By The Lady Cocotte RuPaul is set to announce the Season 4 winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars tonight. The All Stars franchise is notoriously tricky. Nothing in Season 1 made sense. Season 2 was plagued by favoritism (RoLaskaTox) and bribery (insert snake emoji). In most circles, it’s still not safe to mention Season […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Discussion: Sex and the Kitty Girl
By The Lady Cocotte RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is back with one last challenge before the finale. After last week’s scandalous elimination, the queens are willing to do whatever it takes to win. Join us for a rollicking discussion of every flounce, every ruffle, every backstab along the way. Warning: This post (and comments) […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Discussion: RuPaul’s Best Judy’s Race
By The Lady Cocotte It’s taken me a lot longer than it should to admit I’m not able to recap RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4. It’s been a great season so far. Gia Gunn, the obnoxious villain. All of Monét X Change’s leotards. The delusion of Jasmine Masters. And Latrice Royale. And Valentina. My […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Roast in Peace
By The Lady Cocotte I’m not very active on Twitter but a highlight of my life was a retweet from Lady Bunny. Talk about drag legend. It’s not that she’s been RuPaul’s best friend since Michelle was Michael. It’s not that she forced drag into daylight with the Wigstock festival. It’s not even her uproariously […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Jersey Justice
By The Lady Cocotte There are a handful of things RuPaul loves. iTunes residuals. A well tailored suit. And his two best Judys, Judge and Visage. RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Jersey Justice is an ode to Ru’s second fiddle. Merle who? This is Michelle country. It’s not much of a stretch to see Drag […]
A Very Late RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Snatch Game of Love
By The Lady Cocotte with purple pen by Tamara Tattles Sorry for the late RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars recap. Drag is my first love (sorry not sorry) but the holidays belong to family. Now I’m ready to ring in the new year with an All Stars version of Snatch Game. Our recent convert Tamara […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Super Girl Groups, Henny
By The Lady Cocotte Stacy Layne Matthews’ triumphant return to the Drag Race stage evokes vaseline-smeared memories of the franchise’s early days. Before she was hailed as drag royalty by her RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars hosts, Stacey was an unpolished queen from Backswamp, North Carolina. Her season 3 arc was dominated by heckling from […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 4 Premiere: All Star Super Queen Variety Show
By The Lady Cocotte The RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 4 cast is an experienced and talented group. They’re ready to wow from the minute they enter the workroom. Monique Heart and Gia Gunn show up in similar religious iconography, like bridesmaids at competing Catholic weddings. Monique is excited to prove what she can […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Holi-Slay Spectacular
By The Lady Cocotte For some of you, the RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular heralds the Christmas season. For me, it’s a sign that RuPaul has a holiday album to sling. Mama Ru is the Bethenny Frankel of drag. She can, and will, sell everything. So here we are, watching Trixie Mattel (season 7, disputed […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 4 Cast Announcement
By The Lady Cocotte I crave glitter. Paillettes. Sequence. Maribou. Wrap me in pink tulle and my problems melt away. So it’s no surprise that RuPaul’s Drag Race is my happy place. But Drag Race is more than idle distraction. In an angry world, the bravest man in the room is wearing a dress. My […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 Coronation
By Lady Cocotte It had been sunny and humid for days. Then, on Monday, the sky opened and it poured. Of course it did! I had tickets to the RuPaul’s Drag Race Coronation across town. I gritted my teeth and headed into the wet. It’s all for drag. At least I don’t have to […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Grand Finale
By Lady Cocotte This is it, chickadees. The Grand Finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race ! Half the fun of the finale shows is seeing who is in the audience. Tyra Sanchez (S2), looking classy and graceful and not at all like she wants to wring my neck (you’ll understand if you’ve read my story about […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Countdown to the Crown
By Lady Cocotte This one is going to be short because I’m super busy getting ready for my trip to NYC and I don’t usually like these recap shows. I’m also heavily medicated (I’ve had really bad travel anxiety the past few years) so take everything I say with a grain of salt. RuPaul looks […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: And The Rest Is Drag
By Lady Cocotte The girls make their way into the workroom and you can tell they’re all genuinely upset about Katya leaving. Kennedy Davenport reads Katya’s message on the mirror: “Девочки! Я вас любитЬ! If you need me, you know where to find me. (The dumpster out back) XOXO Katya AKA The Brooke Hogan of […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Hello, Kitty Girls!
By Lady Cocotte Ginger Minj leads the girls back into the workroom, cursing the whole way. She just lip-synced for her life and sent Trixie Mattel home. The girls read Trixie’s message on the mirror: “WTF Just Happened?!? #GirlBye, Thx Pearl. Stay Plastic <3 Spoiler Alert Trixie Mattel Doesn’t Win LOL’” and Ginger is having […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Prancing Queens
By Lady Cocotte The girls enter the workroom in their ugly dress regalia. All that’s left of Miss Fame is her message on the mirror: ”Continue to inspire. You are incredible! I love you. FAME.” Violet Chachki moans that she’s going to miss Miss Fame and makes a stink face when the other girls don’t […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Divine Inspiration
Guest Blog By Lady Cocotte Jaidynn Diore Fierce is gone and no one seems to notice (“Stay Fierce! Werq that puss! I love you all xoxo Jaidynn Diore Fierce <3”). Ginger Minj talks about being on the bottom for the first time. “This was my wakeup call. Ginger, you’re better than this. Pull it together.” […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Conjoined Queens
By Tamara Tattles Guest Blogger Lady Cocotte The Queens spend a few seconds mourning Max’s departure while Jaidynn Diore Fierce cleans her farewell message off the mirror (Stay kind. Stay gracious. Stay humble. I love you, darlings. Xx Max). But before you can ask “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Snatch Game
By Guest Blogger Lady Cocotte Kandy Ho has sashayed away and all that’s left is her final message on the mirror: Everything happens 4 a reason, pero la vida continuo! Big things will come! Kandy Ho xoxo. Jaidynn Diore Fierce is clearly exhausted from being on the bottom, both mentally and physically. “I survived the […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Ru Hollywood Stories
By Lady Cocotte RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Ru Hollywood Stories As the girls head into the workroom, things feel different. For the first time in several episodes, no one was shocked at who went home. They read Mrs Kasha Davis’ goodbye message (“Love to the moon and back, MKD”) and Kandy shares an interesting theory. […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: The DESPY Awards
By Lady Cocotte RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: The DESPY Awards In the workroom, the girls are stunned by Pearl’s victory over Trixie Mattel. I don’t blame them. I’m still shocked myself. Pearl is “over” the judges. She clearly isn’t taking their words as constructive criticism. “I think I have great energy,” she declares. Lots of […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Spoof! (There It Is)
Guest Blog By Lady Cocoette We start with the girls entering the workroom after saying goodbye to Jasmine Masters. Her message on the mirror: “Best of luck ladies, love J Masters.” The girls feel a void left by Jasmine’s departure. For Kennedy Davenport it was a bittersweet win since they were friends. She gives […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: ShakesQueer
By: The Fabulous Lady Cocotte Once again, we start back at the RuPaul Drag Race workroom. Sasha Belle has sashayed away and everyone gets to read her message on the mirror: “Love you, mean it! Ging for the win.” Lots of scowls from the other Queens. Ginger Minj tries to hide her pleasure but she […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Glamazonian Airways
By: Guest Blogger Lady Cocotte Start your engines, fellow Drag Race fans. It’s that time again. And may the best woman win! Let’s start at the end: the girls go back to the workroom after Tempest DuJour sashayed away. Everyone’s pretty shook up, not because they care about Tempest per se, but seeing someone leave […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season Premiere: Born Naked
Yesterday, Banjo’s lawyer, @SarahK7272 was demanding a RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap and this morning one suddenly appeared in my inbox. This is great news because if your pet has an attorney, it’s best to keep the pet and the attorney happy. So without further ado, Here is a guest recap by frequent TamaraTattles.com commenter, Cocotte. Cocotte, […]