- The first couple of days, I cried in my hotel room.
You know, we're making TV and we need to throw shade,
so Elektra's an easy target, and it did get tiring.
My experience with Art on the show was not that great.
Honestly, if Raven wants to slide in to my DMs,
she is 100% more than welcome to.
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- Hello and welcome to Drag 'n' Dine,
our weekly drag race elimination show,
where we sit down with the eliminated racers
from "Ru Paul's Drag Race Down Under,"
and today I'm with the lovely Elektra Shock.
Kia ora. (crowd clapping)
- Kia ora.
- How's it all been? What's life like now?
- Life is crazy. Life is crazy.
Instagram is crazy, you know, the DMS are flooding in.
So, you know, it's been a wonderful ride.
- Love that. And, it wouldn't be Drag 'n' Dine
without a little snack,
so what have you brought in for us today?
- I have Cookie Time cookies.
Basically, in primary school and high school,
you can go to your tuck shop,
or you used to when I was a kid,
you go to your tuck shop and you'd get one of these
and they'd heat it up in the microwave,
and you'd waste all your lunch money on them.
So this is very much what I'd be into.
- That's a treat. That's a lunch. That's a meal.
That's a feast. Love that.
So, now we're going to jump into a little segment.
We like to call Wear It or Tear It.
So, one by one,
we're going to go through each of the racers looks
this week, and you're going to tell me if you'd A wear it,
or B tear it.
Our category on the runway this week
was how's your head piece?
Did I say that right? How's your head piece? (laughing)
Piece. All right, let's get into it.
First up, we have Karen from finance.
- Like, to be fair, this runway was fantastic.
Like, everyone, I really think turned it out.
Headpieces, down under? Like, we're in our element.
I definitely would wear Karens.
It was over the top.
It was everything that Karen is.
- All right next up, we have Art Simone.
- I would wear this,
and I would probably wear it without the headpiece though.
That gown it's gorgeous.
That, it's the cage work, it's so,
even to look up close, it is really quite couture.
So, I would wear it.
I would wear it.
But, the one thing I have learned on the show is to edit
and I'd probably take the head piece off.
- Next up we have Kita Mean.
- I know that she could not move in it,
and so much of my drag, and what I do,
is literally rooted in dance performance movement.
I could never wear that
because I just could not perform that.
- Scarlet Adams.
Scarlet, I would tear it.
All of us were beautiful,
but I just think it was an ostrich feather crown thing,
as gorgeous as it was.
- Finally, we had Elektra Shock.
- Wear it, wear it, wear it, wear it, because I did,
and I made it myself, and I love it. and it's cool.
- Now, we're going to dive into some questions.
So, when we first saw you on the show,
I think people really underestimated you.
But, you made it to the top five.
The top five.
- Seven out of eight episodes, not a bad run.
- Not a bad run at all,
and do you think the Queens now see you in a new light?
- I hope so. I really do hope so.
And, I mean, there was already, I think, on my end,
I had a lot of respect for all of those girls, you know?
We all sort of know each other, you know,
whether it be through personal connections or social media.
So, there was so many powerhouses in that room.
I definitely was, you know, the less seasoned queen,
but I definitely think I showed what I bring to drag,
and what I could bring to the show.
So, I hope that, yeah,
I've definitely proved my worth
and they see me as competition,
or they see me as, you know, in the same level as them now.
The first couple of days I cried in my hotel room.
Like, it was hard being constantly the butt of the joke,
and constantly the one that was to receive the shade
because yes, I have so much to learn,
and I have so much more to grow, and I'm excited to do that.
You know, we're making TV and we need to throw shade,
so Elektra's an easy target, and it did get tiring.
It was very, very stressful.
So, it was everyone trying to make the best show
we possibly could, do you know what I mean?
And, be shady, and be funny,
but it, I really did struggle with it.
I sort of, stopped caring what they thought.
To be able to sort of, fall into that a bit more,
and to sort of like, feel more confident in those
has definitely been very, very good for my, you know,
my confidence and my personality,
and that was thanks to the show.
So, after the show, I feel very, very full,
and very, very blessed,
and yeah, as hard as it was, I'm much better because of it.
- This week on the runway,
Ru asked who everyone thought should go home and why.
So, I want to start off first with your answer.
So, you said Art Simone,
and I don't know what was said in the room
but in the edit we saw you say,
it's something on the lines of,
"It's because everyone has had growth,
and you didn't really see that from her."
Do you still stand by your comment?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. I think there was a little bit of contention
when we sort of, came back, and I think, I don't know,
I haven't seen the episode yet,
but Art said to me, they're like,
"Oh, you had so many things you could have said, you know,
that I haven't won a challenge,
but you went on this random tangent."
I was like, no, my experience with Art on the show
was not that great, you know?
And, I've looked up to Art for years, and years, and years,
but she obviously had her own pressure and her own stuff,
you know, her own thing that she was dealing with
in her journey,
and it just meant that we didn't get to connect.
And, I had seen, you know, everyone go through it,
I'd been going through it,
I know Kita had been going through it,
I just watched Karen go through it this episode,
you know what I mean?
And so, yeah, Art was the only one
that I hadn't seen growth from.
And, that was all I could critique of anyone.
- One last question from you.
How's the inside of Raven's room look?
- Oh my God. It's beautiful.
It's gorgeous. Plush satin cushions, satin sheets.
She's got a mini fridge by the side full of red bull,
makeup station, all the free makeup you can possibly want.
Absolutely stunning.
Honestly, if Raven wants to slide into my DMS,
she is 100% more than welcome to, 'cause she's gorgeous.
I think as well with like, with Raven, especially there,
what I was so enamored with was not just, you know,
the physical beauty of Raven, but the skills she comes with,
and the energy, and this sort of like, she paints Ru Paul.
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
Like, how fucking more iconic could you get?
Like, and there's just so much I think that I could learn
from her, and I just was so like, excited, you know?
She made you feel like a kid again and it was cool.
- All right, well that's it for today,
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- Bye.
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