RuPaul read our minds. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the times when RuPaul’s true feelings about the “Drag Race” queens were evident.
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00:00Have you ever kissed a girl?
00:02Well, never.
00:04But, uh, yeah.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the times
00:10when RuPaul's true feelings about the drag race queens were evident.
00:13Beware of spoilers ahead.
00:18There's something on my face.
00:21Number 10.
00:22Mimi I'm First and India Farrah Lip Sync
00:25As Ru says afterward, drag is not a contact sport.
00:29Mimi I'm First, drag is not a contact sport.
00:35That didn't stop Season 3 contestant Mimi I'm First from picking up fellow
00:38competitor India Farrah and throwing her over her shoulder like a sack of wet laundry.
00:43Ru didn't stop it, because after all, they are there to make good TV.
00:47But the open-mouthed look of shock and the icy glare on her face afterward said it all.
00:59She was not impressed by this demonstration of strength.
01:01If a queen can't stand on her own two feet and make it through a lip sync without
01:05sabotaging a competitor, she's not fit to be America's next drag superstar.
01:18This stunt only cemented Mimi's inevitable ousting from the season.
01:22Number 9.
01:23Slapping Asia O'Hara
01:25Stage slapping the queens was a mainstay of RuPaul's Drag Race.
01:29After all, it seems RuPaul loves to live out her dynasty catfight fantasy.
01:33But during this particular mini-challenge, Ru lived that fantasy a little too fiercely.
01:46One by one, the queens would come up and work to receive a playful shadow slap from the host.
01:51The best reaction would win.
01:53Well, Ru misjudged one movement and actually made contact with Asia O'Hara's face.
02:07Embarrassed, she was quick to apologize,
02:09but she looked like her entire career was flashing before her eyes.
02:12It was Asia who said what Ru was thinking.
02:14This was about to become Asia O'Hara's Drag Race.
02:23Number 8.
02:24A Bad Job
02:26If you want to know how a team did in the challenge, just look at Ru's face after they finish.
02:36More often than not, it'll give you a good indication.
02:39The queens of season 5 were tasked with creating and starring in a kid's show.
02:43Today we have a special word of the day.
02:47The word of the day is...
02:49BLOW!
02:50I always think of bubbles.
02:52Closing out their creation with the comedic stylings of Honey Mahogany and Coco Montrese
02:56as a ventriloquist and her puppet,
02:58the second group clearly did not hit the mark.
03:01Look no further than Ru's frozen expression after their segment finished.
03:05It's like she's trying to smile in the face of abject pain and terror at its badness.
03:10It's a good thing the queens were judged individually and not in teams.
03:13This was not your challenge.
03:17I can't really tell you why.
03:18They wanted me to be a marionette and I was just supposed to answer the question
03:22and that's not me.
03:23Number 7.
03:24Latrice Royale and Kenya Michaels Lip Sync
03:27Latrice Royale gave one of the best lip syncs in the show's herstory in season 4.
03:40My life was so unkind.
03:42That would have been true even if she hadn't gone against Kenya Michaels,
03:45who completely misunderstood Aretha Franklin's You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.
03:49You can do all the tricks you want,
03:51but if it's not that kind of song, it's not that kind of song.
03:54Ru's stone-faced expression as Kenya gestures towards her is so cold that it could give you frostbite.
04:00It's only matched by the look of absolute adoration from the judges as Latrice kills it.
04:05You make me feel, you make me feel, you make me feel like a natural woman.
04:17It's like night and day and leaves no question who's about to sashay away.
04:22Number 6.
04:23Honey Davenport Jumps Off the Stage
04:26At this point, I don't know if she's gonna send three of us home or if she's gonna send two home.
04:34My mind is blank.
04:35We don't really know what RuPaul was thinking
04:37when she made six drag queens lip-sync on the same stage at the same time.
04:40But we got a glimpse into her mind amid the chaos and desperation
04:44when bottom queen Honey Davenport threw themselves in front of the panel
04:47and began thrashing on the ground.
04:57When Honey sashayed away, it was not a surprise.
05:00Ru had silently said her goodbye as soon as the contestant flopped off the stage.
05:05The host wasn't just unimpressed.
05:14She looked offended that someone would treat this moment and her floor so carelessly.
05:19Number 5.
05:20Detox's Snatch Game
05:22In the snatch game, there's a fine, fine line between taking a risk and going overboard.
05:27Hey, Kesha!
05:29I just woke up here.
05:30You're at the snatch game, honey.
05:32What's that?
05:34That's what Season 5 queen Detox found out when they played an odd,
05:38obnoxious caricature of pop star Kesha.
05:40Both Alyssa Edwards and Lanaysha Sparks were so bad,
05:43they made Ru stumble over her words and question her reality.
05:46Flip her hair back and forth.
05:50I think it's whip your hair back and forth.
05:54See?
05:54But only Detox decided to simulate relieving herself on the set.
05:58Ru didn't know what to say.
06:00The host tried to play along, but it was obvious that a space
06:03was already being cleared for Detox in the snatch game hall of shame.
06:06Do you have toilet paper?
06:08Yeah, I'll get somebody to clean that up.
06:11Thanks, Ru.
06:12Detox bathroom break.
06:15Number 4.
06:16Utica Bombs the Stand-Up Challenge
06:18Like so many comedy challenges,
06:20Season 13's Miss Congeniality Roast had its winners and its losers.
06:25Utica Queen's fashions were always innovative,
06:28but her comedy here was about as fresh and new as week-old bread.
06:32You know, Ross and Simone, I think you guys would make a great couple.
06:35Simone and Pumbaa.
06:38For much of it, Ru was smiling politely.
06:41At most, she was just humoring the sure-to-be-bottom-placing queen
06:44while she died inside listening to those incredibly awkward punchlines.
06:48But once Utica came for her...
06:50it was on.
06:58To paraphrase the old adage,
06:59a nasty hand gesture is worth a thousand words.
07:02Though it was all in good fun,
07:04it was a clear sign that Ru wasn't feeling Utica-set.
07:10Number 3.
07:11Mo Hart and the Vixen Lip Sync
07:13If you bomb snatch game, you better slay the lip sync.
07:17And if you want to slay the lip sync,
07:19for the love of Ru, keep your wig on.
07:21If it's killed a queen's chances once,
07:23it's killed them a thousand times.
07:29Mo Hart had every opportunity to redeem herself
07:32in this Carly Rae Jepsen lip sync.
07:33Instead, she didn't learn her lyrics
07:36and tossed her wig off before the first chorus.
07:38Cancel your reservations, no more hesitations.
07:42This is un-can-make-it-stop.
07:44Give me un-can-make-it-stop.
07:47The heat generated from Ru's eyes
07:50as she watched that flying hairpiece
07:51could power a nuclear reactor.
07:53That was all it took.
07:55Mo was essentially out before the song was over.
07:57That was even before the cartwheels.
08:06At least we think they're cartwheels.
08:08Spoiler alert, Ru didn't like those either.
08:14Workroom walkthroughs are usually
08:16RuPaul nudging the queens towards greatness,
08:18if not downright telling them exactly
08:20what they need to do to succeed in the competition.
08:23But rarely are they this tense.
08:32RuPaul's critiques were clearly weighing on Pearl's mind.
08:36When she got cheeky with the host,
08:37Ru looked like she wanted to have her own
08:39be quiet Tiffany moment.
08:50No one can lay a verbal smackdown
08:52like the Queen Mother herself.
08:53But it's moments like this that make us remember
08:55just how much she can communicate with a death glare.
08:58Pearl was clearly shaken by the encounter.
09:00And honestly, so were we.
09:02I'm like tripping.
09:03I don't know what to do.
09:28As these two season 8 queens stumbled their way
09:31through the legendary I Will Survive,
09:33fans could see in Ru's face
09:34that she was having horrid flashbacks.
09:45Not since Honey Mahogany and Vivian Pinay's
09:47double elimination had such a lackluster lip sync
09:50grease the main stage.
09:51The host looked so uncomfortable witnessing
09:54such an uninspired performance to such a legendary song
09:57that she could not hide her disdain.
09:59Every choice, every move was wrong for the track.
10:02Dax and Layla became the second pair of queens
10:04to face a double sashay.
10:15Considering how disappointed Ru was,
10:17it was a surprise to no one.
10:19Which of these iconic RuPaul moments had you gagged?
10:22Let us know in the comments.
10:29Ivy totally didn't get the joke.
10:31It was an awkward moment.
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