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Hi ugly, it’s me Bussy, and welcome back to Hot or Rot. And today we are viewing episode
7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 3. AKA how to film a season in 10 days. Just kidding,
but we will be discussing the latest tea, rumors, and hot gossip concerning those gaping,
I mean ripping, ten days at the end of today’s episode. River and Willam had a little back
and forth on Twitter and I joined Alaska and Willam on their podcast where we discussed
said matters. We’ll also be taking a look at some of the spicier details from River
and Choriza’s exit interviews so stay tuned for all of that. But first, tonight our queens
were challenged to serve not one, not two, but three looks on the runway in the Miss
Fugly, friend, you’ve gotta love yourself Beauty Pageant. And since each queen served
three looks I’ll be ranking them on how I thought they did as a whole from Rottest
Rot to Hottest Hot. Without any further ado, first up, it’s Scarlett Harlet. Although
she is at the bottom of my list tonight, she had one of my favorite swim wear looks. She’s
giving me crazy cat lady meets Katya’s latex swim wear look from All Stars. I love that
she took this, what is this? Kind of 50s swim wear type of silhouette and then put a crazy
cat print on it. Brilliant for this pageant. Plus she showed us everything you could do
on the runway. Including coughing up fur balls. This looks was Hot. But for her second look,
uh she’s definitely giving Harlet in this look. Now I have to say I was a little bit
confused by the title of this runway category – they called it charity shop chic. So I’m
going to be evaluating them based on the word chicness. Combined with the pageant being
fugly. And unfortunately I don’t think Scarlett met either of those briefs. I think she fell
into the trap here of wanting to actually look good for this runway category which was
a shame because I think it would have been really really easy to just pick out 5 things
that looked ugly. With like chicness being second in priority here, I dunno. I do think
she looks cute though, it’s very sweet 16 going to like homecoming or 30 year old street
walker. One or the other. But unfortunately I do think this dress belongs back on the
rack. It’s gonna be a Rot. And finally for the fugly but fashionable look that she served
tonight, she came out and I immediately thought of like Vicky Pollard, which is pretty close
to what she was actually doing which was apparently kind of giving an homage to Bianca from the
British soap opera EastEnders. Remember they did the BeastEnders soap opera challenge last
season? Which by the way if you didn’t catch it also explains her exit line when she says
“you’re not my mother” to RuPaul. It’s a quote from the show. Anywho, this look,
is it fugly? Absolutely. But is it fashion? Mmm. I don’t see it at all, and since this
is a final look in a beauty pageant, this is where I would expect the girls to be serving
full drama, high drag, maybe some kind of gown, some kind of huge ugly dress, you know,
look by itself I think is really fun, but for the category, it’s not gonna cross the
finish line for me. It’s gonna be a Rot.
Seeing all the different ways the queens interpreted this final runway though really does make
me question what their original prompt was for these looks. Because often what the girls
are told the runways are going to be aren’t exactly what we as viewers hear they are.
For example, Charity Case in her little exit interview thing that she did said that the
spice girls runway that we saw as night of 1,000 spice girls was actually briefed to
them as a look inspired by the spice girls.
Next up, she lives in a pineapple under the sea. Did anyone else get Spongebob’s pineapple
house from her fugly swimwear look? Because that is all I could think about. Her swimsuit
is made out of this like diamond yellow quilted, what looks like sleeping bag material, which
maybe by itself could have been ok had it been a little more stylized. like for example,
with cutouts to the waist to give her a little more like silhouette. And this look I think
does present a certain conundrum because is it fugly? Yes. But I think the real challenge
her was to present looks that were ugly in their own right, yet made sense for the drag
character on the stage. I suppose the one benefit to this look though was that were
she doing death drops and stuff she would be fully padded and protected, but for the
runway, not living for it. It’s gonna be a Rot.
And for her charity shop chic look. I have one question. Miss Vanity, is the [_] still
running? Because beep beep and that bus driver wig [_], iconic in its own right I suppose.
You know I think she overall did a decent job here. They had 60 minutes to pick out
what was essentially leftovers in bins to style a look for this runway. And of the looks
that are presented tonight, hers was more chic than others, like let’s say Scarlett’s
and Crystal’s which we’ll see here in just a minute. So I do wanna give her credit
for looking presentable in this category, however I will say I was a little disappointed
that she went for that same orange colored dress that we have already seen so many times
on her. I would like to see a little bit of variety here. Sue me. All things considered,
I’m gonna leave this look at a Warming Up.
And finally, wow. This is one of the most stunning fugly fashionable looks on the runway
tonight. I think that this dress is a reference to the iconic Naomi Campbell look, the very
same one that Icina Mandella wore an homage to last season. But overall, I loved this
look. I mean, ugly, absolutely. But stunning, absolutely. Vanity, this look is Hot.
And coming in third tonight for me is gonna be Ella Vaday. Her swimwear look is definitely
giving me a Lisa Frank vibe, which I kinda liked. But is this look fugly? Is it bad?
I dunno, it actually kinda just looks like something Ella would wear normally. And while
this look didn’t make a huge splash, it is presentable and ugly enough that I personally
wouldn’t wear it so I’m gonna leave it at a Warming Up.
Now, moving into her charity shop chic look, definitely looks like it came from a charity
shop. It’s ugly. It is ugly. Woo. It’s giving me like sexy secretary that hasn’t
refreshed her closet in 50 years, so I think she did a pretty good job at it, and you know
she styled it well. So I’m gonna give this one a Hot.
And finally, for fugly but fashionable, this look is actually quite a good look. Which
was kind of my challenge with her first two looks, is like she really just kind of looks
like this is stuff that she had in her closet that she’d be wearing anyways, and while
I don’t think its fugly, I do think it meets the level of being in bad taste with the crazy
tartan pattern that it has all through the rouging in the pants and then you know the
sequins draped across like one side of her body but something about it still does kind
of have that like intruiging fashionable runway vibe to it, so gonna give this look a Hot.
Overall, Ella was I think one of the most interesting people to watch on this runway
tonight because she looked presentable in all of her looks and didn’t I think fully
embrace the ugly as much as she could have definitely could have pushed that boundary
a little bit further, but overall I’ve gotta say her looks were strong. I think perfectly
in the middle of the pack.
Next up, Kitty Scott Claus, and fugly fashion taste. First, swimwear look I think she did
a really great job here creating a character. She was having so much fun on the runway,
that I couldn’t help but have fun with her. The crazy mangled wig that she has on top
of her head, the teeth, the silliness and camp of it all was really really fun. And
I think it was absolutely necessary that she had all those little fine tuned details about
this look because kind of like Ella’s, I actually don’t think it’s that fugly?
It kind of just looks like something she would wear for a swimwear category. Were they told
just to bring just a swimwear look and then at the last minute they were told to make
it ugly? I think so. Kitty I’m diving in. This look is Hot.
And as for her charity shop chic look, I love this look on Kitty. It’s so much fun. It’s
terrible but so much fun. And like Ella, she really understood the assignment here. She
styled this so well, created a character, and I understood exactly who this woman was.
This look is Hot.
And for her final look. Is it fugly? Yes. It’s hideous, it’s terrible. Those oversized,
like billowing clown sleeves the name written across the front of the t-shirt and then that
giant blue schmocky dress thing that turns into a skirt, every detail of this is just
horrid. And I think for that half of the brief, yes, she absolutely met that. But is it fashion?
I’m not so sure. To her credit though, Alan Carr did bring up that this look was reminiscent
of the some of the atest Gucci runways. And yeah, I can kinda see that with the oversized
baggy silhouette that she has going on, plus it is trendy to have words kind of blatantly
written across a look. Who was it? I think, let me look at my notes here – Victor Enroll
from 2019 doing that from those tool dresses. However the look I think ultimately lacks
a certain pazazz and edge that would have actually brought it to a fashionable place.
It just feels a little more kitschy than alt couture. So I’m gonna leave this look at
a Warming Up. Since it definitely met half the brief and hey, she served it the house
down boots on the runway. And to that last point, what really made Kitty shine tonight
was her personality more than anything else. She could have been wearing trash bags for
some of those runways and she probably still would have been this high on my list because
she had fun thus I had fun. Thank you Kitty.
Next up, Crystal Versace. In her swimwear look she has hit rock bottom. She’s giving
me great barrier reef apocalyptic couture honey. I love this look. It’s ugly, it’s
gross, and I was so impressed to see Crystal come out in something like this because she
has been I think a little too trapped in serving I’m so pretty I’m so beautiful and here
she stepped outside of her box, she’s versatile as hell. I think she absolutely killed the
swimwear category. This look is Hot. As for her charity shop chic look, at least she did
ok. It’s a little street walkery as Ru said, similar to Scarlett’s, and this look while
it’s not very impressive in that it is basically an LBD, I was gagged, gooped, and shook I’m
still shaking and crying that she took off her makeup for this, took off her makeup for
the next look, and ultimately served us 3 different drag mugs in what? 2 and a half
hours? I can’t even do 1 drag mug in 2 and a half hours. The gumption, the gall, the
audacity of it all! Just for the skill and talent of changing her makeup so drastically
from the first to second look, I’m gonna give that a Hot. But the look itself, kinda
boring. Gonna leave it at a Warming Up.
And finally, ahh! Real Monsters. This runway: beautiful. Edgy. Fun, fugly but fashionable,
literally to a t, meets this runway category. It was very much reminding me of some of those
runways that we saw recently in season 13 for that furry monster category they did.
Everything about it is brilliant. The colors the makeup the giant tongue the eyes the eyes
on the boot, the details of this are so finessed and so perfect and ah, gooped and gagged that
she transformed herself so drastically for these 3 different looks. And I couldn’t
for the life of me understand why not one other girl tonight said that Crystal’s look
was their favorite look. Could just be me though. Let me know what yall are thinking
down in the comments below. Obviously I think this look is Hot.
Now, as for my Hottest Hot, let’s run through those real quickly as we get into the tea
and the drama of it all.
My Hottest Hot for swimwear, Crystal. Charity shop? Kitty Scott Claus, and fashionable but
fugly: Crystal. I also asked my patrons to vote for their Hottest Hots over on Patreon.com/bussyqueen
and they respectivly voted for Crystal, Ella Vaday, and Crystal. Overall, I have to say
I really enjoyed this episode because they took the idea of a ball, and then added a
little bit of freshness to it with the crazy timers and it really made me feel while I
was watching the episode like I was right there kind of panicked with the girls not
knowing what the hell was going to come next. And while I would have given the win tonight
to Crystal overall, I thin the judges made a good call in giving Kitty a much deserved
badge in this competition because she has been shining so much like in Snatch Game and
it was nice to see her get rewarded. And my least two favorite Vanity and Scarlett were
also the judges bottom two tonight and I did react to their lip sync over on my Patreon
at patreon.com/bussyqueen – that’s my members-only website where my patron family
gets exclusive member benefits like early access to my YouTube videos, access to exclusive
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And ultimately I think Ru made the right call tonight, Vanity absolutely slayed that lip
sync and Scarlett deservedly, sashayed away.
Now let’s move into the the moment you all have been waiting for: River Medway vs. Willam.
You’ll remember that several months ago, Willam was hinting that the production for
Drag Race UK 3 was rushed and the mental health coordinator was quitting and they filmed the
season in 10 days and all sorts of crazy hearsay. She since backtracked and then redoubled down
on the 10 day statement. Despite the fact that we’ve even seen evidence in this season
such as like confessionals talking about rehearsing for the next day, that the season wasn’t
filmed in 10 days. There’s no way. And probably due to NDAs none of the queens were chiming
in on this. Or maybe they were just ignoring it? Who knows? But finally I guess River Medway
had enough and on November 1st after her elimination she went off in a series of tweets, the first
one reading “ why does everyone and their sister think they know everything about Drag
Race and how it works? You’re all so dramatic it’s just a fun tv show about drag queens
stop being so rude and hateful.” The next one read, quote “it was filmed in ten days.
Yeah. And we slept in bunk beds and were all locked up in prison cells under the studios.”
Hats off to that one. Of course that got Willam’s attention and Willam responded saying “I’m
just going off what girls who were there told me and Courtney. Wouldn’t be the first time
I wasn’t factual but it’s nice to have something to tweet about, huh?” And River
didn’t reply to that but did finish her series of tweets saying this “so many misconceptions
or things taken out of context and people speaking out about things they have NO clue
about! Just enjoy the show because its pretty fab.” Ten days confirmed? You heard it here
first, as spilled by River Medway. And we did learn a little more about where Willam
got this information on the latest episode of Hot Goss, which if you tuned it, you heard
that I was there for. I brought up that little tweet exchange to Willam and Alaska and Willam
clarified that the person who was giving them the goss was not actually somebody who was
on the set.
“So I’ll tell you where I got my intel if you and we can bleep out the name but a
couple of the other season one and two girls from UK were at for [_] party and all the
girls they were all talking about it and [_] in particular was saying I know right how
to film the season in 10 days, that’s where I got the info about a 10 day season and they
forced it because Ru was going off to film something else.
“So who do you think [_] got that from though? Because obviously she wasn’t on the set
of season 3 was she?”
“No but there were season two girls there and maybe season 3 girls there I forget everybody
that was there.”
Ultimately though I think this whole situation is a great reminder that we should all take
gossip and drama and rumors with a grain of salt. And to enjoy said tea and drama passively.
It’s fun to drink, but there’s a never ending reason to go after anyone for you know,
telling a story about what they heard.
As for River and Choriza’s exit interviews, the tea I have for you from those is that
Miss River apparently couldn’t do her first second or third Snatch Game choice and that’s
how she ended up with Amy Childs and Choriza wanted to do Yellow Mother, aka Marge from
the Simpsons, but couldn’t do for copyright reasons. She also was pretty vocal about how
she felt she did not deserve to be in the bottom, which I agree with, and even said
that looking back at the situation of the double elimination she should have asked RuPaul
to reconsider her decision. Can yall imagine how that would have gone over? Uh. Hm. Wow
I look beautiful.
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do you think deserved the win and what do think about all the drama?
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