![]() ![]() ![]() “Honestly, if I sat down and tried to get approval from someone on what I want to do with my life, I would never have gotten anything done. I get to look at all of it, and I welcome all of it.” I've seen my face drawn beautifully, and I've seen it drawn horribly and I've seen it strikingly resemble the devil. I even came back and told friends of mine that I was nice the first five episodes, not knowing that really wasn't the case. “I didn't even remember what I said or what took place. BIANCA DEL RIO SERIES“It all kind of mashes together, because we're doing this every day over a series of weeks,” Del Rio says. Whether you’re a Drag Race fan or have never seen an episode, you’ve more than likely come across a meme with some variation of Del Rio’s catchphrase “Not today, Satan! Not today.” When recording the confessionals during her stint on Drag Race, Del Rio had no idea that her little quip would result in the creation of GIFs, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, and T-shirts, including one infamously worn by former The View host Candace Cameron Bure. ![]() There is no right or wrong way to do drag.” And I think it is important to be seen, without a doubt. Over the years I've done drag, I've done it with several drag kings and I've done it with women who were in drag. ![]() Honestly, if I sat down and tried to get approval from someone on what I want to do with my life, I would never have gotten anything done. “I am so sick of everybody going, ‘Drag should be this, drag should be that,’” Del Rio says. Del Rio says she supports Scone and shuts down the gatekeepers of drag. But the interesting thing is just being back amongst people, because normally I hate everyone, so this has been nice to actually be back on the road and have audiences.”ĭel Rio has found inspiration again in the two years since she last toured, digging into the subjects she most wants to discuss: political events, the pandemic and the “52 spin-offs of RuPaul’s Drag Race” during her tour.Īmong the various Drag Race spin-offs is RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, where Victoria Scone made "herstory" after competing as the franchise’s first cisgender woman queen. “I just say ‘normality,’ meaning masks are now normal, washing your hands every five minutes is normal, although I've always washed my hands a lot. Making people laugh “energizes” the queen, and she is happy to experience somewhat of a sense of normalcy. Nevertheless, Del Rio considers herself “one lucky bitch” to be touring again and entertaining the masses. It certainly didn’t help that Facebook and Instagram were down the day before our interview. “Each city, you're kind of in and out, and only through social media do I know what day it is.” “You really have no concept of time when you’re on the road,” Del Rio says. Don’t ask her to give you a time frame she completely loses her sense of time while touring. We caught up with the entertainer in between stops on her tour, which has been going on for weeks. The RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 winner will grace the stage at Majestic Theater with her irreverent presence on Monday, Nov. ![]()
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