shangela that Raja used tulle fabric to support her skirt, which led to a confrontation between the two in the Interior Illusions lounge. In the 11th episode of season three, the contestants were tasked with making a sculptural outfit made entirely out of wigs. “I’ve opened it recently and what was once an orange Tic-Tac is now a black Tic-Tac.”ĭuring their conversation, Shangela also pressed Raja to admit the truth about her Hair Extravaganza runway. “I still have my 10-year-old Tic-Tac inside of the dolls container… “I took my dolls container to my Tic-Tac lunch with Ru, and I asked her to sign it at the end of the segment,” continued Raja. When the queens resumed filming, they received ceramic containers emblazoned with the word “dolls” from RuPaul. I’m gonna say one thing: baby Shangela, I don’t fuck with her. “It was very pageant, it was crazy, it was out of control, it was real. “There is a reason why we got a break of three weeks after that episode. “To this day, World of Wonder have never had another incident like that one,” Alexis said on a 2019 episode of Hey Qween. The stars also reminisced on the three-week break that occurred midway through season three, which Alexis Mateo recently explained was down to an incident between Shangela and Mimi Imfurst. “People still today, 10 years later, tend to think of us as being these rivals when oftentimes I really just want to make out with her.” “That tension built up made for amazing television,” admitted Raja. According to Raja, who ultimately won the season, they came into conflict pre-season because Shangela borrowed one of her friend’s wigs and returned it in knots. Like the other contestants, Raja wasn’t ecstatic to see the return of Shangela, but that was down to some drama and conflama between the two that happened off-screen. Raja has a very iconic voice, so I was like, that’s Raja! I knew her, I knew Manila, I was just hanging out in there waiting!” “I was so hot and sweaty in the box, and I could hear the girls talking. girl, Miss Ru took about 14 takes before she did ridonculous after I had been rolled in!” “When RuPaul says ridonculous, jump up out the box…. “They said to listen for Ru’s keyword, which is ‘ridonculous,'” revealed Shangela. Shangela, who made her comeback eight years later on All Stars 3, recalled when she infamously popped out of a giant box and surprised her season three sisters. The two legendary stars sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss their iconic ‘rivalry’ on the third season of the Emmy-winning series, the three-week breaking in filming and the drama behind tulle-gate. Shangela and Raja have spilt some major T on RuPaul’s Drag Race in their first joint interview in 10 years.
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