- It's only been 24 hours, but let's reflect
let's do some reflecting together.
Hands on our chest or on our breasts.
What does winning mean for you?
- Wow, winning means--
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- Hello and welcome to Drag 'n Dine,
our weekly drag race down under elimination show
where we sit down with the eliminated races
for Ru Paul's Drag Race Down Under.
And today I'm with the lovely Kita Mean, hello.
I'm Kita, how are you darling?
- I'm good, how are you, winner winner?
- Oh stop it, I'm good thank you, oh my gosh.
What a crazy, crazy last 24 hours it's been.
- Yeah, I could imagine.
I can imagine all the emotions right now.
Have you even checked your DM's?
- You know, honestly I haven't.
There's so much of it there I need to find time
to sit down, process it and then go through
and get through it all.
But yeah, it's a lot, it's intense,
but I wouldn't change it for the world.
- And before we get into it all
today you brought in a very special snack.
- Oh okay, so I've got something exquisitely delicious.
This is okay, so I try not to snack these days.
Cause you know, trying to be
on my little healthy weight loss journey.
However, sometimes I get a little craving
for something sweet.
So I'm addicted to these little
sugar-free energy drink numbers.
Sugar-free beat, you can't go wrong because it's delicious.
And it gets you, a bit of pep in your step, you know.
- All right so now we're gonna dive into our little section
called Wear It Or Tear It.
So one by one, we'll go through each of the race's look
and you're gonna tell me if you'd A wear it or B tear it.
Category this week was best drag.
First up, we have Art Simone.
- Ah.
Do you know what this is the most gorgeous thing
I've ever seen.
I love the sheer size of this ridiculous thing.
I can only imagine the amount of snacks
you can hide in a bustle like that.
So for that reason alone,
because you could literally fit a whole minibar
under that dress.
I'm gonna say wear it.
(Kita laughs)
- [Zotti] Karen From Finance.
- This is when you expect Karen wearing best drag
it is this because it's ridiculous.
It's borderline ugly if anyone else was wearing it.
But I absolutely vibe with that shit,
it's something I would wear to, 100% would wear this.
- [Zotti] Next up we had Kita Mean.
- [Kita] Ah!
Oh yuck, oh no, that's not for me actually, no.
Someone should really tell her to step her game up.
- [Zotti] Honestly.
I would tear everything. - How are you gonna,
yeah.
- How are you gonna win something
like Ru Paul's Drag Race wearing something like that.
(both laughing)
It was iconic!
Oh stop it! - [Zotti] The wings!
- Right so I actually had a plan originally.
I'm such a shady bitch.
My plan was to have these beautiful wings.
However, I was only gonna open them
if they announced me as the winner.
So it like Kita Mean you're the winner
ended up open the wings with the incentive
for them to crown me so I opened the wings
so they get that footage, but I was like, you know what?
These are two fabulous, even,
I'm so proud of the job I've done on this show.
I'm gonna give her the full fantasy
and then does what will be will be.
But yeah, I'm trying to be strategic.
I was like, let's give them something to work for.
- [Zotti] And finally we had Scarlet Adams.
- [Kita] This is beautiful.
And you know what, it's kind of simple
considering the things Scarlet has brought
to the competition.
It's like a beautiful bodice, beautiful shape.
But you know, especially that she, I assumed
has probably made that herself, that's amazing.
Would totally where it.
- All right, so now we're gonna jump into some questions.
This week you sat down with Ru and Michelle
to kind of talk about your upbringings
and your past and stuff.
And the general consensus was issues
with the queens and their fathers.
What advice do you have for anyone struggling with this
as a young queer person?
- Even though things can be really hard
and whatever situation you have,
whether it's a situation with your family dynamic
or anything that's going on in your life with your body
or your physical, mental state or any relationship
or anything.
Everything always seems the worst when you're in it.
But also one of the things you have to do
is not be too hard on yourself.
None of us are perfect and there are parts of me
that are just ingrained in me,
I'll probably always procrastinate,
leave some things to the last minute
and yeah it's not ideal, but hey,
if I can not be too hard on myself for it
and just work on it if I can.
You've got to stick to ride out those dips
and then celebrate the highs too.
- It's only been 24 hours, but let's reflect,
let's do some reflecting together.
Hands on our chests or on how breasts.
What does winning mean for you?
- Well, for one I'm just very grateful.
I'm very grateful that people have seen something in me
that I don't actively see in myself.
I am quite hard on myself a lot of the time.
So it's sort of like a, it's a nice validation, I guess,
but this probably gonna be the shittiest answer for you
but I don't see it as the be all and end all.
It's a great honor and I'm so grateful
and it's something I really wanted
but just being able to do drag on the show
with all those other amazing drag artists
that means more to me to be completely honest.
So, but I know that's not the answer you want to hear.
- No that's perfect. - I'm so grateful.
- That's perfect.
- I love it.
I would have way rather have won than not won.
So it meant the world.
But the biggest prize was not winning that crown.
The biggest prize was just doing it
with every single one of them.
- Well we are talking about the future of drag
and the Maori culture.
Are there any queens you want to plug really quickly?
- Yeah absolutely.
Well, my drag mother, Testicle is an icon
and she is a beautiful Maori woman,
my flatmate and one of my best friends, Trinity Ice
is another Maori, POC trans drag queen.
We're starting to show the world what we have down under
and let's just continue to do that
because there's so many more facets
and it just lets us keep representing and showcasing.
- Yeah, amen.
We've just started peeling back the lid.
We've got to rip that whole thing off.
We're gonna show the whole meal.
- Yeah and it's gonna be like prank peanuts,
it's just gonna be like shoo.
- Shoo.
- Spray it all over the faces of the masses.
(both laughing)
- All right, well thank you so so much for coming in today,
congratulations my queen.
If you like our video, make sure you like and comment
and subscribe to our channel and yeah, thanks again.
- Thanks for having me Zotti. - Congratulations.
(both laughing)
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