Violet Chachki has finally opened up about “stealing” Sharon Needles Drag Race crown in a new interview. Back in the early 2010s, the two beloved queens made headlines after Sharon’s coveted crown went missing during her appearance at an Atlanta drag pageant.
At the time, fans theorised that Violet was behind the disappearance of the bejewelled headpiece after she uploaded a photo with a similar crown via social media (per Project Q Atlanta).
The crown’s mysterious disappearance was even the subject of a hilarious Drag Race season 5 promo titled Ru-Dunnit? After ten years of mystery and suspense, Violet finally opened up about the debacle during a recent episode of her No Gorge podcast with Gottmik. “I performed in the pageant where Sharon [Needles] was wearing her crown – where I stole her crown. [But] I didn’t actually steal the crown.
My friend [censored] stole the crown,” she explained. “Sharon [Needles] was there in Atlanta judging a pageant. And, of course, as you do, you wear your crown to judge the pageant, and you give the scores. “It was very official.