- Wait, what?
Who would I say Adore is?
Adore is
hot.
That bitch is hot.
Funny, alcoholic (laughs) who must be stopped.
No, she's
she's
an insecure superhero (laughs).
That's what that bitch is.
(wistful music)
Adore, before Drag Race, was a loner.
I mean, she still kind of is, but she was a baby
that was on a television show, briefly,
and the community that she was jumping
into didn't want her, in the beginning.
They thought that I was just kind of going
from fish pond to fish pond, in that
I was just gonna take some of my Internet fame,
that I got from my 15 minutes of fame
on television, back in the day,
and bring it to their community,
and kind of steal what they've been working for.
And I understood that, but I also understood
that I had to work twice as hard
to kind of prove myself, and let them know
that this is the path that I'm choosing.
And I always wanted to have makeup involved
in my life, with singing.
And I think they got it, after awhile,
but they were not kind to me, in the beginning (laughs).
I think, after American Idol, I felt the urge
to kind of get back into the entertainment industry.
I felt like there were a lot of doors
that were closing, after that,
that kind of lit a fire up my ass, for sure.
- Hello, racers, and welcome
to the starting line of RuPaul's Drag Race.
(cheering)
- I was captivated.
I was just like, there's no way
there's an America's Next Top Model with people like us.
I felt like the little babies are feeling, now.
I can't even imagine seeing that when I was 12.
I'd be like, "Whoa, my life's gonna be so different!"
I even told my mom, she's like,
"You told me the same thing for Idol."
I was like, I didn't even say,
"Oh, this is something I wanna try to get on."
I was like, "I'm getting on that show when I'm old enough."
I told her that, I was like, "It's a wrap."
I'm home!
(beep) yeah, I'm the first one.
My name is Adore Delano.
I'm 23 years old, and I'm a (beep) Libra.
I'm so excited I can pee!
I feel like a complete different person,
looking back at season six.
I feel like I just wanna hold that poor little child.
I'm like, "Aw!"
Because, I mean, I remember the feeling of walking in.
I was like, "Oh, my gosh," because I remember the girls
from before Drag Race were not so kind.
I mean, a lot of them were saying,
"If she makes it on, I'm gonna quit drag."
And I'm like, "Well, bitch (laughs mockingly)!
"You're still doing it, ho!"
It was crazy to have these
crazy pivotal moments in your life.
The way your brain is shifting,
being recorded and televised.
It's really cool to kind of have
that documented, for sure, especially when you're stoned,
and you're just watching a marathon.
You're like, "Whoa, that's not me!"
It's something that I'm forever grateful for,
that's documented, because looking back,
even three years, I'm like, "Who is that kid?
"Bless him!"
But yeah, I don't know.
It was a crazy (beep) journey.
♪ My name is Adore Delano ♪
♪ Everybody loves it when I sing ♪
♪ My vocal tone's to die for ♪
♪ And I am in the top three ♪
When I got to the top three, I thought
it was going to be between Bianca and I.
I think it was way more Bianca, because she was consistent.
And I have the feeling of winners, when they walk
into the room, I mean, Raja and Sharon, I just kinda know.
I had that feeling, and when they merged
our groups together, I volunteered,
and I was like, "Oh, I'm in trouble."
I knew who she was before, and I was like,
"Oh, my god, she's not to be (beep) with."
Goddamnit (laughs).
Why me?
- The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race,
America's next drag superstar,
is...
Bianca Del Rio.
(cheering) (upbeat music)
- I love this store.
Okay, we need coats involved, here.
When I'm shopping out, I know
exactly what I want to look for.
I go to the flannel section.
I mean, you can never have too many flannels.
And I'm from LA.
It makes absolutely no sense why I need all of these coats,
but I feel like I need them in my possession.
I know exactly what I like, for sure.
If it's pleathery, or if it looks like
it probably stinks after the fourth show,
I'm probably gonna want it.
It's usually this Marilyn Manson,
black, kinda furry bear coat, that goes kind
of a little below the ass.
You can hide all your feelings
in a coat, and all your things.
Like it.
You know how, when I said that
I felt like a different human, on season six.
Okay, yeah.
Same thing.
(rock music)
Meow.
- Yes!
(laughing and cheering)
- My name is Adore Delano, and I'm a messy slut.
I'm known for being really messy.
I looked, felt, that whole energy was so bad.
That was after we wrote my second album,
and that was just at a really, really (beep) up place.
I had lost my dad, hadn't dealt with it.
I had flown and canceled a few gigs
to be with my mom and my family,
and I still was not dealing with that.
And then I had some other personal issues,
and I didn't wanna do it.
And I ended up doing it, anyway,
and that was documented, and I'm an (beep), and that's it.
That's what it comes down to.
I'm thinking of going home.
- Of tapping out?
- I think so.
- [RuPaul] Why?
- I regret saying, "Yeah," to all sorts,
so yeah, I should've waited, probably, a year.
I knew it when I saw the girls.
I just felt it.
The dynamic was shifted.
It was weird, and I was just like,
"This is not for me.
"They want this.
"They're dying for that $10,000 tip.
"They want that."
I had conversations with Coco that I was like,
"After this, dude, I'm gone.
"You guys are gonna kill each other for this."
As I see Michelle outside, a bunch of emotions are coming.
I'm upset.
I'm confused.
I watched the episode.
I went home, I think in my house.
I remember I was crying.
I was like, "This is embarrassing.
"This is humiliating."
I made peace with it, yeah.
I haven't talked about it in awhile,
but yeah, I watched recently, and I'm like,
"Who the (beep) is that?
"Girl, get your shit together."
I think all of 2016 I could've done differently.
Yeah.
I think, well, that was the year
when I was doing stupid (beep),
when the things you get offered
that you don't really want, when you're drunk enough,
sometimes you will say, "Yeah,"
and that's one of the main things
I tell the new girls, is to always say, "Yes,"
when you wanna say, "Yes."
Don't do it because it's cool, because it'll (beep) you.
I didn't get hooked on drugs,
but it just became too cute, and too often,
and too around, in the backstage areas,
that I had to put my foot down, and be like,
"That can't be around me, around work,
"because it starts to eat at your creativity,
"and it starts to kinda warp your mind,
"and if you're not ready for that,
"then it'll kick your (beep) ass."
I learned how to balance my life
and my work last year, I think, when I moved to Seattle.
I was just like, "I need to take back time
"for myself, and kinda gain perspective
"on what's going on, and what's happening
"in my life, and who's around me."
I don't know, I just wanted to
not be popular, for a seconed.
And that sounds really stupid,
but after awhile, you just don't wanna be seen.
And it's like, I wanted that for a year.
And even though I did go crazy,
and I still was working sometimes,
but I wanted just to not be so,
I don't know.
I don't know, I'm still figuring my (beep) out,
but Seattle was a lot to get through.
(inspirational music)
I just want to have happiness and success
for myself and my family, ultimately.
I know that sounds really pageant-ey,
but that's what you work for.
I work for my mom, and I work for my family, or for myself.
So I think that, and I wanna get into acting,
but other than that, I mean, whatever.
I don't think Adore's ever gonna die.
She's the leading superhero in my life.
Whenever I have to deal with anything,
even my lawyer tells me, he's like, "Honestly,
"I have to talk to you like this?
"What would Adore do?"
It's very that, though, because you have
to put on that gig, and I'm always like, "Okay."
So she's my superhero.
(hopeful music)