- 5/30/2025
Get ready to laugh along with Mama Ru! From iconic Snatch Game moments to unforgettable werkroom interactions, we're showcasing the times when RuPaul completely lost her composure thanks to her queens' hilarious antics. These moments prove that making RuPaul laugh is the ultimate seal of approval!
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00:00Give a synopsis.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the moments when RuPaul
00:10couldn't keep it together thanks to Drag Race queens. Beware of spoilers.
00:14How's your head?
00:16Fine.
00:20Number 20. The Only Thing Fake About Alaska.
00:23RuPaul loves a pop culture reference. Alaska probably knew the host was going to ask her
00:27about her controversial elimination strategy at the All-Stars 2 reunion. Her habit of saving her
00:32friend Roxy Andrews from being cut from the season earned her some criticism from the audience.
00:46But to those who called her fake, she had one thing to say. RuPaul, slowly realizing what was
00:52happening, just started convulsing with laughter in her chair.
00:57If you want to say that I'm a snake, I have this to say. The Only Thing Fake About Me is
01:03this.
01:04Yes!
01:07The callback to a classic The Real Housewives of New York City moment was exactly the drama
01:15the reunion needed. The Only Thing That Is Artificial or Fake About Me is this.
01:25Number 19. Monet's Fake Out Split.
01:28If there's one way to win a lip sync, it's to make RuPaul laugh.
01:31Facing elimination in week four, season 10 Miss Congeniality Monet X Change knew she had
01:41to make an impression if she wanted to stay.
01:43I'm gonna have to lip sync for my life against my New York City sister. But I want them to
01:48know that I'm this fierce drag queen and I want to be here.
01:51Amid a Nicki Minaj lip sync, she pulled a legendary stunt. Positioning herself like a queen usually
01:56does before she does a split, Monet completely faked us all out.
02:11It was a genius ploy and it was sure to make her hard to forget. RuPaul was beside herself with
02:16laughter. Even behind her facekini and sunglasses, a look we're still scratching our heads about,
02:21it was clear RuPaul loved it.
02:23Number 18. Penny.
02:25Queens better show up and show out for a lip sync to one of the host's own songs.
02:30Step It Up is a high energy number, but it's also hilarious.
02:34Ru's own laugh is even featured on the track.
02:36As the top two of the week, Detox and Katya faced off against each other in week seven.
02:51Now there's a section of the song where RuPaul just says the word
02:54hinny over and over.
02:55You don't have to step your pussy up.
02:58Hinn.
02:59Hinn.
03:02Hinn.
03:02Hinn.
03:03In the funniest moment, Katya decided to look right into Ru's eyes,
03:10count up all the hinnies, and bend further over with each repetition.
03:14It's the kind of kooky performance style the host just can't get enough of.
03:18Number 17. No as in yes.
03:20So who knows anything about disco?
03:23You know how the Pussycatos have that one music video, hush hush, and then it goes into the...
03:26I will survive.
03:27I will survive.
03:28That's like the most disco.
03:29If you were closer to me, I'd slap you.
03:31In this clip from season 13, Ru was trying to test her queen's knowledge of disco.
03:36Predictably, they were not as well-versed as they could have been.
03:39But it was Candy Muse who had to give an impromptu English lesson.
03:42When RuPaul asked her if she knew the difference between Diana Ross and Donna Summer,
03:46her answer was confusing.
03:48Did you know the difference?
03:49No, definitely, yeah.
03:51No, definitely?
03:51No, no, like no, as in like yes.
03:53Like no, definitely, yeah.
03:56Like no, yeah.
03:57Her insistence that she meant no as in yes left the host gasping for air.
04:02Ru even had to look to the camera for help.
04:04You could tell Candy didn't really know why this was so funny.
04:07It made perfect sense to her.
04:09I know the difference.
04:10One has big curly bouncy hair, you know, mahogany.
04:15And the other one's dead.
04:20Number 16.
04:21Trinity's Roast
04:22Going into the all-winners roast, people weren't sure how Trinity the tuck was gonna do.
04:27But she not only proved everyone wrong, she got the biggest laughs out of RuPaul all night.
04:32Jinx was such an ugly baby.
04:34Her birth certificate came with an apology letter from a condom factory.
04:38Trinity's entire set was great, and she was clearly hitting all the right notes for Ru.
04:44But her best zinger was about her fellow castmate Raja.
04:47Let's not forget her calling the season three winner a tall drink of water,
04:50and following it up with a quip about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
04:54She's statuesque.
04:56A tall drink of water.
04:58If that water was from Flint, Michigan.
05:05It was incredibly dark and incredibly mean.
05:08And Ru's delighted screams drowned everything else out.
05:14All-Stars 8 finalist Jessica Wilde's return to the franchise had been a long time coming.
05:19Jessica Wilde, are you ready to meet your opponent?
05:22The question is, is she ready for Jessica Wilde?
05:25Oh, okay.
05:27The entire season saw RuPaul absolutely losing her mind over Jessica's bizarre,
05:32dramatic, and totally fabulous sense of humor.
05:34Carson is a multifacetic artist.
05:38Or that's what he thinks he is.
05:41But it was at the Carson-Cressley roast where Jessica really shone.
05:45There were moments during her set when we actually had to turn the sound down
05:48because RuPaul's characteristic screams of laughter were just so loud.
05:51Behind that stiff face, he's full of charisma.
05:56We have uniqueness because no one wants to look like him.
06:01We have the nerves to participate in Dancing with the Stars.
06:08Jimbo may have won the challenge, but Ru really loved this.
06:12It was a slam dunk for Jessica, demonstrating why she earned a spot as an all-star.
06:16Number 14, they're all helping me out by being horrible.
06:20Bianca Del Rio won season 6 with the same silhouette,
06:23the same makeup, and a variety of nasty jokes and one-liners.
06:26And it was clear from the jump that RuPaul was living for her.
06:30All I've ever heard from the judges was that we need to see more versatility.
06:35And you know what I gotta say to y'all?
06:36Is that I will show you versatility when Santino wins a sewing competition
06:40and Visage wears a f***ing turtleneck.
06:42You hear me?
06:45Ain't gonna happen!
06:46It was also clear that she wasn't exactly as evil as she pretended to be.
06:50Throughout the competition, Bianca helped her fellow queens when they needed it.
06:53During a pre-challenge workroom chat, the host asked it who assisted her,
06:57and she was hysterically blunt.
06:59They were all lending her a hand by being horrible at the challenges.
07:02Now, in the past, you've actually helped a lot of queens in this competition.
07:06Who's helping you out?
07:07Well, they're all helping me out by being horrible and making me look better.
07:11The answer was quick, and Ru started cackling so hard it became wheezing.
07:15Number 13, River Medway's Hometown Runway.
07:19The first challenge of Drag Race UK season 3 saw the queens wearing looks
07:22that were an homage to their hometowns.
07:24I'm dressed up as a gorgeous statue of Thomas Waghorn,
07:28often found with a traffic cone on his head.
07:34River Medway's look was a salute to an iconic statue of Navy officer Thomas Fletcher Waghorn.
07:39As she walked the runway in the shimmering look, River kept stopping to point,
07:43imitating the Waghorn statue's pose.
07:45That was really ridiculous.
07:46Okay.
07:47Each time, Ru could be heard going crazy.
07:55It was as if this was the funniest thing she had ever seen.
07:58And honestly, we can't blame her.
08:00She didn't quite know the reference, but that made it even funnier to her.
08:03Number 12, Please Noelle.
08:17The late Vivian won season one of Drag Race UK and made her stateside debut on the all-winner
08:22season of All Stars.
08:23It was clear RuPaul really adored her.
08:26While performing, or at least trying to perform a scene from a spoof horror movie,
08:29the Vivian had to reference a beloved line from Mommy Dearest.
08:32Barbara, please!
08:34Please, Barbara!
08:35Leave us alone, Barbara.
08:37But each time she tried to say,
08:38Noelle, please!
08:39Please, Noelle!
08:40Ru couldn't keep it together.
08:42Oh, thank you, Headmistress Nutmeg.
08:45Noelle, please!
08:46Please, Noelle!
08:47Call me Nutmeg.
08:49Listen, Noelle!
08:51That's Santa's...
08:52I'm sorry!
08:55Eventually, Viv had to beg RuPaul to stop laughing long enough to get her line out.
08:59They sounded more like friends at this moment than a contestant and a host.
09:03Number 11, Lazy Susan.
09:05In this makeover challenge, the queens of season 16 were tasked with transforming the
09:09masculine, muscular pit crew dancers from RuPaul's Drag Race Live into their drag daughters.
09:14Plain Jane named her daughter Lazy Susan.
09:17But until the workroom walkthrough with Ru, she had no idea just how much gold she had struck
09:22with that moniker.
09:22Now, if you're Plain Jane, let me guess.
09:24Plain Yogurt?
09:25What are you?
09:26I have bestowed her with the name Lazy Susan.
09:37Then, all of a sudden, RuPaul was doubled over with laughter, practically having an attack.
09:44All the queens enviously watching this happen made it even funnier.
09:48The rest of the challenge was just a formality.
09:51Plain could have sent Lazy out there in a diaper and Ru still would have given her the
09:54win.
09:54I love that name.
09:55It's great.
09:56Like, it's just...
09:57Number 10, Scarlet Harlot as Macaulay Culkin.
10:03Macaulay, we're so happy you're here.
10:04Are you happy to be here, Macaulay?
10:09Is this my home?
10:11Every Drag Race fan knows the number one rule of Snatch Game is to make Ru laugh.
10:16But Scarlet Harlot's impression had the host busting a gut before the challenge even started.
10:20During Ru's standard walkthrough before Snatch Game, the Drag Race UK season 3 queen voiced
10:26her plan to impersonate Danny Dyer, before reminiscing about her likeness to former child
10:30star Macaulay Culkin or legendary actress Tilda Swinton being pointed out.
10:34The decision became crystal clear when Ru absolutely lost it after asking to see her impression of
10:48Culkin.
10:48Ru is usually so composed on the show, which is why her wheezing, floor-stomping reaction to
10:54Scarlet's impersonation is such a joyous moment.
10:56I don't even think I've got the clothes with me to do this Macaulay Culkin thing, but if
11:00I've made Ru laugh that hard, I can't not do it.
11:03Number 9, Jinx Monsoon as Judy Garland.
11:07Going into the all-winner Snatch Game, expectations were high for season 5 winner Jinx Monsoon.
11:12Her portrayal of little Edie Beal on her original season left RuPaul in stitches.
11:17Quite the scandal, actually.
11:19Yes!
11:20With my cousin-in-law, really.
11:22Everyone knows Ru gets a kick out of her queens teaching the children about the legendary
11:27divas, and with her performance as the biggest diva of them all, Jinx Monsoon definitely delivered.
11:33I said his last name is Bigger.
11:36Oh, yeah.
11:37But I feel like I was supposed to have written something filthy.
11:42Employing her quirky and bawdy sense of humor, Jinx brought the iconic Judy Garland back to
11:47life, leaving Ru on the verge of tears with her impromptu mini-concerts and filthy
11:52stories about Frank Sinatra.
11:53I always see you looking.
12:00That was good, Judy.
12:02Number 8, Alyssa Edwards as Joan Crawford.
12:05Unsurprisingly, our next entry is yet another Snatch Game clip.
12:08I've fought worse monsters for years in Hollywood.
12:12Yes, I know.
12:12Barber, please.
12:14This one is courtesy of the kooky Texas dancing diva herself, Alyssa Edwards.
12:19Judging by RuPaul's many, many, many references to the 1981 cult classic Mommy Dearest, it's
12:26safe to say that the campy Joan Crawford biopic is one of her favorites.
12:30So, the All-Stars 2 contestant borrowed heavily from Faye Dunaway's infamous performance as
12:35the screen goddess for her Snatch Game impression.
12:37Where's the body?
12:39Christina, bring me the axe.
12:41If RuPaul's delight at Alyssa's clever references to the movie's dialogue are any indication,
12:50then this was a very wise choice.
12:52Even when it didn't make a lick of sense, the host couldn't help but admit it was fun
12:57to watch.
12:57No wire hanger ever!
13:02Why?
13:03Well, that don't make no kind of sense, but it sure is entertaining.
13:07Number 7, Red for Filth.
13:10Dangerous.
13:11Spend.
13:12Seductive.
13:14Overpriced.
13:15Across her two appearances on the show, Alaska was one queen who never failed to make Ru scream
13:21with laughter.
13:22This was especially true during the eighth week of her original run, when the queens were
13:27tasked with creating hilariously sexy perfume ads.
13:30Whether you're getting Red the house down.
13:32Your makeup is terrible.
13:35Or just ready to go down.
13:37Alaska's commercial, Red for Filth, would ultimately win the challenge.
13:41As the queen demonstrated the many uses of her perfume, some of them not safe for work,
13:47parts of the commercial were literally drowned out by the host's howls of laughter.
13:51Red for Filth.
13:53Are you Red?
13:55E for me?
13:57Yes.
13:59Absolutely loved it.
14:00All these years later, it's still impossible to think of Alaska's perfume without being reminded
14:05of RuPaul's delighted cackle.
14:06Number 6, Miss Vanjie.
14:08After losing her lip-sync in the first episode, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo had a pretty standard exit
14:14until she uttered the now-famous catchphrase, her own name.
14:19Miss Vanjie.
14:20Miss Vanjie.
14:22Miss Vanjie.
14:25Soon to become the meme of the year, the moment had RuPaul doubling over with laughter throughout
14:30the season.
14:31It got to a point that fellow judge Michelle Visage would repeat the phrase just to make
14:36Ru crack up at the most inopportune times.
14:38Ru even did her own version of it later on in the season, long after Vanjie was eliminated.
14:47Gentlemen, start your engines, and may this woman win.
14:52Vanjie.
14:54Vanjie.
14:55It's probably the biggest shadow a first out has left over a season of Drag Race,
15:00so it's no wonder Ru wanted Miss Vanjie back for season 11.
15:04Number 5, A Sensible 74.
15:07Jujubee is another queen who RuPaul can't help but love.
15:10It's the legendary Eartha Kitt.
15:15Hello, kitty girl.
15:17Whether she's reading her competitors for filth or cutting up in the workroom,
15:21Ru is constantly delighted at every single thing she says.
15:24Perhaps the most unforgettable moment came during Snatch Game on All Stars 5, when Jujubee decided to impersonate singer and actress Eartha Kitt.
15:32The first thing somebody notices about me is my big, wet smile.
15:38The performance was a hit, but what really sent Ru, as well as the audience, over the edge was one specific moment.
15:47When asked how she would keep her prospective partner warm, Jujubee, in a smoldering voice, described sensually walking to the thermostat and simply turning it up.
15:57Her response proved too much for Ru, who fell out before Jujubee could even finish the joke.
16:02And turn up the thermostat to a sensible 74 degrees.
16:11Number 4, Type 2 Diabooties.
16:15Drag Race is not the only place you can find Ru's unmistakable cackle.
16:19On a 2016 episode of RuPaul and Michelle Visage's podcast, What's the Tea, Season 7 Queen Katya tickled the host's funny bone in a major way.
16:33The topic of discussion on this particular episode was the male anatomy.
16:36Katya, who is a fan, described her intense love of men's rear ends as a condition called Type 2 Diabooties.
16:49RuPaul lost it at the mic, nearly shattering our eardrums in the process.
17:00Katya's offbeat sense of humor and casual vulgarity won plenty of fans on both of her seasons of Drag Race.
17:06And clearly, RuPaul was one of them.
17:09Everyone loves my bad breath.
17:11One extra special thing to know about me is that I'm the sweatiest woman in show business.
17:16Number 3, Freakin' Chorizo.
17:18Action!
17:19It's time for a party.
17:21It's a USA-American celebration!
17:24Season 3 finalist Alexis Mateo had a barn burner of an episode during the Patriotic PSA Challenge.
17:30The queens were tasked with creating a public service announcement in support of American troops overseas.
17:35And Alexis took the opportunity and ran with it.
17:38And even if I was born on the moon, I would still be in America.
17:43Sick me, no?
17:44As she hurled catchphrase after catchphrase his way, RuPaul nearly fell over in his director's chair.
17:50By the time she brought out her chorizo, no one in the room could catch their breath.
17:55Only in America now a woman like me have a frickin' chorizo!
17:59Yes, baby!
18:02It's proof that there are few things Ru likes her queens to do more than just be stupid,
18:07silly, and sickening, no?
18:09Number 2, Coco's Roast.
18:11Realizing she wasn't exactly known for her comedy skills, season 5 queen Coco Montrese decided
18:16to go the unconventional route for the first-ever Drag Race Roast.
18:20Coco is not a comedian, but RuPaul's long-lost friend from the Brewster Projects is a comedian.
18:27She performed her set in character as RuPaul's cousin from the Brewster Projects.
18:31The character allowed Coco to shine, and Ru wasn't even able to recover from one joke
18:36before being hit with the next, leaving her in stitches.
18:39Clearly, the host wasn't prepared to come face-to-face with her long-lost cousin.
18:43You know, at the beginning of the show, you come in the room, girl, hello, hello!
18:47Girl, you look like the black Pee-wee Herman.
18:51Ru's explosive laughter was particularly satisfying,
18:55given that Coco had been underestimated going into the challenge.
18:58Pants so hot!
18:59He look like he in New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, girl!
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19:20Utica's Expressions
19:22It started innocently enough.
19:24How are my lipstick thespians doing?
19:27Lost and ready!
19:29Ru was doing the standard walkthrough in the workroom with his Season 13 queens.
19:33Then, Ru asked Utica Queen if she ever indulged in a certain illicit substance.
19:38I am playing a token, token queen.
19:41Oh, she tokes the marijuana.
19:44Have you ever smoked weed before?
19:49Utica, seemingly unsure how to answer, responded with a variety of inexplicable facial expressions
19:54that got wilder as they went on.
19:56As unhinged as it is funny, Utica's reaction to a fairly simple question is one of the wildest
20:02things we've seen on Drag Race in a long time.
20:04Even wilder was RuPaul's symphony of laughter in response.
20:08Utica had Ru gagging for what seemed like forever while she kept on pantomiming.
20:20Did these moments have you cracking up too?
20:23Tell us in the comments.
20:24I should not have enjoyed that as much as I did.
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