“That’s not how it went down”: Drag Race winner responds to favouritism claims
This Drag Race winner has clapped back at claims she won due to favouritism. On 7 November, Canada’s Drag Race stars JuiceBoxx and Synthia Kiss appeared on Joseph Shepherd’s Exposed After Dark show, where they discussed their new podcast and spilt the tea on all things Drag Race.
Toward the end of their interview, the pair answered four questions from the Hole in the Bowl – including one inquiring if there was favouritism for a particular queen on their respective seasons. “I mean, yeah.
I mean she worked very hard, and she deserved to win, but yes, they really loved Priyanka,” JuiceBoxx said. “She’s good TV, and I’m not trying to take away from everything she worked hard for, but they loved her.” JuiceBoxx went on to use Priyanka’s reusable runway outfit from episode four as an example of the supposed favouritism. “Remember that umbrella metal thing she wore?
It was dogshit, and they were like, ‘This is fashion’ I was like, ‘Babe, it’s garbage. We look like garbage because you gave us garbage,'” she continued. “But she worked very hard, and she deserved to win, but yeah, there was a little bit of favouritism.” A few days after the aforementioned interview went live, Priyanka took to social media to shut down the claims. “This is actually crazy to hear.
