1 00:00:02,071 --> 00:00:03,865 ANNOUNCER: From the legendary Orpheum Theater 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:05,557 in downtown Los Angeles. 3 00:00:05,591 --> 00:00:10,665 This is the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race. 4 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:15,739 Ladies and gentlemen, presenting 5 00:00:15,774 --> 00:00:18,501 the queens of season seven, 6 00:00:18,535 --> 00:00:21,262 a queen who took us all by storm. 7 00:00:21,297 --> 00:00:23,333 Tempest DuJour. 8 00:00:23,368 --> 00:00:30,616 [♪♪♪] 9 00:00:30,651 --> 00:00:33,688 ANNOUNCER: Ring-a-ding ding, it's Sasha Belle. 10 00:00:33,723 --> 00:00:39,142 [♪♪♪] 11 00:00:39,177 --> 00:00:41,972 ANNOUNCER: No T, no shade, no pink lemonade. 12 00:00:42,007 --> 00:00:43,940 It's Jasmine Masters. 13 00:00:43,974 --> 00:00:49,842 [♪♪♪] 14 00:00:49,877 --> 00:00:51,292 ANNOUNCER: Honey, she's home. 15 00:00:51,327 --> 00:00:54,261 Let's hear it for Mrs. Kasha Davis. 16 00:00:54,295 --> 00:01:00,784 [♪♪♪] 17 00:01:00,819 --> 00:01:03,442 ANNOUNCER: She's right on your alley. 18 00:01:03,477 --> 00:01:04,788 It's Kandy Ho'. 19 00:01:04,823 --> 00:01:12,072 [♪♪♪] 20 00:01:12,106 --> 00:01:13,970 Serving 50 Shades of Gray. 21 00:01:14,004 --> 00:01:15,592 It's Max. 22 00:01:15,627 --> 00:01:22,979 [♪♪♪] 23 00:01:23,013 --> 00:01:24,325 Yes ma'am Pam. 24 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,121 it's Jaidynn Diore Fierce. 25 00:01:27,156 --> 00:01:33,886 [♪♪♪] 26 00:01:33,921 --> 00:01:35,785 ANNOUNCER: She's always on brand, 27 00:01:35,819 --> 00:01:38,581 the beautiful Miss Fame. 28 00:01:38,615 --> 00:01:46,036 [♪♪♪] 29 00:01:46,071 --> 00:01:48,211 ANNOUNCER: Proof that plastic is fantastic, 30 00:01:48,246 --> 00:01:50,248 it's Trixie Mattel. 31 00:01:50,282 --> 00:01:56,771 [♪♪♪] 32 00:01:56,806 --> 00:01:59,326 ANNOUNCER: Our very own Matryoshka doll, 33 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,913 Katya. 34 00:02:00,948 --> 00:02:09,715 [♪♪♪] 35 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:11,269 ANNOUNCER: LaGuardia, Newark, 36 00:02:11,303 --> 00:02:13,063 Kennedy Davenport. 37 00:02:13,098 --> 00:02:23,281 [♪♪♪] 38 00:02:23,315 --> 00:02:26,491 ANNOUNCER: And now, our top three queens. 39 00:02:26,525 --> 00:02:30,080 Neat petite, and always ready to eat. 40 00:02:30,115 --> 00:02:31,841 It's Ginger Minj. 41 00:02:31,875 --> 00:02:41,126 [♪♪♪] 42 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,369 ANNOUNCER: Rise and shine. 43 00:02:42,403 --> 00:02:44,612 It's Pearl. 44 00:02:44,647 --> 00:02:55,071 [♪♪♪] 45 00:02:55,105 --> 00:02:56,969 ANNOUNCER: And last, but never least. 46 00:02:57,004 --> 00:02:59,109 A one of a kind collectable. 47 00:02:59,144 --> 00:03:00,870 Violet Chanchki. 48 00:03:00,904 --> 00:03:14,884 [♪♪♪] 49 00:03:14,918 --> 00:03:18,336 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and Gentlemen, the reason for this season. 50 00:03:18,370 --> 00:03:20,510 The supermodel of the world. 51 00:03:20,545 --> 00:03:21,960 RuPaul. 52 00:03:21,994 --> 00:03:23,789 RuPaul: ♪ Winning's what you feel 53 00:03:23,824 --> 00:03:25,688 ♪ Feeling's all been real 54 00:03:25,722 --> 00:03:27,103 ♪ Put your money down 55 00:03:27,137 --> 00:03:29,519 ♪ Place your bet spin the wheel ♪ 56 00:03:29,554 --> 00:03:31,383 ♪ Winning's what you feel 57 00:03:31,418 --> 00:03:33,282 ♪ Feeling's all been real 58 00:03:33,316 --> 00:03:34,731 ♪ Put your money down 59 00:03:34,766 --> 00:03:38,148 ♪ Place your bet spin the wheel ♪ 60 00:03:38,183 --> 00:03:51,231 [cheering] 61 00:03:51,265 --> 00:03:53,302 RUPAUL: ♪ The realness 62 00:03:56,753 --> 00:03:58,272 Thank you. 63 00:03:58,307 --> 00:04:02,276 [cheering] 64 00:04:02,311 --> 00:04:04,934 RUPAUL: Let me tell you something. 65 00:04:04,968 --> 00:04:08,972 Cha, I am feeling mighty real tonight. 66 00:04:09,007 --> 00:04:11,423 Mighty real, mighty real. 67 00:04:11,458 --> 00:04:15,151 Are you ready to crown America's next drag superstar? 68 00:04:15,185 --> 00:04:17,981 [cheering] 69 00:04:18,016 --> 00:04:20,743 RUPAUL: Good, good. 70 00:04:20,777 --> 00:04:26,300 But before we do, I have one thing to say. 71 00:04:26,335 --> 00:04:30,028 You betta [whistle] 72 00:04:30,062 --> 00:04:40,038 [♪♪♪] 73 00:04:40,072 --> 00:04:46,286 [♪♪♪] 74 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,321 RUPAUL: The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race 75 00:04:47,356 --> 00:04:49,012 receives a one year supply 76 00:04:49,047 --> 00:04:51,601 of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics, 77 00:04:51,636 --> 00:04:55,225 and a cash prize of $100,000. 78 00:04:55,260 --> 00:05:03,268 [♪♪♪] 79 00:05:03,303 --> 00:05:06,340 RUPAUL: Welcome to the Grand Finale of RuPaul's Drag Race. 80 00:05:06,375 --> 00:05:10,344 Tonight the queendom has gathered from far and near 81 00:05:10,379 --> 00:05:14,141 to help me crown America's next drag superstar. 82 00:05:14,175 --> 00:05:17,800 In fact, we have the largest turnout ever. 83 00:05:17,834 --> 00:05:18,939 60 queens. 84 00:05:18,973 --> 00:05:21,493 Past and present, under one roof. 85 00:05:21,528 --> 00:05:26,567 [cheering] 86 00:05:26,602 --> 00:05:28,051 RUPAUL: That's a lot of duct tape. 87 00:05:28,086 --> 00:05:31,020 A lot of duct tape. 88 00:05:31,054 --> 00:05:32,918 Hey Corta. 89 00:05:35,058 --> 00:05:37,716 Michelle Visage, I see you've brought the girls. 90 00:05:37,751 --> 00:05:39,442 Michelle: I never leave home without them. 91 00:05:39,477 --> 00:05:41,202 RUPAUL: I meant Ross and Carson. 92 00:05:41,237 --> 00:05:43,515 Ross and Carson: Hi. 93 00:05:43,550 --> 00:05:47,830 RUPAUL: Now, tonight, we're doing things a little differently. 94 00:05:47,864 --> 00:05:50,971 Ginger Minj, Pearl, and Violet Chanchki. 95 00:05:51,005 --> 00:05:54,630 I have not, repeat, I have not 96 00:05:54,664 --> 00:05:56,942 made my final decision. 97 00:05:56,977 --> 00:06:01,878 So, to help me make up my mind, I've asked each of you 98 00:06:01,913 --> 00:06:04,950 to prepare a lip sync performance to a song 99 00:06:04,985 --> 00:06:07,401 created specially for you. 100 00:06:07,436 --> 00:06:11,681 Ladies, this will be your last chance to impress me, 101 00:06:11,716 --> 00:06:14,891 and prove to the world that you have what it takes 102 00:06:14,926 --> 00:06:17,998 to become America's next drag superstar. 103 00:06:18,032 --> 00:06:22,105 [cheering] 104 00:06:22,140 --> 00:06:23,762 RUPAUL: So, gentlemen. 105 00:06:23,797 --> 00:06:25,419 Start your engines. 106 00:06:25,454 --> 00:06:28,905 And may the best woman win. 107 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:31,908 [♪♪♪] 108 00:06:31,943 --> 00:06:34,014 ANNOUNCER: Coming up, our top three queens 109 00:06:34,048 --> 00:06:36,396 lip sync for their lives. 110 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:42,194 Plus, the sisters of season 7 reunite and pop off. 111 00:06:44,714 --> 00:06:47,027 [laughing] 112 00:06:48,028 --> 00:06:48,442 [laughing] 113 00:06:48,477 --> 00:06:50,582 [laughing] 114 00:06:50,617 --> 00:06:52,446 [♪♪♪] 115 00:06:52,481 --> 00:06:54,206 [cheering] 116 00:06:54,241 --> 00:06:55,380 RU PAUL: Welcome back to the grand finale 117 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,278 of Ru Paul's Drag Race. 118 00:06:57,313 --> 00:06:59,039 Now, this season's race for the crown 119 00:06:59,073 --> 00:07:01,041 is the tightest in herstory. 120 00:07:01,075 --> 00:07:03,077 So, I've challenged the top three queens 121 00:07:03,112 --> 00:07:05,148 to perform one last time. 122 00:07:05,183 --> 00:07:08,428 First up, get ready to prey and slay 123 00:07:08,462 --> 00:07:10,913 with the right reverent Ginger Minj! 124 00:07:11,845 --> 00:07:13,053 GINGER MINJ: Okay, ladies and gentlemen. 125 00:07:13,087 --> 00:07:15,365 Momma's got to bring it home. 126 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,781 Here we go! 127 00:07:17,298 --> 00:07:20,819 ♪ Eyelashes on, high heels too ♪ 128 00:07:20,854 --> 00:07:24,305 ♪ Can't move too fast 'cause all my weight is in my boobs ♪ 129 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:27,585 ♪ When I wake up, I drink my juice ♪ 130 00:07:27,619 --> 00:07:28,655 ♪ get on my knees 131 00:07:28,689 --> 00:07:30,519 ♪ and have a kiki with Heyzeus ♪ 132 00:07:30,553 --> 00:07:33,936 ♪ I said thank you Lord for these hand-me-downs ♪ 133 00:07:33,970 --> 00:07:37,353 ♪ for these lady curves on the path I found ♪ 134 00:07:37,387 --> 00:07:40,598 ♪ 'cause my light ain't hiding behind the bush no more ♪ 135 00:07:40,632 --> 00:07:44,118 ♪ The only bush on me was shaved off this morning ♪ 136 00:07:44,153 --> 00:07:47,432 ♪ C'mon now, prey and slay ♪ 137 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:51,125 ♪ There ain't no way to pray the gay away ♪ 138 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,301 ♪ C'mon now, prey and slay ♪ 139 00:07:54,335 --> 00:07:57,718 ♪ 'cause there ain't no way to pray the gay away ♪ 140 00:07:57,753 --> 00:08:00,065 ♪ C'mon now, prey prey prey prey ♪ 141 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:01,757 ♪ slay slay slay slay 142 00:08:01,791 --> 00:08:03,517 ♪ Prey prey prey prey 143 00:08:03,552 --> 00:08:04,898 ♪ Slay 144 00:08:05,657 --> 00:08:11,387 ♪ So, when you're feeling down in the mornin' ♪ 145 00:08:11,421 --> 00:08:19,499 ♪ I tell you what you, what you what you supposed to do ♪ 146 00:08:19,809 --> 00:08:24,227 ♪ It's time to prey and slay 147 00:08:24,262 --> 00:08:27,645 ♪ 'cause there ain't no way to pray the gay away ♪ 148 00:08:27,679 --> 00:08:31,200 ♪ It's time to prey and slay 149 00:08:31,234 --> 00:08:35,963 ♪ 'cause there ain't no way to pray the... ♪ 150 00:08:35,998 --> 00:08:50,599 ♪ gay aaa-aaaa-waaaaay! 151 00:08:50,633 --> 00:09:02,542 [cheering] 152 00:09:02,576 --> 00:09:05,130 RUPAUL: Ginger Minj, you just flooded my basement. 153 00:09:05,165 --> 00:09:06,718 Now Ginger, while you catch your breath, 154 00:09:06,753 --> 00:09:08,617 let's talk to the judges. 155 00:09:08,651 --> 00:09:10,273 Michelle Visage, what'd you think? 156 00:09:10,308 --> 00:09:13,656 MICHELLE: Very very Patti LaBelle, and oh she better do. 157 00:09:13,691 --> 00:09:16,003 Very proud of you Ginger Minj. 158 00:09:16,038 --> 00:09:17,108 GINGER: Thank you. 159 00:09:17,142 --> 00:09:18,109 ROSS: You have been an entertainer 160 00:09:18,143 --> 00:09:19,489 from episode one to today, 161 00:09:19,524 --> 00:09:20,698 and that's how you got your spot here. 162 00:09:20,732 --> 00:09:22,492 Congratulations, honey. 163 00:09:22,527 --> 00:09:24,805 CARSON: Well, praise the Lord and hallelu-yer. 164 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,463 I still love the Minj! 165 00:09:27,497 --> 00:09:28,809 [laughing] 166 00:09:28,844 --> 00:09:30,846 [cheering] 167 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:31,847 RUPAUL: Well, thank you, judges. 168 00:09:31,881 --> 00:09:33,883 Now Ginger, tonight you took us to church, 169 00:09:33,918 --> 00:09:35,264 but all season long 170 00:09:35,298 --> 00:09:38,198 you've been taking us on one wild ride. 171 00:09:38,232 --> 00:09:39,233 Let's take a look. 172 00:09:39,268 --> 00:09:41,339 [♪♪♪] 173 00:09:41,373 --> 00:09:42,236 GINGER: Hi fellas. 174 00:09:43,444 --> 00:09:45,343 GINGER: I like to describe myself as a glamour toad. 175 00:09:45,377 --> 00:09:48,311 GINGER: She always wants to look neat, petite and ready to eat. 176 00:09:48,346 --> 00:09:49,658 GINGER: I'm low sugar. 177 00:09:49,692 --> 00:09:51,832 [laughing] 178 00:09:51,867 --> 00:09:54,421 GINGER: ♪ Sex sex sex, all I want is sex! ♪ 179 00:09:54,455 --> 00:09:57,631 MICHELLE: She can give you comedy, and glamour, and singing, 180 00:09:57,666 --> 00:09:58,563 and acting 181 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,565 and, I mean, she's a quadruple threat. 182 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,947 GINGER: This is America: Land of the free, 183 00:10:02,981 --> 00:10:04,293 home of the fat people. 184 00:10:04,327 --> 00:10:06,295 And if we're going to supersize our French fries, 185 00:10:06,329 --> 00:10:09,401 why can't we at least supersize our next drag superstar. 186 00:10:09,436 --> 00:10:10,817 [laughing] 187 00:10:10,851 --> 00:10:13,440 [clapping] 188 00:10:13,474 --> 00:10:15,338 RUPAUL: So Ginger, in Untucked, 189 00:10:15,373 --> 00:10:17,755 you and the Bitter Old Lady Brigade 190 00:10:17,789 --> 00:10:20,585 were throwing a lot of shade at the younger girls. 191 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,621 Do you regret that? 192 00:10:21,655 --> 00:10:24,106 GINGER: Well, let me say, I'm a size 22, 193 00:10:24,140 --> 00:10:25,590 so no matter which way the light hits me 194 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,454 I'm going to throw shade in one direction or another. 195 00:10:27,488 --> 00:10:30,284 [cheering] 196 00:10:30,319 --> 00:10:31,803 GINGER: But in all seriousness, you know, 197 00:10:31,838 --> 00:10:33,771 when I was growing up, I came from 198 00:10:33,805 --> 00:10:37,775 a very Southern, very practical church-going family, 199 00:10:37,809 --> 00:10:40,985 so I was never really encouraged to speak my mind 200 00:10:41,019 --> 00:10:42,400 or ask questions. 201 00:10:42,434 --> 00:10:45,714 Drag gave me my voice, so I'm finally not afraid 202 00:10:45,748 --> 00:10:48,578 to ask questions and say what I feel. 203 00:10:48,613 --> 00:10:50,926 Now, I know, girl, that I do come off 204 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,307 a little bit abrasive sometimes, 205 00:10:53,342 --> 00:10:56,448 but it all comes from a place of love. 206 00:10:56,483 --> 00:10:57,622 That's it. 207 00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:58,968 RUPAUL: Alright, alright. 208 00:10:59,003 --> 00:10:59,693 Good. 209 00:10:59,728 --> 00:11:00,694 [clapping] 210 00:11:00,729 --> 00:11:01,799 RUPAUL: Okay, so I'll tell you what, 211 00:11:01,833 --> 00:11:05,319 we're going to take some questions from your fans. 212 00:11:05,837 --> 00:11:06,666 DARIENNE: Hi. 213 00:11:07,390 --> 00:11:09,945 Celeste from Richmond wants to know: 214 00:11:09,979 --> 00:11:13,017 "Ginger, is it time for a big girl to win?" 215 00:11:13,051 --> 00:11:15,053 GINGER: Well, it is time for a big girl to win, 216 00:11:15,088 --> 00:11:18,850 but I don't want to win because I'm big. 217 00:11:18,885 --> 00:11:22,129 I want to win because I came in with guns a blazing, 218 00:11:22,164 --> 00:11:23,544 and I killed the competition. 219 00:11:23,579 --> 00:11:29,516 [cheering] 220 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:30,482 RUPAUL: Alright, so Ginger, 221 00:11:30,517 --> 00:11:31,898 you've got a lot of people rooting for you. 222 00:11:31,932 --> 00:11:33,002 Let's take a look. 223 00:11:33,485 --> 00:11:35,039 GINGER'S SISTER: Hi Ginger, this is your sister. 224 00:11:35,073 --> 00:11:36,799 I've always known you are a star. 225 00:11:36,834 --> 00:11:40,734 I hope America sees what the family has always seen in you. 226 00:11:40,769 --> 00:11:44,186 JOHN: Hi, I'm John Waters, and I'm here for Ginger Minj. 227 00:11:44,220 --> 00:11:46,429 Congratulations on getting to the finals 228 00:11:46,464 --> 00:11:48,431 on Ru Paul's Drag Race. 229 00:11:48,466 --> 00:11:51,089 I'm rooting for you, and so is Edith Massey 230 00:11:51,124 --> 00:11:52,953 from beyond the grave. 231 00:11:53,574 --> 00:11:54,644 GINGER'S MOM: Hi Ginger, it's mom. 232 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:55,922 I'm so proud of you. 233 00:11:55,956 --> 00:11:57,475 I love watching you perform. 234 00:11:57,509 --> 00:12:00,961 I love you so much, and congratulations. 235 00:12:00,996 --> 00:12:01,824 Bye. 236 00:12:02,342 --> 00:12:03,584 GINGER'S DAD: Hey Ginger, this is dad. 237 00:12:03,619 --> 00:12:05,725 You know I've always been proud of you, 238 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:08,417 and I'm proud that you're my son, 239 00:12:08,451 --> 00:12:11,316 and I'll always try to be there for you, 240 00:12:11,351 --> 00:12:13,215 and I know sometimes I've failed at that 241 00:12:13,249 --> 00:12:15,907 but, you know, I'm a work in progress. 242 00:12:15,942 --> 00:12:18,738 For you to say that I don't approve of you 243 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:21,223 makes me feel like I failed as a father. 244 00:12:21,257 --> 00:12:24,571 There's no way that I don't approve of you. 245 00:12:24,605 --> 00:12:28,023 Hopefully tonight we can start two new chapters: 246 00:12:28,057 --> 00:12:29,990 One, you winning everything and going on to 247 00:12:30,025 --> 00:12:31,302 your fame and fortune, 248 00:12:31,336 --> 00:12:32,752 something that you've worked... 249 00:12:32,786 --> 00:12:36,894 [breathing heavily] 250 00:12:36,928 --> 00:12:38,792 ...you've worked very hard for... 251 00:12:38,827 --> 00:12:40,656 [controlling sobs] 252 00:12:40,690 --> 00:12:43,797 ...and hopefully we can start another chapter, you and I, 253 00:12:43,832 --> 00:12:46,696 and we can move on and bond together 254 00:12:46,731 --> 00:12:48,250 from here forward. 255 00:12:48,284 --> 00:12:48,906 [sniffs] 256 00:12:48,940 --> 00:12:49,596 Sorry. 257 00:12:49,630 --> 00:12:50,459 [clears throat] 258 00:12:50,493 --> 00:12:52,012 Nobody knows how hard he's worked. 259 00:12:52,047 --> 00:12:55,567 He's very special. 260 00:12:55,602 --> 00:12:56,534 Good luck tonight. 261 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:57,707 I'm so proud of you, 262 00:12:57,742 --> 00:12:59,330 and we'll definitely be watching. 263 00:12:59,364 --> 00:13:06,544 [cheering] 264 00:13:06,578 --> 00:13:08,857 GINGER: [sobbing] 265 00:13:08,891 --> 00:13:10,306 RUPAUL: What does it feel like to hear your father 266 00:13:10,341 --> 00:13:11,721 say those words? 267 00:13:11,756 --> 00:13:14,828 GINGER: Other than my mom, I never felt loved growing up, 268 00:13:14,863 --> 00:13:21,559 and I hope that this does lead to not only a reconciliation 269 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:25,425 but relationship that I never had. 270 00:13:25,459 --> 00:13:31,431 [cheering] 271 00:13:31,465 --> 00:13:32,846 [clapping] 272 00:13:32,881 --> 00:13:34,399 GINGER: And I hope he feels bad enough to buy me 273 00:13:34,434 --> 00:13:36,505 a new set of bottom lashes 'cause these were custom. 274 00:13:36,539 --> 00:13:38,852 [laughing] 275 00:13:38,887 --> 00:13:40,233 RUPAUL: So, what would it mean to you to become 276 00:13:40,267 --> 00:13:41,751 America's next drag superstar? 277 00:13:41,786 --> 00:13:43,339 GINGER: Oh god... 278 00:13:43,374 --> 00:13:46,032 Who doesn't want to be part of that legacy? 279 00:13:46,066 --> 00:13:49,380 I mean, you created something that's so special for all of us, 280 00:13:49,414 --> 00:13:52,417 and to be even be considered to be 281 00:13:52,452 --> 00:13:54,730 part of that is overwhelming. 282 00:13:54,764 --> 00:13:57,250 [clapping] 283 00:13:57,284 --> 00:14:00,253 RUPAUL: Ginger, you are my kind of plus size queen because 284 00:14:00,287 --> 00:14:02,496 you've got a big talent, a big heart 285 00:14:02,531 --> 00:14:04,878 and a big future ahead of you. 286 00:14:04,913 --> 00:14:06,052 I love you, Ginger. 287 00:14:06,086 --> 00:14:07,156 GINGER: I love you too. 288 00:14:07,191 --> 00:14:08,640 RUPAUL: We all love the Minj! 289 00:14:08,675 --> 00:14:12,196 [cheering] 290 00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:14,301 [♪♪♪] 291 00:14:14,336 --> 00:14:15,406 ANNOUNCER: If you're Team Ginger, 292 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,890 Tweet it now. 293 00:14:16,925 --> 00:14:17,995 Coming up... 294 00:14:18,029 --> 00:14:20,790 Pearl and Violet Chachki take the stage. 295 00:14:20,825 --> 00:14:24,415 [♪♪♪] 296 00:14:24,449 --> 00:14:26,003 [cheering] 297 00:14:26,037 --> 00:14:28,005 [laughing] 298 00:14:29,006 --> 00:14:29,696 [laughing] 299 00:14:29,730 --> 00:14:31,732 [laughing] 300 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:35,633 [cheering] 301 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:36,737 RU PAUL: Welcome back to the grand finale 302 00:14:36,772 --> 00:14:38,222 of Ru Paul's Drag Race. 303 00:14:38,256 --> 00:14:42,295 The final face-off between our top three queens continues. 304 00:14:42,329 --> 00:14:45,574 Up next, she started out as a sleeping beauty, 305 00:14:45,608 --> 00:14:48,508 but will her fairytale end with a crown? 306 00:14:48,542 --> 00:14:51,442 Please welcome everybody's favourite sleepwalker... 307 00:14:51,476 --> 00:14:52,167 Pearl! 308 00:14:52,201 --> 00:14:57,206 [cheering] 309 00:14:57,241 --> 00:15:00,865 [♪♪♪] 310 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,695 PEARL: ♪ Now I lay me down to sleep ♪ 311 00:15:03,730 --> 00:15:07,630 ♪ I pray to drag my dress is chic ♪ 312 00:15:07,665 --> 00:15:11,772 ♪ Ever since she was a child ♪ 313 00:15:11,807 --> 00:15:15,224 ♪ Wah-oh wah- oh wah-oh ♪ 314 00:15:15,259 --> 00:15:19,435 ♪ She wasn't loud, she wasn't wild ♪ 315 00:15:19,470 --> 00:15:22,783 ♪ No-oh no- oh no-oh ♪ 316 00:15:22,818 --> 00:15:26,718 ♪ Sleepwalker, she's the queen of your dreams ♪ 317 00:15:26,753 --> 00:15:30,481 ♪ Sleepwalker, camomile and caffeine ♪ 318 00:15:30,515 --> 00:15:32,966 ♪ Not even the loud boys 319 00:15:33,001 --> 00:15:36,728 ♪ wake her uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-up ♪ 320 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:41,941 ♪ Sleepwalker, never opens her eyes ♪ 321 00:15:41,975 --> 00:15:45,772 ♪ Sleepwalker, talkin' you by surprise ♪ 322 00:15:45,806 --> 00:15:48,154 ♪ Not even the loud boys 323 00:15:48,188 --> 00:15:52,365 ♪ wake her uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-up ♪ 324 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:53,987 ♪ Ah... 325 00:15:54,022 --> 00:15:57,163 [♪♪♪] 326 00:15:57,197 --> 00:15:59,096 ♪ Sleepwalker 327 00:15:59,751 --> 00:16:00,925 ♪ Loud boys 328 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,583 [♪♪♪] 329 00:16:03,617 --> 00:16:04,756 PEARL: ♪ Ah-ah 330 00:16:04,791 --> 00:16:06,482 ♪ Sleepwalker 331 00:16:06,517 --> 00:16:10,486 ♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah here he comes ♪ 332 00:16:10,521 --> 00:16:12,626 ♪ Sleepwalker 333 00:16:12,902 --> 00:16:25,639 [cheering] 334 00:16:25,674 --> 00:16:26,744 RUPAUL: Ah. 335 00:16:26,778 --> 00:16:29,022 Good morning, Pearl. 336 00:16:29,057 --> 00:16:30,713 PEARL: Good morn-ting. 337 00:16:30,748 --> 00:16:32,577 RUPAUL: It's time to hear from the judges. 338 00:16:32,612 --> 00:16:34,062 Michelle Visage, what do you have to say? 339 00:16:34,096 --> 00:16:35,787 MICHELLE: You came into this competition, 340 00:16:35,822 --> 00:16:38,583 you had a bit of an attitude, but as time went on, 341 00:16:38,618 --> 00:16:41,517 you became lovable, you became awake, 342 00:16:41,552 --> 00:16:43,657 and you earned your spot here in the final. 343 00:16:43,692 --> 00:16:46,039 [cheering] 344 00:16:46,074 --> 00:16:48,041 CARSON: We were asking you to come out of your shell... 345 00:16:48,076 --> 00:16:49,318 ROSS: Oh, look at you. 346 00:16:49,353 --> 00:16:50,147 CARSON: Don't you love a good-- 347 00:16:50,181 --> 00:16:50,802 ROSS: Like a pearl. 348 00:16:50,837 --> 00:16:51,251 Pearl. 349 00:16:51,286 --> 00:16:51,734 Shell. 350 00:16:51,769 --> 00:16:53,150 [cheering] 351 00:16:53,184 --> 00:16:54,185 PEARL: I think I get it. 352 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:55,842 CARSON: I think that the audience has spoken, 353 00:16:55,876 --> 00:16:57,499 and the people like you, Pearl. 354 00:16:57,533 --> 00:16:58,776 They really like you! 355 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:00,743 [cheering] 356 00:17:00,778 --> 00:17:02,400 ROSS: Madame, congratulations. 357 00:17:02,435 --> 00:17:05,541 [cheering] 358 00:17:05,576 --> 00:17:07,819 RUPAUL: So Pearl, you've come a long way, baby. 359 00:17:07,854 --> 00:17:09,166 Let's take a look. 360 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,133 [♪♪♪] 361 00:17:11,168 --> 00:17:12,169 PEARL: What's up? 362 00:17:12,203 --> 00:17:14,723 MAN: I would describe Pearl as some kind of 363 00:17:14,757 --> 00:17:17,795 robotic Stepford Wife bitch. 364 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:21,143 MAN 2: I've been drawing Pearl since I was like 10, 365 00:17:21,178 --> 00:17:23,939 and then one day just painted her on me. 366 00:17:23,973 --> 00:17:26,148 RUPAUL: You've been sleepwalking. 367 00:17:26,183 --> 00:17:29,048 Wake up, Pearl. 368 00:17:29,082 --> 00:17:32,085 [♪♪♪] 369 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,293 RUPAUL: Wake up. 370 00:17:33,328 --> 00:17:36,089 PEARL: You kind of like told me I have no personality. 371 00:17:36,124 --> 00:17:39,989 RUPAUL: Well, I'm hoping it will light a fire under your ass. 372 00:17:40,024 --> 00:17:44,304 [♪♪♪] 373 00:17:44,339 --> 00:17:45,616 PEARL: Do I have something on my face? 374 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:46,617 PEARL: Ah! 375 00:17:46,651 --> 00:17:48,136 PEARL: I had a rough childhood, okay? 376 00:17:48,170 --> 00:17:50,172 I wasn't watching [bleep] Batman and Robin. 377 00:17:50,207 --> 00:17:51,277 [laughing] 378 00:17:51,311 --> 00:17:52,416 MICHELLE: Someone set their alarm clock 379 00:17:52,450 --> 00:17:54,038 and finally woke up. 380 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,523 RUPAUL: Well, la di da. 381 00:17:56,558 --> 00:17:58,491 ROSS: I think I figured out you're a weirdo. 382 00:17:58,525 --> 00:17:59,837 PEARL: Oh yeah. 383 00:17:59,871 --> 00:18:02,219 RUPAUL: Boy oh boy, has there been a transformation in you. 384 00:18:02,253 --> 00:18:04,911 PEARL: At this point, there's nothing that could break my spirit. 385 00:18:04,945 --> 00:18:06,844 WOMAN: Atta girl, Pearl. 386 00:18:06,878 --> 00:18:11,435 [cheering] 387 00:18:11,469 --> 00:18:13,506 RUPAUL: Okay, so Pearl, what made you wake up? 388 00:18:13,540 --> 00:18:15,508 PEARL: You said something a long time ago, 389 00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:16,750 it was something like, 390 00:18:16,785 --> 00:18:19,753 "The fear of looking stupid is really holding you back." 391 00:18:19,788 --> 00:18:22,066 And, yeah, I mean, I'm not a quitter, 392 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:24,482 and I wasn't about to quit on Drag Race. 393 00:18:24,517 --> 00:18:25,828 RUPAUL: Good, I'm glad you didn't. 394 00:18:25,863 --> 00:18:28,279 [cheering] 395 00:18:28,314 --> 00:18:30,247 RUPAUL: Now, have you heard of this conspiracy theory 396 00:18:30,281 --> 00:18:32,249 called The Curse of Pearl, 397 00:18:32,283 --> 00:18:37,081 where any queen who crosses you immediately goes home. 398 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,738 PEARL: Yeah, it's been brought up. 399 00:18:38,772 --> 00:18:39,911 You didn't go home though. 400 00:18:39,946 --> 00:18:40,740 RUPAUL: Ah, bitch... 401 00:18:40,774 --> 00:18:42,845 [laughing] 402 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,158 RUPAUL: See, the thing is I actually-- I didn't cross you, 403 00:18:45,193 --> 00:18:47,609 I almost just threw your ass out of the door. 404 00:18:47,643 --> 00:18:48,817 [laughing] 405 00:18:48,851 --> 00:18:55,099 [cheering] 406 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,135 RUPAUL: Take a look at this. 407 00:18:56,169 --> 00:18:58,620 RUPAUL: Which queen has least impressed you. 408 00:18:58,654 --> 00:19:00,173 SASHA: I'd have to say Pearl. 409 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:04,281 RUPAUL: Sasha Belle, sashay away. 410 00:19:04,695 --> 00:19:06,904 JASMINE: I noticed this black trim around her chin. 411 00:19:06,938 --> 00:19:08,457 I'm thinking, 'What the hell is that?!' 412 00:19:10,287 --> 00:19:12,841 RUPAUL: Jasmine, girl, sashay away. 413 00:19:13,462 --> 00:19:15,671 KATYA: There's this part of Pearl that's like too cool 414 00:19:15,706 --> 00:19:17,086 for season seven. 415 00:19:17,121 --> 00:19:20,607 RUPAUL: Sashay away. 416 00:19:21,056 --> 00:19:22,230 PEARL: I can forgive her... 417 00:19:22,264 --> 00:19:23,403 [whispers] but I'll never forget. 418 00:19:23,438 --> 00:19:24,853 [laughs] 419 00:19:26,234 --> 00:19:27,304 [cheering] 420 00:19:27,338 --> 00:19:28,960 RUPAUL: [laughs] 421 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,929 Alright, so we have some questions from some fans. 422 00:19:31,963 --> 00:19:32,930 PEARL: Oh. 423 00:19:32,964 --> 00:19:34,207 RUPAUL: Oh, look who's here, it's Alaska! 424 00:19:34,242 --> 00:19:35,553 [cheering] 425 00:19:35,588 --> 00:19:38,280 ALASKA [high pitched]: Hiiiiii. 426 00:19:38,315 --> 00:19:39,385 [low tone] Sup? 427 00:19:39,730 --> 00:19:41,352 [laughing] 428 00:19:41,387 --> 00:19:47,013 ALASKA: Xavier from California wants to know... 429 00:19:47,047 --> 00:19:53,088 "Pearl, is it just me, or does everybody 430 00:19:53,122 --> 00:19:54,469 want to [bleep] you?" 431 00:19:54,503 --> 00:19:59,508 [cheering] 432 00:19:59,543 --> 00:20:01,476 PEARL: I'm single... single. 433 00:20:01,510 --> 00:20:04,306 RUPAUL: [laughs] 434 00:20:04,341 --> 00:20:05,825 No, but Pearl, for real, how do you deal with 435 00:20:05,859 --> 00:20:07,378 all the attention you got? 436 00:20:07,413 --> 00:20:10,036 PEARL: Really I want people to like me because I'm talented, 437 00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:11,451 I'm unique, I have nerve 438 00:20:11,486 --> 00:20:14,351 and I have, you know, charisma, but not in that order. 439 00:20:14,385 --> 00:20:16,629 But thank you. 440 00:20:16,663 --> 00:20:19,218 [cheering] 441 00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:22,704 RUPAUL: Now Pearl, you have a lot of people in your corner. 442 00:20:22,738 --> 00:20:23,843 Let's take a look. 443 00:20:23,877 --> 00:20:25,983 PEARL'S GRANDMA : I've got something on my face, 444 00:20:26,017 --> 00:20:28,813 and it's a big smile of love, pride and joy 445 00:20:28,848 --> 00:20:30,988 for my number one grandson. 446 00:20:31,022 --> 00:20:34,267 Love you, Matty... from your grandma. 447 00:20:34,302 --> 00:20:35,889 GROUP: Hey Pearl! 448 00:20:35,924 --> 00:20:37,166 MAN: [indistinct] family sending you love. 449 00:20:37,201 --> 00:20:39,099 MAN 2: You've slayed all season, girl. 450 00:20:39,134 --> 00:20:40,791 MAN 3: You've been killing it, and we love you. 451 00:20:40,825 --> 00:20:42,655 MAN 4: C'mon Chinstrap! 452 00:20:42,689 --> 00:20:44,415 MAN 5: We're so proud of you! 453 00:20:44,450 --> 00:20:46,175 GROUP: So proud! 454 00:20:46,210 --> 00:20:48,523 MAN 5: We wish you all the luck in the world. 455 00:20:48,557 --> 00:20:49,593 MAN 6: We love you. 456 00:20:49,627 --> 00:20:50,801 MAN 5: Love you so much. 457 00:20:50,835 --> 00:20:51,526 MAN 7: Love you. 458 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:52,734 MAN 6: Bye. 459 00:20:52,906 --> 00:20:55,184 PEARL'S MOM: I wanted to send you a real quick message 460 00:20:55,219 --> 00:20:57,325 letting you know how proud I am of you. 461 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:03,365 You have always been a special special little boy 462 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,299 from the time you were two and three years old, 463 00:21:06,334 --> 00:21:08,163 running around in your sister's tutu, 464 00:21:08,197 --> 00:21:11,304 to the time that I knew I was going to lose you 465 00:21:11,339 --> 00:21:12,754 to a big city. 466 00:21:12,788 --> 00:21:14,825 I knew one thing would never change, 467 00:21:14,859 --> 00:21:17,379 and that is my love for you. 468 00:21:17,414 --> 00:21:21,141 I love you as my son, I love you as Pearl, 469 00:21:21,176 --> 00:21:23,627 and we could not be more proud of you, 470 00:21:23,661 --> 00:21:28,356 and I am so happy to have watched you go through this. 471 00:21:28,390 --> 00:21:31,324 I love you and I'll see you soon. 472 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:32,221 Muwah. 473 00:21:32,256 --> 00:21:35,811 [♪♪♪] 474 00:21:35,846 --> 00:21:39,401 [cheering] 475 00:21:39,436 --> 00:21:41,230 RUPAUL: Pearl, your mother is here. 476 00:21:41,265 --> 00:21:43,129 I want to say hi to the mother of Pearl. 477 00:21:43,163 --> 00:21:44,475 Hello mother of Pearl. 478 00:21:44,510 --> 00:21:46,235 PEARL'S MOM: Hello Ru. 479 00:21:46,270 --> 00:21:49,031 RUPAUL: Now, you've gone over and above for 480 00:21:49,066 --> 00:21:51,068 your support of Pearl. 481 00:21:51,102 --> 00:21:52,380 Tell us about that. 482 00:21:52,414 --> 00:21:55,348 PEARL'S MOM: One day I thought, 'I should do a fan page.' 483 00:21:55,383 --> 00:21:57,454 Within just a few hours, 484 00:21:57,488 --> 00:22:02,321 I was literally inundated with private messaging 485 00:22:02,355 --> 00:22:05,979 from younger gay boys... 486 00:22:06,014 --> 00:22:08,016 RUPAUL: Looking for sex. 487 00:22:08,050 --> 00:22:09,569 [laughing] 488 00:22:09,604 --> 00:22:13,228 [cheering] 489 00:22:13,262 --> 00:22:15,437 PEARL: No that's--that's my fan page. 490 00:22:15,472 --> 00:22:16,542 RUPAUL: That's your fan page. 491 00:22:16,576 --> 00:22:17,577 Right right right. 492 00:22:17,612 --> 00:22:18,785 PEARL'S MOM: Anyways, I was just messaged by 493 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:19,786 so many people: 494 00:22:19,821 --> 00:22:21,374 "How do I come out to my parents?" 495 00:22:21,409 --> 00:22:23,549 It's been pretty amazing. 496 00:22:23,583 --> 00:22:24,446 RUPAUL: That's fabulous. 497 00:22:24,481 --> 00:22:25,482 That's wonderful. 498 00:22:25,516 --> 00:22:27,207 [clapping] 499 00:22:27,242 --> 00:22:30,797 RUPAUL: So Pearl, what would you do with $100,000? 500 00:22:30,832 --> 00:22:32,627 PEARL: Well, maybe buy some nice wigs 501 00:22:32,661 --> 00:22:34,145 after seeing myself in 502 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:36,216 those thirsty ass wigs all season long. 503 00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:38,426 I'm going oh-oh-oh-oh-oh. 504 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:39,323 RUPAUL: [laughs] 505 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:40,738 Now, one final question: 506 00:22:40,773 --> 00:22:43,396 Do I have something on my face? 507 00:22:43,431 --> 00:22:48,712 [laughing] 508 00:22:48,746 --> 00:22:50,023 RUPAUL: The answer is yes, 509 00:22:50,058 --> 00:22:52,371 and it's a mixture of pride, affection 510 00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:55,408 and about two and a half inches of foundation. 511 00:22:55,443 --> 00:22:56,996 [laughing] 512 00:22:57,030 --> 00:22:58,756 RUPAUL: Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Pearl! 513 00:22:58,791 --> 00:23:05,038 [cheering] 514 00:23:05,073 --> 00:23:06,108 [♪♪♪] 515 00:23:06,143 --> 00:23:07,903 ANNOUNCER: Is Pearl the queen of your dreams? 516 00:23:07,938 --> 00:23:09,767 Sound off now. 517 00:23:10,078 --> 00:23:11,113 Coming up next... 518 00:23:11,148 --> 00:23:13,357 Violet Chachki bares all. 519 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:16,878 And later, the season seven queens reunite 520 00:23:16,912 --> 00:23:18,051 and let us have it. 521 00:23:18,086 --> 00:23:21,365 [cheering] 522 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,022 [laughing] 523 00:23:24,023 --> 00:23:24,541 [laughing] 524 00:23:24,575 --> 00:23:26,577 [laughing] 525 00:23:28,648 --> 00:23:29,960 RUPAUL: Welcome back to the grand finale 526 00:23:29,994 --> 00:23:31,582 of RuPaul's Drag Race. 527 00:23:31,617 --> 00:23:34,413 It's time for one last tango with the queen 528 00:23:34,447 --> 00:23:36,035 who's always in vogue, 529 00:23:36,069 --> 00:23:38,313 please welcome Violet Chachki. 530 00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:47,322 VIOLET: ♪ He wants to take me to breakfast ♪ 531 00:23:48,150 --> 00:23:50,463 ♪ He wants to show me his house ♪ 532 00:23:51,947 --> 00:23:54,433 ♪ He wants to meet me in London ♪ 533 00:23:55,710 --> 00:23:58,333 ♪ He wants to drive me 'round ♪ 534 00:23:59,507 --> 00:24:03,027 ♪ I can't fix this problem of mine ♪ 535 00:24:03,062 --> 00:24:07,307 ♪ Too many daddies and not enough time ♪ 536 00:24:09,551 --> 00:24:11,277 ♪ One at a time boys 537 00:24:15,108 --> 00:24:17,456 ♪ He wants to loosen my corset ♪ 538 00:24:18,629 --> 00:24:21,114 ♪ He wants to buy me a ring 539 00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:24,773 ♪ He wants to teach me to tango ♪ 540 00:24:26,223 --> 00:24:29,847 ♪ He wants to do everything 541 00:24:29,882 --> 00:24:33,506 ♪ I've got all them standing in line ♪ 542 00:24:33,541 --> 00:24:37,510 ♪ Too many daddies and not enough time ♪ 543 00:24:37,545 --> 00:24:47,520 [♪♪♪] 544 00:24:47,555 --> 00:24:55,390 [♪♪♪] 545 00:24:55,424 --> 00:24:56,736 ♪ Gee, there's a lot of ya 546 00:24:56,771 --> 00:24:58,220 ♪ Too many daddies 547 00:24:58,255 --> 00:25:00,015 ♪ Too many daddies 548 00:25:00,050 --> 00:25:01,914 ♪ Too many daddies 549 00:25:01,948 --> 00:25:03,881 ♪ Too many daddies 550 00:25:03,916 --> 00:25:05,573 ♪ Too many daddies 551 00:25:05,607 --> 00:25:07,575 ♪ Too many daddies 552 00:25:07,609 --> 00:25:09,680 ♪ And not 553 00:25:09,715 --> 00:25:15,168 ♪ And not enough time 554 00:25:15,203 --> 00:25:19,310 ♪ Yeah, yeah 555 00:25:19,345 --> 00:25:31,391 [cheering] 556 00:25:31,426 --> 00:25:33,255 RUPAUL: Come through, mama. 557 00:25:33,290 --> 00:25:35,741 Ok, Violet, let's talk to the judges. 558 00:25:35,775 --> 00:25:39,365 Starting with, I hate Michelle Visage. 559 00:25:40,677 --> 00:25:43,611 MICHELLE: You can hate me all you want. 560 00:25:43,645 --> 00:25:47,166 I loves me some Violette Chachki. 561 00:25:50,618 --> 00:25:52,343 CARSON: I think what's so impressive about you is, 562 00:25:52,378 --> 00:25:53,448 you have beautiful clothes. 563 00:25:53,482 --> 00:25:55,933 But you wear the clothes, they don't wear you. 564 00:25:55,968 --> 00:25:57,590 You really present yourself. 565 00:25:57,625 --> 00:25:59,627 VIOLET: Thank you. 566 00:25:59,661 --> 00:26:02,319 ROSS: Every week, I've been on the edge of my seat 567 00:26:02,353 --> 00:26:04,839 waiting for you to electrify me with your looks, 568 00:26:04,873 --> 00:26:05,391 and you did. 569 00:26:05,425 --> 00:26:06,461 And tonight, though, 570 00:26:06,495 --> 00:26:08,739 you elextrified me with your performance, honey. 571 00:26:08,774 --> 00:26:12,156 Congratulations you earned it. 572 00:26:12,191 --> 00:26:13,951 RUPAUL: Thank you judges. 573 00:26:13,986 --> 00:26:16,091 Now Violet Chachki, since day one, 574 00:26:16,126 --> 00:26:17,817 you wowed us with your runway. 575 00:26:17,852 --> 00:26:21,338 But this competition has not always been a cinch for you. 576 00:26:21,372 --> 00:26:22,753 Let's take a look. 577 00:26:23,858 --> 00:26:25,618 VIOLET: I'm a one of a kind collectable. 578 00:26:25,653 --> 00:26:27,378 VIOLET: Party. 579 00:26:27,413 --> 00:26:29,346 VIOLET: my biggest strength is probably aesthetics. 580 00:26:29,380 --> 00:26:31,279 I'm very visually appealing. 581 00:26:31,313 --> 00:26:33,419 Is that conceited? 582 00:26:33,453 --> 00:26:37,009 RUPAUL: You took fashion risks, and they paid off. 583 00:26:37,043 --> 00:26:38,976 JUDGES: Oh. 584 00:26:39,011 --> 00:26:41,392 VIOLET: I'm giving you Tartan Eleganza, 585 00:26:41,427 --> 00:26:43,636 I'm giving you 1956 Dior. 586 00:26:43,671 --> 00:26:47,536 I'm giving you John Willie vintage smut for your nerves. 587 00:26:47,571 --> 00:26:49,331 ARIANA: You might've been playing a dead person, 588 00:26:49,366 --> 00:26:50,850 but we were living. 589 00:26:50,885 --> 00:26:55,061 PEARL: Violet does have a tendency to be sort of bitchy. 590 00:26:55,096 --> 00:26:57,650 PEARL: You are the team leader, whatever you want, boo-boo. 591 00:26:57,685 --> 00:27:00,204 VIOLET: I think people think I'm mean, 592 00:27:00,239 --> 00:27:01,654 but everything I've done here 593 00:27:01,689 --> 00:27:03,104 either comes from a place of humour, 594 00:27:03,138 --> 00:27:04,208 or a place of truth. 595 00:27:04,243 --> 00:27:06,107 I think the biggest thing that I've learned 596 00:27:06,141 --> 00:27:07,177 throughout this process 597 00:27:07,211 --> 00:27:09,662 is to just be aware of your first impressions. 598 00:27:09,697 --> 00:27:12,700 I honestly feel like I do represent the past, 599 00:27:12,734 --> 00:27:14,391 the present, but more than anything, 600 00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:15,461 the future. 601 00:27:15,495 --> 00:27:24,988 [cheering] 602 00:27:25,022 --> 00:27:26,955 RUPAUL: So when did you start designing your own clothes? 603 00:27:26,990 --> 00:27:30,925 VIOLET: I think I started sewing around 8th grade. 604 00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:33,479 I think 'cause skinny jeans were just now becoming a thing, 605 00:27:33,513 --> 00:27:35,101 and they didn't have them in boy's clothes, 606 00:27:35,136 --> 00:27:38,657 so I like, and I also tailored my Catholic school uniform. 607 00:27:38,691 --> 00:27:39,554 RUPAUL: You went to Catholic school? 608 00:27:39,588 --> 00:27:40,589 VIOLET: I did go to Catholic school. 609 00:27:40,624 --> 00:27:41,487 K-12. 610 00:27:41,521 --> 00:27:43,213 And I would do alterations mostly, 611 00:27:43,247 --> 00:27:47,079 so I think 12 or 13 I got a sewing machine. 612 00:27:47,113 --> 00:27:48,874 RUPAUL: Where'd all this confidence come from? 613 00:27:48,908 --> 00:27:52,705 VIOLET: I think I got to a point in my life where I was just sick 614 00:27:52,740 --> 00:27:56,088 of dealing with other people, what they wanted me to do. 615 00:27:56,122 --> 00:27:57,054 I was like "You know what, 616 00:27:57,089 --> 00:27:58,400 I'm gonna live my life for me. 617 00:27:58,435 --> 00:27:59,470 And that's it." 618 00:27:59,505 --> 00:28:04,579 [cheering] 619 00:28:04,613 --> 00:28:06,132 RUPAUL: So we have some fan questions for you. 620 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:06,857 Are you ready for 'em? 621 00:28:06,892 --> 00:28:07,686 VIOLET: Yeah, let's do it. 622 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:08,307 RUPAUL: Alright, look. 623 00:28:08,341 --> 00:28:10,102 There is Gia Gunn. 624 00:28:10,550 --> 00:28:12,242 VIOLET: Hi Gia Gunn. 625 00:28:12,483 --> 00:28:15,970 GIA: We have, from Skyler, from California. 626 00:28:16,004 --> 00:28:22,045 Violet, what would you tell a teenager who wants to do drag, 627 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:27,429 but is afraid of how their family and friends will react? 628 00:28:27,464 --> 00:28:29,569 VIOLET: Well what I did is that I would do drag 629 00:28:29,604 --> 00:28:30,985 in the middle of the night, 630 00:28:31,019 --> 00:28:32,331 in my bedroom with the door locked. 631 00:28:32,365 --> 00:28:35,334 And then eventually I went out, snuck around. 632 00:28:35,368 --> 00:28:37,750 Just do it in secret until it became okay, 633 00:28:37,785 --> 00:28:39,131 and I became comfortable to do it, 634 00:28:39,165 --> 00:28:40,684 and be proud of it. 635 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:41,961 RUPAUL: Oh, that's good advice. 636 00:28:41,996 --> 00:28:42,824 GIA: Absolutely. 637 00:28:42,859 --> 00:28:44,205 I think that's wonderful. 638 00:28:44,239 --> 00:28:46,690 RUPAUL: Well thank you, Gia. 639 00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:47,864 Do we have another question? 640 00:28:47,898 --> 00:28:49,313 MIMI: Hi. 641 00:28:49,348 --> 00:28:50,590 VIOLET: Hi Mimi. 642 00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:53,179 MIMI: Ok, Violet Chachki. 643 00:28:53,214 --> 00:28:56,389 You were voted the shadiest queen 644 00:28:56,424 --> 00:28:58,253 by the other girls. 645 00:28:58,288 --> 00:29:01,601 Chris from San Diego wants to know, 646 00:29:01,636 --> 00:29:05,985 who did you vote for and why? 647 00:29:06,227 --> 00:29:07,987 VIOLET: I think I voted for myself, actually. 648 00:29:08,022 --> 00:29:11,197 I'm honest. 649 00:29:11,232 --> 00:29:13,924 MIMI: If you can't hate yourself, 650 00:29:13,959 --> 00:29:17,134 how the hell are you going to hate somebody else. 651 00:29:20,586 --> 00:29:22,036 RUPAUL: Well there you have it. 652 00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:24,141 It's time to hear from some of your biggest supporters. 653 00:29:24,176 --> 00:29:25,108 Let's take a look. 654 00:29:26,178 --> 00:29:27,593 WOMAN: I'm Team Violet because she's sickening. 655 00:29:27,627 --> 00:29:29,250 MEN: Team Violet for the win. 656 00:29:29,284 --> 00:29:30,285 WOMAN 2: Yas, bitch. 657 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,321 [beep] it up. 658 00:29:31,355 --> 00:29:33,288 Slay, come through. 659 00:29:33,323 --> 00:29:35,290 ALEX: Hi Violet, mom here. 660 00:29:35,325 --> 00:29:37,154 I just wanted to say congratulations 661 00:29:37,189 --> 00:29:38,777 for making it to the finals. 662 00:29:38,811 --> 00:29:42,988 I am so proud of the way you have handled yourself. 663 00:29:43,022 --> 00:29:45,922 MAN: We just wanted to let you know how proud of you we are, 664 00:29:45,956 --> 00:29:48,407 and that we never doubted you'd make it to the finals. 665 00:29:48,441 --> 00:29:50,029 WOMAN 2: Now the rest of the world knows it too. 666 00:29:50,064 --> 00:29:51,617 We're so proud to be your friends. 667 00:29:51,651 --> 00:29:53,239 MAN: Now make them bitches eat it. 668 00:29:53,274 --> 00:29:54,482 WOMAN 2: We love you. 669 00:29:54,516 --> 00:29:55,897 VIOLET'S DAD: Hi Violet, your dad here. 670 00:29:55,932 --> 00:29:58,831 I would like to wish you all the success in the world. 671 00:29:58,866 --> 00:30:01,006 I am very proud of the level of accomplishment 672 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,353 you have achieved doing what you love to do. 673 00:30:03,387 --> 00:30:06,114 I hope to see you go all the way to the top. 674 00:30:06,149 --> 00:30:08,047 Good luck, we love you. 675 00:30:11,533 --> 00:30:13,087 RUPAUL: So your mother Alex is here. 676 00:30:13,121 --> 00:30:16,055 What advice do you have for parents who have children 677 00:30:16,090 --> 00:30:19,783 who are as flamboyant as Violet? 678 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:22,855 ALEX: As a parent you have to let them be their own person. 679 00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:24,892 That's all you can do. 680 00:30:24,926 --> 00:30:26,376 RUPAUL: Right, right. 681 00:30:26,410 --> 00:30:29,241 That's good advice. 682 00:30:29,275 --> 00:30:30,483 Thanks Alex. 683 00:30:30,518 --> 00:30:32,865 Now Violet, what would it mean to you to become 684 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,178 America's next drag superstar? 685 00:30:35,212 --> 00:30:36,351 VIOLET: It would mean everything. 686 00:30:36,386 --> 00:30:37,870 Like, this is literally it. 687 00:30:37,905 --> 00:30:39,044 This is what I love to do. 688 00:30:39,078 --> 00:30:40,252 I have such a passion for it. 689 00:30:40,286 --> 00:30:42,288 It literally gives me life. 690 00:30:42,323 --> 00:30:44,221 Like, when I say that, It's everything to me. 691 00:30:44,256 --> 00:30:46,327 It brings me so much happiness and joy. 692 00:30:46,361 --> 00:30:48,674 In whatever mood I'm in, 693 00:30:48,708 --> 00:30:51,021 I can watch a bitch like Kennedy twirl, 694 00:30:51,056 --> 00:30:53,058 and just get so happy watching it. 695 00:30:53,092 --> 00:30:56,233 It really moves me, and I love it so much. 696 00:30:56,268 --> 00:30:58,339 And it would mean the world to me. 697 00:30:58,373 --> 00:31:02,239 RUPAUL: Well Violet Chachki, you're not just 698 00:31:02,274 --> 00:31:04,069 a one of a kind collectable. 699 00:31:04,103 --> 00:31:05,691 You are treasure. 700 00:31:05,725 --> 00:31:07,279 Ladies and Gentlemen, Violet Chachki. 701 00:31:07,313 --> 00:31:11,524 [cheering] 702 00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:12,732 ANNOUNCER: Are you Team Violet? 703 00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:14,665 Let your voice be heard. 704 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:17,427 Coming up, the queens of season seven 705 00:31:17,461 --> 00:31:20,188 are reunited and it feels so good. 706 00:31:20,223 --> 00:31:24,227 As we prepare to crown America's next drag superstar. 707 00:31:24,261 --> 00:31:28,748 [♪♪♪] 708 00:31:28,783 --> 00:31:30,889 [laughing] 709 00:31:31,924 --> 00:31:32,304 [laughing] 710 00:31:32,338 --> 00:31:34,306 [laughing] 711 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:39,138 [♪♪♪] 712 00:31:39,173 --> 00:31:42,038 RUPAUL: Welcome back to the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race. 713 00:31:42,072 --> 00:31:44,937 Now while the top three are backstage getting ready, 714 00:31:44,972 --> 00:31:47,215 it's time to catch up with the queens 715 00:31:47,250 --> 00:31:49,631 that made this season sickening. 716 00:31:49,666 --> 00:31:53,187 Starting with a drag dad, a code cracker, 717 00:31:53,221 --> 00:31:55,879 a corn popper, and a very married lady. 718 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:57,639 [laughing] 719 00:31:57,674 --> 00:31:58,640 TEMPEST: Momma's home. 720 00:31:58,675 --> 00:32:01,574 [laughing] 721 00:32:01,609 --> 00:32:04,957 TEMPEST: My drag style is influenced by the campy 722 00:32:04,992 --> 00:32:06,648 and kitschy people of the world. 723 00:32:06,683 --> 00:32:08,236 KANDY: So how old are you? 724 00:32:10,376 --> 00:32:11,619 TEMPEST: How old am I? 725 00:32:11,653 --> 00:32:13,000 Really. 726 00:32:13,034 --> 00:32:14,933 SASHA: I'm Sasha Belle. 727 00:32:14,967 --> 00:32:17,901 SASHA: Say hello to my little friends. 728 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:20,869 SASHA: I could tell you every episode, what the talent was, 729 00:32:20,904 --> 00:32:21,732 who went home. 730 00:32:21,767 --> 00:32:23,182 I feel like I've cracked the code. 731 00:32:23,217 --> 00:32:25,598 They've never gonna pick a pop man looking like this. 732 00:32:25,633 --> 00:32:28,808 I'm the next drag superstar because I've done my homework. 733 00:32:28,843 --> 00:32:30,638 JASMINE: We made it bitches! 734 00:32:30,672 --> 00:32:33,606 JASMINE: Jasmine is class and elegance. 735 00:32:33,641 --> 00:32:37,231 I am here, H-E-R-E bitch, I'm here! 736 00:32:37,265 --> 00:32:39,474 RUPAUL: Where did you get a loaf of bread? 737 00:32:40,820 --> 00:32:43,513 RUPAUL: No T no shade no pink lemonade. 738 00:32:44,721 --> 00:32:48,035 KASHA: Hi my honies I'm home! 739 00:32:48,069 --> 00:32:50,278 KASHA: My name is Mrs Kasha Davis. 740 00:32:50,313 --> 00:32:51,348 [laughing] 741 00:32:51,383 --> 00:32:52,591 KASHA: Is that Joan Rivers? 742 00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:54,006 What are you wearing? 743 00:32:54,041 --> 00:32:55,697 KASHA: Anybody can be a girl, 744 00:32:55,732 --> 00:32:57,596 but it takes a lot of balls to be a lady. 745 00:32:57,630 --> 00:32:58,666 [farting] 746 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:00,599 KASHA: There's always time for a cocktail. 747 00:33:00,633 --> 00:33:03,809 [cheering] 748 00:33:03,843 --> 00:33:08,227 RUPAUL: Tempest DuJour, Kandy Ho' accused you of being too old. 749 00:33:08,262 --> 00:33:09,608 How did that make you feel? 750 00:33:09,642 --> 00:33:14,268 TEMPEST: Well it never feels good, but Kandy and I are friends, 751 00:33:14,302 --> 00:33:18,134 I wish that at my age she looks half as fabulous as I do. 752 00:33:18,168 --> 00:33:21,068 KANDY: I'm sorry for calling you old. 753 00:33:21,102 --> 00:33:23,553 My mama taught me better than that, right? 754 00:33:23,587 --> 00:33:26,487 To be nice to old people? 755 00:33:26,521 --> 00:33:30,594 I love you girl, I love you so much. 756 00:33:30,629 --> 00:33:32,320 TEMPEST: I love you too, I really do. 757 00:33:32,355 --> 00:33:34,460 [clapping] 758 00:33:34,495 --> 00:33:36,497 RUPAUL: You also have an eight year old 759 00:33:36,531 --> 00:33:39,362 and a five year old at home, did they watch? 760 00:33:39,396 --> 00:33:42,020 TEMPEST: They did, my daughter watched the first episode 761 00:33:42,054 --> 00:33:44,125 and she started to cry when I got eliminated 762 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,784 and she said, "Papa, why doesn't RuPaul like you anymore?" 763 00:33:47,818 --> 00:33:50,649 [laughing] 764 00:33:50,683 --> 00:33:54,239 RUPAUL: Mimi, if you're watching, RuPaul loves your daddy. 765 00:33:54,273 --> 00:33:55,550 Now go to bed! 766 00:33:55,585 --> 00:33:57,725 [laughing] 767 00:33:57,759 --> 00:33:59,692 RUPAUL: Next up we've got Sasha Belle. 768 00:33:59,727 --> 00:34:02,454 [cheering] 769 00:34:02,488 --> 00:34:05,491 RUPAUL: You arrived thinking that you had cracked the code. 770 00:34:05,526 --> 00:34:07,666 What happened? 771 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:12,084 SASHA: Well I thought that I did crack the code, 772 00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:13,706 and I thought I knew what you were looking for. 773 00:34:13,741 --> 00:34:16,123 But I think what makes the show so great is that 774 00:34:16,157 --> 00:34:18,056 it's so different every season. 775 00:34:18,090 --> 00:34:20,644 And I wasn't ready. 776 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:21,542 RUPAUL: Alright, alright. 777 00:34:21,576 --> 00:34:23,509 Now back in Iowa, you host a night 778 00:34:23,544 --> 00:34:26,754 called Sasha Belle's Drag Race, is that right? 779 00:34:26,788 --> 00:34:27,686 SASHA: Yes, yes. 780 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:28,721 RUPAUL: Oh. 781 00:34:28,756 --> 00:34:31,345 First of all, you'll be hearing from my lawyers. 782 00:34:31,379 --> 00:34:34,417 [laughing] 783 00:34:34,451 --> 00:34:38,628 RUPAUL: And second of all, how is that going? 784 00:34:38,662 --> 00:34:40,561 [laughing] 785 00:34:40,595 --> 00:34:42,494 SASHA: It's going really good. 786 00:34:42,528 --> 00:34:46,774 We do it because I really [beep] love this show, 787 00:34:46,808 --> 00:34:47,913 I do, you know. 788 00:34:47,947 --> 00:34:50,640 And if there was no grand prize, I would still play. 789 00:34:50,674 --> 00:34:53,367 RUPAUL: Well listen, you keep ringing them bells girl. 790 00:34:53,401 --> 00:34:59,097 Up next, Jasmine Masters! 791 00:35:01,789 --> 00:35:04,964 Now what was your most exciting moment on the Drag Race? 792 00:35:04,999 --> 00:35:06,656 JASMINE: Meeting Kennedy. 793 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:07,967 RUPAUL: Really? 794 00:35:08,002 --> 00:35:13,214 JASMINE: Yeah, I watched her at least nine years on VCR tapes, 795 00:35:13,249 --> 00:35:15,113 glam pageants and dancing and stuff. 796 00:35:15,147 --> 00:35:20,635 I'm sorry, I've been meaning to tell you, forgive me girl! 797 00:35:20,670 --> 00:35:25,606 RUPAUL: So Jasmine, who inspired you to do drag? 798 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,228 JASMINE: Patti LaBelle. 799 00:35:27,263 --> 00:35:29,851 She's just who she is when she's on stage, 800 00:35:29,886 --> 00:35:32,509 when she's offstage she gives 1,000%, 801 00:35:32,544 --> 00:35:34,994 I just love her, she's everything to me. 802 00:35:35,029 --> 00:35:37,583 RUPAUL: Well we have a surprise for you, take a look. 803 00:35:37,618 --> 00:35:39,585 PATTI: Hi Jasmine. 804 00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:42,001 I love the way you scared it up, honey. 805 00:35:42,036 --> 00:35:44,728 Thank you for always looking like Patti LaBelle 806 00:35:44,763 --> 00:35:45,971 at my concerts. 807 00:35:46,005 --> 00:35:48,215 I love you, bye! 808 00:35:48,905 --> 00:35:51,252 JASMINE: Are you serious right now?! 809 00:35:51,287 --> 00:35:53,461 RUPAUL: Yes. 810 00:35:53,496 --> 00:35:58,363 [clapping] 811 00:35:58,397 --> 00:35:59,640 RUPAUL: Yes, yeah. 812 00:35:59,674 --> 00:36:03,885 Well listen, I felt like we needed to lift you up even more 813 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,957 because on social media, people were very very harsh to you. 814 00:36:06,992 --> 00:36:08,580 How did that make you feel? 815 00:36:08,614 --> 00:36:12,411 JASMINE: When you are getting so much negativity 816 00:36:12,446 --> 00:36:13,792 it's like you can't breathe. 817 00:36:13,826 --> 00:36:16,243 And it took me back to a friend of mine who had 818 00:36:16,277 --> 00:36:18,417 committed suicide when they was getting bullied so much, 819 00:36:18,452 --> 00:36:19,832 being young and gay 820 00:36:19,867 --> 00:36:21,524 when their parents put them out on the street. 821 00:36:21,558 --> 00:36:22,525 The straight world didn't accept them, 822 00:36:22,559 --> 00:36:23,526 the gay world didn't accept them, 823 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,734 so they just ended it 824 00:36:24,768 --> 00:36:25,942 because they didn't feel they belonged 825 00:36:25,976 --> 00:36:28,289 and at that point in time, I felt like I didn't belong. 826 00:36:28,324 --> 00:36:32,259 So it was hard but I just ate a lot of food 827 00:36:32,293 --> 00:36:33,536 and a lot of hot sauce. 828 00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:37,264 [laughing] 829 00:36:37,298 --> 00:36:39,473 RUPAUL: I'm glad you did get through it, I'm glad you're here. 830 00:36:39,507 --> 00:36:42,752 Listen, for seven seasons RuPaul's Drag Race 831 00:36:42,786 --> 00:36:46,342 has been one of the most popular shows on social media. 832 00:36:46,376 --> 00:36:48,965 But recently, there's been a shift, 833 00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:53,245 with more and more comments having a darker tone. 834 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,904 But like my mom always said, unless them bitches 835 00:36:56,938 --> 00:36:59,458 is paying your bills you pay them bitches no mind! 836 00:36:59,493 --> 00:37:05,257 [cheering] 837 00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:09,434 RUPAUL: Alright, next up there's always time for a cocktail 838 00:37:09,468 --> 00:37:11,919 and Mrs Kasha Davis! 839 00:37:11,953 --> 00:37:15,267 During the competition you had some issues 840 00:37:15,302 --> 00:37:16,544 with some of the younger kids. 841 00:37:16,579 --> 00:37:19,167 What were they? 842 00:37:19,202 --> 00:37:21,273 KASHA: Well some of the young gals on the show just had 843 00:37:21,308 --> 00:37:22,792 sort of a sense of entitlement. 844 00:37:22,826 --> 00:37:26,140 And it gets a little grating in that respect where somebody's 845 00:37:26,174 --> 00:37:28,073 "I've only been doing this for seven months 846 00:37:28,107 --> 00:37:29,971 and I'm gonna win", and they might. 847 00:37:30,006 --> 00:37:35,114 [cheering] 848 00:37:35,149 --> 00:37:39,187 KASHA: But I mean you know, I learned a lot from these girls. 849 00:37:39,222 --> 00:37:42,536 Trixie, she taught me how to put way too much makeup on. 850 00:37:42,570 --> 00:37:47,782 And I'm wearing two of Violet's corsets right here. 851 00:37:47,817 --> 00:37:51,303 [laughing] 852 00:37:51,338 --> 00:37:52,615 RUPAUL: Now listen, I've always wanted to ask you, 853 00:37:52,649 --> 00:37:55,307 is there really a Mr Kasha Davis? 854 00:37:55,342 --> 00:37:56,308 KASHA: There is! 855 00:37:56,343 --> 00:37:57,136 RUPAUL: Where is he? 856 00:37:57,171 --> 00:37:58,310 KASHA: Right here! 857 00:37:58,345 --> 00:38:01,244 RUPAUL: That's him right there, that's Mr Davis? 858 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,694 Hi Mr Kasha Davis! 859 00:38:02,728 --> 00:38:03,902 He's really cute! 860 00:38:03,936 --> 00:38:05,179 KASHA: He's really cute. 861 00:38:05,213 --> 00:38:07,561 RUPAUL: Get ready Mr Davis, 'cause Momma's coming home! 862 00:38:07,595 --> 00:38:11,841 [cheering] 863 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:15,569 ANNOUNCER: Are you Team Ginger, Team Pearl, or Team Violet? 864 00:38:15,603 --> 00:38:20,470 Coming up, a season's worth of dish and drama get untucked, 865 00:38:20,505 --> 00:38:25,268 as we get closer to crowning America's next drag superstar. 866 00:38:27,063 --> 00:38:28,996 [laughing] 867 00:38:29,997 --> 00:38:30,377 [laughing] 868 00:38:30,411 --> 00:38:32,344 [laughing] 869 00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:36,244 [♪♪♪] 870 00:38:36,279 --> 00:38:39,040 RUPAUL: Welcome back to the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race. 871 00:38:39,075 --> 00:38:43,251 Now as our top three prepare backstage for the crowning of 872 00:38:43,286 --> 00:38:47,152 America's next drag superstar, these four queens are 873 00:38:47,186 --> 00:38:51,018 the perfect balance of sugar, spice, and everything nice. 874 00:38:51,052 --> 00:38:53,503 Oh, and um, chickens too. 875 00:38:53,538 --> 00:38:54,573 Take a look. 876 00:38:55,125 --> 00:38:57,196 KANDY: I hope you girls got a sweet tooth, 877 00:38:57,231 --> 00:39:00,338 because Kandy's in the mother [beep] house. 878 00:39:00,372 --> 00:39:02,512 Kandy is hot, Kandy is caliente. 879 00:39:02,547 --> 00:39:05,066 If you touch her too close, you might get burned! 880 00:39:05,101 --> 00:39:07,690 KANDY: I think this runway is right on my alley. 881 00:39:09,485 --> 00:39:12,004 MAX: Well, it about time. 882 00:39:12,039 --> 00:39:13,799 MAX: I do drag because I have the yearning 883 00:39:13,834 --> 00:39:15,318 for old Hollywood glamour. 884 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,562 I'm a starlet on the rise. 885 00:39:17,596 --> 00:39:19,460 MAX: There's a man on the wing of the plane! 886 00:39:19,495 --> 00:39:20,496 MAX: Tramp! 887 00:39:20,530 --> 00:39:21,704 ROSS: You are the Meryl Streep of drag. 888 00:39:21,738 --> 00:39:23,568 MAX: It's all so surreal. 889 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:27,882 JAIDYNN: My name is Jaidynn Diore Fierce, how y'all doing? 890 00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:29,539 Because I am what? 891 00:39:29,574 --> 00:39:30,989 Fierce. 892 00:39:31,023 --> 00:39:32,370 Work that puss! 893 00:39:33,060 --> 00:39:35,476 JAIDYNN: I have not officially come out to my family yet. 894 00:39:35,511 --> 00:39:38,514 I think it may change my relationship 895 00:39:38,548 --> 00:39:40,688 and that's what I'm scared of most. 896 00:39:42,172 --> 00:39:45,590 FAME: My brand is runaway shows, fashion magazines, 897 00:39:45,624 --> 00:39:47,315 beyond this planet beautiful. 898 00:39:47,350 --> 00:39:49,904 Should I not talk about my feelings or obviously 899 00:39:49,939 --> 00:39:51,147 should I just keep them inside. 900 00:39:51,181 --> 00:39:53,011 ROSS: I feel like I'm dating you. 901 00:39:53,045 --> 00:39:53,943 RUPAUL: How's your head? 902 00:39:53,977 --> 00:39:55,220 RUPAUL: How is your head? 903 00:39:55,254 --> 00:39:56,842 RUPAUL: How's your head? 904 00:39:56,877 --> 00:39:58,741 FAME: Fine. 905 00:39:58,775 --> 00:40:05,195 [laughing] 906 00:40:05,679 --> 00:40:07,197 FAME: That's how I talk to chickens. 907 00:40:07,646 --> 00:40:11,236 [cheering] 908 00:40:11,270 --> 00:40:13,894 RUPAUL: So Kandy Ho', I hear that you are thinking about 909 00:40:13,928 --> 00:40:15,896 leaving Puerto Rico? 910 00:40:15,930 --> 00:40:16,759 KANDY: I am. 911 00:40:16,793 --> 00:40:17,863 RUPAUL: Escandalo! 912 00:40:17,898 --> 00:40:19,175 KANDY: Ai, si! 913 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,660 I love Puerto Rico and I've been there since I was ten. 914 00:40:21,695 --> 00:40:24,007 RUPAUL: Where were you before? 915 00:40:24,042 --> 00:40:25,319 KANDY: Connecticut. 916 00:40:25,353 --> 00:40:31,325 [laughing] 917 00:40:31,359 --> 00:40:33,465 FAME: You're a liar! 918 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:36,364 KANDY: Like yeah, I guess I'm a fake Puerto Rican, right? 919 00:40:36,399 --> 00:40:37,469 RUPAUL: Okay, alright. 920 00:40:37,504 --> 00:40:38,815 So what would you have done differently? 921 00:40:38,850 --> 00:40:41,300 KANDY: I probably wouldn't have painted on a beard. 922 00:40:41,335 --> 00:40:43,820 I looked like a Neapolitan ice cream! 923 00:40:43,855 --> 00:40:45,719 [laughing] 924 00:40:45,753 --> 00:40:47,168 RUPAUL: Do you do your own makeup? 925 00:40:47,203 --> 00:40:49,999 KANDY: I started doing my makeup like a month before 926 00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:51,552 auditioning for the show. 927 00:40:51,587 --> 00:40:52,657 I mean in Puerto Rico 928 00:40:52,691 --> 00:40:54,762 like we just go up to our fabulous makeup artist 929 00:40:54,797 --> 00:40:56,799 and we're like paint me, do my hair, 930 00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:58,386 dress me up and I'm gone. 931 00:40:58,421 --> 00:41:01,838 So, it's like my mistake, sorry. 932 00:41:01,873 --> 00:41:03,012 RUPAUL: Yeah. 933 00:41:03,046 --> 00:41:05,635 Listen, Kandy my dear you are one of my favourite hos 934 00:41:05,670 --> 00:41:10,122 and that's saying a lot because I know a lot of hos. 935 00:41:11,192 --> 00:41:15,818 Alright, next the silver fox of season seven, Max! 936 00:41:17,164 --> 00:41:18,303 Yes. 937 00:41:18,855 --> 00:41:21,927 Now this season, when he queens were talking about sex, 938 00:41:21,962 --> 00:41:23,446 you weren't having it, at all. 939 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,828 MAX: Listen, when you're with these girls, 940 00:41:25,862 --> 00:41:28,486 they don't talk about anything else besides sex. 941 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,316 But I was just tired of it for a moment, just for a moment. 942 00:41:31,350 --> 00:41:33,352 I really, I'm not that big of a prude. 943 00:41:33,387 --> 00:41:34,561 Honest to goodness. 944 00:41:34,595 --> 00:41:38,634 RUPAUL: So now you coached Jaidynn and Pearl through 945 00:41:38,668 --> 00:41:40,981 a few tense moments, tell us about that. 946 00:41:41,015 --> 00:41:44,709 MAX: Well Jaidynn is an actress, she is a performer. 947 00:41:44,743 --> 00:41:46,538 For her to say that I'm not I'm not I'm not, 948 00:41:46,573 --> 00:41:47,850 that was nerves and I knew it. 949 00:41:47,884 --> 00:41:51,129 So we had to calm down, Pearl had to calm down, to regroup, 950 00:41:51,163 --> 00:41:52,544 and then we had to go kill it. 951 00:41:52,579 --> 00:41:55,271 RUPAUL: I love it, that's great! 952 00:41:55,305 --> 00:41:56,824 That's great advice. 953 00:41:56,859 --> 00:41:59,931 Well Max, when it comes to my feelings for you, 954 00:41:59,965 --> 00:42:02,036 there are no grey areas. 955 00:42:02,071 --> 00:42:07,490 [cheering] 956 00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,561 RUPAUL: Up next, Jaidynn Diore Fierce! 957 00:42:09,596 --> 00:42:13,358 [cheering] 958 00:42:13,392 --> 00:42:15,740 RUPAUL: What surprised you the most about being on the show? 959 00:42:15,774 --> 00:42:19,157 JAIDYNN: Um, well I didn't think we were gonna be 960 00:42:19,191 --> 00:42:20,641 locked up so much. 961 00:42:20,676 --> 00:42:22,574 RUPAUL: Yeah, you're sequestered. 962 00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:25,543 JAIDYNN: That was something, I was imagining myself 963 00:42:25,577 --> 00:42:27,061 going out to dinner with you darling, 964 00:42:27,096 --> 00:42:29,374 I thought we were gonna get to go on Hollywood Boulevard, 965 00:42:29,408 --> 00:42:31,203 here's some munchies, 966 00:42:31,238 --> 00:42:34,793 some cauliflower, cornbread, green beans, turkey! 967 00:42:34,828 --> 00:42:36,933 And I wasn't able to do that! 968 00:42:36,968 --> 00:42:40,765 I was sitting in my hotel room, beating myself up 969 00:42:40,799 --> 00:42:42,456 and eating Doritos! 970 00:42:42,836 --> 00:42:44,838 RUPAUL: And that's different from your normal life? 971 00:42:44,872 --> 00:42:49,567 [laughing] 972 00:42:49,601 --> 00:42:51,569 RUPAUL: Now on a personal note, you revealed that 973 00:42:51,603 --> 00:42:54,399 your mother and your brother knew that you did drag, 974 00:42:54,433 --> 00:42:56,712 but they didn't know that you were gay. 975 00:42:56,746 --> 00:42:59,024 Has that changed, where is that right now? 976 00:42:59,059 --> 00:43:03,511 JAIDYNN: Well I think it was she didn't want me to be that way. 977 00:43:03,546 --> 00:43:08,931 I don't think they understand fully who a gay person is. 978 00:43:08,965 --> 00:43:09,897 RUPAUL: Well that's funny, 979 00:43:09,932 --> 00:43:11,519 because we have a little surprise for you. 980 00:43:11,554 --> 00:43:13,176 Take a look at this. 981 00:43:14,350 --> 00:43:16,110 JAIDYNN'S MOM: Surprise surprise! 982 00:43:16,145 --> 00:43:20,183 I didn't get a chance to talk to you. 983 00:43:20,218 --> 00:43:23,359 You had some concerns. 984 00:43:23,393 --> 00:43:26,327 I've experienced rejection in my life, as you know. 985 00:43:26,362 --> 00:43:29,607 So it's very hard for me to reject mine 986 00:43:29,641 --> 00:43:34,542 because I know how hurtful and painful rejection is. 987 00:43:34,577 --> 00:43:38,650 This is not a battle, it is just one thing 988 00:43:38,685 --> 00:43:41,411 that you're just gonna learn to just go ahead 989 00:43:41,446 --> 00:43:42,827 and do what we do 990 00:43:42,861 --> 00:43:44,656 and that's love one another and be a family. 991 00:43:44,691 --> 00:43:47,452 And my love is not based on what you do, 992 00:43:47,486 --> 00:43:50,455 my love is based on who you are. 993 00:43:50,489 --> 00:43:54,321 And you're my precious handsome Christopher. 994 00:43:54,355 --> 00:44:03,192 [cheering] 995 00:44:03,226 --> 00:44:04,814 RUPAUL: What are you feeling right now? 996 00:44:04,849 --> 00:44:09,647 JAIDYNN: I feel like my family is now gonna be able to get to know 997 00:44:09,681 --> 00:44:14,341 who I really am after 26 years of my life. 998 00:44:14,375 --> 00:44:20,519 If I don't get anything else, I got the peace and the freedom 999 00:44:20,554 --> 00:44:25,076 to be who I am around my family and to be happy. 1000 00:44:26,008 --> 00:44:29,287 RUPAUL: RuPaul's Drag Race, still bringing families together. 1001 00:44:29,321 --> 00:44:30,495 Hello. 1002 00:44:31,979 --> 00:44:37,295 Alright, up next, Miss Fame girl hey. 1003 00:44:37,329 --> 00:44:39,435 FAME: Hi, hi! 1004 00:44:39,469 --> 00:44:42,783 [cheering] 1005 00:44:42,818 --> 00:44:44,440 FAME: By the way, how's your head? 1006 00:44:44,474 --> 00:44:46,891 RUPAUL: Well, there have been a few complaints. 1007 00:44:46,925 --> 00:44:49,928 [laughing] 1008 00:44:49,963 --> 00:44:52,690 RUPAUL: You and Katya came clean about being sober, 1009 00:44:52,724 --> 00:44:54,692 and what's the reaction been? 1010 00:44:54,726 --> 00:44:55,831 FAME: You know what, 1011 00:44:55,865 --> 00:44:58,730 I've had so many people write me personal stories 1012 00:44:58,765 --> 00:45:01,422 about how much time they had, how inspiring it was. 1013 00:45:01,457 --> 00:45:05,772 It's just a dream come true to be able to walk through 1014 00:45:05,806 --> 00:45:11,812 the obstacle of addiction and be able to live your life. 1015 00:45:11,847 --> 00:45:16,472 [cheering] 1016 00:45:16,506 --> 00:45:19,233 RUPAUL: Now Miss Fame, all season long you were serving 1017 00:45:19,268 --> 00:45:22,374 fierce couture gorgeous fashions. 1018 00:45:22,409 --> 00:45:24,135 And the only thing people want to talk to you about 1019 00:45:24,169 --> 00:45:25,205 are chickens. 1020 00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:26,447 FAME: You know what, I'm not mad about it. 1021 00:45:26,482 --> 00:45:27,552 At least they're talking to me. 1022 00:45:27,586 --> 00:45:28,726 RUPAUL: [beep] yeah. 1023 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:29,865 FAME: I grew up on a farm 1024 00:45:29,899 --> 00:45:31,521 where there was nobody else but the chickens, so... 1025 00:45:31,556 --> 00:45:33,765 RUPAUL: Hey can you talk a little chicken to me right now? 1026 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,422 FAME: I can talk chicken to you, but I think it's best 1027 00:45:35,456 --> 00:45:39,737 I have a special guest come out to help me do that. 1028 00:45:39,771 --> 00:45:41,324 RUPAUL: Is Colonel Sanders here? 1029 00:45:41,359 --> 00:45:42,636 FAME: Hold on one moment. 1030 00:45:42,670 --> 00:45:44,914 RUPAUL: Colonel Sanders? 1031 00:45:44,949 --> 00:45:46,605 I thought he was dead. 1032 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,401 [laughing] 1033 00:45:49,436 --> 00:45:52,335 [cheering] 1034 00:45:52,370 --> 00:45:55,476 RUPAUL: Gorgeous, she's got bigger hair than me tonight. 1035 00:45:55,511 --> 00:45:57,340 Do you do tricks with it or anything? 1036 00:45:57,375 --> 00:45:59,722 FAME: Well I'm afraid of it [beep] on my couture. 1037 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:00,447 RUPAUL: Oh dear. 1038 00:46:00,481 --> 00:46:02,483 [laughing] 1039 00:46:02,518 --> 00:46:04,658 RUPAUL: Miss Fame, whether it's fashion or poultry, 1040 00:46:04,692 --> 00:46:06,867 you have a bright future ahead of you. 1041 00:46:06,902 --> 00:46:09,249 Just don't cluck it up, okay? 1042 00:46:09,283 --> 00:46:10,388 FAME: I promise I won't. 1043 00:46:10,422 --> 00:46:15,151 [cheering] 1044 00:46:15,186 --> 00:46:16,843 ANNOUNCER: It's not too late to make some noise 1045 00:46:16,877 --> 00:46:19,017 for your favourite top three queen. 1046 00:46:19,052 --> 00:46:23,194 Coming up, Trixie Mattel, Katya and Kennedy Davenport 1047 00:46:23,228 --> 00:46:24,643 spill the tea. 1048 00:46:24,678 --> 00:46:27,992 And this year's Miss Congeniality is revealed. 1049 00:46:28,475 --> 00:46:30,857 [laughing] 1050 00:46:31,858 --> 00:46:32,513 [laughing] 1051 00:46:32,548 --> 00:46:34,515 [laughing] 1052 00:46:34,550 --> 00:46:36,448 [♪♪♪] 1053 00:46:36,483 --> 00:46:38,830 RU PAUL: Welcome back to the grand finale of Ru Paul's Drag Race. 1054 00:46:38,865 --> 00:46:42,834 We are moments away from finding out if Ginger, 1055 00:46:42,869 --> 00:46:45,837 Pearl, or Violet Chachki will be crowned 1056 00:46:45,872 --> 00:46:48,564 America's Next Drag Superstar, but first, 1057 00:46:48,598 --> 00:46:51,809 some fierce contenders that gave our top three 1058 00:46:51,843 --> 00:46:53,983 a real run for their money. 1059 00:46:54,018 --> 00:46:55,226 Let's take a look. 1060 00:46:55,778 --> 00:46:57,745 TRIXIE: This isn't Maury Povich. 1061 00:46:58,505 --> 00:47:00,162 TRIXIE: Drag Queens always say paint for the back row. 1062 00:47:00,196 --> 00:47:03,165 I paint for the check cashing place down the street. 1063 00:47:03,199 --> 00:47:04,994 MICHELLE: If you're going to be the comedy queen, 1064 00:47:05,029 --> 00:47:07,065 you gotta go all the way. 1065 00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:08,929 TRIXIE: You're right girl, you're right. 1066 00:47:08,964 --> 00:47:10,862 Ohh! 1067 00:47:10,897 --> 00:47:12,968 TRIXIE: Good evening distinguished panel of judges. 1068 00:47:13,002 --> 00:47:14,866 RUPAUL: Sashay away. 1069 00:47:14,901 --> 00:47:16,937 TRIXIE: Right, public school, calm down. 1070 00:47:16,972 --> 00:47:19,491 KATYA: [speaking Russian] 1071 00:47:19,526 --> 00:47:21,217 KATYA: I'm just your average run of the mill 1072 00:47:21,252 --> 00:47:23,254 Russian bisexual transvestite hooker. 1073 00:47:23,288 --> 00:47:26,429 [♪♪♪] 1074 00:47:26,464 --> 00:47:29,294 KATYA: Feel the heat on my sizzling meat. 1075 00:47:29,329 --> 00:47:32,850 KATYA: I'm not going anywhere, Ru and I are great friends! 1076 00:47:32,884 --> 00:47:34,679 KATYA: Miss Fame did I make it? 1077 00:47:34,713 --> 00:47:37,371 KATYA: When do I get to blow them? 1078 00:47:37,406 --> 00:47:39,166 I can't say that? 1079 00:47:39,201 --> 00:47:40,754 I can't say that either? 1080 00:47:41,065 --> 00:47:42,480 KENNEDY: Well hello! 1081 00:47:42,514 --> 00:47:43,791 KENNEDY: I'm Kennedy Davenport, 1082 00:47:43,826 --> 00:47:49,038 I spin, I clip, I jump off the stage in six inch heals. 1083 00:47:49,073 --> 00:47:51,558 RUPAUL: Kennedy, did you rehearse your team? 1084 00:47:51,592 --> 00:47:53,871 KENNEDY: That was a rough spot. 1085 00:47:53,905 --> 00:47:55,217 KENNEDY: Next. 1086 00:47:55,251 --> 00:47:56,874 KENNEDY: Wooo. 1087 00:47:56,908 --> 00:47:59,807 MAN: Kennedy Davenport! 1088 00:47:59,842 --> 00:48:00,463 KENNEDY: Yes! 1089 00:48:00,498 --> 00:48:01,879 KENNEDY: [indistinct]. 1090 00:48:01,913 --> 00:48:05,468 RUPAUL: Newark, Laguardia, Kennedy Davenport. 1091 00:48:05,503 --> 00:48:07,505 KENNEDY: Ain't nobody got time for that! 1092 00:48:07,539 --> 00:48:10,094 [cheering] 1093 00:48:10,128 --> 00:48:11,405 RUPAUL: So Trixie Mattel. 1094 00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:16,169 When you first left, when everyone went cray cray, 1095 00:48:16,203 --> 00:48:17,308 what was that like? 1096 00:48:17,342 --> 00:48:19,103 TRIXIE: I felt very supported and loved. 1097 00:48:19,137 --> 00:48:21,519 I felt like less of a loser. 1098 00:48:21,553 --> 00:48:23,417 RUPAUL: Well now see losing is the new winning. 1099 00:48:23,452 --> 00:48:24,867 TRIXIE: Yes! 1100 00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:27,732 RUPAUL: What's your life been like since Drag Race? 1101 00:48:27,766 --> 00:48:28,871 TRIXIE: Oh my gosh. 1102 00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:30,114 If I never get a chance again I have to thank you, 1103 00:48:30,148 --> 00:48:34,566 because you reached into my little blonde pink life 1104 00:48:34,601 --> 00:48:36,223 and changed it so much. 1105 00:48:36,258 --> 00:48:42,091 [cheering] 1106 00:48:42,126 --> 00:48:43,782 RUPAUL: I'm glad you got to experience this. 1107 00:48:43,817 --> 00:48:47,131 Now I hear you do a mean RuPaul impersonation. 1108 00:48:47,165 --> 00:48:48,580 TRIXIE: I could never, I could never. 1109 00:48:48,615 --> 00:48:51,169 [laughing] 1110 00:48:51,204 --> 00:48:52,101 RUPAUL: Lemme hear it, lemme see. 1111 00:48:52,136 --> 00:48:52,999 TRIXIE: Okay. 1112 00:48:53,033 --> 00:48:54,034 [impersonating RuPaul] Trixie Mattel. 1113 00:48:54,069 --> 00:48:57,175 On the runway, you're a doll, but your comedy 1114 00:48:57,210 --> 00:48:58,901 seems...manufactured. 1115 00:48:58,936 --> 00:49:03,043 [laughing] 1116 00:49:04,389 --> 00:49:05,114 TRIXIE: Are you mad? 1117 00:49:05,149 --> 00:49:05,908 RUPAUL: Sashay away. 1118 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:08,152 [laughing] 1119 00:49:08,566 --> 00:49:10,809 TRIXIE: Three times, three times! 1120 00:49:10,844 --> 00:49:15,435 RUPAUL: Next up, Katya! 1121 00:49:15,469 --> 00:49:23,374 [cheering] 1122 00:49:23,408 --> 00:49:25,134 RUPAUL: So Katya, now all season long 1123 00:49:25,169 --> 00:49:26,964 you were plagued with doubt. 1124 00:49:26,998 --> 00:49:28,620 What was going on? 1125 00:49:28,655 --> 00:49:31,796 KATYA: I was terrified the whole [beep] time. 1126 00:49:31,830 --> 00:49:32,728 RUPAUL: Really?! 1127 00:49:32,762 --> 00:49:35,524 KATYA: RuPaul, you are sitting there, 1128 00:49:35,558 --> 00:49:39,977 I see you, but I want to tackle you to the ground. 1129 00:49:40,011 --> 00:49:41,461 RUPAUL: Uh huh, yeah. 1130 00:49:41,495 --> 00:49:44,153 KATYA: I want to stuff your entire wig inside my mouth. 1131 00:49:44,188 --> 00:49:45,396 RUPAUL: Okay, yeah. 1132 00:49:45,430 --> 00:49:47,156 KATYA: And I want you to pee on me. 1133 00:49:47,191 --> 00:49:50,021 RUPAUL: Okay, yeah. 1134 00:49:50,263 --> 00:49:53,024 KATYA: And listen, listen, the first time you came over to me 1135 00:49:53,059 --> 00:49:55,337 in the work room, I was like, waiting my whole life 1136 00:49:55,371 --> 00:49:57,856 for this interaction, and then I don't know, 1137 00:49:57,891 --> 00:49:59,582 there's something in my brain that said 1138 00:49:59,617 --> 00:50:01,377 'she wants to kill you.' 1139 00:50:01,412 --> 00:50:03,138 [laughing] 1140 00:50:03,172 --> 00:50:05,140 KATYA: And of course I know you don't want to-- 1141 00:50:05,174 --> 00:50:07,556 I mean I'm 98% sure at least. 1142 00:50:07,590 --> 00:50:08,971 RUPAUL: Know what, I did want to kill you. 1143 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:10,317 KATYA: [laughing] 1144 00:50:10,352 --> 00:50:13,044 No, and then I just couldn't, I don't know. 1145 00:50:13,079 --> 00:50:14,632 RUPAUL: But now having seen the show, 1146 00:50:14,666 --> 00:50:16,979 do you see that it's unfounded, 1147 00:50:17,014 --> 00:50:19,050 that you have no reason to doubt yourself, 1148 00:50:19,085 --> 00:50:20,845 do you see how fabulous you were? 1149 00:50:20,879 --> 00:50:22,571 KATYA: Watching this show has given me, 1150 00:50:22,605 --> 00:50:24,055 like, self-esteem. 1151 00:50:24,090 --> 00:50:25,229 [laughing] 1152 00:50:25,263 --> 00:50:27,576 Woo! 1153 00:50:27,610 --> 00:50:30,475 So thank you so much Ru. 1154 00:50:30,510 --> 00:50:31,683 [laughing] 1155 00:50:31,718 --> 00:50:37,586 RUPAUL: Katya, you are a freak, and I freakin' love you. 1156 00:50:37,620 --> 00:50:38,863 KATYA: Oh my God. 1157 00:50:38,897 --> 00:50:43,833 [cheering] 1158 00:50:43,868 --> 00:50:44,696 RUPAUL: Alright. 1159 00:50:44,731 --> 00:50:48,183 Up next, Laguardia, Newark, Kennedy! 1160 00:50:48,217 --> 00:50:52,152 [cheering] 1161 00:50:52,187 --> 00:50:55,086 RUPAUL: Now, Kennedy, when I started saying that, 1162 00:50:55,121 --> 00:50:58,572 I had no idea that you would actually fly off 1163 00:50:58,607 --> 00:51:00,436 the main stage. 1164 00:51:00,471 --> 00:51:03,232 Have you ever hurt between me down there? 1165 00:51:03,267 --> 00:51:06,649 KENNEDY: No, I mean, I'm a trained dancer. 1166 00:51:06,684 --> 00:51:07,788 RUPAUL: You mean dahncer. 1167 00:51:07,823 --> 00:51:09,307 KENNEDY: Dahnsah. 1168 00:51:09,342 --> 00:51:12,862 So I did the necessary things to stretch and stuff 1169 00:51:12,897 --> 00:51:14,554 to make sure that did not happen. 1170 00:51:14,588 --> 00:51:17,522 RUPAUL: But there's more down there that could get hurt. 1171 00:51:17,557 --> 00:51:19,110 KENNEDY: Yeah, way more than Katya. 1172 00:51:19,145 --> 00:51:22,700 [laughing] 1173 00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:26,048 KATYA: It's true. 1174 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:27,325 KENNEDY: Yeah. 1175 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,121 RUPAUL: Now you know throughout the season we joked about 1176 00:51:30,156 --> 00:51:32,951 the struggle is real, that became one of your tag lines, 1177 00:51:32,986 --> 00:51:35,022 but in your family, in your background, 1178 00:51:35,057 --> 00:51:36,817 that's a reality. 1179 00:51:36,852 --> 00:51:39,751 I know that you recently reunited with your mother 1180 00:51:39,786 --> 00:51:42,133 after a long separation. 1181 00:51:42,168 --> 00:51:43,721 KENNEDY: My mother been in and out. 1182 00:51:43,755 --> 00:51:47,966 My dad got custody when I was two years old, 1183 00:51:48,001 --> 00:51:52,419 and my sister was two months, and she would make me mad 1184 00:51:52,454 --> 00:51:54,145 because she said she would come into the house 1185 00:51:54,180 --> 00:51:56,320 and she never came, she was in and out, 1186 00:51:56,354 --> 00:51:58,563 she was in her own journey. 1187 00:51:58,598 --> 00:52:00,255 RUPAUL: But she's here tonight with you is that right? 1188 00:52:00,289 --> 00:52:01,566 KENNEDY: Yes she is. 1189 00:52:01,601 --> 00:52:03,258 RUPAUL: Chicory, are you there, is that Chickie right there? 1190 00:52:03,292 --> 00:52:04,535 I love it. 1191 00:52:04,569 --> 00:52:06,813 Hey momma Chicory. 1192 00:52:06,847 --> 00:52:09,609 I am so glad you are here with us tonight. 1193 00:52:09,643 --> 00:52:11,335 Give her a big round of applause ladies and gentlemen. 1194 00:52:11,369 --> 00:52:15,580 [clapping] 1195 00:52:15,615 --> 00:52:18,859 RUPAUL: And on another note, if you ever have the chance 1196 00:52:18,894 --> 00:52:23,588 to get out and see Miss Kennedy Davenport in concert, 1197 00:52:23,623 --> 00:52:27,178 live, it will give you life, trust. 1198 00:52:27,213 --> 00:52:28,283 Yes. 1199 00:52:28,317 --> 00:52:30,354 Yes, it's true. 1200 00:52:30,388 --> 00:52:31,734 KENNEDY: Thank you. 1201 00:52:32,114 --> 00:52:34,530 RUPAUL: Now it's time for some viewer questions. 1202 00:52:34,565 --> 00:52:35,876 Who's first? 1203 00:52:35,911 --> 00:52:37,499 LATRICE: Hi! 1204 00:52:37,533 --> 00:52:39,915 I have a question for Trixie. 1205 00:52:39,949 --> 00:52:40,812 TRIXIE: Uh-huh. 1206 00:52:40,847 --> 00:52:42,228 LATRICE: From Sarah. 1207 00:52:42,262 --> 00:52:43,298 TRIXIE: Yeah. 1208 00:52:43,332 --> 00:52:46,715 LATRICE: Your Max knew each other in college. 1209 00:52:46,749 --> 00:52:50,753 Did Max speak with that fake-ass British accent then? 1210 00:52:50,788 --> 00:52:54,516 [audience gasps and cheers] 1211 00:52:54,550 --> 00:52:57,898 RUPAUL: [laughing] 1212 00:52:57,933 --> 00:52:59,106 TRIXIE: Uh, I don't think she did, 1213 00:52:59,141 --> 00:53:01,454 but I've never been to that area of Wisconsin, 1214 00:53:01,488 --> 00:53:03,076 so maybe they all talk that way there. 1215 00:53:03,110 --> 00:53:05,665 MAX: It's just an elocution thing, 1216 00:53:05,699 --> 00:53:07,184 a diction and an elocution thing, 1217 00:53:07,218 --> 00:53:08,323 it's not an accent. 1218 00:53:08,357 --> 00:53:09,393 LATRICE: What'd she say? 1219 00:53:09,427 --> 00:53:11,981 RUPAUL: She said an elocution, not an accent. 1220 00:53:12,016 --> 00:53:13,397 LATRICE: Alocusha? 1221 00:53:13,431 --> 00:53:14,467 RUPAUL: Uh-huh. 1222 00:53:14,501 --> 00:53:16,365 Yeah. 1223 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,816 LATRICE: Is she from Inglewood? 1224 00:53:18,850 --> 00:53:19,679 RUPAUL: Yes. 1225 00:53:19,713 --> 00:53:21,715 LATRICE: I know her, I know her. 1226 00:53:21,750 --> 00:53:23,752 RUPAUL: I went to high school with her, yeah. 1227 00:53:23,786 --> 00:53:26,479 [clapping] 1228 00:53:26,513 --> 00:53:29,275 RUPAUL: Well Delta Work, you'd better work. 1229 00:53:29,309 --> 00:53:32,036 DELTA: So I have a question from Amy in Boston. 1230 00:53:32,070 --> 00:53:36,178 If there's an All-Stars 2, which queen from Season 7 1231 00:53:36,213 --> 00:53:37,559 deserves to compete? 1232 00:53:37,593 --> 00:53:41,321 Kennedy, who would you condone-- nominate! 1233 00:53:41,356 --> 00:53:42,564 Who would you nominate? 1234 00:53:42,598 --> 00:53:46,084 [laughing] 1235 00:53:46,119 --> 00:53:47,948 KENNEDY: Uh... 1236 00:53:47,983 --> 00:53:49,398 to be honest and to answer the question 1237 00:53:49,433 --> 00:53:51,262 I really would choose Katya. 1238 00:53:51,297 --> 00:53:56,612 [cheering] 1239 00:53:56,647 --> 00:54:00,340 RUPAUL: You guys know something about All Stars 2 that I don't. 1240 00:54:00,375 --> 00:54:04,517 [laughing] 1241 00:54:04,551 --> 00:54:05,690 RUPAUL: Well thank you ladies. 1242 00:54:05,725 --> 00:54:09,176 Now it's time to announce the winner of this year's 1243 00:54:09,211 --> 00:54:10,868 Miss Congeniality. 1244 00:54:10,902 --> 00:54:13,077 Give it up for last year's winner, 1245 00:54:13,111 --> 00:54:14,285 Ben De La Creme. 1246 00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:24,330 [♪♪♪] 1247 00:54:24,364 --> 00:54:35,513 [♪♪♪] 1248 00:54:35,548 --> 00:54:36,583 BEN: Well Ru, we're here to announce 1249 00:54:36,618 --> 00:54:39,345 this year's breast-- best in show. 1250 00:54:39,379 --> 00:54:40,898 Sorry. 1251 00:54:40,932 --> 00:54:45,868 Actually, it's the award for Season 7's Miss Congeniality, 1252 00:54:45,903 --> 00:54:49,009 and I seem to have dropped the envelope out of my bosoms. 1253 00:54:49,044 --> 00:54:50,459 Michelle, would you join me? 1254 00:54:50,494 --> 00:54:51,564 Great, thank you. 1255 00:54:51,598 --> 00:54:54,291 Thank you so much. 1256 00:54:54,325 --> 00:54:57,811 [cheering] 1257 00:54:57,846 --> 00:55:00,918 BEN: The winner of Season 7's Miss Congeniality 1258 00:55:00,952 --> 00:55:06,372 and a cash prize of $5,000 courtesy of Logo, 1259 00:55:06,406 --> 00:55:07,338 I know, right? 1260 00:55:07,373 --> 00:55:08,305 Is... 1261 00:55:10,168 --> 00:55:11,066 Katya! 1262 00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:21,076 [cheering] 1263 00:55:21,110 --> 00:55:26,219 [cheering] 1264 00:55:26,253 --> 00:55:29,015 RUPAUL: Condragulations, is there anything you'd like to say? 1265 00:55:29,049 --> 00:55:31,914 KATYA: [speaking Russian] 1266 00:55:32,846 --> 00:55:34,917 RUPAUL: Now, thanks to all of you for voting, 1267 00:55:34,952 --> 00:55:36,022 ladies and gentlemen. 1268 00:55:36,056 --> 00:55:37,126 Walk the runway. 1269 00:55:37,161 --> 00:55:42,339 [♪♪♪] 1270 00:55:42,373 --> 00:55:45,169 ANNOUNCER: Coming up, our reigning Queen Bianca Del Rio 1271 00:55:45,203 --> 00:55:49,380 returns to help us crown America's Next Drag Superstar. 1272 00:55:49,415 --> 00:55:50,623 Find out who wins 1273 00:55:50,657 --> 00:55:54,420 when the finale of Ru Paul's Drag Race returns. 1274 00:55:54,903 --> 00:55:56,767 [laughing] 1275 00:55:57,768 --> 00:55:58,113 [laughing] 1276 00:55:58,147 --> 00:56:00,080 [laughing] 1277 00:56:00,115 --> 00:56:03,463 [clapping] 1278 00:56:03,498 --> 00:56:04,913 RUPAUL: Welcome back to the grande finale 1279 00:56:04,947 --> 00:56:06,397 of RuPaul's Drag Race. 1280 00:56:06,432 --> 00:56:10,263 Are y'all ready to crown America's Next Drag Superstar? 1281 00:56:10,297 --> 00:56:12,058 [cheering] 1282 00:56:12,092 --> 00:56:13,128 RUPAUL: Good. 1283 00:56:13,162 --> 00:56:15,406 Well please help me welcome back to the stage 1284 00:56:15,441 --> 00:56:18,754 your top three queens: Ginger Minj! 1285 00:56:18,789 --> 00:56:22,793 [♪♪♪] 1286 00:56:22,827 --> 00:56:23,794 RUPAUL: Pearl! 1287 00:56:23,828 --> 00:56:28,074 [♪♪♪] 1288 00:56:28,108 --> 00:56:29,524 RUPAUL: Violet Chachki! 1289 00:56:29,558 --> 00:56:38,567 [♪♪♪] 1290 00:56:38,602 --> 00:56:40,086 RUPAUL: Lookin' good ladies. 1291 00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:43,054 There are only six people on Earth who know 1292 00:56:43,089 --> 00:56:47,438 what it feels like to be crowned America's Next Drag Superstar. 1293 00:56:47,473 --> 00:56:51,373 Please help me welcome your reigning Queen, 1294 00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:52,892 Bianca Del Rio! 1295 00:56:52,926 --> 00:56:54,928 [cheering] 1296 00:56:54,963 --> 00:57:05,042 [♪♪♪] 1297 00:57:05,076 --> 00:57:13,015 [♪♪♪] 1298 00:57:13,050 --> 00:57:14,258 RUPAUL: Wow. 1299 00:57:14,292 --> 00:57:16,536 Wow. 1300 00:57:16,571 --> 00:57:19,401 [laughing] 1301 00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:22,749 Bianca Del Rio, my Queen, how are you? 1302 00:57:22,784 --> 00:57:24,337 BIANCA DEL RIO: I'm good, I'm like the Tin Man, 1303 00:57:24,371 --> 00:57:25,200 I don't have a heart. 1304 00:57:25,234 --> 00:57:26,719 But I'm good! 1305 00:57:26,753 --> 00:57:28,617 RUPAUL: I want to know Bianca, what has this past year 1306 00:57:28,652 --> 00:57:29,618 been like for you? 1307 00:57:29,653 --> 00:57:31,448 BIANCA: It's been absolutely unreal, 1308 00:57:31,482 --> 00:57:33,484 I've had this amazing journey, I've been able to 1309 00:57:33,519 --> 00:57:36,798 travel the world, spread my hate, do my thing, 1310 00:57:36,832 --> 00:57:39,628 no truly, I'm in Australia; London; 1311 00:57:39,663 --> 00:57:42,631 Amsterdam; Akron, Ohio; places I never expected 1312 00:57:42,666 --> 00:57:43,770 to visit! 1313 00:57:43,805 --> 00:57:46,255 It's been unreal and amazing and I have to say that 1314 00:57:46,290 --> 00:57:49,638 because of this opportunity, that this lady has given me, 1315 00:57:49,673 --> 00:57:51,433 it's changed my life, so therefore 1316 00:57:51,468 --> 00:57:54,056 I cannot thank you enough, it's been amazing, 1317 00:57:54,091 --> 00:57:55,506 so respect it! 1318 00:57:55,541 --> 00:57:56,507 Respect it! 1319 00:57:56,542 --> 00:57:57,335 RUPAUL: Thank you. 1320 00:57:57,370 --> 00:57:59,510 Thank you Bianca, thank you. 1321 00:57:59,545 --> 00:58:03,307 [cheering] 1322 00:58:03,341 --> 00:58:04,619 RUPAUL: Now in addition to the title of 1323 00:58:04,653 --> 00:58:06,448 America's Next Drag Superstar, 1324 00:58:06,483 --> 00:58:09,589 the winner will walk away with a crown and sceptre 1325 00:58:09,624 --> 00:58:12,558 provided by Fierce Drag Jewels, 1326 00:58:12,592 --> 00:58:15,043 and a sickening supply of makeup 1327 00:58:15,077 --> 00:58:21,532 from Anastasia Beverly Hills, and a cash prize of $100,000. 1328 00:58:21,567 --> 00:58:27,434 [clapping] 1329 00:58:27,469 --> 00:58:29,022 RUPAUL: Now. 1330 00:58:29,057 --> 00:58:34,269 The time has come to crown our queen. 1331 00:58:34,303 --> 00:58:39,619 As always, I've consulted with the judges, 1332 00:58:39,654 --> 00:58:40,862 and the fans. 1333 00:58:40,896 --> 00:58:44,175 But the final decision is mine to make. 1334 00:58:44,590 --> 00:58:45,832 Ginger Minj. 1335 00:58:47,316 --> 00:58:48,317 Pearl. 1336 00:58:50,423 --> 00:58:51,838 Violet Chachki. 1337 00:58:53,771 --> 00:58:56,222 The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race: 1338 00:58:56,256 --> 00:58:59,743 America's Next Drag Superstar is... 1339 00:58:59,777 --> 00:59:04,437 [♪♪♪] 1340 00:59:04,471 --> 00:59:05,542 RUPAUL: [coughing] 1341 00:59:06,370 --> 00:59:07,164 Katya. 1342 00:59:09,476 --> 00:59:11,202 Would you please step forward? 1343 00:59:11,237 --> 00:59:19,970 [cheering] 1344 00:59:20,004 --> 00:59:21,109 RUPAUL: Katya. 1345 00:59:25,769 --> 00:59:27,736 May I please have a sip of water. 1346 00:59:27,771 --> 00:59:30,083 [laughing] 1347 00:59:31,291 --> 00:59:41,163 [cheering] 1348 00:59:41,198 --> 00:59:42,233 [beep] 1349 00:59:46,203 --> 00:59:47,273 RUPAUL: Where were we? 1350 00:59:47,722 --> 00:59:49,206 Oh, of course. 1351 00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:54,107 The time has come to crown our queen. 1352 00:59:54,142 --> 00:59:58,491 The winner of Ru Paul's Drag Race, 1353 00:59:58,525 --> 01:00:05,360 and America's Next Drag Superstar is.... 1354 01:00:09,502 --> 01:00:10,537 Violet Chachki. 1355 01:00:10,572 --> 01:00:21,341 [cheering] 1356 01:00:21,376 --> 01:00:22,480 BIANCA: Congradulations. 1357 01:00:22,515 --> 01:00:34,147 [cheering] 1358 01:00:34,182 --> 01:00:39,083 RUPAUL: Is there anything you'd like to say? 1359 01:00:39,118 --> 01:00:41,396 VIOLET: Come through!!! 1360 01:00:44,364 --> 01:00:47,091 RUPAUL: Now prance, my Queen, prance. 1361 01:00:47,126 --> 01:00:55,859 [♪♪♪] 1362 01:00:55,893 --> 01:01:00,070 [clapping] 1363 01:01:00,104 --> 01:01:04,419 [♪♪♪] 1364 01:01:04,453 --> 01:01:06,145 RUPAUL: Condragulations. 1365 01:01:06,593 --> 01:01:08,734 Wonderful, wonderful. 1366 01:01:11,253 --> 01:01:13,704 Remember, if you can't love yourself, 1367 01:01:13,739 --> 01:01:15,706 how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else, 1368 01:01:15,741 --> 01:01:17,190 can I get an amen in here? 1369 01:01:17,225 --> 01:01:18,433 AUDIENCE: Amen. 1370 01:01:18,467 --> 01:01:20,746 RUPAUL: Alright, night everybody! 1371 01:01:22,748 --> 01:01:23,369 VIOLET: Love you. 1372 01:01:23,403 --> 01:01:31,722 [♪♪♪] 1373 01:01:31,757 --> 01:01:36,762 Captioned by GigEcast www.gigecast.com