‘Drag Race’ breakout star Kornbread hints she’s exiting the werk room and putting drag behind her
You know what they say: When one bakery closes, another one opens.An early favorite to take the crown in the 14th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté burst into the Werk Room a star, though her time in the competition was cut short due to an injury sustained while filming.Since then, fans have been speculating what was next for the breakout—will Kornbread return to compete in a future season, or maybe even All Stars?—but the LA-based performer just revealed she has other plans that don’t involve drag at all.On the pink carpet for the Drag Race season 14 grand finale in Las Vegas, Kornbread shared with NBC News that she wants to take some time to focus on her transition, and to continue working toward her acting career.“From here, I’m going to take myself a good little break.
I going to finish my tours out, and I want to finish my transition how I want to finish it,” she said. “And I just want to go straight into acting and doing what I’ve been doing.”She added, “I enjoy drag—I don’t think I’ll be doing drag for too much longer.
I give myself a good three years probably, tops, because I want to focus 100% on transitioning and 100% on the career I’ve just started, which is musical theater and acting.
So drag just did what it need to do, and give me that outlet that I needed.” A post shared by Kornbread (@kornbreadthesnack)This season of Drag Race proved to be a groundbreaking one in terms of representation, with five trans drag performers among its cast.
