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Trixie Mattel Goes From Drag Queen to Motel Maven in ‘Trixie Motel’

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Drag Race, it’s a safe bet that the last thing audiences were thinking was, “Hey, that girl should open a motel.” But now in retrospect, it seems inevitable that the drag star would do just that — with cameras in tow, naturally, on her new Discovery+ series Trixie Motel.The docu-series, which debuted on the streaming service June 3, follows Mattel and her partner (in business and life) David Silver, as the two of them take on the project of a lifetime: the ultimate make-over challenge of turning a run-down Palm Springs motel into the ultimate drag queen paradise.

Throughout five episodes, she oversees (and  frequently lends a hand or a sledgehammer) as each room in the motel is turned from wrecked to chic, in the theme of her choosing that represents her unique and eclectic style.

Getting in on the makeover action are a bevy of celebrity guests, including Lisa Vanderpump, Nicole Byer, Zooey Deschanel, Katya, Leslie Jordan, and musician Belinda Carlisle.

It’s glamorous, ridiculous, and quintessentially Trixie.The whole thing started with a much more humble and simple plan in mind to buy a vacation home in Palm Springs they could paint pink and call the Trixie Motel.“[I thought] we can put some of my old drag in there and we can let the homosexuals rent it and carry on and do drugs or whatever they do,” she tells The Advocate.But when they began looking at properties, the drag star made a surprising discovery.“I found a seven-room motel that was already pink.

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