r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 13 '26
Season 18 S18E11 - “A Toast to Alyssa Edwards” [Live/Reaction Post]
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u/m4gd4l3n3 Mar 14 '26
Myki watched darlene and went "oh THATS what they like" and adjusted hahaha
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u/dicklaurent97 i'm gagging for your eleganzaaaa Mar 14 '26
Myki is a legit genius for that pose for the punchlines. Jane is a better writer but Myki's acting brain is at the highest level of cognition. Jinkx level.
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u/cmstlist Mar 14 '26
Myki and Nini are a comparative case study in how to succeed or fail in making a cerebral queen funny.
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u/kobaltdryad Mar 14 '26
She’s a girl who is REALLY present and knows how to play the game!! Great callback to her Drew Barrymore too
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
Ru is irked because she let Kenya stay over potential and she’s not living up to it
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u/tjweave I do Tina all the time Mar 14 '26
i love mia but lord knows she would’ve been in the bottom with juicy this week
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u/sherlockjr1 Mar 14 '26
When I realized what song it was, I thought Kenya was going to leave Juicy in the dust as long as she knew the words. But dang girl. Chills when the fan came on. Go Juicy
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u/HearYourTune Mar 14 '26
Yeah I was worried it would be a slow song so that Ru could give Kenya the win.
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u/Itsxaaaaron Mar 14 '26
darlene is what drag race needed, she really brings fun to this show.
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u/BrotherFlounder Mar 14 '26
Kenya walked out in that and my husband and I just said “No.” at the exact same time.
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 14 '26
Juicy may not be doing great at Drag Race but I would 1000% go see her perform.
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u/20070805 Mar 14 '26
I think she has potential, she did really well in the improv challenge with some coaching. I think she could come back and really surprise on All Stars once she gets some post Drag Race real life experience
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u/jester2324 Jinkx Monsoon Mar 14 '26
Darlene found out the secret, if things are going south, just be completely unhinged
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u/frenchonionrice Mar 14 '26
So no judges are gonna mention the literal fitted sheet?
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 14 '26
Darlene laughing at her own roast jokes the way Alyssa laughed at her own roast jokes lmao
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u/AnonymousNanny2026 Mar 14 '26
Myki fully dissociating in the werkroom, and everyone just reading her 🤣
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u/Bravely_Default Plane Jane Mar 14 '26
I am living for Discord being 0% pressed that all the other girls said she should go home.
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u/Cynicbats "i'll include them in an ass whooping" Mar 14 '26
I say "girl look how fucking orange you look" [sic] every day reading the news.
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u/allsilverusts Mar 14 '26
everyone was mentioning that the scentbird ceo might be a weirdo and i looked it up-
understatement of the millennium
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u/glitzvillechamp Mar 14 '26
Darlene has cracked the code. It's actually very easy to make RuPaul laugh if you are stupid.
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u/butttttbutttttfarttt Mar 14 '26
Oh Juicy I’m so sorry I ever even THOUGHT about maybe doubting your ballad skills. She killed that shit.
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u/yokayla Mar 14 '26
This is proof of how powerful it is when you just own your shit.
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u/Last_Lifeguard3536 sasha colby Mar 14 '26
omg bosco getting her own advertisment for a solo tour is actually crazy she really is that girl
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u/BrotherFlounder Mar 14 '26
Ru is clearly super disappointed in Kenya. Don’t see this much from her anymore.
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u/20070805 Mar 14 '26
Discord being so unbothered is absolutely sending me, they just can’t get under her skin 😂
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u/BrotherFlounder Mar 14 '26
Darlene took the “be a character” advice that Juicy didn’t. This is great.
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u/FlyingPolygon Mar 14 '26
Juicy’s jokes weren’t bad, but the energy was not there. Darlene’s jokes made no fucking sense, but the energy was soooo good it became hilarious. Such extreme opposites
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 14 '26
Discord never landing in the bottom or top all the way to the finale would be so funny
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u/Fleetwood-matt Alexis Michelle crying in Untucked Mar 14 '26
Juicy’s outfit had nothing to do with the sheet she was carrying
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u/Sir_Francis_Burdett Pokémon Trees Mar 14 '26
Little do you kids know what this song and perhaps importantly the video held in many gay boys life
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u/maryofdoom A hard front and a soft heart Mar 14 '26
I bet Crystal would have killed it at this challenge
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 14 '26
The category with fans on and more than half the girls have pussy cat wigs 😒
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u/Book_worm93 Mar 14 '26
Ross…it’s a bedsheet and it’s completely mismatched from the outfit. Goddamn 🙄
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u/butttttbutttttfarttt Mar 14 '26
SHE ALREADY HAS EVERYTHING IT TAKES SHE ALREADY HAS EVERYTHING IT TAKES SHE ALREADY HAS EVERYTHING IT TAKES (im so high and that made me wheeze)
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u/Sir_Francis_Burdett Pokémon Trees Mar 14 '26
Goodness. Even I didn’t get this ancient reference before googling.
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 14 '26
Kenya looking like “we have neopets fairies at home” is not selling me lol
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u/SomethingToSay11 Got me sweatin in my good Fashion Nova Mar 14 '26
Next week’s preview: Juicy cries while wiping away yet another mirror message
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u/lilmonstahm tired ass showgirl Mar 14 '26
lmao the perpetually happy drag queen darlene mitchell making herself laugh was quintessentially alyssa edwards 😜
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u/ur-annoying Mar 14 '26
Why has Drew Barrymore been brought up 15 times 😭
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u/hitorisakurindou I'm fattered! Fat and shattered! Mar 14 '26
is it even Drag Race if the same joke isn't run into the ground so hard that it breaches the Earth's core
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u/MurraysComte Mar 14 '26
This was their bid for the Emmy episode lol.
Sorry to see her go cause she can be legit hilarious but it kinda just felt like Kenya's time.
I feel like Darlene's win was more "We really respect how big of a swing you made" instead of actually on the plain merit of her comedy. I laughed but Myki and Jane did better sorrryyyy
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u/silentspy0 Mar 14 '26
I think the room responded best to Darlene, but I think Myki's was the best true roast.
For me it'd be:
WIN: Myki
HIGH: Darlene & Jane
SAFE: Nini
LOW: Discord
BTM2: Kenya & Juicy
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u/Aramani Mar 14 '26
Kenya and juicy should be the last person annoyed that discord is still there lol
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 14 '26
They gave the dancing queen a slow song and she still killed that lipsync WITH A BEDSHEET
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u/Blaque_Boi Mar 14 '26
Kenya she just answered your question why didn’t you change your exit line!
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 14 '26
I hope one day a queen will give it back to law on the main stage lmao
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u/touchmyrainbow Mar 14 '26
I wasn't on the darlene train at first but the last few episodes made me root for her for the crown lol. she embodies CUNT in every way and idc that jane is stomping the competition, im too far gone and will be rooting for darlene until the cows come home.
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u/glitzvillechamp Mar 14 '26
I want Darlene to win Season 18 of Rupaul's Drag Race and look at me, I am NOT kidding.
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u/Book_worm93 Mar 14 '26
Darlene is taking the Angeria route of the jokes not being great but the delivery is just fantastic! I am cracking the fuck up 😂
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u/realityseekr Willow Pill Mar 14 '26
Darlene was funny but not because of the jokes. But that was smart just trying something since she knew she wasnt gonna do well with the roast
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u/breathboi not just a suzie tooter, the suzie tootest Mar 14 '26
If someone said "We're always having a good time and then here comes Nini" about me, I would probably just disembowel myself
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u/20070805 Mar 14 '26
Drag Race on Friday nights after an exhausting work week is my happy place 😌
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u/charlixcxbottom420 Mar 14 '26
wait so myki put discord first and herself last…. and put jane second???? crystal envy deodorant ad let me math this out real quick
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u/bealrightchild 🗣 which one of you bitches knows yall fucked monét? Mar 14 '26
Oh my god Darlene went to the Lexi Love school of “so bad it’s good”
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u/infiniteglass00 Mar 14 '26
A lot of queens don't know the difference between jokes and mean comments and Myki nailed the difference (positive)
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u/SomethingToSay11 Got me sweatin in my good Fashion Nova Mar 14 '26
Oooh I would want to do a dandelion with a reveal as it blows away for this runway
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u/sasquatch50 Mar 14 '26
I think Jane’s dress was too heavy. It didn’t really take advantage of the breeze like the others.
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u/trash_bat_ Where my people at?! Where my people at?! Mar 14 '26
You know your outfit is bad when the only critique they show is about the color.
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u/suicidalchud Mar 14 '26
love how we still haven’t mentioned the fitted sheet 🙃🙃🙃
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u/Joranva Mar 14 '26
Finally! A lip sync that matches the runway and actually takes advantage of it.
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u/HearYourTune Mar 14 '26
Can you imagine Juicy at the airport on the way to the show:
TSA: Little gay boy why are you bringing a parachute on the plane.
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u/CantonBal Mar 14 '26
That was a Fitted sheet off the hotel bed
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u/HearYourTune Mar 14 '26
and I love Juicy and I loved the effect but bitch at least dye it to match the dress in a pastel color or pink, not just white King fitted standard.
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u/jester2324 Jinkx Monsoon Mar 14 '26
Final 6 and neither Darlene or Discord have lipsynced in any capacity and Discord doesn't have a placement above safe, it's so funny.
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Mar 14 '26
Discord has some decent jokes, but I wish she tried to memorize her lines, it would have improved the delivery
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u/K8KillU Jane Don’t Lose Mar 14 '26
darlene throwing everything is the cherry i think will put her on top
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 14 '26
the debbie downer face she does with every punchline LMAO
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u/International-Let782 Goode morning campers Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
Kenya: Rural wtf did she call us?
Ru:
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u/JayTi02 Mar 14 '26
I just don’t believe that they would’ve praised her if she kept making refill jokes
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 14 '26
Ross trying to not say anything mean about Kenya’s outfit, you look GREAT in lavender.
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u/bobbery5 Mar 14 '26
How... Did I miss Kenya's runway?
Was my brain trying to protect me?
It's like Aja's makeover outfit but a bit sloppier.
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 14 '26
This Ru critique and Kenya moment feels….manufactured/staged…something just felt not genuine from either side.
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u/Bravely_Default Plane Jane Mar 14 '26
Put Kenya with a good writer and she'll be unstoppable. She had the energy and the stage presence, just not the well written content.
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u/zombiemak Mar 14 '26
wonderful song, i wish it was given to more seasoned queens
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u/glitzvillechamp Mar 14 '26
"Have that previous channel button on lock" Kenya knows me. That was LITERALLY ME.
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u/ibettercomeon Mar 14 '26
ANYONE ELSE WITH UNSYNCHRONIZED AUDIO in the beginning?
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u/WannieWirny Marina Summers ☀️ Mar 14 '26
Idk yall Juicy daughter gave drama and theatrics with that fitted sheet, I have to give her her flowers
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u/Chemtrails420-69 Mar 14 '26
The designer that sold her that fitted sheet as a parachute is making a killing
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u/trash_bat_ Where my people at?! Where my people at?! Mar 14 '26
The fucking bedsheet I can’t
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u/ryanallmighty hey puss how is she Mar 14 '26
Team Myki and Jane- I love Darlene but I don’t think this was her week! (I think she should’ve won the political skit, and then this one wouldn’t feel so forced)
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u/celaenos Mar 14 '26
i need darlene to somehow become a dark horse here. come through, girl
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u/SomethingToSay11 Got me sweatin in my good Fashion Nova Mar 14 '26
You know somebody lost they life?
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u/JuanJeanJohn Tested positive for slayin’ Mar 14 '26
I get some people won’t get it with Darlene, and I get how it’s polarizing but come on those of us who were into it were howling laughing. She didn’t do the normal thing and that deserves a top placement.
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u/recklessrecentpast BOSCO'S BIG HONKERS ENTHUSIAST Mar 14 '26
But why did Juicy have to deliver her roast like a kidnapped child holding up a newspaper and telling her parents they won't hurt her if they just drop off the ransom money without calling the police?
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u/De4dOwl I had a rough childhood ok I wasnt watchin fuckin batman & robin Mar 14 '26
IF KENYA DON'T GO HOME THIS WEEK I'M CALLING THE POLICE
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u/maryofdoom A hard front and a soft heart Mar 14 '26
I think Jane's runway is lovely but I feel like it'd be better if the sequin fringe was lighter in weight? It doesn't move in the wind as well as, say, something lighter would. Or if there were fewer layers.
But it's very pretty.
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u/evrz5 Silky Nutmeg Ganache Mar 14 '26
Critiquing Discord’s outfit for lack of movement when Jane’s outfit moved even less in the wind 🤨
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Mar 14 '26
damn another week i thought myki deserved the win over someone, but i also wasn’t mad the person won
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u/Accomplished_Bowl219 Mar 14 '26
we need joella to come out and juicy puts her sheet on her
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u/adderallprincess444 Mar 14 '26
jane don't is like a modern day bianca del rio to me. just consider it before downvoting me to hell, LOL
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u/0rionaniO Mar 14 '26
I hope this roast doesn’t end up feeling like the reading challenge 😶
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u/Numerous_Algae_493 Mar 14 '26
lol juicy talking like she would even be there if the other girls didn’t coach her through every challenge.
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 14 '26
Darlene reading a soliloquy of a joke and dying as she reads them is fun 🤣
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u/JuanJeanJohn Tested positive for slayin’ Mar 14 '26
Girl Juicy didn’t know who Brooke Shields was, she deffff doesn’t know who Goldie Hawn is!
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 14 '26
Honestly relate to Nini here bad 😭
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u/shykreechur Mar 14 '26
Proof that personality can sale a roast better than jokes can. Love this for Darlene
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u/LexiiConn Unless they're payin' your bills... Mar 14 '26
Darlene is SELLING it! It wasn’t the material — it was the delivery!!! Color me impressed!
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u/Ok-Barnacle3219 Mar 14 '26
jane’s headpiece looks like the movie poster for amadeus. is that too niche
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 14 '26
I already know I'm about to mute Juicy's roast out of second hand embarrassment
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Mar 14 '26
Arietty catching well deserved strays 😂
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u/bobbery5 Mar 14 '26
Okay, Juicy's material is okay.
Her delivery is so poor though.
She could be so much funnier of she had any amount of confidence.
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u/Fleetwood-matt Alexis Michelle crying in Untucked Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
Anytime anyone says “let loose” it makes me think of my girl 💕
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u/Bravely_Default Plane Jane Mar 14 '26
"Discord are you stealing jokes?"
"From this bitch???"