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00:00What happens when a queen is asked to film her life?
00:02Let's go.
00:02Find out in my untucked life tonight with me, Dawn.
00:11Hey, I'm Dawn from season 16 of Drag Race,
00:15and I am here in LA to film the Gaming Awards.
00:19So the Gaming Awards is an award show put together
00:23by Gaming Magazine.
00:24By the way, that's G-A-Y-M-I-N-G.
00:27Not gaming, it's G-A-Y-M-I-N-G.
00:29Like, gay people.
00:31And the Gaming Awards celebrate the queers
00:35in the gaming world, you know?
00:37Gaming can tend to be a very hetero and masculine world,
00:41so let's celebrate the girls and the gays and the trans
00:44and the LGBTQs and all that good stuff.
00:48So today is day one of Gaming Awards shoot.
00:54I've been walking around Hollywood for a while.
00:57I had to find wig glue.
01:00I forgot wig glue, and I had a gig in Ohio before this,
01:05and I super glued my wig to my head,
01:07which was like a really horrible, horrible choice.
01:10It actually worked really well and didn't hurt,
01:12but I think it could have gone wrong.
01:13But I went and got glue from a costume shop,
01:17got myself some food, and I think I'm supposed to be on set
01:21in like an hour, but they just texted me
01:24and asked when I was coming,
01:24so I'm wondering if I got my call time wrong.
01:27So I'm on my way to my hotel now because I need to shower.
01:29But we'll see.
01:37We are currently behind the scenes on the set.
01:40Here, pan over.
01:41Look at this .
01:42We're on the set of the Gaming Awards.
01:45We're having a good time.
01:46We're doing...
01:47What are we doing today?
01:48We're doing a read through.
01:49We're looking at all this stuff.
01:51I'm eating a banana,
01:53hanging out with my co-host.
01:55I'm living in slang.
01:57So I hope you are too.
01:58Today is just like read through the script,
02:01meet my new co-host, Erica Ishii.
02:03And then after that,
02:05I have three 10-hour days of shooting in drag
02:09to look forward to.
02:11Welcome to the first days.
02:13F*** up.
02:14Being picked to get to host the Gaming Awards,
02:18honestly has been really exciting.
02:20I am like a bit of a gamer.
02:22You know, I have my little Twitch channel.
02:24I don't really stream very often,
02:26but I've tripped everybody into thinking that I do.
02:28And I have loved video games since I was a child.
02:32I think it's affirming of like the lane
02:34that I'm trying to carve in this dog-eat-dog world of Drag Race
02:39to get to do this.
02:41I'm a little nervous because reading the script,
02:43it's a little bit more like actor-y than I thought it would be.
02:46There's a lot of bits happening.
02:47Are you ready to take on the task?
02:49I don't know Dawn, it's so big.
02:51I don't know if I can take it.
02:52Oh, I know you can, baby.
02:53I kind of thought I'd just be like standing there being like,
02:55and the winner is, which there's a lot of that.
02:57But I'm like, I don't know.
02:59It's out of my comfort zone, but I'm really excited.
03:02Also, there's a bug crawling on my wall.
03:03Hold on, give me a second.
03:06And honestly, leave that in.
03:10We're in the back hallways of World of Wonder.
03:12We're in the middle of the table read right now.
03:14We're just taking a break.
03:15What fun.
03:16What fun I'm having.
03:17This is such a good time.
03:18Erica said I'm doing a good job.
03:21So.
03:22Peace.
03:23Listen, if you're enjoying this gay as Michelle Visage once said,
03:28like and subscribe, you know, join the fam.
03:32Actually, while we're at it, let's do a little hotel room tour to hit the track.
03:37There's the mess of my everywhere.
03:41Here's the dolls.
03:42I brought them for the set dressing.
03:44I unpacked into here my clothing.
03:47Um, if you come over here, these are my pile of shoes.
03:50I brought options.
03:51Okay.
03:52In the closet.
03:52I've had, I have gigs on both ends of this week of filming.
03:56Um, so these are my gig outfits for digging.
03:59Um, this is on the floor, a, it's a Supreme shirt with tiger print on it that my manager
04:11got me because it matches my all-stars promo.
04:14Uh, the main reason that I wanted to go back was because when I filmed season 16, I felt
04:20so good about everything.
04:22I was like, this is my, this is my drag.
04:24I ate up and I was so proud of like getting six and like, I didn't win anything, but I
04:30was like so proud of myself for like laying it all out there and watching it back.
04:35It was a very different experience.
04:36I want to see my ear bin.
04:38My ear bin.
04:39Um, I got, these are my promo ears.
04:42These are my, Oh, these are both my promo ears.
04:46Season 16.
04:47All stars 11.
04:48Cause maybe I have a little bit of that, like artist gene where when you see stuff that
04:52you've done in the past, you're like, I could do it better.
04:54Oh my God.
04:54I could do that so much better.
04:55I've grown so much since then.
04:56I can do so much better.
04:57And I had a lot of that.
04:58I also think that like, I felt like a B character, you know, like this is plain Jane season.
05:03This is Nymphia season.
05:04This is Saphira season.
05:05And I'm the like little elf in the corner.
05:07And I love that.
05:08But I kind of wanted to go back and see if I could make it my season.
05:12And then here is everything.
05:13Oh, well here's all my makeup and rhinestones.
05:15Cause I want to rise from my dress tonight.
05:16And then here's everything that I need to finish my garment for the show.
05:21So I have a little head piece that I'm going to wrap.
05:23This is actually my, this is actually my head piece from my Cushy Cow runway.
05:28And I'm going to wrap it in fabric and add a bunch of feathers to it.
05:33I've been so busy this year.
05:35Like I've been really on my YouTube hustle.
05:38I've been on my viewing party hustle.
05:40And I've also been like going through a breakup.
05:43I just moved.
05:44My life has been all sorts of out of whack.
05:47And so with the gaming awards coming up, I knew I wanted to wear something new.
05:53I didn't want to like recycle an outfit, but I also haven't had the most time to make something.
05:57So it kind of became like, throw it together, mama.
06:02Like figure it out.
06:03Does it look good?
06:05Do we like it?
06:06I need something strong and striking and like really elegant and very Dawn.
06:12Dawn is very like big feather head piece on the head.
06:15You know, very kooky bull .
06:17Tonight is a little night in.
06:20Sushi has been had.
06:21I still want to finish my head piece.
06:25Um, but I'm currently rhinestoning.
06:28Ooh.
06:29In classic me fashion, it is very late at night.
06:34Um, I stayed up all night making this sh**.
06:36Let me run you through what has been going down in the hotel tonight.
06:45The bra is all finished.
06:48I am, this parts, these parts are going to be covered by the dress I'm wearing.
06:51So I didn't bother, um, to stone them just cause it's late and I'm tired.
06:55As you can see, it is midnight.
06:59And then this is the fun part.
07:01This is my head piece that I made tonight to go with my little dress.
07:05I think it turned out pretty fun.
07:08Very excited about it.
07:09It definitely needs to be like Bobby pinned in, but yeah, it's pretty cool.
07:15It's one of those things where like, it looks like it's a lot and that it's hard, but that took
07:19me maybe 25 minutes.
07:20I just glued some to a headband work smarter, not harder.
07:34Let's go.
07:36So it is a new day in the work room.
07:38And I know it's the first day of shooting for the gaming awards.
07:42And I'm really excited.
07:44The read through yesterday with Erica was so fun.
07:48There was such great chemistry.
07:49I'm just, I'm excited to see what's going on.
07:53It's day one.
07:54Um, and get to wear this new drag, which I made last night.
07:57So my untucked cribs, this is welcome to my crib.
08:01Um, this is my stool and this is my other stool.
08:05And this is all my fun Logitech stuff.
08:07And you can like blur it and bleep that if we don't like, I don't know how that works.
08:10Um, it's the gaming awards, 2026.
08:12If you come over here, we have the pink carpet.
08:14This is where I've been standing all day.
08:16Um, and there's like some cameras and the teleprompter.
08:20And then over here, this is my, this is my favorite spot.
08:23Cause this is where I lounge and I hang out with my friends and I entertain.
08:26So like I host a lot in New York city, but that is very like, well, when you're a little
08:31drunk, which is always fun.
08:32And there's a room full of adoring fans that are like on bated breath for your every word, but it's
08:39very like riffy and jokey and just like shooting the with a room full of people.
08:44This is much different in the sense that it's like, there is a script and it's on a set with
08:50like four people.
08:51I said to myself, Don, nobody wants to be the pork chop of their season.
08:55You better get out there and show them you can be totally serious.
09:00And so there's no audience.
09:02There's no one really there to like gas you up or like when you say something funny, like, are they
09:05going to laugh?
09:06Are they not going to laugh?
09:07It's just like silent and maybe someone coughing on accident.
09:10And so, yeah, it's, it's a little bit more daunting.
09:14No pun intended.
09:15It's a little bit more daunting, but also exciting and it's fun.
09:19And I love cameras.
09:21That's a wrap on day one.
09:23Really fun.
09:24Really great time.
09:25Like it's one of those things where I felt a little bit out of my depth just because it's not
09:28something I do a lot.
09:29And I'm curious to watch it back and maybe I'll be like, oh, she flopped that.
09:33Really great time.
09:34Let me give you, let me give you eight and a half hours in a corset.
09:37Let me show you what the damage is.
09:41Also, like a thinly failed thirst trap, but just look at, see all the marks on my body.
09:47And look at this .
09:49See this .
09:51So, yeah, I'm, I'm in pain, but tomorrow's my birthday.
09:56Isn't that fun?
09:57So I'm turning 28 while filming this whole thing and I've never like worked on my birthday.
10:05So I'm kind of excited to be on set.
10:07You know, everything's going to be about me.
10:08So that's fun.
10:10And I have a couple of friends in LA.
10:11So I'm going to hang out with them at some point.
10:19You're filming the gaming awards.
10:20It's day two.
10:22I had to replicate this makeup for a second day.
10:25I'm going to have to do it a third day.
10:26I'm really curious to see if I'll be able to see which days are the different makeup days.
10:31The freckles are there.
10:31I don't know.
10:32Whatever.
10:32It doesn't matter.
10:33I feel great.
10:33It's my birthday.
10:34I'm having a great time.
10:35You don't usually want to work on your birthday.
10:38And I am working.
10:40But like my job is be funny and drag and read off a teleprompter.
10:44So I'm having a good time.
10:45And everyone hears really sweet.
10:46So I'm happy.
10:46This is my lovely co-host, Erica Ishi.
10:49Oh my God.
10:50How are you doing, Erica?
10:51Oh my God.
10:52It's so great.
10:52What are you doing here?
10:55You know, I'm just kind of like celebrating someone's birthday.
11:01Erica is so pleasant.
11:03Just like a gem of a person.
11:06So sweet.
11:07So encouraging.
11:09Can I just gush a little bit?
11:11Oh God.
11:12Dawn's an absolute f***ing delight.
11:14Okay.
11:15Like just shows up, does her thing, looks incredible.
11:20Like I, and just makes it easy.
11:23It's, it's people like Dawn that make this job fun and easy.
11:26And Erica is like, fine.
11:27I'm kidding.
11:28I'm just kidding.
11:29I'll take it.
11:30And it's affirming of what I already thought.
11:33But as a very highly neurotic diva, I'm always questioning, am I actually doing a good job at anything?
11:41And so to hear that from not just my like co-host, but someone who kind of like knows what
11:45they're talking about.
11:46I was like, oh, okay, cool.
11:47Thanks.
11:47I found out that this one has never played Dungeons and Dragons.
11:50I have not.
11:51You, you can't own elf ears.
11:53I know, I know.
11:53And like not have been invited at least.
11:56It feels sacrilegious.
11:57I've never, no, I've never played f***ing D&D.
11:58I'm not a f***ing nerd.
12:00I'm just kidding.
12:01I, I think you will love it.
12:02I think I would too.
12:03Yeah.
12:04Tune in to the next season of my untucked life where I play D&D for the first time.
12:08Oh my gosh.
12:09Yes.
12:10No.
12:11No.
12:11That's a promise.
12:12That's a promise.
12:14What are you doing?
12:16Drag stuff.
12:18Let's hold.
12:20Okay.
12:20That was perfect.
12:22I do think that, uh, this could benefit from a prop.
12:27So if we could just bring that prop in.
12:31Um, that.
12:33Happy birthday to you.
12:38Hi.
12:40Happy birthday to you.
12:43So sweet.
12:44It was honestly like so cute the way that they did it.
12:47Like they made it like a secret and they were like, oh, we have, we have a prop.
12:51Oh, we have another prop.
12:52And I was like, oh, do you have a prop?
12:54Um, and then they brought out the cake and I was like, okay, that's really sweet.
12:57It's, it was really silly and cute.
13:06I feel I don't know what to say.
13:10Stop that train.
13:12The upcoming theatrical film starring RuPaul and directed by Adam Shaikhman comes out June 12th.
13:19Watch the trailer on YouTube now.
13:24Drag stuff and I'll handle the awards mama.
13:27Okay, cool.
13:28We'll do it one more time.
13:29Day three of like nine hour drag is borderline horrible.
13:36My waist hurts.
13:37I have bruises from my corset.
13:40I've had eyelashes glued to my eyes for like a whole work week.
13:45My wig is crusty because I've been re-wearing the same one.
13:49I'm having a great time.
13:50I'm so grateful to be here.
13:51I'm having so much fun.
13:53I'm done.
13:55Let's wrap it up.
13:57Oh my God.
13:59That is the end of day three of filming.
14:03Holy my makeup is .
14:07All in all, genuinely one of the most exhausting weeks of my life,
14:12but beyond the exhaustion, it was so fun.
14:16So rewarding.
14:17Erika is so cool.
14:18And yeah, it was just like a really, really, really fun experience.
14:23Not something I've ever done before and something that I would love to do again.
14:28And I cannot wait for you to watch the gaming awards on June 8th only on WoW Presents Plus.
14:34And be sure to catch me on All Stars season 11 on May 8th.
14:40I'm so excited.
14:41See you later.
14:41Bye.
14:42Okay.
14:42Woo.