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00:00Athena, thank goddess we got to know you.
00:04Now, sashay away.
00:08May your Prosecco always be on ice.
00:11May you always fly first.
00:13Always settle for more.
00:15And never accept any less.
00:19I love you.
00:21I love you.
00:25Hello, hello, hello.
00:28Baby, it's the Greek goddess of glam.
00:30It's Athena Dion.
00:32Oh, well, damn.
00:33Hello, hello, hello.
00:35Oh, you're the queen.
00:37Oh, baby, stop it.
00:39You're the queen now.
00:39What's up, boo?
00:41Mwah, mwah.
00:42You look stunning.
00:43You look gorgeous yourself.
00:44I didn't know I was going to see you here today.
00:46Well, surprise, surprise, baby.
00:47What a nice surprise it is.
00:49They call, I come.
00:50Yes, ma'am.
00:51Congratulations, by the way.
00:52Thank you so much, babe.
00:53You look wonderful.
00:55Like what you watching?
00:56Well, be sure to click like and subscribe.
00:59Now, this show is called Hello, Hello, Hello.
01:02So first things first, where were you when you got the first call to get on RuPaul's Drag Race?
01:08I was home.
01:09You was home?
01:09I was home.
01:10I was getting ready to go to work, actually.
01:11I was, you know, frantically packing at the last minute my drag bag.
01:15So is this job number one or job number two?
01:16This is my drag job.
01:17This is the only job.
01:18The only job.
01:19Let them know.
01:20The only job.
01:21She's a full-time working girl queen up in here.
01:23Yes.
01:24So I was like, you know, grabbing wigs, throwing things, and I actually missed the call.
01:27Mm-hmm.
01:27So I went to check my phone.
01:29I was like, and I saw the area code.
01:30I'm like, oh, my God.
01:32And then I read, I heard the voicemail.
01:34Yeah.
01:34And it was, you know, they were calling to talk to you from World of Wonder and everything.
01:36And I was like, oh, my God, did I just miss this opportunity?
01:39So I called back in.
01:40So I was like...
01:41Frantic.
01:41Hi.
01:42Yeah.
01:42Hey, this is Athena.
01:43I think I missed a call from you.
01:46And she's like, oh, well, we just wanted to let you know that, you know, we're accepting
01:50you for season 18 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
01:51And I was like, oh, cool.
01:53Yeah.
01:54Trying to act real casual.
01:56I'll never forget that moment.
01:57Yeah.
01:58That's crazy.
01:58It's so fun fact.
01:59I actually missed the call, too.
02:01When I got my first call, I had to call them back.
02:02You did?
02:03So I know exactly what you were feeling when you caught this.
02:05That trauma response.
02:06Yes.
02:06The electricity through your body.
02:08So, Athena, how many times did you audition?
02:11I've lost count.
02:12I've been saying...
02:13Really?
02:13I have.
02:14I've been saying 13.
02:15Okay.
02:15Yeah.
02:15I've been doing drag for 16 years.
02:17Wow.
02:18Yes.
02:18And thank you.
02:20I bow down to you, please.
02:21But it's somewhere between 11 and 13.
02:23Yeah.
02:23Like, some of the videos are on two computers ago.
02:26You know, like, the footage is missing.
02:27I wish I could find all my audition tapes.
02:29But, you know, I kind of got to a point where it was like, every year the auditions would come
02:32out.
02:32And I was like, okay, time to send another tape.
02:34It was just part of, like, my annual ritual at this point.
02:36Yeah.
02:37So when it came back that I was on, you know, got accepted for the show, I was like, oh,
02:41wait, it's...
02:42Wait, it's happening.
02:43It's like, break the glass.
02:44We're going to...
02:45Let's do it.
02:46Well, after 13 years trying to get on the show, Diva, you made it.
02:51I did.
02:51You made it.
02:52So now is the time for the world to see this audition tape, girl.
03:00Oh, no, we're not showing the tape.
03:00Yes, you are!
03:01No!
03:02You're not doing this.
03:03You're not doing this to me.
03:04What are you doing?
03:05We see in the tape.
03:06We see in the tape.
03:07Oh, okay.
03:09Yeah, look at this.
03:12Good evening with the Sun, ladies and gentlemen.
03:14It is your girl, Athena Dion.
03:16I am the Greek goddess from Miami and I am 30.
03:22I'm 37 years old.
03:27Athena Dion's brand is luxury.
03:29It's exclusivity.
03:31It's travel.
03:31It's an American Express black heart.
03:34It's no limit.
03:35I didn't learn drag on TikTok.
03:37I didn't learn drag from YouTube.
03:38I learned drag from backstage doing drugs with hardcore drag queens from the 90s.
03:43Okay?
03:43There is no school like the old school.
03:45I'm not that old.
03:46But you know what I'm trying to say.
03:47That's the school I came from.
03:48Mother was made for the TV, honey.
03:51She was made for television.
03:52This is not a face for radio, okay?
03:54We are ready to go on there and claim what is rightfully ours to mother that stage and scoop up
04:01any crumbs that may have been left behind by my ungrateful little shit of drag children.
04:08That's a different me.
04:09That was so long ago.
04:10So when did you film this tape?
04:12Like November of 24.
04:14Mm-hmm.
04:14So quick backstory.
04:16Yeah.
04:16This was the year I wasn't going to submit.
04:17Okay.
04:18I had a lot of unfortunate events.
04:21My grandmother passed away.
04:22I was overseas.
04:23So sorry.
04:24Her house flooded with the hurricane.
04:26My computer broke down.
04:27It was just like a series of traumas.
04:30Yeah.
04:30So sorry to hear about your grandma.
04:31Were y'all really close?
04:32Yeah.
04:32These are her bangles.
04:33Oh my God.
04:35Oh, she was stylish, honey.
04:37These would go all the way up to here.
04:38Yes.
04:38On her arm.
04:39I have two.
04:40You know, when you leave, you submit your phone.
04:42You can't talk.
04:42Me and my grandmother spoke three times every day.
04:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:45And I always was scared if I was going to get the call, how would I tell her that I
04:49can't talk to her every day?
04:50Mm-hmm.
04:51And I didn't want that thing.
04:52The funny thing is when she passed away for me to get on, I almost feel like her spirit told
04:55me, were you really not going to go on?
04:58Right.
04:58Because you didn't want me to, you know, miss out on talking to you?
05:00It's like, go out there and live your dream.
05:02Yeah.
05:02I can almost hear her saying like, now go.
05:04Uh-huh.
05:05Do it.
05:06Well, I'm glad that you got that push, you know, because especially for a OG been doing it for this
05:12long, it's so easy to be like, I'm good.
05:14It's my full time job.
05:15I got this.
05:15So shout out to granny.
05:16I love you.
05:17I love you.
05:17Yeah.
05:17We love you.
05:18Yeah.
05:18Yeah.
05:18So shall we keep looking at this tape?
05:21No.
05:22Yes.
05:23Athena Dion is just that.
05:24She's the Greek goddess of Miami.
05:25She's mother.
05:26She's the queen of Miami.
05:29Despite what you may have heard on past seasons.
05:31I'm the queen of Miami.
05:34No.
05:35Water.
05:36Not only am I the queen of Miami, I am mother Miami.
05:39I am mother to the world famous morphine love Dion from season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
05:45I'm the Kris Jenner of Miami.
05:46That means morphine's like the Kim or the Robert, depending on who you ask.
05:52Oh my God.
05:54She's gonna kill me.
05:54You better read.
05:55She's gonna kill me.
05:57I've done amazing things with my drag career.
05:59I've done some really big things.
06:01But in the words of Madonna, the biggest thing I've done in drag to date is stick around.
06:05Cause there's always some little draggling just sneaking her way through the cracks of society to do what you're doing
06:11for less money.
06:12So what was like your vision for this audition tape?
06:15Like, cause you filmed so many.
06:16What was the vision for this one?
06:17You know what?
06:18I didn't even answer the questions they asked me.
06:20I just said, I just said who I was.
06:21I was like, they must know who I am by now.
06:23You know, they give you a script.
06:24Right.
06:25And I was just, you know who I am.
06:26I'm the Greek goddess.
06:26Isn't that?
06:27I just was myself.
06:28And that's so cliche.
06:29Just be yourself on the tape.
06:30Just be yourself on the tape.
06:31How long did it take you to film?
06:32Quick.
06:32This was my, I had a deadline.
06:34Quick.
06:35Girl, I sat down.
06:36I put my camera up there.
06:37Had my little backdrop.
06:38And I was like, I'm Athena Dion, blah, blah, blah.
06:39Yeah.
06:40I did my cake and candy dance.
06:41I modeled my looks.
06:41Send it away.
06:42You know?
06:42Did anyone help you?
06:44I had my, I had some friends of mine help me.
06:46Your drag daughters didn't help.
06:47No, because one was auditioning.
06:49This bitch was auditioning too.
06:50I'm a 37 year old millennial veteran drag queen.
06:53If I don't get on the show anytime soon and another one of my daughters does before me.
07:02So.
07:03You should be so proud to have such successful daughters.
07:06That is amazing.
07:08I think the secret to my success is having such a strong drag family.
07:11Yeah.
07:11Me and all my drag children are family.
07:14Yeah.
07:14Like we are together in the house.
07:15We were on the phone talking on the toilet, showering.
07:17You know what I mean?
07:18It is like intimacy.
07:19And I think that's the most important thing as much as I'm there for them.
07:22They have been there for me.
07:23Absolutely.
07:23They kept me up to date.
07:25Yeah.
07:25You know, she ain't no spring chicken.
07:26So I know how to tick tock.
07:28Yeah.
07:29You know?
07:30So I'm really grateful for them.
07:31It's, they are the secret sauce.
07:34Awesome.
07:34They really are.
07:35So everyone knows when you audition for RuPaul's Drag Race, you are always going
07:38to be asked to read the alumni of the RuPaul's Drag Race show.
07:44Wow.
07:44So are you ready for us to see how you read these bitches?
07:48No, I'm not.
07:49On your audition tape.
07:51I'm being held hostage.
07:51Save me.
07:52Well, well, girl, whether you're ready or not, we, the library is now open!
08:01Kennedy Davenport.
08:02Your talent is just like a Texas barbecue.
08:05Big, smoky, and full of meat.
08:07Full of meat, eh?
08:10That could be a good thing.
08:11Hey.
08:12Meat in the right place ain't bad, okay?
08:13That is true.
08:14That is very true.
08:16Alyssa Edwards.
08:17Out of drag, you look like how to catch a predator.
08:22That is so funny.
08:25Candy Muse.
08:26Girl, you're about as thrilling as a hemorrhoid, honey.
08:30Thrilling as a hemorrhoid?
08:31Some people like hemorrhoids.
08:33You didn't know that?
08:34There's like a whole...
08:34Find me one person that likes a hemorrhoid.
08:36I'll get back to you on that.
08:37I'll get back to you on that.
08:39Those were good.
08:40Was it easy to do the reads?
08:41It was.
08:41I mean, you know, it's fun.
08:43It's all in love, actually.
08:45It's all in love.
08:45Now, do you stand by these reads?
08:48I do.
08:50You better.
08:51You better.
08:52I do.
08:52Because if you said it, you can't take it back.
08:53You can't take it back, girl.
08:54Just own it.
08:55Just own it, girl.
08:55Don't apologize for .
08:56You got meat in the right places.
08:58Meat in the right places, baby.
08:59Hemorrhoids are thrilling.
09:01Hey.
09:01So after the reads, we're going to keep this messiness going.
09:04And I have a few questions for you.
09:06Rapid fire.
09:07Oh, Lord.
09:08So you got to answer real quick.
09:09Don't think about it too long.
09:10Who was the biggest flirt?
09:11Me.
09:12Oh.
09:13Who do you text with the most?
09:15Uh, Juicy.
09:17Who had the best entrance?
09:19I would say Briar.
09:20Briar.
09:21Yeah.
09:22Who was the biggest competition when you walked into the workroom?
09:26Uh, Vida.
09:27All right.
09:29Thank you very much.
09:30Yeah.
09:30Who is the most delusional?
09:33Discord.
09:33I don't get it.
09:34Who was the messiest?
09:36Oh, oh.
09:37Okay.
09:38Uh, Briar.
09:38Give me a kiss.
09:39Please leave me alone.
09:40Who is the most likely to crash out on social media?
09:43This is my favorite question.
09:44To crash out on social media?
09:45Oh my God.
09:48Me.
09:49Who shouldn't have auditioned?
09:51That is such a shady question, but you got to answer it.
09:54Say it!
09:55Who shouldn't have auditioned?
09:57Mia Starr.
09:58Mia Starr.
09:59And there you have it, folks.
10:00My sister's gonna kill me.
10:01And there you have it, folks.
10:04Thank you so much.
10:06It has been a pleasure meeting you, kiki-ing with you, and I cannot wait to see what you
10:11do with the rest of your career, babe.
10:13You've been doing it, you're doing it, and now you're gonna keep doing it.
10:16The pleasure is mine to sit in your presence, Miss Queen of Seventeen.
10:21Can't wait to see you again.
10:22Thank you so much.
10:22This was a great surprise.
10:23Thanks, babe.
10:24I'll see you soon, okay?
10:24Love you.
10:25Love you.
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