Everybody say Loni Love.
Oh my goodness.
Thank you for coming in, Ru.
You know what?
I wouldn't miss it.
You are beat down, girl.
Because I knew you were coming.
Oh the makeup is on-point.
That is Glenn Alan.
Thank you, Glenn Alan.
I love it.
Yes, thank you so much.
You know, it's so wonderful to see you.
And thank you so much for making me a part of season
13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
The finale for season 13 was one of the biggest finales ever.
Yes.
What do you think made it such a special season?
Well, I got to tell you.
You know, I went to my doc--
I had my yearly checkup this morning.
And my doctor told me that I have
the prostate of a 25-year-old, so I think it has something
to do with my prostate.
Well, I hope it keeps on ticking for you, OK?
But it was a phenomenal season, and the one thing
that we connect with are wigs.
I mean, you how many wigs do you have now?
Oh.
Oh my goodness.
You know, that's-- is that a trick question?
No.
Because most-- I call my wigs my girls, right?
Right?
So most of the girls are two, because I need the height,
I need the volume.
So for each wig that you see, that's two wigs right there.
So I have no idea.
I got to tell you, though.
I have some wigs I've worn, and I wear on the show
this past season, that are probably
about 23 or 24 years old-- because they're
synthetic so you know.
But they're good wigs, though, do you name them?
Well, some of them are bad wigs.
Yes.
Some of them are really naughty wigs.
Yes.
We like the naughty ones.
They have a life of their own.
And I don't know what they do after dark.
Well, I got about I got about 20 wigs.
tWitch, do you have wigs?
I have one wig.
I have one.
You have one?
I do.
Just the one, darling?
I do.
I mean, I might need help with a collection.
Can we see it?
I think we have a picture.
Yeah, that's your wig, all right.
But we love wigs, and that's what we actually bond over.
But also, the season finale, what I also liked about it
was that you opened up with a performance.
You haven't done that in a long time.
I have not done that long-- you know,
I used to be on the road performing for 30 years
before the show came along.
So I have not performed in a long time, but that was fun.
It made me think I need to go to Vegas and do my own show.
You know?
We were all like, I definitely would pay to see that.
Because RuPaul, you are 60 years old.
How is performing now different from when you first started?
Well without that Boniva girl, I couldn't get up on stage.
Child.
[LAUGHTER]
Not the Boniva.
No, you know what, I stay active.
You know, I was at my trainer this morning
at 5 o'clock in the morning.
And usually, I get up very early.
I get up at 3:30.
And usually I'm on my bike riding around Hollywood
at 4 o'clock in the morning.
LA is so beautiful at that hour, but you
know gramps is in bed by 8:30.
Oh is that the key?
That's the key right there.
Well, you know what, you look fabulous.
And the thing about the franchise is that,
did you ever think that it would blow up like this?
You know, I didn't think it would be this big.
I thought that there are people who enjoy it the way I do.
I love drag.
I love people who don't take life too seriously.
Too seriously.
And who like to have fun.
And I like people who are courageous,
and you know drag queens, throughout history, have always
had to dance to the beat of their own drummer.
So I'm there for anyone who can do that.
I knew that people would love that part of it
and a celebration of drag.
I didn't know it would be as big as it is.
Man, you have so many Emmys.
I mean, I love the show.
Who is the person that you have met that would be the most--
I would say, the person that you would not expect,
you would least expect to enjoy Drag Race?
That's a very good question.
But as I think about that, you mentioned I had eight Emmys.
I still don't have a BET award, or the cable Ace award.
Do you remember those?
Yes.
They still make them?
I don't know, but I want one.
With the BET and the NAACP, we can work on that one.
OK, I got some hookups.
All right, definitely.
All right?
But you know, I was walking into a hotel in New York, George
and I, and Kobe and his wife were in the lobby,
and they said that they watch the show.
And I was surprised by that.
Oh my goodness.
You know what, that is--
it's moments like that you love that you're
doing something good, you know, for the whole country
and everything.
You know, thank you so much for being here.
I'm not done with you yet.
OK.
Because I know you like playing games.
I love me some games.
OK, we gonna play a game when we come-- after this, we'll
be right back.