RuPauls Drag Race U.K.
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No, like, seriously,where is Ru?
This is not a test.
Boot up the emergency-response system and lets get to the bottom of this.
The gay community no, this nationas a whole cannot lose one of our best and brightest.
Was there some sort of family-emergency scheduling conflict?
Did she get exhausted like stars used to back in the day when they went to rehab?
Was she kidnapped by Extinction Rebellion as some sort of fracked-up protest.
Was she delivering the keynote address at some kindof fracking convention?
Michelle tells us that because of circumstances beyond anyones control Ru couldnt be with them that week.
Now I have a hunch of what could be going on here.MaybeRu has English COVID!
Yeah, the English COVID.Looks like a pump, feels like a sneakier version of the flu.
Its because shes named after an X-Man rather than a heroine in a Jane Austen novel.
Each of the Ru girls and the Queen Team coo with delight when theyre given their assignments.
Unlike when they usually do this challenge, no one seems put out about who they got or why.
Its nice to see them all come together.
Then Lucie says she is queer, and Fleur tells Peppa all about her coming-out journey.
Wait, are all of these ladies lesbians too?
We dont get confirmation on everyone, but it sure seems that way.
Can we focus just on them and call itReTucked?
Peppas life story is actually quite awful.
She talks about growing up on St. Martin with a homophobic father.
First up is Jonbers Blonde and Nan Noir (a.k.a.
Olivia), and theyre in contrasting black and white ensembles with JB as a blonde (duh!)
and NN as a brunette.
They do a little mime shtick in which they have to burst through a wall together.
You know how Ru says everyone loves puppets?
I think they feel the opposite way about mimes.
Pixie Polite and Trixie Truelove (a.k.a.
Even worse, Pixies makeup for Trixie looks like a paint by numbers for a tree trunk.
She says the makeup makes her look older.
Danny Beard and Mizzy Mustache (a.k.a.
Its the Easter Bunny M&Ms come to life.
(Seriously, that happens!
Its in the book!)
Black Peppa and Chili Peppa (a.k.a.
They look like a unit but not a very surprising unit.
Finally, we get Dakota Schiffer and Brigitte Schiffer (a.k.a.
Lucie) and, as always, they look like beautiful ladies.
Brigitte is wearing a baby-doll dress with an equally huge bow.
In fact, its gorgeous, but is it drag?
It just seems like two pretty girls being really pretty.
The judges mostly agree with me because Cheddar takes home the win, quite deservedly.
In the bottom, we have Pixie facing off against Dakota.
Peppa better thank her lucky stars her backstory reveal wasnt also her being-sent-home reveal.
The lip sync itself seems a little bit lackluster.
In the end, Dakota gets sent packing, and Im surprised how emotional it made me.
That might be because she got a teary send-off from Lucie from the Queen Team.
But next week, RuPaul is back, and its going to be an acting challenge.
