- Hey, y'all, it is Bob the Drag Queen,
coming to you from my basement in Washington Heights.
It is "The Pit Stop," and today, we have
one of Hollywood's top producers in the studio.
Please welcome Miss Alexis Michelle!
- Hi, Bob!
- Hey, girl, how are you!
- Aww, you know, considering, I'm okay.
If you hear any yelling from outside,
it is because everybody is cheering out
their windows for all of our healthcare workers.
- Yes!
- Who are switching shifts right now.
- Essential workers, essential workers!
(intense dance music) I don't know if you know this or not,
but Brita's from New York City.
I just wanna throw that out there.
- Is she?
- (laughs) Yeah, she doesn't talk about it much.
She's really shy about it, it's very weird.
Brita went home and Jan is wrecked.
I mean, she is ruined!
Crying, sobbing, going through it.
- It's a unique position to be in, I think,
to be there with someone who you consider
one of your best Judys, and so I understand
that this, in the pressure cooker
that is filming "Drag Race," all of a sudden,
someone who's like that for you is gone.
I can see it shaking you up.
- Girl, it's like being at summer camp.
You know when you're at summer camp and you're a kid,
and you go there, and everyone, you're like,
"These are literally my best friends in the world,
"I could literally never live without them,"
and then after you leave, you're like,
"Oh, they were cool."
Here's a question, did you cry?
I can't remember, did you cry on "Drag Race"?
- Oh, yeah.
(Bob laughs)
- Couldn't stop crying!
Okay, so now on to the Mini Challenge.
All the girls had to curate this FabFitFun box,
but they had to do it in a way to throw shade.
So, for example, they'd be like, "Yours included
"a bottle of water, 'cause your wig looks thirsty."
So what did you think of this challenge?
- [Alexis] You know what?
I thought this was a really cute Mini Challenge.
Personally, I like this better than the reading challenge.
- [Bob] Okay, so Jackie Cox and Gigi Goode
win this little mini shade challenge, do you agree?
- Yes, I felt that Jackie and Gigi,
and also Widow and Jaida, were particularly
sharp and quick and clever in this,
so I thought it was a good win for Jackie and Gigi.
Jackie is a clever, clever queen, she's a wordsmith,
and this really played to her strengths.
It was really fun.
This was what I said about you.
This was before you were cast on "Drag Race,"
I always said, "When Bob goes on 'Drag Race,'
"Bob will win 'Drag Race' because of what's in here."
- Oh my God!
Are you pointing at your, no.
(Alexis laughs) Because of what's in her rump.
So for the Main Challenge this week,
the girls had to create a completely unnecessary
drag item for the lifestyle brand Droop.
And I also love that in Droop, in the P,
Sexy Broccoli is back again, girl!
(Alexis laughs and claps)
Like, Sexy Broccoli showing up there,
she's the mascot of the season.
I think that it's why Dahlia should
change her drag name to Sexy Broccoli.
- Or it could at least be her social media
handle across all platforms.
- Yeah, Dahlia "Sexy Broccoli" Sin.
All right, so what do you think about this challenge?
- [Alexis] This was a great challenge.
It really gives the girls a chance to shine by themselves.
You don't have the pressure of trying
to lift anybody up in a group challenge,
and it's really a chance for you to get
to show your personality, your creativity,
strength as a solo entity, which is so important.
- [Bob] So who stood out to you
as having a really strong commercial?
- [Alexis] I would have to say my favorites
were definitely Jackie Cox and Heidi.
- Every episode, I fall more
and more in love with Heidi.
Every episode, I'm like, "This queen is just so genuine,
"so funny, so, she's so full of soul and heart."
- Yeah, you know, it just goes to show,
you cannot fake personality.
- True.
- Irresistible.
- [Bob] Jackie Cox had such a clear vision,
such a strong idea of what she wanted to do,
everything from the "stop and go" to the "for you,"
to the "for you."
Everything she did, she really was thinking
very hard about what she was doing,
and it came off flawlessly.
- [Alexis] Of course, we like to build the drama
when we're watching "Drag Race,"
so it was hard to tell how her concept
was gonna translate to the final product,
and (laughs) Bob Harper certainly didn't
make us any more confident.
I saw the thirst in those bitches' eyes
when he walked into the room, and honey,
I know how how that feels
(slow clapping) when you are at "Drag Race"
and you are thirsty, and a man comes in the room.
Baby, it's how I feel right now
during this quarantine, bitch.
- Yeah, at this point, when the Uber Eats guy
drops off our food, I'm like, "You wanna hang out?"
Uh-huh. - I take my dog out
for his walks during this quarantine.
The most action I'm getting is watching joggers running by.
I'm like...
- Oh, joggers make the world go round.
That's the real tea.
- [Alexis] Really liked Jackie's,
and I thought it was so hilarious
how she was like, she was producing.
I know a thing or two about producing TV work.
- She coming for your title, girl,
she coming for your title!
- You know what?
Jackie can join the ranks of Alexis Michelle,
Monique Heart, and now Jackie Cox,
as television producers on "Drag Race."
- Y'all could do the drag version of "The Producers."
- Absolutely!
- Called "The Produce-Hers," get it?
Anyone? (Alexis chuckles)
All right, (beep) you guys, that was really funny.
So when Crystal was trying to do her commercial,
and describing it, I was so confused.
I was like, "What the (beep) is going on?"
Did you get anything out of that?
- I'll tell you what I got out of it.
Crystal continues to be half of my trade of the season,
and I don't know what she was doing,
but I was turned on sexually during her filming.
- Quarantine is real!
Coronavirus!
- I like the mullet, I like those juicy thigh pads, mmm!
(Bob chuckles)
- [Bob] Who struggled during that commercial for you?
- I could tell that Widow and Gigi
were a little bit low-energy and hard to translate,
and then on the other side of things,
it seemed like Jan came in with all the energy.
I have to say, to my daughter's credit,
we both come from a theatrical background,
and you're always taught in theater, don't do too little,
it would be better to do too much,
and the director will tell you to reel it in.
- It is much easier to rein someone in
than it is to, "Please give me more,
"please do more than what you're doing.
"I need more than that."
So I feel that.
Oh my God, the category is Black Wedding!
These girls look so good!
- What a gorgeous runway, gorgeous.
- They just, oh my good, they all look so amazing!
- Yes, really beautiful.
A strong week for many of these girls.
- [Bob] So which look on the runway was your favorite?
They were all so good, it's hard to pick!
- [Alexis] My two favorite looks on this runway
were definitely Jan and Crystal.
- [Bob] Crystal's look was so much different
than everyone else's.
She was really going for this, the dust
and the rotted and the falling apart and the really.
And Michelle finally gave her some frost.
Michelle said, "You are switching up your."
I think we've seen more makeup versatility
from Crystal than anyone in the competition.
- [Alexis] And where Crystal excelled
was, it was so conceptual.
- [Bob] Why don't you talk about Jan's look?
- [Alexis] I think Jan is a terrific makeup artist,
and I think that her makeup was a true high point tonight.
Really, really knows how to beat them up.
And I felt that the feathers and the proportion
of the skirt were so exquisite and so couture
from the front, and then there was a little bit
of a concept when she turned around
and it said, "I Don't."
- [Bob] Yeah, 'cause she took the ring
off and threw it down, that was fierce.
My question for Gigi is, was that a wedding dress?
- [Alexis] I do think that that was
a silhouette that brides wore.
What I do love about Gigi pretty much every week
on the runway is how incredibly referential she is.
- [Bob] Yeah.
- [Alexis] You glance at it, you know what it is,
you know where the inspiration came from,
and it fills you with this satisfied feeling of nostalgia.
- [Bob] Yeah, all of her looks have
a frame of reference, which I appreciate.
Whose look was your least favorite?
- [Alexis] Jaida, who is one of the most
stunning queens I've ever seen and worked with,
looks beautiful every single week on the runway,
but for me, there was no innovation in that bride.
- [Bob] I'll give you that there wasn't
a lot of innovation, but she just looked so good.
- [Alexis] Don't get me wrong,
I think she is the most stunning.
And, for the record, what the hell
was Michelle Visage talking about,
calling her the dark horse of this competition?
She's a front-runner!
Heidi wore the world's smallest veil
(laughs) and biggest shoulders!
- [Bob] Yeah.
You just kinda go, just her forehead.
(laughs)
- Hey, Bob, say hi to George.
- Oh, hey, George, how are you?
- Good.
- (chuckles) Looking adorable.
How long have you had this little cutie?
- I adopted George about a week before everything
got locked down with quarantine,
and thank goodness I got him when I did.
I didn't know how crazy things were gonna get,
but he has been a great savior
and addition to the household.
- The time has come.
Ru is not (beep) around this season, girl.
Two times already, she has asked the question,
"Who should go home?"
Every girl, including Widow, says Widow.
Every single girl said Widow.
Can I just say, to anyone watching,
if you are gonna be on season 13, or 14, or 29,
or "All Stars," or whatever, or if you're going
to be on "Project Runway," "Biggest Loser,"
or if you're just gonna be on
"The Great British Baking Show,"
when they ask you who should go home, do not,
under any circumstances, say your own name.
I mean, don't even put your name in the sentence.
Don't even whisper your name.
Don't think your name!
Just say anyone.
I would've said RuPaul before I would've said myself!
(Alexis laughs and claps)
- I remember, before I went on "Drag Race,"
I thought, "Oh, lip syncing for your life, that's great!
"That's a chance to show the world what you do."
But when you are there, it is the last place you wanna be.
- When RuPaul said, "The time has come
"to lip sync for your life," you feel that.
You're like, "Oh my God, this is literally life and death."
It is one of the scariest things I've ever done.
Your heart falls into your feet.
And quite frankly, I knew I wasn't going home,
and I was still scared.
After the judges' critiques, we found out
that Heidi has won this week's challenge.
How do you feel about this?
- So excited for Heidi.
She's been shining from her heart
and from her soul and from her talent
throughout the competition, so it's great
to see her have a moment in the sun.
She really deserves it.
- [Bob] Is this an unfair statement?
I wrote this down, I don't know if it's unfair.
I feel like everyone was so happy
that Heidi won because deep down,
we don't think she's gonna win "Drag Race."
- It's great.
Nobody wants to see the front-runners win the whole season.
You wanna see the hills and the valleys,
you wanna see the ebb and the flow of it all,
and so, getting to have this girl
who's totally won our hearts--
- Sorry, I'm laughing. (laughs)
I'm sorry. (laughs)
- What?
- I'm just laughing at myself 'cause you're like,
(Alexis laughs) "No one wants front-runners
"winning the whole season," and I just go...
(chuckles softly)
(Alexis guffaws)
Okay, unfortunately, in the bottom two,
it is Widow Von'Du versus your daughter Jan.
- I understand that maybe Jan was toward
the bottom, but I don't know if she really
belonged in the bottom, and I'm really--
- Mm!
Who belonged there, Mom?
Say their names!
(steady dance music)
- For me, I probably would've put
Gigi in the bottom two, 'cause it was so, so flat.
- But, okay, all right, bitch, let's play the game.
We're getting real now.
If I was RuPaul, and it is once again
"Bob the Drag Queen's Drag Race,"
I would have put Gigi and Sherry in the bottom.
And as soon as I heard them say
Chaka Khan, I was like, "Bye, Jan!"
Watching Widow lip sync earlier in the challenge
and in all the other challenges, she has a certain
soulfulness and essence to her, and Jan is very
♪ Musical theater ♪
She's more "Wicked" than she is "Caroline, or Change,"
you know what I mean?
- [Alexis] You could have seen Jan crumble
under the challenge of this lip sync, but she turned it out.
She was fighting so hard to the end.
- [Bob] Jan didn't founder, it's not like
she didn't do a good job, but this song
was definitely more suited for Widow.
So Widow has won the lip sync and Jan goes home.
Do you agree with this verdict?
- [Alexis] Based on the lip sync, I can see why.
- Now, if Jan is watching this right now,
what do you have to say to her?
Your baby's watching, what do you have to say?
- Jan, I, and not just me, the whole world
is so proud of you.
We are so glad we got to know you,
to see your star power, your talent.
I mean, the girl is already among fan favorites, for sure.
I'm watching how the children are eating for her,
they're living for her, as they should.
So we are so proud of you.
Sorry that it had to go down like this today,
but you did not let anybody down.
- That's so sweet.
And what I would say is, Jan, you still owe me
five bucks from that night at the diner.
I haven't forgot that, bitch. (Alexis laughs)
All right, thank you so much, Alexis, for joining us today.
- Bob, it is always a pleasure being with you,
seeing you, especially from 10 miles away.
(Bob laughs)
- [Bob] Thank you all so much for continuing
to watch the at-home version of "The Pit Stop."
Join us next week, and we'll be watching
episode nine of "RuPaul's Drag Race" season 12.