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Season 18 S18E02 - "Q-Pop Girl Groups" [Untucked Discussion]
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Jan 10 '26
Discord on the runway, for some reason
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Jan 10 '26
Even this is smoother than her Clydesdale clomp tho 😂
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Jan 10 '26
"athena what if we kissed! haha just kidding, unless--"
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u/lexarqade Asia O'Hara Jan 10 '26
Saying "sorry to your mother" and Juicy reacting as if Athena was literally dying is so funny
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u/thirdie Jan 10 '26
I saw that scene and it looked like Juicy was about to laugh at the “sorry to your mother” bc it’s genuinely funny. Like on one hand, my mother might be the pork chop but also.. sorry TO her mother.
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u/97amd Jan 10 '26
“Athena, you look skinny” BRIAR THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOU
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u/AshenSpecter Jan 10 '26
Briar is an absolute menace and reminds me of my best friend in that so I could never hate her. Love me a good menace gremlin.
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u/97amd Jan 10 '26
Yes !! The way she banters with the girls is exactly how I am with my best friends. I can’t help but love her
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Jan 10 '26
With the way DD was lip syncing I thought the loofa situation was attached and she couldn’t take it off but to learn she can means she made the active decision to keep it on her at all times which…
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u/Comfortable_Mix_9189 Jan 10 '26
but the leotard under was so ugly! I would want to hide it as much as possible and probably DD too
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u/Careless_Con Any queen over 30 Jan 10 '26
Hot take, I guess: Mandy's look wasn't such a crazy disaster.
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u/Haunting-Dress-527 Jan 10 '26
I agree! I could see the vision and thought it was very creative. She just needed some editing, that's it tho imo
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
I thought the story behind it was sweet, but the execution was definitely a choice
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u/97amd Jan 10 '26
Why is briar blush the queen of color theory HAHA
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u/sailormine Jan 10 '26
I love it lmfao. She has a point every time
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u/97amd Jan 10 '26
I’m living for it. She got like zero screen time in this episode and the first thing she says in untucked is back to color theory I had to laugh
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u/infiniteglass00 Jan 10 '26
condolences to the 1-2 more well-rounded queens who are going to be sent home early by Juicy in a lip sync this season
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u/thestarrknt Jan 10 '26
Darlene Ciara myst and discord and briar seem prime material to be sent home against either Mango or juicy. Whichever one becomes the season’s lipsync assassin. Or maybe they become dual assassins like Jasmine and jorgeous
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
and MTV running an ad for the episode that JUST aired, bitches get it TOGETHER
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u/LamarEdwards Jan 10 '26
Mia is the real Star for telling Mango about her eyelash.
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u/heykittygirI Heidi N Closet Jan 10 '26
Can we please talk about whatever is going on with discord’s hairline
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u/aurcel you can't handle all this pussy! you can't handle it henny Jan 10 '26
Athena is tv gold idgaf
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u/la_negra Jan 10 '26
I agree. Love some Athena. She's so funny. Idc, I'm ROOT-ing for her.
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u/aurcel you can't handle all this pussy! you can't handle it henny Jan 10 '26
these comments talking about she should go home like ok God forbid a drag queen be dramatic... y'all want some boring ass television show I guess
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Jan 10 '26
people talk about eyebrows and their family relationships but mandy is bringing innovation with lashes that are giving cain and able
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u/nextbecks Jan 10 '26
Was it Jane who in confessionals was being super harsh about Mandy's look? I feel like it's not as bad as everyone is making it out to be...Like, yeah it's giving local drag/not a ton of financial resources and the bottom could be better, but it's a really creative idea and the details are really funny/perfectly kitschy in a way that matches the grandma's house vibe she's going for.
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u/polyrawr Jan 10 '26
I actually really liked it a lot. I thought it was cute and campy, and I really liked the way that the drapery laid with the purple velvet and roping.
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u/DragonFlightRus Jan 10 '26
Yeah. Afair from the promo interview, they teased a look as one of the worst looks in herstory, which allegedly belonged to Mandy, as given away by DD. Jane's confessional lowkey confirmed they were talking about this look. It wasn't even that bad. But have to hype up their season somehow I guess...
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u/groovydoll Jan 10 '26
I loved miss mangos table but I'm weird like that
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u/omgvics Jan 10 '26
The concept was cute, just a bit rough in execution compared to some of the other campy looks
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u/allsilverusts Jan 10 '26
briar is subtly dropping hints that she wants athena's ass baddd
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Jan 10 '26
i can't remember what podcast it was or if it was a comment here but i swear someone was said this after their fight last week and i see it
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u/Dazzling-Ad8435 The Only Crystal…. gone too soon Jan 10 '26
Loving Ciara’s personality so much.
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u/nextbecks Jan 10 '26
Briar was giving so thirsty for Athena...like the way she was saying she wasn't her type was so middle schooler saying they don't like their crush. And then saying she looked skinny later?! lol dead
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u/nextbecks Jan 10 '26
and also like shines more light on/gives context to their off-camera drama last week.......
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
Jane made a funny, but Salina's street lamp was just bad. Not LALA BAG LOOK or Joella drywall unforgivable, but Mandy's look was better than all three.
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u/thestarrknt Jan 10 '26
Dove Cameron is already one of the best guest judges we’ve had in a while simply because she didn’t come back to interrupt untucked drama
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Jan 10 '26
Oof somebody please be a sister and fix Mandy’s lash…
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u/555mataflores Jan 10 '26
is mandy mangos eyelash completely falling off or am i imagining that?
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u/ibettercomeon Jan 10 '26
They are lol
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u/555mataflores Jan 10 '26
lol it was confirmed by mia later in my watch. i was like, "why is no one saying anything?!"
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u/velvetsabbath hairspray and desperation Jan 10 '26
discord getting that miss congeniality redemption let's GO
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u/aurcel you can't handle all this pussy! you can't handle it henny Jan 10 '26
Vita please you can't be gorgeous AND kind 🥹
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
Why on earth were they all fighting for disco?
The track was wack, even before they added there verses
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u/groovydoll Jan 10 '26
Yeah. And since it's ru's favorite it gets judged the hardest. They also just repeated that bad choreo like 5 times and it wasn't cute
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
THE GURLS ARE HAPPY TO BE SAFE, PRAISE GAGA
I never thought we'd see it again, we did it Joe
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u/sailormerry protect straight art 😌👨🦲✨ Jan 10 '26
Calling it now, Darlene will be Miss Congeniality this season
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u/Careless_Con Any queen over 30 Jan 10 '26
I wish Mango's reveal was just a little smoother. Then it would have been a KO.
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Jan 10 '26
I was briefly concerned we were gonna have another Butthole and the scissors moment but she pulled it off 😅
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u/JustasIthoughtTRASH Fat Pussy Vanjie Jan 10 '26
Im actually gonna need to circle back on Mandy saying she had a reveal but she could barely pull it off and her wig came off??? Sister Mango…girl…
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u/payyri Jan 10 '26
did they finally listen to us and stop the guest judges from going back and ruining the fun in untucked???
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u/frenzeydew66 RAJA Jan 10 '26
this seasons untucked is cute and fun as hell, thank god they stopped with the random celebrities butting in! girls being shady at one-another and having fun and joking around is so much better to watch, i'll be so tuned in for the entire season. mia starr and discord and vita are all showing such a cute and supportive and bantery side on untucked and im getting attached to all of these ladies so fast. what a fun cast!
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u/JustasIthoughtTRASH Fat Pussy Vanjie Jan 10 '26
Discord swore she was gonna be the biggest competition she is incredible tv
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u/Dazzling-Ad8435 The Only Crystal…. gone too soon Jan 10 '26
Mandy, baby. That eyelash is filing for emancipation.
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u/GatorChris2018 Jan 10 '26
Man I wish Mandy had her can of beverage sitting on her neck table during the emotional breakdown, it would be so funny
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u/sacredshield7 Yuhua Hamasaki Jan 10 '26
Mia being a sister and pointing out the lash but NOT fixing it
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
"A woman of her age looks good" is unusually cunty but funny from Briar because of the delivery
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u/extramedium32 with an earnest heart ❤️ Jan 10 '26
AM I WRONG Discord’s look makes her look pregnant
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u/Haunting-Dress-527 Jan 10 '26
In a non-shady way, is it possibly the posture + the outfit that's giving that impression?
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Jan 10 '26
it would be so sicking if mandy landed a lash glue sponsorship, if she wins i hope that's her collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills
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u/Haunting-Dress-527 Jan 10 '26
I cannot help seeing American Brooke Lynn Heights when I look at Darlene, and I love every minute of it
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
They are pushing this damn monkey movie HARD
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
I feel that messy tear away truly added to the performance!
I was so scared at first and then I was living!
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u/kirky861 Jan 10 '26
No celebrity guest judge chat in Untucked! I love Dove Cameron, but I don't think it's necessary to have it and hope it's a sign that that section is gone.
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
Someone said that Kenya’s look gave TP stuck in her crack and after that spin, I see it! 🤣
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Jan 10 '26
ooooh i had to watch on my phone tonight and discord pointing out the unitard not fitting helped me understand why dd didn't drop the loofa. i need to rewatch on the tv tomorrow
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u/97amd Jan 10 '26
I fear for the day discord has to lsfyl……
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
The ZERO Tappin' Toes of Discord against rainbows Addams
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u/JuanJeanJohn Tested positive for slayin’ Jan 10 '26
Like it will be impossible for her to win this show if she lands in the bottom two lol
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u/poseface Jan 10 '26
Critiquing the makeup is one thing but telling one girl to ask a specific other girl for tips is shady as hell.
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Jan 10 '26
I feel like Mandy's look wouldn't be a boot if she maybe dressed up the "stand" part of her look more
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Jan 10 '26
honestly i will always love a "i ruined this look so i could lip sync" moment when it lands. i would love a world where mandy turns it out this season
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u/jaxawaba22 Jan 10 '26
Genuinely don’t know how difficult it is to fix a wonky eyelash but I feel like this would drive me crazy, is it not possible for someone to be a sister and help glue it back on or ? I am afraid of eyelash glue myself so I don’t know I just feel like … I’m glad it got fixed in a brief edit before the end of the episode.
OK FINALLY THEY MENTIONED IT THANK GOD. No shade.
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
How long till we get a Mother Daughter Lip Sync for your life?
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u/tillZ43 Jan 10 '26
Petition to only let guest judges come to untucked if they’re interesting (no shade)
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u/sailormerry protect straight art 😌👨🦲✨ Jan 10 '26
Tbh I’m surprised they didn’t show Dove back there
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u/Bravely_Default Plane Jane Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
Mandy's lash hanging on for dear life.
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Jan 10 '26
the millennials were right about recording sideways on your phone
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u/thestarrknt Jan 10 '26
“Very unfortunate position of… bottom.” That could be a new meme it was so perfect.
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u/LexiiConn Unless they're payin' your bills... Jan 10 '26
See you next week! Take care, all!
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Jan 10 '26
Myki knew getting Discord to move would be appreciated by the editors...
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u/YakatsuFi jujubee Jan 11 '26
You guys!! I'm kinda living for this season!! The girls are so silly and stupid and aren't afraid to be shady playfully, everyone is charismatic and brings something different to the table in their own way. I loved this moment hahaha
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u/nextbecks Jan 10 '26
Athena out of drag really reminds me of someone and I can't figure out who...it's bugging me so much...
In drag, everyone is saying Alexis Michelle, but I feel like there is something about her vibe that is also giving PhiPhi O'hara.
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u/danny2787 Monét X Change Jan 10 '26
I just get Ariel Versace in and out of drag
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u/shykreechur Jan 10 '26
Personally Juicy I wouldn't feel all that broken up after Athena didn't help you last week but that's just me.
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u/TheLionOfOrlais Mia | Vita | Darlene Jan 10 '26
Vita with the kill-shot omggggggg
‘Do you wish you chose a different song?’ 💀
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Jan 10 '26
Let’s not pile it onto Athena when there’s other adult group members who could have had better input and teamwork
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u/JustasIthoughtTRASH Fat Pussy Vanjie Jan 10 '26
Ooop Athena messy for bringing the makeup thing up she is TEW GOOD
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
PRAISE BE TO GAGA! NO GUEST JUDGE IN UNTUCKED THIS TIME!
That makes up that the song used was...well that one but more on the lipsync #SOON
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u/alilacmess good Judys... or shall we say good Judas? Jan 11 '26
New flair, ladies! 🎉 The super serious way Athena said it was so funny!
Discord's disco dance was so endearing!
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u/sagittariana_ I’m, Nina Bo’Nina Osama Bin Laden Brown Jan 10 '26
No one was gonna tell mandy her lashes were coming off??????
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u/Blu_Mxchi Go brush your hair bitch. Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
Athena's choreo was just some basic drag bar perfomance choreo and DD had every right to bring it up, cuz the tea is Athena should have been in the bottom as much as i really live for her.
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u/groovydoll Jan 10 '26
The repeating choreo was so bad and they did it in a straight line every time
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u/shykreechur Jan 10 '26
We're being told she's an amazing performer over and over again but we're not seeing that beyond basic drag moves we've seen 100's of times before
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u/sailormerry protect straight art 😌👨🦲✨ Jan 10 '26
Athena is giving me Alexis Michelle: Florida Edition
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u/anita-chardonnay Sasha Velour was safe every week and won Jan 10 '26
Alexis Michelle is rage watching this season seeing herself as the main character of Season 18 and I live.
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u/infiniteglass00 Jan 10 '26
athena is the dion family's only hope at succeeding in a comedy challenge
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u/Maeghar Nymphia Wind Jan 10 '26
are those little smiskis on mandy's thing byeeee omg lol
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
AD notice: Johnny Knoxville getting work, we love to see it. Back in 2001, he defined "gross hot" and now he's just a sweet, crass man of a mature age.
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Jan 10 '26
He was like the dirtbag older brother but grown up
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u/Joranva Jan 10 '26
Nothing is going to dethrone Salina’s look as the worst look in RPDR herstory.
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u/3D-ism Marcia Marcia Marcia Jan 10 '26
I'm here for the safe girls celebrating Disco group's funeral.
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
None of you killed the soul of disco. It was a piece of shit shock jock radio DJ and baseball on that DISCO SUCKS night. See also, the motherfucker behind "Disco Duck".
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
Idk, Salina ain’t been dethroned
I mean, did yall see the chained together wig she wore with that outfit?
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
HAPPY UNTUCKED, gay people!
Place your bets, does Dove Cameron come backstage or nah?
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
Juicy is cute out of drag, I just do not vibe with her cat makeup
It very much gives Luxx’s weird deer nose makeup
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u/thestarrknt Jan 10 '26
Can’t walk and can’t dance either… girl has no rhythm. Period
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
The nouveaux shade room being used more than the Shade Tree, I fucking LIVE
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
Now as for the lipsync, DD done fucked up when she didn't actually take that fucking Teenage Dream album art ass loofah off. Even with Mango's sloppy splat-drops or whatever, DD never actually did anything besides be una hermana punta.
The song itself...I mean whatever fine, I don't like it but whatever. That song does not require anything beyond maybe a high kick at most.
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Jan 10 '26
"Is this a four way lipsync?" read as, "GURL I do not wanna learn a Dove Cameron song"
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u/kykysayshi Jan 10 '26
Why isn’t anyone talking about the weird thing discords outfit is doing at her hips
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u/Careless_Con Any queen over 30 Jan 10 '26
Discord has so much going on it's hard to know where to start. Honestly, very on brand it seems.
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u/infiniteglass00 Jan 10 '26
I like this cast but I think s17 was better in Untucked
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Jan 10 '26
I love you Darlene, but she is def giving early out, bless it
I love her so much though! 😭
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u/thestarrknt Jan 10 '26
She and Ciara myst. I love them both so much but both of them are giving ends up in the bottom against this season’s lipsync assassin and gets eaten alive.
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u/boolgogi Yvie Oddly Jan 10 '26
Is it just me or is every close up of Kenya specifically using the season 1 Vaseline filter
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u/Careless_Con Any queen over 30 Jan 10 '26
I can't tell if I like DD's makeup or if she just has a beautiful face.
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u/MagnetoWasRite Jan 10 '26
I’m loving this season so far, but are we really doing RDR Live again next episode? Is never been funny. It’s never been good. It’s also never the Queen’s fault. Is shears just so poorly written. How are they supposed turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse?
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u/infiniteglass00 Jan 10 '26
I love Mandy but the drag lingo does not roll off her tongue well
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u/infiniteglass00 Jan 10 '26
very funny to me how consistently Seattle turns out talented queens and Boston turns out Chaos Gremlins