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Drag’s chosen families can be as fierce as they are fragile. Today we break down some of the most infamous drag family implosions — from mentorships turned cold to public disowns and explosive allegations. Revisit the Haus of Edwards, Sharon Needles and Aquaria’s split, the rise and fall of the Haus of Aja, the Brooks Family fallout, Arrietty and Irene’s controversy, Maison Couleé and more. We'll unpack feuds, deleted tweets, reunions and messy fallout that rocked the community.
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00:00I was definitely a loud mouth, and I would say things about Aja that maybe I should have cut to myself, but...
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the most notable drag families that were rocked by major drama and fractured.
00:13Some briefly, and others for good.
00:15But we're not like in a drag family. I do not have a drag family. Maybe I hardly have drag friends.
00:21The House of Edwards.
00:23What does it take to be a member of the House of Edwards?
00:28How long do we got?
00:29Global All-Stars winner Alyssa Edwards has given the Drag Race fandom plenty to remember,
00:33but her most enduring legacy may be the queens she put in drag, who are now part of the House of Edwards.
00:39This includes Laganja Estranja, Plastique Tiara, Vivian Penae, and even Shangela, who has recently been mired in controversy.
00:47I would not be here today if it wasn't for the House of Edwards.
00:50Before Hey Queen, there was House of Edwards.
00:52They were the first people to truly change my narrative in the drag community.
00:57However, it hasn't been all rosy in the House of Edwards.
01:01After her run on Drag Race, Laganja had a falling out with Alyssa and chose to leave the family.
01:07The exact cause isn't quite clear, but many believe it had something to do with Gia Gunn.
01:11While Gia didn't begin her career under Alyssa, she was later adopted into the House,
01:16and her polarizing reputation is rumored to have caused a rift between Alyssa and Laganja.
01:21I will tell you, Gia, the House of Edwards were always open, you know, to expanding the empire.
01:27Yeah.
01:27Okay, you've kind of been like a long-lost cousin.
01:31Despite stepping away, Laganja emphasized that there was no animosity and expressed hope for a future reunion.
01:37That moment seemed to arrive in 2022 when she and Alyssa reunited briefly on Dancing with the Stars.
01:43She said, do I look like Sandra, do you? I said, you look like Randy, do you? Yeah.
01:49Well, she's trying to read her mother in the elevator, bitch.
01:52And we haven't even got to the game.
01:53In 2025, Laganja established her own drag family, the House of Walrus, with three drag daughters from Thailand,
02:01Sharon Needles and Aquaria.
02:03Sharon Needles may not have been the first to put Aquaria in drag,
02:06but over the years, Aquaria often credited Sharon as both her drag mentor and mother.
02:11Their biggest advice to me was expect the unexpected.
02:15My drag mom of sorts, Sharon Needles, always has her two cents to add to pretty much anything that I'm doing.
02:23Sharon has reportedly even said that she mailed Aquaria her first pair of heels
02:27and helped sneak her into clubs and bars back when she was still young.
02:31This would make Sharon and Aquaria the first mother-daughter duo to win their respective seasons of Drag Race.
02:36Is there anything you'd like to say?
02:39Sometimes in life, you're not always given a second chance,
02:42but if you do, take advantage of it and go out with a bang.
02:46However, their relationship soured in 2020 after a fan accused Sharon of physically assaulting them
02:52while they were underage and encouraging self-harm.
02:55In the wake of these allegations, Aquaria apparently faced intense scrutiny over her ties to Sharon.
03:00I have never claimed to, like, be a part of her drag house or anything like that.
03:04And particularly if we're talking about, like, the Drag Race canon,
03:08that has, like, never been uttered on the show at all, ever.
03:12She eventually responded with a series of tweets denouncing Sharon's alleged actions
03:17while voicing support for the victims.
03:19Since then, Aquaria has distanced herself from Sharon,
03:22later tweeting in 2022 that she never had a drag family
03:26and that Sharon was nothing more than a friend.
03:28You know, she got to see me succeed on Drag Race, which was really cool.
03:32Um, and, you know, we got to do some shows over the years.
03:38The House of Aja.
03:39This famous drag family has seen its fair share of drama splits and reunions.
03:44I'm from the House of Aja, who you might know from Season 9 and All Stars.
03:48The House of Aja is definitely known for drama.
03:50All we do is talk shit about everyone.
03:54Consisting of Drag Race star Aja and her drag daughters Candy Muse,
03:59Dahlia Sin, Janelle No. 5, and Momo Shade,
04:02The House of Aja was one of New York's most talked-about drag families
04:05until they dissolved in 2018.
04:07This stemmed from Aja's decision to step away from drag
04:10in order to focus on her career as a rapper and queer artist.
04:13I was having a lot of trouble sort of navigating, wanting to transition,
04:17and I wanted to see what was performance and what was me.
04:22The split was anything but friendly.
04:25Aja and especially Candy Muse clashed publicly,
04:28which further fueled Candy's determination to secure a spot on Drag Race
04:32and prove herself as an entertainer in her own right.
04:34I'm here to prove that I am more than just Candy Muse from the House of Aja.
04:40I can stand as an entertainer by my damn self.
04:43In the aftermath, Candy, Dahlia, and Janelle No. 5
04:45went on to form their own collective, The Dollhouse,
04:48and began performing together.
04:50However, after Aja decided to return to drag in 2021,
04:54she slowly began mending fences with her drag daughters.
04:57In 2024, they announced a reunion of The House of Aja
05:01and embarked on a successful global tour the following year.
05:04Let's talk about what we did wrong as children.
05:07We just all sat and apologized.
05:09No.
05:10You know, everyone was just woohooing.
05:11But it was nice, and it was healing.
05:13The Brooks family.
05:15Season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race birthed another drag family
05:18when mistress Isabel Brooks decided to adopt fellow contestants Sugar and Spice
05:22as her drag daughters.
05:23I'm curious to see what the twins are going to bring
05:25because a lot of people audition year after year after year.
05:28So for y'all to come through, I feel like, bitch, I'd better impress.
05:32The twins had launched their drag careers online,
05:35and by the time they appeared on the show,
05:37had little to no experience performing in clubs or bars.
05:40Mistress made the adoption official with an Instagram post,
05:43where she also stated that Season 15's Miss Congeniality,
05:46Malaysia Baby Doll Fox, would serve as the twins' stepmother.
05:50All four later announced that they would be touring together
05:52and even appeared on Sugar and Spice's podcast, Two Brain Cells Left.
05:56And I think that's, like, how you start to build drag family.
05:59You find somebody that's similar to you,
06:01and you be like, oh, wow, like, that's amazing.
06:03Like, they actually think like me.
06:05They like the things that I like.
06:06However, by April 2024, the familial bonds had begun to fracture.
06:11Mistress announced on Twitter that she was disowning the twins,
06:14calling them, quote, trolls who had stopped speaking to her.
06:17Sugar and Spice, on the other hand,
06:19suggested the fallout had more to do with Mistress's intentions.
06:22It's given foolishness, given shenanigans and chaos.
06:25Which you know a lot about.
06:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:27That's why I loved it.
06:28And I was like, okay, they're in on it.
06:30So that's cute.
06:31They reportedly claimed she was less interested in being a drag mom
06:34and more focused on milking their relationship for content and followers.
06:38They then seemed to gravitate towards Malaysia,
06:40whom they considered more genuine.
06:42You gave amazing advice that day.
06:44You were really mother that day.
06:46And you told us just to work in.
06:47Arrietty and Irene the Alien.
06:49When Arrietty appeared on season 17,
06:52she proudly touted her connection to her drag mother, Irene the Alien,
06:56who was then mostly known as the Porkchop Queen from season 15.
06:59My drag mom is Irene the Alien.
07:01Whoa.
07:02Oh, really?
07:04Yes, yes.
07:05Do you plan on outlasting her?
07:08I don't like this game.
07:09However, by the time Irene returned for All-Stars 10,
07:13their relationship had already fallen apart.
07:15At a Roscoe's viewing party,
07:17Irene hinted at the rift when asked if she had helped Arrietty prepare for Drag Race.
07:21And we just had Arrietty on the season.
07:23Were you able to support them in getting ready for it?
07:25And were they able to do the same for you when getting ready for All-Stars?
07:28Oof.
07:28No comment.
07:29Okay, we're not talking about that one.
07:32She later elaborated on an episode of Mistress Isabel Brooks' YouTube show
07:35after she was pressed to give more details.
07:38I will say this.
07:39I never forgive someone who f***s with my money, my character, or my man.
07:46Arrietty's response sent the Drag Race world into a frenzy.
07:50In a series of tweets, she first claimed that their fallout was about money,
07:54but she then alleged that Irene had made racist remarks
07:57and engaged in inappropriate conduct with underage individuals.
08:00Her accusations were met with immediate backlash,
08:03especially since she provided no evidence to back them up.
08:06I am very sad that she chose to use that as her last words.
08:09Arrietty, sorry girl, we got a sashay away.
08:12Eventually, Arrietty deleted the tweets
08:14and released a lengthy statement apologizing for the allegations
08:17and vowing to work on herself.
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08:33Maison Coulee
08:36Drag mothers disowning their daughters isn't new,
08:48but this was one of the first times the reverse happened.
08:51On September 4th, 2025,
08:53Kenzie the Dragon, Bambi Banks, and Chloe Park,
08:55the drag daughters of All Stars 5 winner Shea Coulee,
08:58announced on social media that they no longer wish to be part of Maison Coulee.
09:02I'm also pregnant too.
09:05Do you know who the baby daddy is?
09:07Okay, I shouldn't be saying this because I signed an NDA,
09:10but he's also Blac Chyna's baby daddy.
09:13Their posts appeared directed at Shea herself.
09:16Kenzie wrote that she was cleansing her orbit of narcissists and energy leeches,
09:20while Chloe hinted at, quote,
09:22Someone else in this situation who apparently lacked class.
09:25Shea has yet to address the fallout directly,
09:28instead sharing cryptic Instagram stories about cutting off dead weight and protecting her peace.
09:32There was a point where I didn't know if I would get over that hurt.
09:36But I've worked on myself a lot.
09:39Some speculated that the fall of the House of Coulee was a result of Shea never investing in her daughter's growth
09:44and only using them as props.
09:46Others poked fun at the drama, including Monet X Change,
09:49who joked on Twitter that she and her drag daughter, Corey King, were, quote,
09:53living their best lives.
09:54We can't wait to see how this turns out.
09:56I am going to put my most professional panties on right now,
10:00and we're going to get this job done.
10:03And I'll handle our personal stuff after this.
10:05What other chaotic drag family breakups did we miss?
10:08Let us know in the comments below.
10:09And, you know, I have very limited communication with Alyssa,
10:14but the communication we do have is positive.
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