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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Breaking down the drama between Bob, 'Drag Race' fans, and Nehellenia
Paramount+/World of Wonder;for The Recording Academy Nehellenia on RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars; Bob The Drag Queen at the Grammy Museum in April 2025. RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen has been at odds with fans and queens of the series since sharing rather negative opinions on non-U.S., All Stars-esque spinoffs like Global All Stars and Versus the World. The intense back-and-forth — which now spans several days — has also involved queens like Angeria Paris VanMicheals and Nehellenia. On Thursday, May 15, the Sibling Rivalry podcast shared a new episode in which Bob and guest cohost Naomi Smalls recapped the grand premiere of All Stars 10. During the episode, Bob urged queens to "say no" to international All Stars seasons, which led to an epic feud between Drag Race fans and queens from non-U.S. franchises. Now, Out breaks down the latest Drag Race discourse between queens and fans — which started as a discussion about the cast size of All Stars 10 and turned into a worldwide feud about Versus the World spinoffs and the continuation of Global All Stars. The Sibling Rivalry coverage of All Stars 10 has started with a bang. This season, Naomi Smalls joined Bob the Drag Queen as a cohost in the Sibling Rivalry podcast — filling in for Monét X Change as she hosts the franchise's official recap web series, The Pit Stop, in 2025. This particular Sibling Rivalry episode recapping the first episode of All Stars 10 started out with praise for the new "Tournament of All Stars" twist. However, Bob noted that the format could potentially run its course too quickly due to its large cast size. If All Stars 11 were to maintain this format, Bob argued, it would mean that two season of All Stars (each with 18 queens) would burn through 36 queens from one year to the next. "You really run the risk of exhausting your All Stars pool" of potential competitors, the season 8 winner explained. Jacob Ritts, a producer on Sibling Rivalry, chimed in to say that other shows that include alumni, like RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World and Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World, would also contribute to this potential issue with casting. Bob agreed, and brought up returning queens who do back-to-back regular seasons, like Vanessa Vanjie in seasons 10 and 11. Even though this hasn't happened for a while in flagship U.S. seasons of Drag Race, Bob recalled that Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté wanted to compete in another regular season before doing All Stars. This is the beginning of the rest the mess. On Thursday, May 15, X user @KINA2_2 shared a clip from this Sibling Rivalry episode (as seen above) that started right in the middle of Bob and Naomi discussing Kornbread's potential return onto the show. Bob's understanding was that Kornbread declined an invitation to All Stars, but Jacob — Sibling Rivalry producer — alleged that Kornbread seemingly declined doing a season of Versus the World, not that she had declined a U.S. season of All Stars. Nonetheless, Bob reacted to Jacob's clarification by sharing negative opinions about queens who accept the invitation for non-U.S. All Stars-esque spinoffs. "I would never… Let me tell you something right now: Any queens, if you're being offered Versus the World, say no," the season 8 winner started. "We have to stop them from even offering it as an option. If you all just keep saying no, they'll stop offering it. There's no way you would ever convince [me], and I know I won Drag Race…" "We all know," Naomi replied, teasing Bob and making the two of them laugh. "We all know." Bob continued, "But if I was [season 4's first-eliminated queen] Alisa Summers, you could not convince me to do a Versus the World. Logo TV Alisa Summers on RuPaul's Drag Race season 4. "What about Global [All Stars]?" Naomi asked. Bob replied, "No! Even worse! Even worse." "See, for me, I just want… I'll do whatever is there," Naomi said, acknowledging that factors like lower viewership than U.S. seasons could impact her decision. But Bob wasn't convinced, "You would not accept a Versus the World. Stop lying, bitch." "What if the prize was a million dollars?" Jacob asked, off-camera. "OK, I'm back in," Bob instantly replied. Naomi asked, "What if it's $500,000?" "No," Bob answered. While some fans agreed (or at least understood) Bob's perspective, a wave of non-U.S. queens and fans felt insulted by Bob's point of view. That pushback has gotten the clip to cross 3.1 million views on X as of this writing, and an intense debate in the worldwide Drag Race queendom was carried through the weekend. The original poster of this viral clip wrote, "I don't understand why being so harsh on a platform showcasing amazing non-U.S. and especially drag artists that aren't from English-speaking countries? Have you seen Marina Summers? Nehellenia? etc. And if those stop existing, including Global, where are we gonna see it?" Besides reaching 3.2 million views, the original post has accumulated 5,000 likes and hundreds of exchanges discussing Bob's remarks. "'Where are we gonna see it?' Baby, go to a drag bar," Bob wrote in her first response to this Drag Race controversy. Another X user shared a similar opinion to the original poster, asking: "How would you see the drag cultures of so many countries outside the US by going to a drag bar in the US?" "Wait until you find out about YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram," Bob replied. A Drag Race fan commented, "Bob this is a weird hill to die on." "Girl I don't like the fucking show. Y'all have to get over it," Bob replied. Another X user responded, "Love u Bob, but because [you're] An American queen [you're too] good to be around the ones that are not from USA to do a TV show? Explain queen maybe I understood wrong." "You got all of that out of what I said?... Interesting," Bob wrote. New responses kept coming to this X thread, including one that has since been deleted. "Girl shut the hell up," Bob replied. On Saturday, May 17, the temperature of this discourse rose slightly when a fan told Bob to "just own an opinion without being xenophobic" — prompting the Drag Race winner to write a longer statement in response to that allegation. "Xenophobic?!?! Sometimes the Drag Race fandom is the very definition of 'go touch grass.' Y'all have truly lost the plot," Bob wrote. "All this because I said I wouldn't compete on [Versus the World] or [Global All Stars]. I've also stated that I wouldn't even compete on an all-winners season. When you boil 'xenophobia' down to 'Bob said she wouldn't compete on Versus the World,' the word begins to literally mean nothing." An X user argued, "It was not you would compete, you said even if you were Alissa Summers, you wouldn't even answer the call for Versus the World and you want them to stop making it that got people pissed. Literally no one even expects you to be on Versus the World or Global, you are obviously above that." "Honestly. I still stand by how funny that was," Bob wrote in response. Another fan chimed in, "The backtracking here is insane [crying emoji] cause what you ACTUALLY said was 'Even if I was Alisa Summers, I would NEVER go on a [Versus the World] season.' And you also said no U.S. [queen] should EVER accept the invite to go." "The Alissa part was funny and I stand by that," Bob replied. "I said NO queen should go on. I beg of you to find the clip where I specifically said that 'no U.S. queen' should do it. I'll wait… No please take your time. I'll just be waiting here." A half hour later, Bob wrote another X post into this thread that read, "Still waiting over here. Been 30 minutes already." After an extended period of time and a few new responses, Bob circled back to the X user who had claimed that Bob was urging U.S. queens to say no to Versus the World and Global All Stars. "Okay, it's been about 6 hours, and you haven't found the clip of me saying that no US queen should compete. I'm just going to assume it doesn't you were too busy at work, but had time to tweet and retweet 38 times. Yes, I counted, because I do have the time. Just admit it. I made your day. This was the highlight of your day. You texted all of your friends and said, 'I'm in a Twitter fight with Bob the Drag Queen' and they gagged. They rushed over to check and see. Some of them even had to redownload Twitter after swearing it off just to see the main event of your week.I'm going to go ahead and leave this conversation alone, but tbh happy that you're fighting for your life in the comment section. Frankly is what you deserve. Be well. Or don't. I really don't care." Angeria Paris VanMicheals, who won All Stars 9 and entered the Drag Race Hall of Fame last year, re-shared the original post and chimed into the discourse: "I actually told my best friend that if I didn't win All Stars 9 and was asked to do UK vs the World or Global, my answer would be 'yes.' I wanted a new experience. Competing with non-American queens sounds so fun to me." Bob replied, "BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Nehellenia, a queen first introduced to fans on Drag Race Italia who made it to the grand finale of Global All Stars and became a new fan-favorite within the franchise, also entered the discourse as someone who could literally speak about how beneficial that opportunity was to her. "TV shows like [Global All Stars] or [Versus the World] not only give the opportunity to drag queens who otherwise could not have the same visibility on a global level," Nehellenia wrote in her first X post. "[To] show the public how artists with different backgrounds and styles can compete together, proving to have the same talent…" "…and sometimes even more than American artists," Nehellenia added. "Try to do what you do in a language that you do not master perfectly! Why denigrate something that tries to praise the art of drag instead of supporting it? Why take away value from something so humanly and artistically unifying?" Nehellenia concluded, "Every drag is valid… some ideals instead are not." is streaming on . New episodes of drop every Friday on .
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Reality TV star comes out as a transgender woman in emotional post
Former Drag Race México co-host Valentina Xunaxi announced her gender affirmation as a transgender woman in honor of her 34th birthday on Wednesday. 'For some time now I've been in transition, I've been doing it privately but today I wanted to open and share with you all,' the drag performer revealed to her 1.7M social media followers. 'Along the way I've felt pressure to come forward so I've decided and wanted to take today to declare myself as a transgender woman. I welcome all the love, support and protection from my dear fans. Thank you so much.' Valentina (born James Andrew Leyva) quickly received validation from World of Wonder, the production company behind Drag Race, as well as judge Michelle Visage, who's best friends with RuPaul. 'Happy happy happy birthday!' Michelle gushed. The Cali-born kid of Mexican immigrants got some love from her RuPaul's Drag Race season nine and All Stars 4 sister Farrah Moan, who commented: 'Happy birthday beautiful!' Former Drag Race México co-host Valentina Xunaxi announced her gender affirmation as a transgender woman in honor of her 34th birthday on Wednesday (pictured March 27) Valentina's All Stars 4 sister and Pit Stop host Monét X Change gushed in Spanglish: 'Mi hermosa reina! Happy Birthday amor!' The 5ft8in stunner's season 9 sister Peppermint - who publicly came out as trans in 2016 - commented: 'Happy Birthday lady! I love you so much!' And RuPaul's Drag Race #6 winner Bianca Del Rio put her sarcastic jabs aside to write: 'Happy birthday! Love, Nana!' Valentina also received supportive comments from her Drag Race sisters Kylie Sonique Love, Detox, Bosco, Amanda Tori Meating, Jewels Sparkles, DeJa Skye, CoCo Montrese, Tammie Brown, June Jambalaya, Manila Luzon, Naysha Lopez, Shea Couleé, and Jaida Essence Hall. The brunette beauty previously came out as non-binary in 2019, telling Out Magazine: 'I don't completely feel like a man, I don't completely feel like a woman. I feel like a goddess. I feel like I'm my own gender.' Valentina had only been doing drag for 10 months in LA nightclubs when she was cast in the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2017 on VH1. The Mexican-American star made Drag Race her-story when RuPaul stopped her lip sync against Nina Bo'nina Brown early because she initially refused to remove her face mask (years before COVID-19). And while Valentina ultimately landed in seventh place with only one challenge win under her belt, viewers voted her Miss Congeniality for season nine. The drag performer revealed to her 1.7M social media followers: 'For some time now I've been in transition, I've been doing it privately but today I wanted to open and share with you all' 'Along the way I've felt pressure to come forward so I've decided and wanted to take today to declare myself as a transgender woman. I welcome all the love, support and protection from my dear fans. Thank you so much' Valentina (born James Andrew Leyva) quickly received validation from World of Wonder, the production company behind Drag Race, as well as judge Michelle Visage, who's best friends with RuPaul The Cali-born kid of Mexican immigrants got some love from her RuPaul's Drag Race season nine and All Stars 4 sister Farrah Moan, who commented: 'Happy birthday beautiful!' Valentina's All Stars 4 sister and Pit Stop host Monét X Change gushed in Spanglish: 'Mi hermosa reina! Happy Birthday amor!' The 5ft8in stunner's season 9 sister Peppermint - who publicly came out as trans in 2016 - commented: 'Happy Birthday lady! I love you so much!' And RuPaul's Drag Race #6 winner Bianca Del Rio put her sarcastic jabs aside to write: 'Happy birthday! Love, Nana!' Valentina previously came out as non-binary in 2019, telling Out Magazine: 'I don't completely feel like a man, I don't completely feel like a woman. I feel like a goddess. I feel like I'm my own gender' (pictured May 2) The brunette beauty had only been doing drag for 10 months in LA nightclubs when she was cast in the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired in 2017 on VH1 Valentina made Drag Race her-story when RuPaul stopped her lip sync against Nina Bo'nina Brown early because she initially refused to remove her face mask (years before COVID-19) And while the Mexican-American star (M) ultimately landed in seventh place with only one challenge win under her belt, viewers voted her Miss Congeniality for season nine History repeated itself when Valentina competed on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2018-2019) since she came in seventh place again with only one challenge win The Linda Evangelista lookalike went on to portray HIV-positive drag queen Angel Dumott Schunard in Fox's Rent: Live in 2019 alongside Brandon Victor Dixon (L) and Vanessa Hudgens Valentina made a cameo as a patron of Daniela's salon alongside Orange is the New Black alum Dascha Polanco (L) in Jon M. Chu's 2021 musical, In the Heights History repeated itself when the Linda Evangelista lookalike competed on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2018-2019) since she came in seventh place again with only one challenge win. Valentina went on to portray HIV-positive drag queen Angel Dumott Schunard in Fox's Rent: Live in 2019 alongside Brandon Victor Dixon and Vanessa Hudgens. The Vogue México model made a cameo as a patron of Daniela's (Daphne Rubin-Vega) salon alongside Orange is the New Black alum Dascha Polanco in Jon M. Chu's 2021 musical, In the Heights.
Buzz Feed
06-05-2025
- Health
- Buzz Feed
Doctors, It's Time To Share The Modern 'Health' Trends That Aren't Worth It, Or Are Actually Extremely Dangerous
For those of us who are chronically online, it's hard to resist the allure of health trends we see circulating around the internet. I, for one, love trying a new wellness fad just as much as the next Gen Z girlie. However, some of these "health" practices may not actually do what we are told, or could even have very dangerous effects on our bodies. So, doctors and healthcare professionals, I want to know: what wellness trends should we all stop participating in? FOX Maybe all the vitamins we take every morning are actually just going through our bodies without providing any real benefits? World of Wonder Perhaps intermittent fasting could be dangerous for certain groups of people, and they should stay away from that practice altogether? Pinewood Studios Maybe perinium sunning, the act of exposing one's anus to the sun for improved sleep and libido, could actually be very harmful? Or should we all stop trying to eat as much protein as humanly possible in every meal we consume? Paramount Pictures
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Jiggly Caliente dead at 44
" RuPaul's Drag Race" star Jiggly Caliente has died at the age of 44, according to her family. The resident judge of "Drag Race Philippines," whose real name was Bianca Castro-Arabejo, died early Sunday morning, her family announced on her Instagram account. On Thursday, her family shared that the star had "experienced a serious health setback." They said she had a "severe infection" which resulted in a hospitalization and, as a result, "the loss of most of her right leg." Her family asked for privacy and informed followers she would not be participating in the upcoming season of "Drag Race Philippines." In the note announcing her death, Castro-Arabejo's family called her a "luminous presence in the worlds of entertainment and advocacy." "Jiggly Caliente was celebrated for her infectious energy, fierce wit, and unwavering authenticity," her family stated. The statement continued, "She touched countless lives through her artistry, activism, and the genuine connection she fostered with fans around the world. Her legacy is one of love, courage, and light. Though her physical presence is gone, the joy she shared and the space she helped create for so many will remain forever." The note ended with: "In Loving Memory of Bianca Castro-Arabejo (Jiggly Caliente) November 29, 1980 – April 27, 2025." A statement from "RuPaul's Drag Race" on Instagram read, "We are devastated by the passing of Jiggly Caliente, a cherished member of the Drag Race family. Her talent, truth, and impact will never be forgotten, and her legacy will continue to slay—always." The production company behind the show, World of Wonder, also shared a statement on social media. "Jiggly's humor, love, and light touched so many in the Drag Race family and beyond. Her legacy will continue to uplift the communities she advocated for," World of Wonder said. Castro-Arabejo, who was transgender, co-hosted the talk show "Translation" which debuted in 2020 and focused on issues afflicting trans lives. She first joined "RuPaul's Drag Race" in season 4, where she finished eighth in the competition before returning for the spinoff series "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars," where she finished 12th.
New York Post
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘RuPaul's Drag Race' star Jiggly Caliente dead at 44
'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Jiggly Caliente has died. She was 44. Caliente, whose real name is Bianca Castro, passed away after she was hospitalized for a 'severe infection' and had one of her legs amputated. The tragic news was announced Sunday via an Instagram statement from Caliente's family. 7 Jiggly Caliente. Instagram / @ jigglycalienteofficial 7 Jiggly Caliente at RuPaul's DragCon 2019. Getty Images 'It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Bianca Castro-Arabejo, known to the world and cherished by many as Jiggly Caliente,' the statement read. 'Bianca passed away peacefully on April 27, 2025, at 4:42 am, surrounded by her loving family and close friends.' 7 Jiggly Caliente's family's statement. Instagram / @jigglycalienteofficial 'A luminous presence in the worlds of entertainment and advocacy, Jiggly Caliente was celebrated for her infectious energy, fierce wit, and unwavering authenticity,' the family continued. 'She touched countless lives through her artistry, activism, and the genuine connection she fostered with fans around the world.' The tribute added, 'Her legacy is one of love, courage, and light. Though her physical presence is gone, the joy she shared and the space she helped create for so many will remain forever. She will be deeply missed, always loved, and eternally remembered.' 7 Jiggly Caliente at 'RuPaul's DragCon' in 2022. FilmMagic Stars from the 'Drag Race' community including Gottmik, Courtney Act, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, DeJa Skye, Melinda Verga, Alexis Michelle and more reacted to Caliente's death in the comments section. Caliente came in eighth place on Season 4 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' in 2012. She returned for 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 6 in 2021, where she placed 12th. In 2022, Caliente became a judge on 'Drag Race Philippines' for three seasons. She was born in the Philippines. 7 Corazon, Pangina Heals, Jiggly Caliente, Lawrence Chaney and Nicky Doll at World of Wonder's 'International Drag Day' event in 2023. Variety via Getty Images 7 Jiggly Caliente speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hall in June 2024. Getty Images for MoveOn Her drag name was named after the Pokémon character, Jigglypuff. Caliente's family announced Thursday that she had her leg amputated after she 'experienced a serious health setback.' 'Due to a severe infection, she was hospitalized and, as a result, has undergone the loss of most of her right leg,' the family's statement read. 7 Jiggly Caliente at the 'NewNowNext Awards' in April 2012. Kevin Winter 'Because of these circumstances, Bianca will not be appearing in the upcoming season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race Philippines,' nor will she be participating in any public engagements for the foreseeable future,' the message continued. 'Her recovery will be extensive.' Caliente's family asked fans for privacy and said that the reality star was concentrated 'on healing.' In addition to her 'Drag Race' career, Caliente had a recurring role on the FX series 'Pose' as Veronica Ferocity. She also appeared on 'Search Party' and 'Saturday Night Live.'
