hola my sharonas it's michelle visage
welcome to another episode of what
you're packing
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joining me today from new york city is
the one and only
may i call you jiggly jiggly caliente hi
honey hi
michelle of course michelle you can call
me jiggly thank you
miss showing up late because she got
locked out of her airbnb girl
i sure did only jiggly like when they
were like jiggly's running behind i was
like
only jiggly let's talk about our new and
improved jiggly caliente
better head space she's getting
healthier
she's got a new grill look at her she's
just a new woman
bam how did that feel for you when they
called and they said jiggly we want you
back for all stars
six i was like oh should i do this i was
like
you know what why not let's show them
how how i am now
let's show them the new woman let's show
them the new teeth
let's show them the new body i was like
let's just show the whole new thing
that's really exciting because we've
seen a lot of jiggly lately you're
one of the ensemble cast members of the
hit tv show
pose of course we know and love you from
rupaul's drag race season
four oh my god the best season ever
calm down jiggly it's definitely a great
one what i will say about
season four is that it was the season
that
turned the corner for drag race it was
the one
that really started to make the
headlines started to make the news the
cult
following really started in your season
in season four so
i was so happy to see you here on all
stars
and i know you went home sooner than
expected and we'll get into that in a
minute
but look like i always say at least i
had to
go home leaving looking like a pinata i
was like please please
please don't no you went home in a
oversized sweat shirt which is actually
my
kind of like look my go-to look
i definitely okay michelle see this is
always the eyeball okay definitely
more your aesthetic than
the tinfoil on season four
with the hanging arms the baked potato
but what we know is that she can't sew
and that when it came down to the sewing
challenge came up a lot sooner than it
did
she was like i was like why
why i was expecting girl group i was
like this is usually the girl group the
lip sync challenge i was like
okay now i'm about to put this up and
then rupaul says the ball challenge i'm
going
well damn but you know rupaul she likes
to switch stuff up she
doesn't like it predictable she should
but why now
like you couldn't wait till like episode
four you were one of two
of our fabulous trans queens this season
in
all-stars that must have made you proud
to stand up there and represent
it just happened to be at the right time
at the right space
it was really beautiful and i was
honored to be asked to come back
in my new form in all of its glory so i
was really happy to
to represent not just for myself but for
the trans community and then not only do
that by myself but then to have kylie
there too
it felt really good and also to see this
new
i don't want to say new and approved
because you were amazing just as you
were but you've
decided to take control of your health
over the past few years
what was it that said you know what
enough is enough i'm going to take care
of me
because it was a health thing it was an
aesthetic well i ended up in the
hospital
and my heart was only working at 19 ah
yeah 19 yeah
and the doctor said that had i not gone
to the hospital
at the time by christmas i would have
been dead
did you just not feel well i wasn't
feeling well
i couldn't i was having a hard time
breathing and
my brother was like oh maybe go to the
doctor
and i sure went to the er and they
admitted me right away
wow so was it a heart disease thing or
was it i have heart disease already
like heart failure is like genetic thing
in my family
coupled with me being overweight
didn't help the situation i tried little
every kind of diet in the planet and i
know that but then the one thing that i
found that worked for me
was portion control i was like i just
needed to find a way to lose weight
and not lose myself and not go crazy
some people are like oh well how are
they going to call you jiggly i'm like
other things jiggle
it's not like you know i'm like it still
is what it is
i'm so proud of you and i'm proud of
everything that you've done even though
you had a short time on the show
i am so happy that people got to see
jiggly when you came around the corner i
was like
there she is there's my girl and i was
so happy to see you
did you enjoy the time that you had on
the show sweetie seeing your sisters and
seeing everybody
and being able to work under these
circumstances it was nice to just see
human beings
a lot of the girls are my friends so
it's like to see everybody that i'm like
oh my god i love you guys
give me a hug that was amazing
one thing i do want to say michelle is
like i want to thank you so much
for the conversation we had on tour
about me getting surgery and how
none of that would complete me as a
woman because
i am the woman who i am right here
and i really want to thank you so much
for that because
that helps so much in my journey there's
no need to thank me because i saw the
struggle in you and i think
we put so much pressure on ourselves to
become something that society
deems right or normal or acceptable
and i think that needs to be eradicated
i think we need to erase it i think we
need to
not pay attention to it not everybody
can fit that mold
and i think you putting the pressure to
be a certain kind of woman
wasn't fair to who you are you are the
perfect woman
just as you are jiggly you are warm you
are kind you are lovable you are fun
you're funny you're so giving
you can be lazy but i'll kick your ass
on that one but
everything about you is genuine and i
wouldn't change a thing
allow yourself to be the woman that you
are and look at you
you're working non-stop the minute you
came to accept yourself
for who you really are both physically
mentally and emotionally
you became this working non-stop
girl you're a working girl i feel like
as soon as i
started to let go of a lot of things
everything started to fall into place
it's a journey i you know i know that
word is overused in television but
it is a journey to get to where you are
and your journey is really just
beginning jiggly because you're still
young enough kinda you get up there girl
um but you're
you're young enough in your house got up
there that's all right you're young
enough in your in your new
next phase of authenticity and your real
life
and that's what brings me joy to see you
live happily
healthily and enjoying all of everything
that life has to throw at you without
fighting it
i'm proud of you thank you michelle
let's talk about this beautiful jlo
number you got up here well this is
because i wanted to show
my body journey and it wasn't a big girl
thing or whatever like now i'm happy
in this in the shell no matter what size
you are you can find that
beauty within yourself and i know that's
super cliche or whatever but
it's a thing that when it hits you it
it it hits you like you know nobody can
tell you anything now and that's why i
was like you know what let me get
versace in my in my size yeah
you know what though jiggles it might
feel cliche to you
but if it was so cliche then everybody
would do it
we say it because a we need to hear it
ourselves
and b maybe it could help somebody else
in their journey for self-love
and you know happiness it's not going to
happen overnight nobody falls in love
overnight like that right you have to
find
little things and little things and
little things i like this about myself
i like this about myself you just
constantly find things
and then at some point it's like well
i'm in love with me now
yes i'm proud of everything that you've
done i'm proud of everything that you're
going to do
and most importantly i'm proud of you
and i love you jiggly caliente
thank you i love you too michelle you
know i was more worried about you
you should be worried i really was more
worried about cause i'll kick your butt
all the girls were like you know like we
could get away with with ro
because we would be like okay right but
michelle be like
that and it's that finger so is that
that's my job though
you know ross and carson they're there
to bring comedy and and
ross adds his little stories i'm there
to just say listen
i want you to be the best that you can
be i am rooting for you but it ain't
gonna happen like that
so we're gonna find a way to make it i
tried to
i had tried i love you jiggly thank you
so much
i love you stay safe stay healthy i wish
i could hug you
i'll you soon i'll hug you soon
okay sweetheart love you i love you
that's another episode of what you're
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