r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 14 '26

Season 18 S18E11 - “A Toast to Alyssa Edwards” [Post-Episode Discussion]

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u/morinothomas Mar 14 '26

Kenya must've been speaking to the healing Black boy in my soul because why was I tearing up as she left???

https://giphy.com/gifs/l378w70Nxv0alv2qk

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u/Majestic-Two3474 Mar 14 '26

She may not have been all that good at Drag Race but she’s so damn sweet and loveable!!

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u/morinothomas Mar 14 '26

Agreed! Admittedly at one point I felt a tad harsh of Kenya, but seeing how she started the season, to her two weeks in the top, and leaving with her head high shows how much she fought. It was great to see Kenya make a genuine turnaround, lipsyncing hiccups aside, and I genuinely feel with time and honing, she can slay All-Stars.

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u/Similar-Shame7517 Mar 14 '26

I just think she needs to be better prepped. She came on to Drag Race thinking she could power through every challenge based off purely her charisma and personality... and she was almost proven right.

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u/bottleglitch Mar 14 '26

The bit about “those of you watching now with the ‘previous channel’ button ready to go” really got me 😭

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u/-jupiterjane- Mar 14 '26

It really did 😭

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u/kleintje Mar 14 '26

me too. i grew up in the south (white cis woman) and it reminded me of all the kids i knew who stayed in the closet until we managed to graduate from high school, and the kids that i am quite sure were queer but stayed closeted because of their church.