Cheryl and Lemon on their Drag Race evolution and “crazy” casting controversy
Cheryl and Lemon speak with GAY TIMES about their Canada’s Drag Race vs the World experience, the tired controversy over three/four-time contestants and their future with the franchise.
WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JO SEAR AND JASMINE ALOMA AT THE BBC For Lemon and Cheryl Hole, the second season of Canada vs the World has served as a much-needed rudemption.
The former, who memorably placed fifth on the inaugural season of Canada’s Drag Race with two challenge wins, was unjustifiably Pork Chop’d on UK vs the World after ‘getting litty and splitting her kitty’ all over the main stage. (That judging was… wild.) As for the Essex divalina, she was – we’re going to use this word again, because it’s apt – unjustifiably sent home on her OG season’s makeover challenge in what is often described as one of the most barbaric decisions in the franchise’s herstory. (Still bamboozled by it, honestly.) Now, after being sent home one-after-the-other on UK vs the World, the two besties have sashayed into their first-ever finale together.
The world is healing! “It feels right that we finally get another chance. There were some fans who weren’t so happy to see a third and fourth returnee on our season, but as an artist, I’m never gonna stop and Chez is never gonna stop,” Lemon tells GAY TIMES ahead of the finale.
