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00:00We have to ask about Ariana Grande.
00:02Yeah, you all were blessed.
00:03You got the coronation follow.
00:06Oh, yes!
00:07Not Frankie Grande, Ariana Grande.
00:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:10Bestie, bestie, yes!
00:12Bestie, Ari!
00:15Hi, I'm Jason.
00:17I'm Brian.
00:17And welcome back to Workroom Weekly.
00:19These queens truly do not need an introduction,
00:21as we have gotten to know and love them
00:23throughout season 18 of RuPaul's Drag Race,
00:25and soon they are heading into the grand finale
00:28to fight for the chance to be crowned
00:30America's next drag superstar.
00:32Please welcome your top three,
00:34Nene Coco, Mikey Meeks, and Darlene Mitchell!
00:37Woo!
00:39Yes!
00:39Thank you!
00:40Oh, my gosh.
00:41Hi, y'all.
00:42It's so good to see them not on a putting green.
00:44I know.
00:45Yes.
00:46Of course, we kicked off the season
00:47playing mini golf with you right here in New York City.
00:49That's right, that's right.
00:50Have you kept up your golf skills?
00:52Because, you know, Tiger's not in the Masters.
00:53We need you to jump in.
00:54Don't take me back, don't.
00:56We saw the footage.
00:57Cut to the clip.
00:59Oh!
01:00And just off the edge.
01:01Are we at four?
01:03I've lost count.
01:04Are you kidding?
01:10Darlene, we got to pack it up.
01:12Yeah.
01:13I was going to say, but Nene and Mikey, like,
01:14actually served it.
01:16I was all right.
01:16Yeah.
01:17I was all right.
01:18Hand-eye coordination is one thing I do have, so.
01:21I did better than Athena, so that's all I ask.
01:23And that's it.
01:23I mean, truly, you were troopers.
01:25It was the morning after the premiere party, 9 a.m.
01:28Oof.
01:28It was a blast.
01:29I mean, we had such an amazing time at the premiere party.
01:32We've been talking about it so much since we've been there.
01:35I mean, one of the biggest things was all of the past winners.
01:38Yeah.
01:38We've gotten to talk to some of the past winners
01:40since that was there and gotten their perspective,
01:42but we want to know, like, as the ladies of honor of the night,
01:45what was it like getting to, like, be there with the winners,
01:48sashay out with them that whole moment?
01:50Yeah, who did you freak out over?
01:51I mean, I have waited for the moment to meet Sasha Velour,
01:55so that was, like, it was just such a gift to get to meet
01:58not just one, but 16 winners?
02:01Yeah, a lot of them, yeah.
02:02It was wild.
02:02And it was across so many of the seasons.
02:05Like, it was...
02:07Wait, it's a long...
02:07Wait, I think I need to wake up.
02:10Yeah.
02:11Sorry, y'all.
02:12That's all right.
02:13We've got to get into the Betty Boop laptop case
02:14to turn off that alarm.
02:15Yeah, we'll get into it.
02:17For me, it was Sasha Velour.
02:19She has been an icon that I have looked up to
02:22and been inspired by, so getting to meet her
02:24and walk out with her was a dream.
02:27A dream.
02:27Mm-hmm.
02:28I, you know, I always said Sasha Colby's, like, my number one,
02:30so I've gotten to see...
02:31But I've met Sasha Colby once or twice before,
02:34and it was really nice to see her again, but, yeah,
02:36I would agree.
02:36Sasha Velour just felt like that whoa moment.
02:40Season nine was such a pinnacle, like, season for me
02:43and where I was at in my life, so to finally meet her
02:45and for her to, like, she said very nice things to me, too.
02:48So it was just overwhelming at that point, yeah.
02:51I think Alyssa Edwards and Jimbo.
02:54Oh, yes.
02:55But, like, especially Alyssa Edwards.
02:57Like, I feel like that's one of the names when you think
02:59of RuPaul's Drag Race.
03:00Like, Alyssa Edwards is one of the first people
03:02that, like, pop into your mind, you know?
03:04Like, just...
03:04Don't you mean Alicia?
03:06Alicia!
03:07Hey!
03:08You spent the whole season with her.
03:09I know!
03:10You're welcome.
03:11Right here, live and in color, babe.
03:12Well, at that point, we had met her at the roast.
03:16Yeah.
03:16Oh, yes, yeah, yeah.
03:17But that was, you know, not disclosed at that point.
03:19You gotta zip that up.
03:20Yeah.
03:21But now, someone on this couch is going to be crowned a winner.
03:25You will now be part of that rogues gallery of divas.
03:28Wow.
03:29What was the moment this season that each of you realized,
03:32I could actually win this?
03:34Ooh.
03:35Start with you, Darlene.
03:36I think the roast, for sure.
03:38Like, as soon as I sort of, like, broke through that wall
03:41and just realized that it was like,
03:43oh, like, I'm here to just, like, have a blast.
03:46Like, I'm here to be who I am,
03:48to sort of, like, break through that, you know, fear
03:50and just, like, feel that joy and that energy.
03:55And as soon as I, like, sort of, like, learned that lesson
03:57or broke through that, you know, that, like, mindset,
04:00it was just like, oh, I'm here to win.
04:02Like, I can do this.
04:05Banana.
04:05Banana!
04:07I think when I got my first challenge win,
04:10it was when I, like, okay, I'm in the game.
04:12I have stakes now.
04:13Like, let's go.
04:15And then when I was able to get the third win,
04:17I went, okay, I'm now a contender.
04:18Like, I can really, really do this.
04:20You know, track record.
04:22I don't know how much it should come into play
04:24to make the crown.
04:27But I think, for me, the moment that really kind of surprised me
04:31was winning the premiere episode.
04:32Was, like, day one, the judges see something in you.
04:36And that was wild to me.
04:39So it was, like, first impressions were still being formed.
04:43But at that point, it was, like, oh, I can.
04:45I can win a challenge and I can just,
04:48even if it was in my wheelhouse, I was, like,
04:49there's so much more for me to learn and figure out
04:52for the rest of the competition.
04:53And did.
04:54Yes.
04:54And still am.
04:55I know.
04:56You had me Googling PPE this week.
04:58Girl, hello!
04:59I was, like, is this the pandemic?
05:01Is this protecting masks?
05:03What are we talking about?
05:05So PPE, apparently, in the Drag Race universe,
05:08it's points per episode,
05:10which is how the fans love to decide who they think should win.
05:14And...
05:15So if you're top, you're bottom, you're safe.
05:17Yes.
05:17Like, everything.
05:19Yeah.
05:19And a lot of them, like, assign different numbers.
05:22So, like, not every chart is the same.
05:23Everybody has a different equation going on.
05:25It's a lot.
05:26Yeah, and we placed high in challenges.
05:27We felt we were safe for her.
05:28No, yeah.
05:29So we're like, oh, I'll take it.
05:30And I think Rue, she consistently on set,
05:32would mathematically not say things correctly.
05:35So I don't think that...
05:36She's not using any PPE scores to determine her winner,
05:39but I think in all three of us,
05:41she saw something very distinct,
05:43and that's how we got where we were.
05:44And it was, like...
05:45Truly, the only judgment for the show is C-U-N-T.
05:48Like, they've been sent since day one.
05:50So...
05:51PPE is probably what she's ordering for lunch.
05:54It's just not her...
05:55It's just not what they've graded off of.
05:57Even though I do love it.
05:58You know, I may have a really strong one.
06:01But just in case...
06:02But just in case...
06:03I'm not a size queen, but if I were...
06:05But if I were, it is sitting nice and pretty,
06:08but that's okay, you know.
06:09Getting to watch the season back,
06:11you know, at watch parties and everything,
06:13and getting to see the journey kind of unfold,
06:14what was the most surprising thing for you,
06:17each of you kind of seeing your journey play out on screen?
06:21I'm gonna cut my hair.
06:22Yeah.
06:23Yes!
06:24Ooh, man.
06:25Get a haircut.
06:25Get a haircut.
06:26Yeah, yeah.
06:28I think it was nice to feel validity
06:31in the strong moments that I had for myself,
06:34especially the, like, Snatch Game.
06:36I remember thinking, like,
06:37I think I kind of killed that.
06:38And it turned out, and it got...
06:40It did really well.
06:41And then the roast, I thought I did great in.
06:43And then the one challenge...
06:45I think we all agreed.
06:45The one challenge we all were like...
06:47How was this gonna go?
06:48It was the Karen improv challenge.
06:50Because we got no feedback in the moment.
06:51And we didn't get to see each other.
06:52And we didn't get to see each other.
06:53So we had no idea how it would play out.
06:57So it was nice to find security
06:58and, like, your own abilities.
07:00I mean, you crushed that Karen challenge.
07:01I mean, we quote it all the time.
07:03Oh, man.
07:04So funny.
07:05Every time I'm in a car now,
07:06I'm like...
07:08The physical comedy was fabulous.
07:10Yeah.
07:10What about the edit, though?
07:11Like, watching back,
07:12like, you're seeing your confessionals.
07:13Like, what was...
07:14That's the part that I'm always thinking,
07:16you're on a reality show.
07:17Like, are you...
07:17What do you regret?
07:19Do you wish you wore a different outfit?
07:21Like, what was that moment?
07:22You know, like,
07:22I think we see a little behind the curtain,
07:24because we were one of 14 people
07:26that saw the full thing.
07:28But, you know,
07:29when they do too tight of a zoom,
07:31you go...
07:32Really no reaction.
07:34A little too HD sometimes.
07:36Watching that back is a little...
07:38Yeah.
07:38Sometimes they cut out a couple
07:39little reactions here and there.
07:40But overall, like,
07:41you are seeing the story that we experience
07:44just really fast-forwarded.
07:46I think that was the thing
07:46that was different for us,
07:48was there were so many moments
07:50that we distinctly remember
07:51that just don't end up making the edit
07:53because it's not good for time
07:55or whatever.
07:56But there's so many back stories
07:58that I feel like
07:58maybe fell through the cracks sometimes.
08:00But...
08:01But it's also...
08:02It's also nice and special
08:03to, like, have those moments
08:05that maybe didn't make it.
08:06And, like, have those
08:07as just, like, memories for us.
08:10Like, that also feels really nice.
08:11Is there anything you can reveal
08:12a little behind-the-scenes,
08:13like a little storyline
08:14that, like...
08:15Or a little beef
08:16that never made air that you...
08:20Um...
08:21I'm trying to remember
08:22a specific one.
08:23Well, I mean...
08:24I wish it was a funnier story,
08:25but there was a moment when,
08:26you know, during the roast
08:27when you were expressing
08:29how you didn't like the joke
08:31about the Nene coming in hot stuff.
08:33Yeah.
08:33And we...
08:34It's actually the three of us
08:35who sat down at a table
08:36and we talked it out
08:37and we were like,
08:38it's bothering you.
08:39We were so sorry.
08:39Like, that was not the intention
08:41to make you feel
08:41any type of way about it.
08:43Um, you know,
08:43it's more connections like that.
08:45There are obviously,
08:46like, cringe moments, too,
08:47of other divas.
08:49Sure.
08:49Yeah, well, and we...
08:50You know, we were talking about
08:51how, like, watching the whole
08:52Needy's got a gun thing,
08:53we're like,
08:53this must have been
08:54on the editing room floor
08:55because you never seemed shady.
08:57Yeah.
08:57I was so confused.
08:59Everybody was like,
08:59that's just a drag queen.
09:01Yeah, literally.
09:02And even sometimes,
09:03like, the reactions
09:04they would show...
09:04And also, I was laughing along
09:06for the most part.
09:07It was just like,
09:08every now and then,
09:09when you're underslept,
09:10you know,
09:10kind of the emotions bubble up,
09:12but...
09:12There was one that was egregious.
09:14Not you.
09:14The way they edited it.
09:16Because you said something.
09:16Oh, come on.
09:16It was me.
09:18Here comes Nene.
09:19And I was like,
09:20I promised there was other things
09:22that were...
09:23I was like,
09:24of the 25 minutes
09:25that we talked at that table,
09:27oh, come on.
09:27Oh, come on.
09:32Yeah, one eye roll
09:35is taken completely out of context.
09:37You know what?
09:38So...
09:39It could have been worse,
09:40I guess.
09:40It could have been worse.
09:41But I think it was...
09:42The cool...
09:43The thing about watching the edit
09:44for me was,
09:45no time in our life
09:47do we get to watch
09:48like a third point perspective
09:49of you as a person.
09:52So it really did kind of
09:53show me these moments
09:55that like,
09:56oh, maybe that isn't reading
09:57how it's reading
09:58in your head.
09:58So that was kind of the lesson
10:00that I learned from this.
10:00It's like...
10:02Never in my life
10:03have I had a third
10:04point of view
10:05like that.
10:06Mikey's still not awake yet.
10:08I turned it off.
10:09I swear to God.
10:09Silence the phone.
10:10I did.
10:11I'm gonna turn it off.
10:12Or take this moment
10:13to just ask,
10:14we could see Boop.
10:15We could go see Boop.
10:16We could go see Boop.
10:17What I really love
10:18is that you are
10:19your own background.
10:21I am.
10:21That is a classic
10:23Diva alert.
10:24Diva alert.
10:25Diva alert.
10:25Drag queens love...
10:26It wasn't for a while.
10:27You know how
10:28when you're messing
10:28with your phone
10:29and then like,
10:30you just put a picture
10:31of yourself as your background.
10:33That would save for a while.
10:35But you mess with your phone
10:36and then it switches
10:37your background
10:37out of nowhere.
10:38And I'm like,
10:38I'm too lazy to change it.
10:39Well, my dog is my background.
10:41What is your phone background?
10:42Mine is a sunset.
10:43It is so like,
10:44Girl Who's Gonna Be Okay?
10:45Yes.
10:46Our only argument
10:47for having yourself as your background
10:48is if you lose your phone,
10:49they know whose it is.
10:50Return to sender.
10:51Oh, it's Mikey Meeks.
10:53I hope they're a fan.
10:55I put my phone number
10:56on my background.
10:57Yeah.
10:58Mine's like an airbrush landscape
10:59and it has like a castle
11:00in the background
11:01and there's like a unicorn
11:02and there's a waterfall
11:03and it's like...
11:05Oh my God.
11:07Sometimes I just like stare at it
11:08and I'm like,
11:08I wish I was there.
11:09What did you say your background was?
11:10My background?
11:11What is it?
11:12It's like something gay.
11:13It's literally...
11:14It's Zara Larson.
11:15It's literally Zara Larson.
11:17It's crazy.
11:17It's crazy.
11:18Well, you never know
11:18what's gonna go viral on the show.
11:20We, of course, had Discord's Walk.
11:21We had Crystal.
11:22Crystal.
11:23We had Alicia.
11:24Alicia.
11:24Did you have a favorite,
11:25a personal favorite,
11:26like viral moment?
11:27I mean, season 18 was all
11:28about the internet this season.
11:30It was crazy.
11:30The most recent one
11:31is Mia's dancing.
11:32Mia's peanut butter.
11:33Yes.
11:35Isn't it the single ladies choreo?
11:37Something like that, yeah.
11:38Yeah.
11:39So good.
11:40I think the first one
11:43that kind of took off
11:43was Briar and Athena.
11:45Where did she get off?
11:46That was so good.
11:48And what else?
11:49I mean...
11:50Ooh.
11:51What else do we have?
11:52I think...
11:53I'm gonna make you proud.
11:54I'm gonna make you proud.
11:55What?
11:55That one has been stuck
11:57in all of our heads.
11:58Like, just in the group chat,
12:00just randomly,
12:01everybody will sound off
12:02every now and then
12:03just randomly,
12:03I'm gonna make you proud.
12:05Yeah.
12:05A lot of these moments
12:06that we find funny
12:06on the main stage
12:07is because there's so much silence
12:09in between every moment.
12:10So it wasn't the fact
12:11that she said it.
12:12It was the...
12:13I'm gonna make you proud.
12:16Crickets.
12:16Crickets.
12:17Crickets.
12:17We only...
12:18We kept joking.
12:18Like, RuPaul's like...
12:20Yeah.
12:22I can't squabble
12:23this opportunity.
12:24Oh my gosh.
12:25The squabble.
12:25The squabble was so good.
12:26So pretty much just Briar.
12:27Yeah.
12:28She was...
12:29We lost her too soon.
12:30Oh my gosh.
12:32We gotta talk about fashion
12:33because y'all delivered
12:34some incredible looks
12:35this entire season.
12:35I specifically love
12:36following y'all on social media
12:38and seeing, like,
12:38the way that you
12:40present your looks
12:40and kind of, like,
12:41behind the scenes and everything.
12:42Mikey, I love...
12:43As a music...
12:44As a movie lover,
12:45the whole movie poster series.
12:48Yes.
12:48I mean, we gotta get prints.
12:49We gotta do something with them.
12:50I wanna know, like,
12:51you, you know,
12:52you refer to yourself
12:52as a drag ingenue.
12:54What is, like,
12:55where did that inspiration
12:55from, like, old Hollywood,
12:57like, your love for movies,
12:58like, where did that come from?
13:00I think the old Hollywood
13:01aesthetic is already
13:02so drag in itself
13:03because it's presented
13:04in such a theatrical way.
13:06And I wanted to...
13:09Because I don't have, like,
13:10a very specific, like...
13:13I just think it's a great
13:15aesthetic point
13:16for an actress
13:16because, you know,
13:17my weekly show,
13:18I change the theme every week.
13:18So we have to constantly do
13:20new looks, new shows,
13:21or new types of aesthetics.
13:23So I thought,
13:23what is the center point
13:25of it all?
13:25I think it's the actress
13:26who takes on these roles.
13:29And whether that is
13:30a very specific type of film,
13:32whether it's, like,
13:32a sci-fi or, you know,
13:34film noir,
13:35but there's always gonna be
13:36the glamour aspect
13:36of it all, too.
13:37So I thought the movie posters
13:39were a nice way
13:39to showcase those
13:41in the way I thought
13:42of the looks.
13:43Absolutely.
13:43And we are Page Six.
13:44We're not Letterboxd,
13:45but this is your chance.
13:47Do you have a Letterboxd Top 4
13:48since you're a cinephile?
13:49You know, I love...
13:51I think Singing in the Rain
13:51is my favorite.
13:53And that gets on there a lot.
13:54Dang.
13:54Yes, Singing in the Rain.
13:56Bridesmaids.
13:57Of course.
13:57Absolutely.
13:58Give it up.
14:00For horror...
14:04Oh, uh...
14:05Oh, my God,
14:05I'm blanking on the name.
14:07Um...
14:08Uh...
14:08The substance or the...
14:09No, not the substance.
14:10Weapons?
14:11No, not weapons with, um...
14:12Oh, the...
14:13Your mother!
14:14I'm your mother!
14:15Yeah.
14:15What is happening?
14:17Not The Exorcist.
14:19Not...
14:19With Toni Collette.
14:20Toni Collette.
14:20Oh, Hereditary.
14:22Yes, there we go.
14:23I keep being Conjuring.
14:24I'm like, that's not...
14:25That's not that one.
14:26Oh, Toni Collette.
14:26And then, oh, uh...
14:28Wally.
14:29A great round out, too.
14:31Wally.
14:31Oh, my gosh.
14:31Wally's brilliant.
14:32So good.
14:33And NeNe, I love...
14:34We talked about him on the show,
14:35but, like, your sketches for all your looks.
14:37Just absolutely...
14:39So amazing to get just kind of a peek into your mind
14:41and, like, your process.
14:43You know, we know you've got a mechanical engineer background.
14:46How does that kind of intersection...
14:48How does that influence, like, your fashion process in drag?
14:52Yeah, I think I was always an artist as a kid.
14:56Like, that was the thing that I would...
14:58Any group project, it was like, NeNe's drawing.
15:01You know, you're doing the visuals.
15:02And I think that was the thing that brought me the most joy.
15:05And then by the time you have to start going to college
15:07and figure out what we're going to do with your life,
15:09I put that aside.
15:11And...
15:11But it's always kind of been there.
15:12And I think drag was the thing that reactivated that artist in me.
15:16But I was able to pull from the technical things
15:19that I learned as an engineer.
15:20And I do a lot of 3D printing, a lot of planning,
15:23a lot of sketching, a lot of, like...
15:25Girl, I was bubble mapping, I don't know, brainstorming like crazy.
15:30Lots of preparation goes into the drag that I make
15:32just because I just take so much care for it.
15:36And then...
15:37But I don't know.
15:37I think it's the artist and the sketcher underneath all of it
15:40that is the truest part of me.
15:43And so I'm just trying to lean into more of that,
15:45just like paint and throw it on paper and go with it
15:49and not worry too much about all the technical stuff behind it.
15:53Well, I do want to get a little technical because, you know,
15:56we're obviously looking at this incredible structural outfit.
15:59The nails.
16:00And, of course, your signature eyelashes.
16:02Can you give us the secret behind, like, how...
16:05where these came from?
16:06How do they work?
16:07It...
16:07How do they work?
16:09What's going on?
16:10Is it magic?
16:11They're a remote control operator.
16:13No, I think it's like...
16:15I was making them on the set.
16:17So each runway, it was the night before,
16:19I would sketch out a bunch of different ideas
16:21of what could complement the look.
16:23And it was kind of born out of the same place
16:25of just how to incorporate the color of the outfit
16:28and all the way up into the face.
16:30And, yeah, it just kind of happened one day.
16:33And then I started doing all these different shapes.
16:35It was a while to get them to stay up,
16:37but I've got my method down now.
16:39Love.
16:39And it involves, you know,
16:41a pre-layer of glue on the lid,
16:43a layer of glue on the...
16:44I was...
16:45Mikey was watching me put on my lashes one time.
16:47She was like,
16:47girl, you put a lot of glue on there.
16:48And I was like, yeah, I do.
16:49These are heavy.
16:50That's some heavy .
16:51You're wearing like thick gloves.
16:53Yeah.
16:54Mixing the cement.
16:55I have like little clips that I put them in.
16:57I'm blow drying them.
16:58It's a whole process.
16:59Oh my gosh.
17:00Incredible.
17:01And Darlene, so many amazing looks.
17:03I got to specifically talk about the tinsel look.
17:05I think it's the one that completely took the internet
17:07by storm.
17:08Yes.
17:08And I think it was the point in the season
17:10where they were like,
17:11oh, she's bringing a runway package
17:12that no one else is bringing on this show.
17:15What was it like seeing the reaction to that look?
17:17And you know,
17:18there's so many others that we can mention.
17:19It was...
17:20Well, first let's talk about the reaction in the room.
17:23I like that.
17:25I like that.
17:26When I got that on,
17:27like it was like,
17:28I could feel the eyes being like,
17:31what the hell does this girl have on?
17:34And like good, good and shocking way.
17:36You know what I mean?
17:37Like there were a lot of people that was like,
17:38okay, she is bringing this kind of like couture element,
17:41but just like what,
17:43what's going on in her brain?
17:44Like, you know what I mean?
17:45And then to see...
17:47You thought we thought that was that look?
17:47Yeah.
17:48If it wasn't the hamburger,
17:50if it wasn't the hamburger moves.
17:52Yeah.
17:53But the response online,
17:55when it just like completely popped off,
17:56I was like, oh, okay.
17:58I'm onto something here.
17:59I'm onto something here.
18:00It was so editorial.
18:01That's what it was.
18:01So yeah.
18:02And there was actually like,
18:05the three of us were standing together.
18:06They like had us shoot like a little,
18:08you know,
18:09like a little takeaway for Untucked or something.
18:10And then looking back,
18:12we were like, oh my God.
18:13Do you remember like the three of us?
18:14Yes.
18:14The three of us were in our shake,
18:15shake, shakes.
18:16And we were like,
18:17we looked like a car wash altogether.
18:18We were just like ready.
18:19And they were like,
18:20hey, like since you three are ready,
18:21like do you want to shoot like a little Untucked thing?
18:23And then here we are.
18:25I know.
18:25I mean,
18:26and now you're bringing back the accessible mall track.
18:29Yes.
18:29You've got the cigarette earrings.
18:31Only time for half.
18:31I mean,
18:32your wig matches our couch.
18:34You're blending in perfectly.
18:35I mean,
18:36we love it.
18:37Get into the shoes.
18:38Get into them,
18:39Michelle.
18:41I love it.
18:41I also love that one of the cigarettes is half.
18:43Yes.
18:45You know what you say?
18:46Only time for half.
18:48Oh my gosh.
18:49Do y'all have a favorite look of one another's from the season?
18:53Ooh.
18:53I do think your shake, shake, shake was brilliant.
18:56Oh really?
18:56Yeah.
18:57I thought it was brilliant.
18:58And then for Nini,
18:59your finale,
19:00the, the, uh,
19:01the top four Alaganza,
19:03that the,
19:03the rhinestone swirls with the,
19:05it was just so effective.
19:06And it, uh,
19:07it, it show,
19:08it was brighter even in person.
19:10Like,
19:10the way the lights hit the,
19:11it was just brilliant.
19:13I loved Mikey's beige.
19:15Oh, thanks.
19:15Because it was such a,
19:17it was such a switch from everything we had seen.
19:20And like that wig slicked back.
19:22Mama.
19:23It was,
19:24you looked bomb.
19:25Thanks.
19:26I think Mikey,
19:27it was like so quintessentially.
19:28Mikey was your satin look too.
19:30Yeah.
19:30Like it just compliment,
19:31your body,
19:32all the colors,
19:33like it just was the perfect,
19:34glamorous,
19:35like that is Mikey.
19:37When I saw that.
19:38And then Darlene,
19:39I think your beige,
19:40I thought was really strong too.
19:41Oh my God.
19:42Your beige was incredible.
19:43It was so,
19:44that whole,
19:45you know,
19:45runway.
19:46Yeah.
19:46The whole cast,
19:47I told Brian,
19:47I was like,
19:47I've never seen a runway like this,
19:49where the whole cast just tore.
19:51And it was crazy.
19:52Really?
19:52And it's insane.
19:54I know,
19:54but so I,
19:55I don't know.
19:55I was so excited to get beige.
19:57I thought it'd be sick.
19:58Yeah.
19:58I think those,
19:59sometimes the categories are so specific,
20:01that you kind of get lost in one zone.
20:04But those color categories,
20:05it was like,
20:05you can really sing to your drag.
20:08Yeah.
20:09In those like,
20:10open into categories.
20:11And it was like,
20:11it felt like a fashion collection,
20:13even though everybody was so in their own lane.
20:15It's still connected.
20:17I'll never forget Athena.
20:18You know,
20:18Athena had those like,
20:20things,
20:21as soon as,
20:22as soon as she hit the runway,
20:24you hear Michelle go,
20:25Queen of wheat.
20:28Come on.
20:29I wish she had that in there.
20:31I know.
20:31Well,
20:32before you go,
20:32obviously we're heading into the finale.
20:34You know,
20:35we're all so excited,
20:36but you know,
20:37we have to ask about Ariana Grande.
20:39Yeah.
20:40You all were blessed.
20:41You got the,
20:42the coronation follow.
20:43Oh yes.
20:44Not Frankie Grande.
20:46Ariana Grande.
20:48Bestie.
20:49Bestie Ari.
20:51Are there DMs flying?
20:52Are there,
20:52is she liking photos?
20:53I was too afraid to DM.
20:55I was like,
20:55because once you add a friend,
20:56it kind of opens the gates to communication.
20:58I said,
20:59I'm going to save this moment for when,
21:01you know,
21:02when it's time.
21:02You're out of the spam folder at this point.
21:04Yeah.
21:04We are out of the requests,
21:05but.
21:06Oh, I did.
21:07You did.
21:07I did.
21:08I messaged her.
21:08What was she saying?
21:09I,
21:09I,
21:09because I,
21:10I did it.
21:11I was like,
21:11do I message her or not?
21:12I had a friend.
21:13I think it was Marsha who told me,
21:14just message her.
21:15Who cares?
21:15Um,
21:16and she only has like a,
21:17she only follows like a thousand people and they're,
21:19half of them are drag queens.
21:20Yes.
21:21Yes.
21:21Yes.
21:22Um,
21:22you know what?
21:23She probably doesn't get,
21:24well,
21:24she probably gets a lot of messages,
21:25but from direct people,
21:26I was just like,
21:27thank you for the support.
21:28I hope you're enjoying the season.
21:30Um,
21:30I don't have tickets to the tour,
21:32Ariana,
21:32but I did say,
21:32I'll see you at the tour.
21:36So planting the seed there.
21:37Yeah.
21:38Um,
21:38and she,
21:38she responded something very nice.
21:39And then I had also put on my story,
21:41cause I,
21:41I don't know if she would see it.
21:43Uh,
21:43saying,
21:44Ariana follow and whatever I got.
21:46And then,
21:46uh,
21:46the video of her going,
21:47Vegas,
21:47let me hear y'all make some noise.
21:49It sounds like she's saying a different word.
21:51And she responded,
21:52Jesus.
21:54So,
21:55love you bestie RE.
21:56Love you bestie.
21:57Oh my gosh.
21:58Well,
21:58the finale is around the corner.
22:00What can fans expect?
22:02Um,
22:03what are,
22:03what are you looking forward to?
22:04Mike,
22:04you said your finale look is one of your favorite looks that you've done.
22:07Yes.
22:07Well,
22:08I think that's the thing.
22:09It's,
22:09you know,
22:09we,
22:09we went into the show with the resources we had,
22:12the budget we had,
22:13and then once we knew that we had a little bit more coin,
22:15we were able to spend it.
22:17And,
22:17uh,
22:18I,
22:18I,
22:18I can't wait to see,
22:20for y'all to see the looks that we brought.
22:22All 14 of us really delivered a strong finale package.
22:26And,
22:26uh,
22:26we each get to do our own talent show with a,
22:29a very,
22:29can,
22:30can we say?
22:31Yeah.
22:31I,
22:31I don't know what we,
22:32okay.
22:33Can we say?
22:35I was like,
22:35we each have our own original tracks that they helped us make.
22:38And it's very,
22:39it's all very much in our styles.
22:40Um,
22:41and it's just going to be a fabulous finale.
22:43The,
22:44all three of our looks are just,
22:48yeah,
22:48it's very good.
22:49They all,
22:49I think that's the cool thing about this finale is each of,
22:52like even now sitting on this couch,
22:54like you get a taste of us.
22:55And it's like,
22:55you see that same flavor in the finale,
22:58but like turned up to 10.
22:59Like,
23:00and on,
23:01on my own feelings,
23:02like I feel it's one of my favorite performances that I've ever got to do.
23:05So,
23:06so excited to share it.
23:07And like,
23:07I get to make my singing debut.
23:10I had lost my voice.
23:11So like,
23:11we get a little vocal on the track.
23:13So,
23:14you know,
23:15Ariana,
23:15if you need a feature.
23:17Me on stage,
23:18Mikey in the crowd.
23:19We do lighting.
23:21We'll get you all there.
23:23No,
23:24it was promo week or whatever.
23:25We were leaving a restaurant.
23:26She goes,
23:26I could have sang that.
23:27I could have sang that.
23:28Next.
23:29Tuesday.
23:31And then they're all like,
23:32okay.
23:33And I took my vote back.
23:34Yeah.
23:36And Miley Cyrus is going to be there.
23:38Yes.
23:38A lifetime achievement award.
23:40Yes.
23:40We love to see her.
23:41And we had no idea she was going to be there.
23:43It was like right before we walked on stage.
23:44We were like,
23:45by the way,
23:45Miley's outside.
23:46Surprise.
23:47Okay.
23:48Oh my gosh.
23:48Well,
23:49we have had such a joy recapping this entire season.
23:52Getting to start and end the season with y'all is so special.
23:54And we know the crown is going to be in good hands with whoever it goes to.
23:58So,
23:59sending y'all love.
24:00And we're so excited to see what's to come.
24:02Thank you so much.
24:03We'll see you on MTV, babe.
24:04Yeah!
24:05Only on MTV.
24:08So we'll see you in the next beginning.
24:08You're listening to the TV round.
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24:09Bye, typically.
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