16x14 - Booked & Blessed

[bunniefuu]

Oh my God.

[Laughing]

I'm trying to
self-Truman Show myself.

All privacy, I think
to you, in some way,

represents suppression
of who you are.

It's exhibitionist.

But what's wrong with that?

Woman: Take the
desire from my son

to be with a male,
in Jesus' name, I pray.

Yes, I bring in cameras,
and yes,

I'm afraid to have these
conversations without them.

I might need one
more layer, actually.

[Laughing]

I'm revealing too much.

♪

- [singing] MTV

- Previously
on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

You need to transform
these dancers

from RuPaul's Drag Race Live

into devastating drag queens.

Morphine.

- Where you lose me is the look.

- Sapphira.

- The outfits are different,
so it is telling

a completely different story.

- Plane Jane.

- When y'all rounded the corner,

it was like the power
just hit us in the face.

- Condragulations.

You are the winner
of this week's challenge.

[light applause]

Sapphira, shantay you stay.

Morphine, sashay away.

- Oh!

[dramatic music]

- Ooh.
- Oh, my goodness.

- I'm really sad that Morphine
has been eliminated

just because I know how bad she
wanted to make it to the end,

but I'm also excited because
I made it to the top four.

- It's going to be
so boring without Mo.

"I'm rooting for all of you.

Morphine Love Dion."

- We love you, Morphine.
- Oh, my sister.

- How are you feeling, Sapphira?

- This was not
a part of my fantasy.

- That lip sync was probably
my favorite

of the entire season thus far.

- When she said, Sapphira,
I was expecting her to say,

Morphine, shantay, you stay,

because Morphine's sickening.

It's going to be
so different without her.

- It is.
There's a quiet.

[laughter]
I'm going to get a BBL.

And I'm going
to Morphine's doctor.

Bye, girl.

I think the queens
are living that I finally

have shown some vulnerability.

I've been the juggernaut, bitch.

They're like, yay, finally,

perfect Sapphira is not perfect.

But if these queens think

that because I was
in the bottom once,

it's going to affect me at all,

they should know me better
by now.

[groans]

- First of all, congratulations.

- Thank you.

Oh, my gosh, thank you so much.
- Yes.

- Welcome to the Four Wins Club.

- Oh, I almost didn't make it.

- For the first three people,
they hate leotards.

But they got to you,
and they loved it.

- Ooh.
- [laughs]

- It's not just
about the costume.

It's about the makeover.

It's about
the family resemblance.

It's about how we made
our makeovers feel.

And your bitch was dressed
like a Muppet, so...

- You're sickening... a concept.
- A concept.

- You wouldn't know
anything about it.

- Yeah.
- Oh, is that so?

Okay.

Q and I definitely have

sort of like a sibling
rivalry at this point.

We like tormenting
each other a little bit,

but, you know, there's always
some truth to the jabs.

- Breast cups and leotards
and shoulder pads, mama.

- Talk to the scoreboard, baby.

- Well, there's been plenty
of people with high scoreboards

that haven't won
this competition.

- Not a lot, though.

Speaking of the scoreboard,
let's tally it up.

Let's start with the lowest.

- That's Nymphia with 1.25.

[laughter]

- Well, if I'm 1.25,
technically,

they're only 3 1/2 wins,

so 2 wins and 2 wins.

- 4 and 4.

- I don't have as many wins
as, like, Plane or Sapphira.

But I definitely
think that maybe

some of the wins that they have
should have been mine anyways,

so I'm just going to count
those mentally.

- How's everyone feeling
now that we're the top four?

- I'm feeling sickening!

I'm feeling, like, so great.

- I'm just praying to the gods
above that the next challenge

has nothing to do
with any comedy writing

or writing of any sort.

- Do you watch the show, Tamar?

[laughter]

- You made it to the end.

Does that not prove to yourself
that you are sickening

and you are that bitch?

- At some point, you gots
to start believing it.

- Deep down, I know
what needs to be done,

but everyone's so good.

It will definitely be
a battle and struggle.

- Whoo!
All: Top four.

- Top four!

All: [chanting] Top four!
Top four! Top four! Top four!

- Booty-licking good.
- Yeah!

- Oh!

- As much as I love my sisters,
it's game time.

It is all about me now.

These queens should be shaking
in their boots

that I'm still here.

Shake in your boots while
I walk in my biscuit heels.

It's about to go down.

[dramatic music]

- Aah!
- [laughs]

[engine turning over]
- [singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"

The winner
of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

receives a one-year supply

of Anastasia Beverly Hills
cosmetics

and a gag-worthy grand prize
of $200,000,

served by Cash App.

With extra-special
guest judge Ronan Farrow.

[singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race,"
may the best drag queen win

Best drag queen win

- Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

It's a new week
in the Werk Room.

And we are the top one, two,
three, four.

We're definitely not sure

if there's going to be
elimination.

We're hoping it's
going to be a top four,

but, you know, you never
with "Drag Race."

- Where is everybody?

I don't know.
- Oh, my God!

- It's like I can breathe.

I feel free to just be me now.

- Who have you been
the whole time?

- Bitch, who knows?

- No, what I mean is
the happy version of me.

- Happy version?

- Yeah, I feed off
of other talented individuals.

And I feel like everyone
here is very talented.

And we kind of got rid
of the rabble and the scraps.

- [laughs]
The rabble and the scraps.

She loves to just get
her little licks in.

But if you try to lick her,
she'd be like...

- She stands up.
- [roaring]

- Hello, hello, hello.
- Yes!

- Hey!

- My top four queens.
- Hello.

- Condragulations on making it
to the semifinals.

Now, before we leave
these hallowed halls,

I want to share some advice.

Stay kind.
Stay humble.

And don't be afraid
to play the fool.

Oh, Pit Crew.

- Oh.
- Ooh.

- Hey.
- Ooh.

- Hello, hello, hello.
- I don't like this.

- Safety first.
- Oh.

- Now, for today's
Mini Challenge,

you'll be lip-synching
for your life...

underwater.
- Oh!

- What?

- That's right... aqua boogie.

- I am gagged.

I am shook.
I do not want to get in water.

It is too early for this sh*t.

- Now, you got ten minutes

to get into quick swimsuit drag.

And then I'll meet you
at the pool.

Let's go.
[all squeal]

- I like yellow!
- [warbling]

- Time for a swim.

- Well, that doesn't fit.

- I don't like the view
that I'm seeing right now.

[laughter]

- All right, my little mermaids,

it's time
to play Kiddie Pool Karaoke.

Now, one at a time,
you'll submerge your faces

and deliver
a breathtaking lip sync.

Sapphira, assume the position.

Wow, look at those jugs.
My goodness.

And they're waterproof,
aren't they?

- And they're far apart.

- Where did you get those?
- We got our ways.

- You're not going to tell?
- Uh-uh.

- You got a breastplate
connection, girl?

- I got a breastplate
connection.

- [laughs]
All right, come on, Pacoima.

Hey!

- Let's do it.
- [laughing]

Let's fire up that track.

[RuPaul's "Kitty Girl" plays]

Oh, it's hypnotic.

Oh-ho-ho-ho!

[whistle blows]

Is that what you call
a breaststroke?

- [singing] Hey, kitty girl

It's your world

When you walk the street,
steppin' to the b*at

Hey, kitty girl

Get your twirl

In the disco heat

you're the
boogie-body-rockin' queen

- RuPaul is trying
to waterboard us.

I truly hope to never
have to do this again.

- [singing] Like the world
is your run... run... runway

People say that
when the dog is away

Kitty cats are going
to come out and play

Hey, kitty girl

It's your world

When you walk the street,
steppin' to the b*at

Hey, kitty girl

Get your twirl

In the disco heat

You're the
boogie-body-rockin' queen

Boogie-body-rockin' queen,
boogie-body-rockin' queen

You're watching Adult Swim.

[laughter]

Boogie-body-rockin' queen,
boogie-body-rockin' queen

Boogie-body-rockin',
boogie-body-rockin'

Boogie-body-rockin' queen,
oh, oh, oh

[laughter]

Well, I guess not everybody
knows the lyrics to my song.

[laughter]

Well, well, well,
just when you thought

it was safe to go
back in the water...

The winner of your final
Mini Challenge is...

[upbeat music]

Sapphira.
- Yes!

- You've won a trip for two

to the Almar Resort
and Mantamar Beach Club

in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

- Oh, that's fun.
- Ooh, fun.

- Airfare included.

- PV?

Oh, my God.

It makes drowning
myself worth it.

- Now, ladykins,
earlier this season,

we had fun doing
a book cover Mini Challenge.

But now, as the top four queens,

I want you to dig deeper.

Inspired by my memoirs

"The House of Hidden Meanings,"

for your final Maxi Challenge,
I want you to put pen to paper

and write stories
about your life.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- We have to, ta-da,
write our own book.

I did say I hope
this week's challenge

has nothing to do with writing,
and, um...

- Then you need to come up

with a catchy title
for your book.

Next, you'll pose
the Random House down

for a cover sh**t

with celebrity photographer
Albert Sanchez.

- Ooh.
- Ooh, fabulous.

- Last but not least, each
of you will be interviewed

by the award-winning podcaster,

the co-host
of "Las Culturistas,"

Matt Rogers.

- What?
- Matt Rogers?

- Now, this will be the first
of many interviews

in your "Drag Race" career.

So keep it fun,
keep it interesting,

and don't forget
to plug your book.

Now, will your charisma,
uniqueness, nerve, and talent

thrust you to the top
of the bestseller list

or leave you at the bottom
of the dollar bin?

And who will make it through
to the grand finale

of "RuPaul's Drag Race"?

This is turning
into a real page-turner.

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

[all cheer]

- We're going to write.

- How the f*ck did this happen?

- Because you literally said,

I don't want
a writing challenge.

[quirky music]

- Last time I wrote something
was, like, in college probably,

so it's been a couple years.

First thing I have to do
is write some stories

about my life for this memoir.

This challenge is about
letting your audience in,

and I'm going to be vulnerable.

- What are you thinking about?

- I was thinking about writing

about how my situation was
growing up

and how it led me
to, like, where I am now...

More, like, a serious tone,
I guess, to it...

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Or truthful.

- I kind of do prefer to keep
everything lighthearted

and "ha ha"
when it comes to drag.

- Very Plane Jane-esque?
- Yeah.

Great writers
also have to read books,

and I read social-media posts.

So I want to write stories
that contextualize

the fun, whorish bitch
that Plane Jane is.

Now's not the time
for the dead-grandma story.

I don't know.
[grunting childishly]

- [chuckles] You got this.
- All right.

- You're funny...
- Yeah.

- Looking.

- Are you comfortable
with writing?

- I don't like to do it,
but I am good at it.

I'm going to, like, write
a little bit about my family,

like, my spirituality as well.

- Oh, my God.

Now I have to dig deep
into the depths of my memories.

- What kind of book
do you want to write?

- Something that doesn't
land me in the bottom.

I've had a hard time
writing lyrics and jokes,

but this is writing.

I don't necessarily
have to be funny.

I just need a good story.

- Are you going to write
why you like bananas so much?

- "The Banana."

- "The Banan"?

- "Ba-Man,"
"The Banana Man."

- "The Banana Man"?

Not even "The Banana Woman"?
[chuckles]

- Is that seriously
the name of your book?

- No!
- [laughing]

- I was thinking maybe like,

"Breaking Wind:
The Art of Letting Go."

Everything's all about farting.

[imitates flatulence]

Can I do a better fart?

[imitating flatulence]

No, I'm not giving up.

[imitating flatulence]

- Nymphia, you in danger, girl.

- [imitating flatulence]

Oh, the last one,
that was a good one.

[imitating flatulence]

- There you go.
[camera shutter clicking]

Got it.
- Nymphia, come on over.

- It's now time for our memoir
book-cover photoshoot.

Even though I do feel
very nervous writing,

I do love photoshoots.

And I'm another person
in front of a camera,

so I feel very confident
for once.

- Say hello to celebrity
photographer Albert Sanchez.

- Hi, Albert Sanchez.
- Hello.

- So, Nymphia, what's
the name of your book?

- "Breaking Wind:
The Art of Letting Go."

- This outfit exemplifies
that title, doesn't it?

- [laughs] Yes.

- So why don't we start

with some really graphic
full-body sh*ts?

- Okay.
- Okay?

Can you lift the arms a little,

so we can get some
air in between?

- Okay.
- Yes, there, perfect.

Yes.

- I'm serving
ferocious Catwoman.

- Can you show teeth?

A pleasant mouth
that is open and inviting.

- I thought an inviting mouth
looks like this.

[laughter]

- Let's try
the "Cosmo" cover on her.

This is what it looks like.
It's like this.

See this arm?
Disappears. It's back here.

- Mm-hmm.
- That's it right there.

Love, love, love.

- Surprisingly, there's
no bananas in my book.

I felt like it would be
interesting to show

a different side to Nymphia.

I am serving strength
and also letting go.

- You want to do this kind
of thing, where you get...

The silhouette
is very delineated.

- Oh, okay.
- You know? I'll take that.

- Thank you.

- Take this foot
and put it a little forward,

so it doesn't have
to bend, like...

Yes.
Ooh, nice.

Maybe you can lift one leg.

- Oh.

- That's great.
- Nice, nice, nice.

- I know it seems
very effortless,

but, girl, these shoes
are so heavy.

I'm like...
[straining]

- Oh, boy,
that's great silhouette.

- I think we got it.
- We think we got it.

Well done.

- I know I k*lled
that photoshoot.

One last push
of self-confidence,

and we're there.

- I love photoshoots,
but I'm definitely, like,

a little bit nervous to have
this one-on-one time with Ru.

- So, Q, what is
the title of your book?

- "Alphabet Soup:
Savor Every Bite."

- That's a long title.
Do you bite soup?

- You know, you take a bite
out of life.

Whether it's good or bad,
you have to, like, live in it

and enjoy it.

- So, for the cover of your
book, what are you thinking...

Head and shoulders, full body?

- Maybe
a head and shoulders or...

Yeah, the full body.
Let's do a full body.

Okay, I'd like to do, like, a...

- Nice.
- Or, like, a...

[camera shutter clicks]
- Let's work on this one.

Hold on.
You'll go one, two, three...

- This Maxi Challenge is also
kind of a branding challenge.

And, you know, my drag brand

is fun and joy and,
you know, fashion and camp.

- Connect with the camera.
Like me, like my book.

- So I just really want
to sell that

through, like, my book cover.

- Chin down but long neck.
I know it sounds weird.

You want to get your lips
over your teeth.

Say with your mouth,
"Do you like p*ssy?"

As in pussycat.

- Do you like p*ssy?

- Twist that body.

Chin down.
Say it again.

- Do you like p*ssy?
- That's it.

- You can't handle
all this p*ssy.

[laughter]

- You can't handle it, honey.

Ru and I are connecting.

She's giving me
a lot of poses to do.

- Put this here.
Yeah.

You're sexy.
"Cosmo" cover.

- I'm feeling great
about how this is turning out.

- This is my Cookie Lyon look.

I am the queen of the empire,
serving a 15-foot-long ponytail

and snakeskin all over.

- So what's the title
of your book?

- "Slue Foot."

- Consider your book sold.
- [laughs]

- I'm going to buy that book.

Do you have any ideas

for how you want
the book cover to look?

- I had a couple of ideas,
mainly this around me.

- Here, let me help that.

You want this
sort of wrapped around you.

- Lassoed around.

To do a photoshoot
with the legendary Mother?

Come on, now... dream.

- You know your shape,
don't you?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Come on, "Source" magazine.

Come on, LaToya.

Where your head is at,


Ooh, she wrapped up
all up in this hair.

[laughing]
Yeah.

Come on, Sequoia.

[laughter]

- Me and Mama Ru get along
like old friends.

I'm so happy
to have this experience.

This is something
I'll never forget.

- Come on, where Lil' Kim
and them at?

Yes, "Slue Foot: The Series,"

coming this fall on BET.

[laughter]

- The OWN Network, honey.
- Yes, honey.

We are good.
Very well done.

- Thank you so much.
- All right.

Well, we'll call your agency

and send the check right over.
- Mm-hmm.

Thank you so much.
- [laughs]

- I am walking on sunshine.

I nailed this photoshoot.

- Hi.

- So, Plane Jane,
you're missing a shoe.

- I am.

So my book title
is "Plane Crash!"...

- Yes.

- "An Expose: How I Walked Away
from Disaster."

- I know the premise.

But later, do we have
the option to put the shoe on?

- Absolutely.

- You could look beautiful
after a plane crash.

- Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
- Right.

I feel a little intimidated.

Ru knows exactly what she wants.

She is an art director
in this moment, honey.

- I just survived a crash,
and I'm going to Disney World.

Relax into this pose.

Make it feel natural
and "cover girl."

And this hair, can you take it

and make it go all the way
on that side

without it falling off?

Yeah.
Yes, yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

- I'm a top model,
and Ru is Tyra in this moment.

Mother is getting me
together over here.

- Ready?
And one, two, three...

Yeah.

Work the fan.

Connect with the camera.

- I'm really feeling my, like,
natural-woman fantasy,

with my human hair
blowing in the wind.

- You just survived a crash,
and you look gorgeous.

[laughing]

- I'm scared to even venture
into that dream

of a fifth win.

- We are done.
- Awesome.

Thank you.
- Thank you.

- But, hey, I mean,
anything is possible,

so we'll see.

- Hello, authorist Plane Jane.

- It's time to promote
my memoir with Matt Rogers.

I feel great about the stories
that I've written.

They're funny.

They represent
who I am as a drag queen.

I'm ready to tell all
and really sell my book.

- I am simply thrilled to be
here with top 4 contestant

on season 16
of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

and the author

of "Plane Crash! How I Walked
Away from Disaster."

Plane Jane, how
the hell are you?

- Well, I walked away
unscathed from disaster.

- There is not a scathe on you.
- Oh, thank you.

- Yeah.
- That's so sweet of you.

Well, you haven't seen,
you know, my down south region.

You know?
- [laughs]

- We're here to talk
about your book.

- Okay, fantastic.
- [laughs]

So, in your book, you speak
in a chapter

called "Being a Bitch
Can Be an Act of Kindness"...

- Yes.

- About how one
of your good Judys

was a bitch to you,
and it served you well.

- Before I was this glamorous
woman that you see today,

I was just a baby drag queen...
A booger, if you will.

And six months
into sort of practicing makeup,

I thought that I was ready
for the spotlight.

- Yes.

- And my friend said,

girl, you look like a clown...
A clown.

- "Girl, you look
like a clown."

- And the image
that I was envisioning

faded away and was replaced
with reality...

- Yeah. Yeah.
- That I looked insane.

But that same friend, who
really woke me from my trance,

ended up being the same person
who encouraged me to continue.

I followed my friend's advice.

And, you know, lo and behold,
I became gorgeous

and, you know,
completely texture-less.

And I won't hear otherwise.
- [laughs]

So do you find

that "being a bitch
can be an act of kindness"

has been something you've
applied in this competition?

- You know,
throughout this competition,

throughout this process,

I've realized
that there's sort of a tact

to being bitchy.

- Uh-huh.
You've had to realize that?

- I have been bluntly honest
with some girls

in this competition.
- Yeah.

- And some of them
haven't liked it.

But at the end of the day,
guess where they are sitting...

At home, and I'm right here.

So maybe they
should have listened

instead of calling me a bitch.

- Yeah.
- Like, my good friend Amanda,

who I know is watching this,

you know,
I still love you, girl.

And I'm rooting for you.

- For the other members
of the top four,

if you had to be brutally
honest in a gift-giving way...

- Okay.
- What would you say to them?

- Aah!
- [laughs]

- Okay, you know, for Q,
it would be her makeup.

For Nymphia, it would be
her charisma.

And for Sapphira,
it would be her taste.

- Oh!

Sometimes when an interviewer
asks you to get a little shady,

you don't have to do that.

- So, you know,
work those out, girls.

Love you so much.
[smooching]

- Ah, well, good luck
in the top four.

I think that you're amazing.
You're so funny.

And the book is

"Plane Crash! How I Walked
Away from Disaster."

And there's clearly
many life lessons in there.

- That's right. I'm hoping
for that number-one spot

on "The New York Times"
bestseller list.

You know, fingers crossed.
- Look out, RuPaul.

- Not to compete
with Mama, though.

Maybe number 2.
Maybe number 2.

- Hello, dear.
- Hi.

- How you doing?
- Oh, I'm doing great.

So I'm reading in your book,

"Slue Foot:
Embracing All of Me,"

which can you just explain,
what is slue-foot?

- So I have hip dysplasia,

and my foot slues out
to the left...

- We got a little slue-age.
- Whenever I walk.

And so I kind of
walk like a pigeon...

I mean, like a...
- Like a penguin.

- Like a penguin.
- Like a pigeon penguin.

- A pigeon penguin.
[laughter]

- So there is an amazing
chapter of your book called

"Too Many Cooks
in the Kitchen"...

- Mm-hmm.

- That is all
about your grandmother Nona.

- My Nona, yeah.
- Your Nona.

So, if you could describe Nona
in one word, what would it be?

- Loving.

- Why do you think it is that
little gay boys gravitate

towards their grandmothers?

Because I have that, too.

I always have a soft spot
for my grandmother,

and I do feel like she got me.

- Oddly enough, my Nona had
a very big problem

with my h*m*.
- Oh, really?

- And so she kind of was like,
I don't want you to go to hell.

And my mom was like,
you know, that's not...

what sends you to hell, right?
- Right.

- And, also, I have a thing

that if you have a problem
with me,

I will give you some space.

And then when I come back,

if you still have
the same problem,

I'll give you more space,
but typically...

- They missed you.
- They miss me.

- Yeah. [laughs]
- They always miss.

- I mean, come on, I'm going
to miss you when you leave.

I'm already having
separation anxiety.

- Right?

- Just going back to
the title of your book,

how are you, Sapphira,
embracing all of you now?

- I used to get made fun of

for the fact
that I walked like that.

And RuPaul calls me
"Slue Foot" all the time.

And at first, I was
a little embarrassed by it.

- Really?

- But I realized
it endeared her toward me.

And it made me just embrace
not only my slue foot

but a lot
of things about myself.

I embrace the fact that
I was homeless once.

- Yeah.
- I accept me when I'm happy.

I accept me when I'm sad.

I accept me
when I'm being a bitch,

but I always accept me.

- It's so easy
to talk to Sapphira.

I mean, she's such a star.

When she walked over to me,

I actually felt
a little bit intimidated.

But when I'm speaking to her,

she's looking me
dead in the eyes.

And I'm immediately
on her level.

Now I guess everyone
reading your book

can accept the slue things
about themselves.

- We're all a little slue.
- [laughs]

- Don't forget.

Buy my book,

"Slue Foot:
Embracing All Of Me."

- "RuPaul's Drag Race"
top 4 contestant,

has that sunk in yet?
- It is absolutely wild.

- So were you one of those
girls that walked in

and was like,
I'm going to the end?

I'm top 4.
- Oh, absolutely. Absolutely.

- You were feeling it
from the beginning?

- Yes, you have to.

- So here we are,

"Alphabet Soup:
Savor Every Bite."

I'm guessing that has to
do with the Q of it all.

- Yes, the Q...
Just soaks that all in,

just taste that for a moment.
- [laughs]

So, from Kansas City, Missouri,
to here,

what's the drag journey
been like for you?

- My mom introduced
me to theater.

And I did theater all
throughout high school.

And then I started doing drag,
like, my final year of college.

It felt like I finally
belonged somewhere.

- Right, you know,
a lot of queens

that I talk to
say that their mother

actually is in their drag
in some way.

Do you feel like your mother
is represented in your drag?

- Yeah, I definitely
feel like our humor

is, like, very much the same.
- Uh-huh.

- And, you know, we did all
this artistic stuff together.

And she always was
my biggest supporter in that,

when other people weren't,

so, you know, a lot of her
is in my art form.

- So, speaking of family,
you talk

about what it was like to grow
up in a low-income household.

- Yeah.

- I want to know, was there
a moment when you realized

that your family maybe
had a little bit less

than everyone else,
was in a different situation?

- Usually, like, around
Christmastime, because my mom...

I could always tell my mom

got, like, in a little bit
of, like, a sadder mood.

And that's when
I kind of started to realize

there were a lot of times where
our utilities were shut off

or, you know, like, we had
to go eat at our grandma's.

- Your mom was a single mom.

She raised four children.
- Yes.

- So it's probably
those little things

that everyone takes for granted

that she had to work extra hard.

- Yeah.

- So, if she's listening
to this podcast,

what would you
tell Mom listening?

- I would just want to tell you
that I love you.

And thank you for everything
that you've done for me.

And I love you so much.

- Just sharing
about how she came

from very humble beginnings,
that is the kind of thing

that really endears you
to people.

That has to be so cool

to be able to look back...
- Yeah.

- And know that there
were such humble beginnings.

And now you look around
at all this.

- Yeah.

- That has to be really surreal.

- Yeah, that's kind of
what my book is about.

It's about, savor every bite,
you know?

The bad things and
the good things

and all the things that
happen to you in your life,

you know,
you learn something from it.

And it leads you
to where you are.

You know, bad things can happen,

but your life can still move
on in a very positive way.

Hopefully see me
with a crown later on.

- [laughs]
- Thank you so much.

- Nymphia Wind, how are you?
- I'm doing great.

I'm glad I got the memo
of all black.

- [laughs]

Well, I got to read a
couple stories

from your book, "Breaking Wind:
The Art of Letting Go."

- Did you like my book?
- I think you're so funny.

One of your stories,
you tell a date story.

And you talk
of a harrowing experience

of being ghosted by a date.

- So we did go out in the park
for our second date.

So I went on the slide
on all fours,

because I didn't want
my ass to get dirty.

- You're on a second date.
You're getting on all fours.

I get it, yeah.
- Yeah.

And then after I do that,

I feel, like, this gunky
feeling here.

- Gunky feeling?

- I was like, oh, what is that?
So I reached down.

And I touched it, and
I looked up, and I was like,

I think I stepped on sh*t.

I stepped on dog poo.

And then, like, it somehow
traveled upwards onto my hand.

- And did he help
you clean off or...

- No.
- You know what I always say?

If you can't accept me
at my covered in dog poo,

you do not deserve me
at my top four

on "RuPaul's Drag Race."
- Very much that.

- You were very honest
and candid in this story.

And then you do get
a little bit more revealing.

You talk about what it was
like growing up in Taiwan...

- Mm-hmm.

- And being inundated
with images

and media from the West.
- Yeah.

Growing up, seeing a white man,
high features, a tall nose

and the brow bones and the
thick brows and the beard...

- Yeah.
- The beauty standard

of the world was that.
- Right.

- It was, like, looking
into the mirror,

I was like, I look
nothing like that at all.

It just really created
this self-doubting,

like, I don't feel attractive
because I don't look like that.

Do I have the ability
to attract anyone

that would like me
for just my natural features?

I just never knew if I could
ever escape that, you know?

So I always played with makeup
and cross-dressing.

I felt like I could really
change up how I look,

and I can escape
my face in a sense.

- It's like drag helps
you bring out a fantasy...

- Yeah.

- But also helped hide
things in a way.

- Yeah, I really hated looking
in the mirror

in general growing up.
- Really?

- Yeah.

Even till now,
I don't have the habit

of staring myself
into the mirror

unless I have to do makeup.
- Mm.

- And that is still
something that I am...

building upon... my confidence.

So I feel like drag, even
though may not be able to solve

the problem...
- Right.

- It really did help me

to, you know, build my own
self-confidence

and, even without the makeup,
still looking in the mirror

and feel like, you know what?

There is something
beautiful there.

- Nymphia, I can tell,
is really opening up to me

the more I talk to her,
and I'm excited about that

because she's got
a very unique story to tell.

Just because someone appears
like they are taking on

the world and are
extremely confident,

there is still that insecurity
and vulnerability at the core,

which every single person
can identify with.

- Hopefully it can help
someone out there

who's still struggling
and finding themselves

and finding what's
beautiful about them.

- So, Nymphia Wind,

the book is "Breaking Wind:
The Art of Letting Go."

Break wind and break legs
in the competition.

- In the interview,
it just felt really good

because all I had to do
was just be myself.

- Now walk that stunning ass
off this runway.

- Oh, you want to see
my ass again?

- I really do, actually.
- Bye.

- There it goes.
Oh, wow.

Amazing.

- [speaking Mandarin]

I said, "These queens
can underestimate me,

but the one who's
winning is me."

[all yelling]

- Whoo-hoo!

- It's a new day
in the Werk Room.

And it's judgment day.

And I am
in my self-confident era.

And I'm believing in myself
that I am absolutely not going

to land in the bottom two.

- This has been
such a wild ride.

- And we made it.
- And we made it.

- And we made it.

- How do you all feel
about the challenge?

- I feel really good.

My look was sickening.

My interview went
really sickening.

I'm sickening.

- Those are some bold claims.
- [laughs]

I think I have a great chance
of winning this challenge.

I think my stories are
insightful

as to, like, who I am.

- I feel good
about the challenge

because this challenge

was all about literally
being ourselves.

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, literally.

- And that's what
I kind of excel at.

- How do you feel, Nymphia?

- Oh, I felt really
good doing it.

I felt comfortable.

And finally for once,
after a challenge,

I feel confident
with what I did.

- Good.

- Everybody is feeling great
about how they did,

so that kind of, you know,
worries me a little bit

because somebody
has to be in the top,

somebody
has to be in the bottom.

What do you think

was your strongest point
in the competition?

And what do you think
was, like, your weakest?

- I think my strongest part
of the competition

was the competition.
- Oh, just the whole thing?

- I just think I was
strong the whole time.

The weakest part
of my competition

was the makeover challenge.

But I felt like I was able
to let go in that lip sync

and really have fun.

I want to be
in the finale so badly.

So get out of my way.

It's time for me
to go get my crown.

Thank you, girls.
It's been nice seeing y'all.

I'll see y'all after.

I'm going to take y'all
on vacation.

[laughing]

- I think one
of my highest moments was,

the outfit I made
for the goth challenge

was just, like, beyond anything
I thought I could do, like,

in that amount of time.
- That was sickening.

- In a day?
- In a day.

And the lowest...
Actually, my lowest

is not even when
I was in the bottom two.

I feel like my lowest was, like,

how hard I was being on myself

for, like,
the bathroom challenge.

- Yeah.

- I think my journey
here at "Drag Race"

has been a really,
really exciting one.

I won two challenges.

I've lip-synched for the win.
I've lip-synched to stay here.

That says something about
America's next drag superstar,

that they are this
multidimensional person

that has their up days
and low days.

- I will say, that bathroom
challenge got to me as well,

just because it
happened at the point

that it happened at.

- Girl, it got to me, too,
because of you.

[laughs]
It got to me through you.

- Through me, yeah.

- But then you turned it
the f*ck out.

- Exactly, we did.

Yes, I had a moment
of self-doubt

where, you know, I did
sort of let the pressure

cr*ck me a bit,

but I pieced myself together.

And, yeah, I just went
full steam ahead.

- How about you, Nymphia?
- What was your lowest?

- I think it's similar to Q,

where in the middle
of the competition,

I was really
insecure about myself

and just really not sure.

- I could really never
tell with you

whether you were actually
unsure or, like...

- Playing a game?

- I'm just really struggling.

- Nobody believes you, Nymphia.

- I'm so stressed out.

- Girl, don't play this time.

- What kind of game can I play
or, like, gain from

if I act like I'm just nervous?

- Because you would be saying

that you're, like, you know,
not confident.

And then you would come out in,
like, a sickening runway look,

and you would k*ll
the challenge.

- No, because that for me
is when I feel very insecure

is when I'm turned off.

Like, I just feel... like, those
are genuine feelings

where I feel very nervous and
really in doubt and insecure.

But, like, on the stage, I,
like, instantly have to turn on

because you don't have
any other choice.

- You don't. No.

- I can understand
how these other queens

can see this as a strategy.

But, honestly, this is
just how my brain works.

And, like, there's
no strategy behind it.

All my struggles and all
my self-doubt are all real.

And it's just a process for me.

- What was everybody's, like,
first impression of each other

when we, like, first met?

- Sapphira and Q,
I first met when y'all

walked into the Werk Room.

And Sapphira walked in

with those really bright
contact lenses.

They were very striking.

And her breasts, they've
truly experienced a growth

throughout the season.

[laughter]

- She said, first, Fisher-Price.

Now, the world.
- [laughing]

- But, yeah, Sapphira
definitely had a presence

when she first walked
into that room.

Q, on the other hand,
was stumbling

over her two left feet, honey.

- I don't know why you say that.

I walked in just fine.

- She was wobbling... wobbling
on those kitten heels.

- Whatever.

I think Plane and I are
very similar

to, like, my sisters back home.

We always read each other
to absolute filth.

And, you know, that's part
of what makes us so close.

It's kind of like when
everybody says

I'm the only one
that couldn't dance,

but then Plane would get up
there and rattle her bones

around on the stage.
[laughter]

- Excuse me, rattle my bones?
- Not rattle her bones.

[vocalizing goofily]
[laughter]

I'm not saying that you did.
[wild laughter]

- Get her ass.
Get her ass.

Get her ass.

- My rattling bones look
far more graceful, delicate,

and coordinated than anything

that you could ever pull out,
Miss Q.

You know, I may be rattling
my bones out of drag,

but there's a lot of padding in
drag, and it looks really good.

- It did look good.

- I have the body for it,
unlike my sweet sisters,

you know, sitting up here
with me today.

- You have the
oatmeal brows for it.

- sh*t.

- Sister...

[wild laughter]

- God damn.

- Shank her.

The love language
of a drag queen

is definitely throwing shade.

So I feel like as
a group, season 16

has really bonded in a way
that we're so comfortable

with each other.

- I need to work on my blending,

so Nymphia doesn't read me,
so y'all have fun.

- I mean, you're
a lost cause in a sense.

[laughter]
I've try for many episodes.

And I don't see that blending
getting any better.

- She said, well, I mean, if
I were you, I would just stop.

- Sister, just like you've been
trying for a win

for many episodes, but it's
not going to happen.

- Well, we'll see.
We have one last challenge.

- And it's your favorite...
A writing challenge.

- Yeah.
- And a speaking challenge.

- Mm-hmm.
- It should go really well.

- Damn.

- They be shading us,
but, you know...

- Shading me?
They were shading you, mama.

Don't bring me into that.
[wild laughter]

Mama, don't bring me into that.
They were getting your ass.

- Bitch!

- They be shading us.
Shading you, bitch, not me.

- I'm hoping there's a top four.

I really don't want any
of these girls to go home.

I kind of want us to just,
like, go into the finale

hand in hand... we made it.

All we know is that
this is the semifinals,

which I don't remember her ever
using this term before, so..

But I think there's going to
be an elimination tonight.

And that's kind of scary.

Ooh.

[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]

[laughing]

- [singing] Cover girl,
put the bass in your walk

Head to toe,
let your whole body talk

- Wow.
- Whoo!

- Whoo!

- Welcome to the semifinals
of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

It's the president
of the "Drag Race" Book Club,

Michelle Visage.

- And that's because I could
judge a book and its cover.

- [laughs]

And the gorgeous Ts Madison.

Now, Madie, are you well read?

- I like big books,
and I cannot lie.

- [laughs]

- And welcome back to the show

author and journalist
Ronan Farrow.

- Ru, it is the semifinals.

I haven't been this nervous
since I took a paternity test.

- Ooh.
[laughter]

- This week, we challenged
our top four queens

to launch their new books.

And tonight on the runway,
category is fandango.

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

Up first, Q.

- Fangirling out already.

- That is tutu good.

- I'm just reveling
in this moment.

I'm wearing this really
structured orange fan tutu.

And then it goes
into a tight little corset

that is beautifully encrusted.

And I have a huge fan backpiece

that is just, like, framing
this ornate hair.

It's giving
a little bit ballerina.

It's all screaming fans

in, like, a really cute,
intricate way.

- You can find her on OnlyFans.

[laughter]

Sapphira.

- Big fan of this look.

- This is my final runway.

And I choose to walk it
like an African queen.

I'm giving you African fabrics.

And then, boom, I've given
you these pleated fans

that fall down.

Look up
"Roberto Capucci, The Fan."

Honey, these titties
are nice and spaced.

I am a winner.

- You know what you call
that hairstyle?

- What?
- "Wagon Wheel Watusi."

- Yeah.

- Nymphia Wind.
- Oh, it's Marie Fantoinette.

- Let them eat cake.

- This is an Asian version
of Marie Antoinette.

So I'm wearing a period dress
with all the clouds

and the dragons and the waves.

And I'm fanning myself and
suddenly realize I'm so hot.

And I flip out
my fan skirt and realize

it's because
my p*ssy is on fire.

[speaking Mandarin]

- That's what
I call a fire crotch.

- Plane Jane.

- Oh, Mighty Aphrodite
could never.

- I'm eloquently floating
down this runway

as if I'm descending
from Mt. Olympus.

My titties are glistening.

And they're being
framed beautifully

by this encrusted armor piece.

I truly feel like a G-O-D-D-D...

Wait, there's not
three D's in goddess,

but there will be in me tonight.

[laughs]

- Talk about champagne problems.

- Mm-hmm.
- Bitch, please.

[laughter]

My top four queens, welcome.

I got to say, I had a great
time with y'all yesterday

during the photo session...
Mother-daughter time.

And it's been an amazing season.

I know how hard
you have all worked,

how we've pushed you
to the limit.

You are some strong queens...

Creative, loving,
funny, wonderful.

So keep that in mind,
not just tonight but forever.

And now it's time
for the judges' critiques.

Up first, Q.

- Q, this has been so fun to
watch you in this competition.

You have been fighting.

You've grown throughout
this competition.

You've been very vulnerable.

And in the podcast, I learned
so much more about you.

- I was really getting emotional

because I have a very strong
connection with my mother.

And I'm so glad that I learned
that about you,

because it made me understand
why you fight so hard

to be, you know, who you are
and where you are.

- But I felt in some
of the looks on the book cover,

out here tonight,

I'm not seeing
what is clearly a life story

that has given you a lot to say.

- I really wish
that you would have worn

this outfit right here
for the cover of your book.

- Your book is called, Q,

"Alphabet Soup:
Savor Every Bite.

It's cute. It doesn't really
tell me what it is.

- I would have probably
chosen something else.

Q is such a great name.

- You could go James Bond.
- [laughs]

Yes, you can go James Bond.

- "Q Don't Know Me."
- Ooh, I like that, Michelle.

Is there anything else
you want to add?

- I just want to say thank you
so much for letting me

be here on this stage.

It's been a dream of mine
for a long time.

And I'm really happy to show
what I've shown here.

- Well, you've earned
your position on this stage.

And I'm so proud of you.

- Thank you.

- All right, up next, Sapphira.

- Sapphira, you got
a new fan in me.

[laughter]

That reveal was the single
most dramatic moment

we got on the runway.

You know, so much
of a powerful drag

is about being
oneself defiantly.

I think you achieved that.

You're telling stories
about your Nona

that made me feel I know you.

- You have the ability
to put people at ease

and be very forthright.

- When I read pieces
of your book

and watched you on the podcast,
I understood you more.

You're stomping out all
those people who doubted you.

And you counting them up,
like, one, you, two, you,

I'm stomping
you with this slue foot.

- And when you're talking about
you used to be self-conscious

about it, it's so funny how
we see that so differently

from this side of the table.

I love that you grabbed
the bull by the horns

and called your book
"Slue Foot."

- You reclaimed it
and made it something

that you could take
to tell your story.

That's brilliant.

- You're there
in that Missy Elliott squad.

You are full of defiance.

- That's Lil' Kim.

[laughter]

- Marketing 101,
show the slue foot.

And that's what you did.

Nymphia Wind.

- Your book-cover photo is,

as a single piece
of photography, my favorite.

It sells exactly who you are.

- This look tonight, adorable.

I think my favorite thing,
obviously, the fan nails.

To be completely honest,

if I never see another
Marie Antoinette look

on this runway,
nobody will be happier than me.

- My favorite part
of your look is definitely

your hot p*ssy, girl.

It just is definitely on fire.
[laughter]

- Every T is crossed.
Every I is dotted with you.

I don't worry about that.

What I worry about
is the self-love

that I want to give to you,
because you deserve it.

It tore me apart
hearing the disdain

that you experience
when you look in the mirror.

But the fact that you shared it
with us was priceless.

- Thank you.

- Watching your
podcast interview,

the part of your story
that was about Taiwan

and your self-esteem,
I was riveted.

- During that podcast,

we fell in love with you.

You revealed so much

of the pain
that you've been through.

And by shining a light
of awareness on it,

that is the cure right there.

Through the course
of this competition,

you know, you've been
a little squirrely

with trying to get
a straight answer out of you.

- I think a lot of times, it's
trying to think of what to say.

But, like, with that challenge,
it was like, you know what?

Just, like, take in
a deep breath and relax

and really just... because
the only thing you have to do

is just be yourself, and you're
telling your own story.

- Please remember that.
That is the answer.

That's the right answer
right there... that's it.

Up next, Plane Jane.

- Tonight you look amazing.

This Aphrodite goddess look,
I love all of it.

- This looks like a Bob Mackie.

This looks like something
that was on "The Cher Show"

or "The Carol Burnett Show."

- But your book cover,
it didn't do this.

- That hair was very small.

- It was a human unit,

so they tend to be less,
you know, voluminous.

- You didn't want to tease her?

- She had a little face tease.

- We tried to pump up
that flat hair.

- Ooh.
- We put a fan on it.

[laughter]

I had you flipping
that hair trying to get

some volume up in there.

- In the podcast interview,
I struggled to see

how the pieces come together.

You know, there was
the slightly shadier part

of the discussion,

but then the other stories
didn't connect to that,

nor did they really connect
with the theme of walking away

from disaster or trauma.

- I needed to hear you.

And I didn't get that.

What I got from this was,
you a shady bitch.

- [laughs]
- This book is about you.

And I didn't know who you were.

- Every time I go and talk
to you in the Werk Room,

I could see you
go into your head

to be very deliberate
about what you're saying.

Why do you think

you don't reveal
more of the underbelly?

- I feel very, very powerful
and very secure in myself

when I'm in drag.
- Mm-hmm.

- And I don't necessarily
feel like that very much

when I'm out of drag,

so I've kind of built up
this persona.

And that's what I kind of lead
with as Plane Jane.

- Yeah. No, listen,
I understand completely.

Just in terms of marketing,

in terms of show business,
in terms of life,

it's revealing
the soft underbelly

that allows people to love you.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you, queens.
I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck backstage,

the judges and I will
deliberate.

[dramatic music]

All right, just between
us squirrel-friends,

I want to know what you think.

Let's start with Q.

- Listen, Q has kind of k*lled
it throughout the competition,

save from a few times.

Right out the box,
we fell in love

with her in the talent show.

And then she did that gorgeous
welcome to the dollhouse.

She won that one.

See you next Wednesday...

That huge coat, it was
absolutely gorgeous.

And then she did
the DragCon 1980.

It had the red-ribbon collar,

where she then came out to us
as positive.

And that was very honest
and vulnerable.

- You know, I can see that this
is an incredibly strong queen

who's capable of really
inventive, interesting looks.

I just didn't see that on
display in this episode enough.

- The look for the book cover,
I wanted more.

- She chose this
Belle A-line design,

but it was all frilly and stuff.

So, yes, it's beautiful as is
everything that she makes,

but she couldn't do much with
it as far as the shape goes.

And that's what we got...

Her standing
in a bowl of alphabet soup.

And I'm not sure
that really tells me

what the book is about.

- I didn't sense who Q is.

In the podcast, once Q starts
opening up about her mom,

there's something real there.

But that was quite late
in the game.

- You know, she wants to win
all the time.

And you can kind of see her
striving for it.

So, when she doesn't do as well,

you could also see
the disappointment.

And I worry that she's
a little too hard on herself

when she doesn't do as well.

- All right, let's talk
about Sapphira.

- The podcast just made me say,
I love you because I am you.

And I love a person
who operates in forgiveness.

- Now, in this competition,
she started out a winner,

with Ruveal Yourself
and then her James Brown.

- [laughs]

And, of course, one
of our favorite looks

in this whole season,
her DragCon 1980 look.

Such a fantastic queen.

- I could see Sapphira
doing a book tour for real.

- Mm-hmm.
- And I would buy that book.

- I would buy that book, too.

- I'm going to buy
anything called "Slue Foot."

- [laughs]
- That too.

- I'm want some
barbecue slue foot.

- How would you call
someone slue foot?

- This look that she had
tonight was...

sickening, honey.
- Mm-hmm.

- I mean, I fell completely in
love with the way she painted.

I liked the way the blue
was on her.

- She fixed the breastplate.

She's listening to everything.

And she's putting it
into motion.

- Nymphia.

- Now, Nymphia has really
nailed it every single time

she's come out on this runway.

She won the ball, y'all.

She had so many incredible
looks...

Her Faster, Pussycat! Wig Wig!

The Butoh, the dancing
that she did

was absolutely glorious.

But the thing that
I've struggled with Nymphia is,

she's so uncomfortable
in her own skin.

And then we got the podcast.

And when she stopped doing
that runaround thing

that she does all the time,
because that's her defense,

that was the death of old
Nymphia and the rebirth.

We watched it happen.

- I felt like I was seeing

a queen discovering herself
in real time.

- You know,
you're absolutely right.

Tonight she really came
into her own power.

- That book cover,
Ru, Grace Jones, yes?

- Uh-huh.
- It was everything.

- It was perfection.

- I think tonight was a massive
breakthrough for Nymphia.

- Plane Jane.

- Plane Jane had us
at "Burger Finger."

- [laughing]

- She has been such a
powerhouse from the beginning.

"Made You Look,"
the Octomom she chose

for the powerful mother,
you know?

- Snatch Game.

- Snatch Game, and it
was amazing to watch.

- What really turned
it for me was the way

she turned out Lazy Susan.

It was so amazing.

- But the podcast interview
really suggested to me

someone who doesn't know
what her story is

or how to sell it yet.

- She had the opportunity to
make me feel a warm sensation

deep in a place
like the rest of the girls did,

but she didn't.

She took the time
to read her competitors

that have already gone home.

- It just wasn't as charming as
Plane Jane actually really is.

- She comes from a place
of kind of hiding out.

She came out of the closet
very late for her.

And, you know, I think
she's used to sort of hiding.

So I think we got a bit of that.

But at this point
in the competition,

you have to be vulnerable.

- Now, this book cover is not
what I'm used to seeing of her.

- The pose was very "Cosmo."

It was very Scavullo, that pose.

But the hair was too small
to balance out the outfit

that she wore.

I was surprised, because
she understands proportion

better than almost anybody
in this competition.

- All right.
[claps hands] Silence.

I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.

Welcome back, queens.

I've made some decisions.

[dramatic music]

Nymphia Wind,

this week you practiced
the art of letting go.

And it paid off.

Condragulations.

You are the winner
of this week's challenge.

- [crying] Oh, thank you.

[sniffles]

I won.

I actually made it happen.

- You've won a cash prize
of $5,000,

presented by got2b Color Remix.

And you'll be moving forward
to the grand finale.

- You know, coming to America,

a lot of people believed in me.

So it means a lot to be able
to make it to the top.

I just wanted to make
everyone proud.

And hopefully I did that.

- Sapphira, this week,
you didn't come to slay.

You came to slue.

[laughter]

You are safe,

and you'll be moving forward
to the grand finale.

- Thank you.

- You may slue
to the back of the stage.

- [laughs] Will do.

It's been 11 years
of me auditioning

for this competition.

And getting to the
finale is exactly

what I saw happening
and exactly...

Oh!
I'm so excited.

- Q, Plane Jane,
I'm sorry, my dears,

but you are both up
for elimination.

- For the first time
in "Drag Race" herstory,

Plane Jane has landed
in the bottom two.

Q has become
a great friend of mine

throughout this competition...
A true sister.

But if this has to be my
last push into the final three,

I am going to tear that f*cking
stage up when I lip-synch.

- Two fabulous queens
stand before me.

Ladies, this is
your last chance to impress me

and save yourself
from elimination.

The time has come...
[thunder rumbles]

For you to lip-synch

for your life.

- I'm going to turn
this sh*t out.

Like, I deserve to be
in the finale.

- Good luck,

and don't f*ck it up.

[dramatic rock music]

- [singing] Prisoner of your
love

Entangled in your web

Captured

Oh, yes, I'm touched
by this show of emotion

Should I be fractured
by your lack of devotion?

Should I?

Oh, you better be good to me

You better be good to me

Come on, come on

Be good to me

- [laughs]

- [singing] I think
it's all so right

That we don't need to fight

We stand face-to-face

You present your case

Yes, I know you keep
telling me that you love me

[laughter]

And I really do want to believe

But did you think I'd just
accept you in blind faith?

Oh, sure, babe,
anything to please you

But you better be good to me

[cheering]

Be good to me

[laughter]

- All right, girl,
you better shake them titties.

- [singing] Be good to me

Because I don't have no use

For what you loosely call
the truth

I don't have the time...

- Q is really
fighting for her life.

I'm just hoping none
of them go home.

- [singing] Be good to me
- [singing] Why can't you be?

- [singing] Because
I don't have no use

For what you loosely
call the truth

And I don't have the time
for your overloaded lies

You better be good to me
- [singing] Be good to me

- [singing] Good to me
- [singing] Good to me

- [singing] Be good
- [singing] Why can't you be?

- [singing] Be good to me

- [laughing]
[cheers and applause]

[dramatic music]

Ladies, I've made my decision.

Plane Jane, shantay you stay.

You will be moving forward
to the grand finale.

- Thank you, Mama.
Thank you so much.

- You may join the other girls.
- [smooches]

- Q...

Thank you
for sharing your beauty,

brilliance, and bravery
with the world.

Now, sashay away.

- [voice breaking]
I just want to say thank you.

I've worked really hard
to get to this stage, and...

it's meant so, so much to me,
and I love you guys so much.

- Thank you.

- Love you, Q
- I love you so much.

- [crying softly]

[shouts indistinctly]

[laughter]

- Getting so close
to the top three,

it just feels
like I put everything,

all of myself
into this competition.

And it just sucks feeling like
it wasn't enough in the end.

But I'm going to move forward
like I always do.

I'm not going anywhere.

To top three b*tches,

f*ck you.

[chuckles] But I love
you guys so, so much.

And I know you guys are going
to k*ll it in the finale.

- Condragulations,
my final three queens.

We are two weeks away
from the grand finale

of "RuPaul's Drag Race,"

where we will crown ourselves
a winner, baby.

Now, I want to hear from you,
our fans.

Are you Team Nymphia?

Are you Team Plane Jane?

Or are you Team Sapphira?

Let your voice be heard
using #DragRace,

and tune in next week when all
of the eliminated queens return

to compete in
a LipSync Lalaparuza.

Now, remember,
if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell you going
to love somebody else?

Can I get an "amen" up in here?

All: Amen!
- All right.

Now let the music play.

- [singing] A little bit of love
goes a long, long way

Lifting you up to a brighter day

Can you feel the love?

- Next time
on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

This week all eyes are on

our 11 returning queens.

[cheering and laughter]

[cheers and applause]

Let the LipSync Lalaparuza
Smackdown begin!

- I'm ready to go into w*r.

- I'm here to get
a little revenge.

- Ooh!

- One winner will walk away
with a cash prize...

of $50,000.

[all screaming]

- [singing] A little bit of love

Goes a long, long way

Lifting you up to a brighter day

A little bit of love

Goes a long, long way

Turn it around
when you up and say

Everybody say love

Love, love, love, oh, love, love

Love, love, love, oh, love

Love, can you feel the love?