“Mama is here to straighten s**t out”: Drag Race fans react to All Stars 8 drama
RuPaul was forced to “put her children together” in the chaotic new episode of Drag Race All Stars 8. Following the elimination of Jaymes Mansfield, the six remaining contestants – Alexis Michelle, Jessica Wild, Jimbo, Kahanna Montrese, Kandy Muse and LaLa Ri – received their latest assignment: to improvise in the new RuPrime series, Forensic Queens.
The first slice of drama came to fruition when Alexis and Kandy came into conflict over the detective character, which resulted in the former bursting into tears and the latter removing herself from the situation.
Later, Kahanna threatened to follow in the footsteps of Heidi N Closet and leave the competition – even going as far to pack her bags – telling her season eight sisters that the acting challenges are “taking” her “spirit”. “This energy ain’t it for me,” she said. “How am I gonna be better this time?” Before she could follow through and quit, however, RuPaul made a surprise appearance in the workroom to “straighten shit out”. “We gonna have to talk, ladies.
I just wanna set you straight before you make any mistakes that you can’t undo. You’re having all these feelings. Of course you’re gonna have these feelings,” she told the queens. “You’re under a lot of pressure.
