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**JAN STARES** Get ready for a healthy dose of shade and side-eye as we dish out the most ridiculous moments of drag delusion on RuPaul's Drag Race. From Sasha Belle to Milk, these queens just couldn't seem to get a grip on reality. Join us as we count down the most memorable instances of delusional thinking on the show. With queens like Valentina, Laganja Estranja, and Kennedy Davenport, you know it's going to be a wild ride.
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00:00I feel like I'm not doing as well on this show as I wanted to, and it was one of my biggest fears.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the moments where contestants
00:10on RuPaul's Drag Race were suffering from a case of drag delusion. Spoilers will be mentioned.
00:16The CDC should really look into making a drag delusion vaccine,
00:19because I think that at this point in the competition, the drag delusion might be contagious.
00:25Number 10, Sasha Bell. Honestly, she may have been onto something here.
00:29Sasha Bell entered the competition believing that she had cracked the code to winning the show.
00:34I feel like I've cracked the code. Hey girls, what's going on?
00:37I'm the next drag superstar because I've done my homework.
00:40To her, that most likely meant knowing exactly what to do to check Ru's boxes.
00:45Unfortunately, her plan did not align with her actual experience.
00:49She found herself in the bottom in the very first episode, after misunderstanding the assignment.
00:54You're doing a nude illusion. Why are you showing huge black undergarments?
00:57I think I was confused by the assignment.
01:00Well, to be fair, all of the girls were told the exact same thing.
01:04Things did not get much better from there. The next week, she found herself in the same predicament,
01:09and her journey was cut short by Katya. Had Sasha just been herself, she could have had a better
01:13chance. The code she was speaking of could exist, but it seems that hers got lost in translation.
01:19I'm disappointed. I think I overthunk my strategy, and I was going for the win, so it sucks getting
01:28cut short.
01:29Number 9. Valentina
01:30Being delusional does not have to be a negative quality. There are some queens whose fantasies
01:35make them even more iconic. No one proves this more than Valentina.
01:39So you think I could go home tonight?
01:42Manila might want to send me home.
01:45After her run on season 9, she returned to All-Stars with a new outlook. That what went
01:55on in her head should have been happening in real life, too. This led to a delightful string
01:59of episodes where she was unapologetically feeling herself and firmly standing by the
02:04fantasy her mind had created.
02:05Being that there were two girls that were ready to send me home last week.
02:09Oh wait, do you have some feelings about that?
02:11Sending me home doesn't make sense with my fantasy.
02:14It also resulted in her being genuinely confused when judges had critiques for her runways or
02:19when she lost challenges. But it didn't take away from her charm one bit.
02:23I didn't agree with that bottom, and I don't agree again. I've been doing very well. During
02:28this challenge, all of those judges were laughing at my jokes.
02:32Number 8. Laganja Estranja. Coming into the game with an immense level of confidence is
02:37a tricky line to walk. Some, like Valentina, make it hilarious, while others come across
02:42as fake. Laganja Estranja struggled with this during her time on season 6.
02:46My name is Miss Laganja Estranja, honey darling.
02:50Laganja, y'all no tea.
02:52Come on, Natch!
02:54Laganja, irritating, young, foolish.
02:58Throughout the competition, she masked any insecurity with delusional confidence.
03:01It still slipped out occasionally from complaining about the amount of comedy challenges to being
03:06upset that her friend was succeeding. It was most obvious in her infamous stand-up set.
03:11From her performance, you can tell she thought she ate it up when the reality showed the opposite.
03:16Can I get an amen? Now y'all, I am a tree hugger, because if it ain't green, I'm not interested,
03:25I'm kind!
03:29She's luckily made a full recovery from her case of drag delusion, but not before it led her to snap on screen.
03:36Well, how am I supposed to feel in this moment?
03:38Laganja, I didn't want to make it that everybody was attacking you.
03:41I feel very attacked!
03:43Relax, relax.
03:45Number 7. Kennedy Davenport.
03:47The most delusional moments on the show have a way of becoming the most memorable.
03:51In season 7's Death Becomes Her Runway, Kennedy Davenport took the stage in an outfit that
03:56made her resemble a bedazzled fowl rather than a person.
03:59After a night of hooking, I got attacked and thrown in the fire and crystallized.
04:04So I come out a fierce, glamazon drag queen, honey.
04:09What made the bizarre look even better was her explanation for it.
04:13She had concocted a whole backstory about a woman who met a tragic fate,
04:16but then crystallized instead of dying.
04:18Trey didn't like the session, so he had good at me.
04:23Okay.
04:24And set me on fire.
04:25Oh, I see.
04:26But you know I didn't die.
04:27Okay.
04:28I had crystallized.
04:29Oh!
04:30And now I'm a glamazon bitch ready for the runway.
04:33She even doubled down on it in Untucked, making it clear that she was standing by her choice.
04:38It was obvious she had thought she killed it, only for the other queens and the audience to think otherwise.
04:43I'm sick of it, girl.
04:45I'm just sick of it.
04:46I wish them judges called them out on it.
04:49Number 6.
04:50Q.
04:50It's always sad when a truly talented competitor succumbs to a case of drag delusion.
04:55One, two, three, four.
04:57We got the power.
04:59No, you're not ready for my power.
05:07Woo!
05:09Wow!
05:09Despite making it to the top five on season 16 and winning two challenges, Q is mostly remembered for her less realistic moments.
05:18All throughout the season, she was unapologetic in expressing her feelings on how she thought the challenges should have gone.
05:23Because I didn't, I love you, and I didn't want to take away from you winning, even though I still feel like it wasn't deserved.
05:30Um, bitch, what?
05:32From telling Sephira that her win in Corporate Queens was undeserved, to explaining why she should have won the ball over Nymphia, she wasn't afraid to make her opinions known.
05:40Because my outfit was all unconventional materials.
05:44Ooh!
05:44And also, I got, like, perfect critiques, and, uh, I don't think, like, um, Nymphia did.
05:51It was sad to see, especially for a contestant that was genuinely doing well.
05:55She let her own unrealistic desire for continuous wins cloud her experience, and it did not make her come across well to fans, either.
06:04Number 5.
06:05Serena Cha-Cha
06:05You're just, like, so immature, it's just really aggravating.
06:09I'm sorry, you're only 21 once, and you only auditioned for this thing once, being 21 and getting right away once.
06:15A college education is important, but it's not the be-all, end-all.
06:19Especially when it comes to drag.
06:21Serena Cha-Cha came onto the show believing that her art school background would give her an edge.
06:25Just turned 21, just graduated art school.
06:28I do performance art.
06:29Performance art?
06:30Yeah.
06:31Now, do you sew?
06:32Yes, but there is, um, a new art movement called soft sculpture.
06:36She proved almost immediately that would not be the case after nearly going home on the premiere episode.
06:41The next week in Untucked, her delusional sense of superiority came out when she proclaimed that the slang the others were using had to stop.
06:48I'm sorry at this point, the ghetto lexic and language is gone.
06:52Ooh.
06:55Ooh, no, she better don't.
07:01She then made things worse for herself by implying that none of the other contestants were educated.
07:06She was swiftly called out by several other queens and then sent packing.
07:10It's proof that education means little if you don't have the experience to back it up.
07:14All of you guys, because you guys are really our talented-ass group.
07:17But you're here with us, so are you.
07:20We're all in the same caliber.
07:21Except for Serena.
07:22Number four, Joella.
07:26She may not have lasted long on season 17, but she made an impact.
07:29Joella's delusion was bubbling under the surface from the very beginning.
07:33Especially when she hyped up her abilities before serving an adequate talent show.
07:36I'll conquer the world one stage at a time.
07:40And leave all the haters trying to steal my stride.
07:43However, it fully reared its head once she got backstage to Untucked.
07:51If she wasn't confusing the rest of the contestants by referring to herself as a local legend or a look queen,
07:57then she was offering her unsolicited opinions to others.
07:59I'm really scared for the girls back home to see this.
08:02Because in LA, I'm literally known for my looks.
08:06I'm known to be opulent.
08:08These sincere yet bizarre instances led to her becoming an unexpected favorite on the season.
08:13And were proof that you can delude yourself into becoming reality TV gold.
08:17I feel confident in the fact that I'm gonna be here next week.
08:24Okay.
08:24I wish it wasn't you I was going up against.
08:27Number three, Lucy LaDuca.
08:29When discussing delusional queens, she's often one of the first that fans will think of.
08:34I'm very, very upset that I was not on the top.
08:37I'm surprised and annoyed.
08:43I think that I did extremely well in this challenge.
08:45Season 15's Lucy LaDuca had plenty of talent, but unfortunately, could not take it when someone else's was noticed.
08:52She made it clear just how infuriated she was when she placed anywhere below the top in that week's rankings,
08:58and then walked it back after being called out.
09:00When you were on that couch just complaining about being safe, I was just like,
09:03Shut up.
09:05I had one moment of being a little upset, and I don't understand why it's kind of being blown out of proportion.
09:10You said, and I quote, I am f***ing angry.
09:12She also inflated her own statistics by counting her mini-challenge wins along with her main-challenge ones.
09:18It even caused her to get into multiple fights with her competitors.
09:22Lucy, how many wins do you have?
09:24I have two main-challenge wins and three mini-challenge wins.
09:29I don't know if mini-challenges count.
09:32It was a shame to see, given that she did well throughout the competition.
09:35However, she eclipsed her own hard work with moments of overconfidence, making it hard to root for her.
09:40They said that it was too simple compared to what they've come to expect from me.
09:44Sure.
09:45That is different.
09:48Yeah.
09:48Number 2. Alexis Michelle
09:50You know a queen is delusional when she ignores her own success.
09:54I know Kris Jenner, and I think you embodied her.
09:57I just want to be your best friend because of that performance.
09:59Bitch, you turned it out.
10:02But on this main stage, it could not be more basic.
10:05Even after giving an outstanding performance as Kris Jenner in Reality Stars The Musical,
10:10Alexis Michelle fixated on critiques on her look, before making them the other contestants' problem.
10:15She forced everyone to gather around before chastising them for not telling her to wear something better.
10:20I've helped many of you on other days.
10:23Did nobody think to say to me,
10:25Girl, what are you doing with that dress?
10:27Because I think I'm not going to win today because of this dress.
10:30Her tirade went on for several minutes, and even prevented those actually in the bottom two from practicing the lip sync.
10:37Her overconfidence ramped up from there.
10:39It all culminated in a moment where she told Shay and Sasha that she took them choosing her to go home next as a compliment,
10:45since she was fierce competition.
10:47I actually take the two of you picking me as a compliment,
10:51because I think y'all know that I'm fierce competition,
10:55and it would be convenient to get rid of me tonight.
10:58Before we unveil our top pick, here are some honorable mentions.
11:02Scarlet Envy.
11:03Her overconfidence and cockiness led to her castmates disliking her.
11:07When we were talking,
11:08a lot of the girls said that my dress was something that they would actually wear.
11:13Scarlet is delusional.
11:16Derek Berry.
11:17She thought her impressions would snatch the first win, but was sent home instead.
11:21Madonna, wearing a kimono is a no-go.
11:24Tell Michelle Visage that she's not me,
11:26but ask her if she wants to adopt or borrow a baby from Malawi.
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11:44Number 1. Milk
11:47This is f***ing ridiculous.
11:49I hate this.
11:50Yeah, you should have been talking.
11:51Yes!
11:53Those three, really?
11:56Those f***ing stupid.
11:57It's hard to see a good queen fall so hard.
12:00Throughout Season 6, Milk built a reputation as a talented yet overlooked contestant.
12:05When she returned for Season 3 of All Stars,
12:08it seemed that some of that positive attention had gotten to her.
12:11She felt slighted when she didn't win or receive positive critiques.
12:14She lashed out on stage and cried during Untucked.
12:17Two unnecessary reactions given that she was safe.
12:20I was in character the entire time.
12:23And to be standing on that stage and not be commended for it.
12:32When she was in the bottom in the bitchler,
12:33her attitude only worsened as she insulted those on the chopping block with her.
12:37To be in the bottom three with two queens that didn't give 100%,
12:42that were bulldozed by their obscene partner.
12:45And then there's me.
12:47I haven't made sense of it all yet.
12:49We're not sure what caused Milk to spoil,
12:51but we can only hope she gets another shot to redeem herself
12:54and her delusional side in another All Stars season.
12:57Which delusional queen do you think is the most iconic?
13:00Let us know in the comments below.
13:01Bitch, I'm the cure for your drag delusion.
13:04Bitch, I'm the cure for your drag delusion.
13:06There seems to be a whole lot of confusion.
13:09Bitch, I'm the cure for your drag delusion.
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