RuPauls Drag Racereturns for season 11 Thursday, Feb. 28at 9:00 p.m. Until then, read on for EWs full interview withAll-Stars 4winner Monet.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Hey Monet!
You must be so relieved that this is coming to a close, but what an evening youve had!
Mettie Ostrowski for EW
Winning, dropping yourvisual EP, going onstagewith Kacey Musgraves…
I feel like Im on fing bath salts!
It was hard because we were traveling and not sleeping.
At this point, girl, Ive had three hours of sleep in the past two months.
But its better to be busy and working than to be at home ordering Postmates.
You also have a jolt of energy from your Cardi B commercial fueling you.Exactly, okurrr?
What was it like filming with her?
This just fueled me trying to get that one-on-one.
Not even a little bit.
So in my brain, I was like,win, yes.
Then a little bit later I realized it was a tie.
Thats when I was like, oh, work.
A good gag or a bad gag?There are no bad gags.
It was completely great.
Im happy that I won!
I still got a crown, scepter, and $100,000.
I thought Ru was going to Manila Luzon me and make us share the $100,000.
Lets be honest, Trinity didnt look happy in that video.
What was she like in the moment during the reveal?I think she was surprised in the moment.
We didnt think a tie was in the cards….
It was like, how are we going toshowa tie?
Where is the tie going to manifest from?
Then we thought, maybe we heard it wrong?
Thats where her confusion was.
I was like, gagged!
They showed you, girl.
She has $100,000 to soak up her tears now.Soak it up, girl.
Im sure youve been online and youve seen what the fans are saying.
Does it dilute the win a little bit for you knowing that it was a tie?
Do you wish it couldve just been one?Ego would have you think that, but no.
With two winners there are more chances for great things to happen for drag and to make drag mainstream.
The mainstreaming of drag can affect a lot of change because drag is powerful.
People wanted a diverse All-Star and they got it.
I dont understand why theyre upset.
Outside of that, Im so impressed you made yourAll-Stars 4victory happenwithout milking the sponge thing.
I know some people expected you to whip out sponges like Monique did with cows.
Were you actively avoiding that?You love it or you hate it.
But the sponges are a thing.
Its going to be something inDrag Racefor the rest of herstory.
Its an iconic moment in theDrag Racelexicon.
Thats where I ended my journey last time, so I wanted to make a departure from that.
And now Pepsi is cutting you checks.Hello!
Im cashing the Pepsi checks.
This finale is also very different thanAll-Stars 3, which divided the fanbase.
It would be so interesting.
We should film an alternate ending and redo it and see what everybodys gonna do.
You clashed with Gia?I didnt clash with Gia.
I dont really know Gia at all.
Im just being silly.
The other girls were just doing gimmick after gimmick this season.Yes!
And it didnt make any fing sense.
Thats the beauty of Judy Garland.
Ive seen the Carnegie Hall performance 19 times.
I think you brought that, whereas Naomi was all over the place and not connecting with the song.
You brought it back to old-school drag, whichDrag Racehas been missing lately.Ok bitch, you said it!
Im just listening at this point.
I also loved that you spoofed wig reveals and revealed a blonde pussycat wig under another blonde pussycat wig.
[Cackles] Yes!
Weresoover the wig reveals.
Its like, girl, donotdo a wig reveal.
I was poking fun at how stupid wig reveals are.
That was the hardest that I laughed the entire season.
Literally the epitome of when you see it online versus when you get it delivered.
I wasnt the first one to ever do saggy old lady ts.
Trinity is free to try as much as she can.
And she showed me what to do.
I have to thank Phi Phi OHara for that amazing costume that the judges did not understand!
I feel like thats controversial!
You dont hear too many people thanking Phi Phi these days.Oh no!
I love Phi Phi.
Shes been a great friend to me.
Shes one of the sweetest queens I know.
She helped me with three costumes for season 10.
Shes a great queen and I love her.
Good.Youre like, No Monet!
Give us the T!
You know better than I do.
Moving on, Ijust wish that at the end you were lip-synching against Monique, too.
Did you and Monique have a secret alliance going that wasnt discussed on camera?
It seemed like you mightve.No, we didnt.
We didnt know we were going to be there!
Even though we were on the same season.
Obviously we had speculated because everybody reads Reddit.
We all know whats going on.
We didnt talk about it, and there were no alliances.
Proving bitches wrong!Right.
Reddit, get yall facts and currency in check, honey.
Trixie is half Native American, but white-presenting in drag.
[Laughs]
Come on, girl.
[Laughs] There have been lots of winners of color, but notAll-Stars.
Its unfortunate, but its never too late for a change.
If you get mad, change it.
Change is never late.
The show isnt racist, but the fandom is.
The fandom is so conditioned.
I dont know how to make that more clear to these younger fans.
Putting people on blast and making people more responsible for the things they say online will help change.
Yeah, I agree.
I dont think theyre fully aware of the gravity of posts like that.
The person who made that photo was found, and information about him came out.
I think hes some 14-year-old kid.
Sometimes these kids dont have any idea the gravity of what theyre doing online and the impact it has.
I dont think he realized the gravity and howgravelyracial it was.
She was performing and I was like, this queen can save the world.
Thats what I know about Honey to be true.
I cant really say what the project is, but its on Nickelodeon and comes out in 2020.
I also have myEPUnapologeticallyand my visual album that people have been reacting to so positively.
Were seeing something that can change lives.
And then I find out that theyre literally always right.
Older gay men are always right.
I cant wait to be an old gay man so I can always correct.
Well, heres to you getting old, wise, and hopefully not having saggy tties.
[Laughs] Thank you, my dear!
