Gottmik's 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 9' Contestant Preview
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
00:00 Violet just felt it, dropped into a split,
00:03 and that was a real marble table.
00:06 - Yes, it was.
00:07 - And the bruise she got from that was like this big.
00:10 - She was injured.
00:11 She was actually injured on it.
00:12 - Fully injured, but played it off so cute.
00:13 (gentle music)
00:16 - Hello, and welcome back to EW's interviews
00:20 with the cast of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 9."
00:22 And I hope you've hit the slay button
00:24 on your Gagatrondra meter,
00:25 the crash button on your system,
00:27 and hit all of your golden watches,
00:29 because not only is my next guest
00:31 coming to pickpocket all of those,
00:33 she's also coming for the crown.
00:35 And on the cast of "All Stars 9,"
00:37 I am so excited for this one.
00:38 Please welcome back, Gaby.
00:40 - Hey, guys.
00:41 - Hi.
00:42 - That's crazy.
00:43 There were so many fun little puns about me in there.
00:46 - I try, I try.
00:47 Only the best for the best,
00:48 because I'm so excited to have you back.
00:50 - Oh, same.
00:52 I'm so excited to be back.
00:53 - I feel like it's been like,
00:54 I mean, it hasn't been that long.
00:55 - No, it's crazy.
00:56 Like right now, it's like been three years.
00:58 Like I see like three years posting,
01:01 whatever it is.
01:02 Facebook.
01:03 - Facebook.
01:04 Oh God, Facebook.
01:05 Yeah, not the boomer.
01:06 The boomer metropolis of Facebook.
01:08 It does feel like one of those like predestined
01:10 like drag race moments though.
01:12 Like everyone has just been counting down the days,
01:14 I feel like, until we see you back,
01:15 because that's how popular you were on your season.
01:18 So was it an easy decision for you to come back,
01:21 given how much you knew fans wanted it?
01:23 - Yeah, I mean, I was actually just talking about this,
01:27 how like before I kind of almost grew up with drag race.
01:31 And I remember seeing the first ever all stars.
01:34 And I was like, well, now it's kind of almost bad to win,
01:37 'cause you never get to come back.
01:38 And drag race is so fun.
01:39 And I would just want to go back all the time.
01:42 And then I got on drag race and I'm like, I was right.
01:44 I literally want to do this every day.
01:46 Like I was so sad when season 13 finished.
01:49 Like we were making jokes about how I was going to move in
01:51 into the workroom, 'cause I never wanted to leave.
01:53 - Yeah.
01:54 I remember you saying how sad you were
01:55 to actually just like leave the whole process
01:58 of just filming the show.
01:59 And that's refreshing to me,
02:01 because it's like, usually queens are like,
02:02 oh, I'm so sad I was eliminated.
02:04 I'm sad that like my dreams were crushed or whatever.
02:06 And you were just like, no, I just like,
02:08 I was excited to hang out with my friends
02:09 and like have a fun time on set.
02:10 - It was so fun.
02:11 And it's literally like life bootcamp.
02:14 Like every single week you learn so much about yourself
02:17 and other people and it's just, it's insane.
02:20 - Yeah.
02:21 - I love it.
02:21 - Yes.
02:22 It's something else I love.
02:23 Okay, this look.
02:24 Can we please look at this look?
02:25 - Yes.
02:26 - Incredible.
02:26 My favorite color is black and white.
02:27 - Yes.
02:28 - I mean, so this is just,
02:29 we have to shout that out as well.
02:31 But since appearing on the show,
02:32 you've done quite a bit, like a lot.
02:34 And notably your partnership with Violet
02:37 on your "No Gorge" podcast, which we all know and love.
02:40 But you also accomplished a very distinguished
02:43 career achievement by becoming a lighting technician
02:46 as you provided the stage lighting
02:48 for Violet's infamous Paris performance
02:50 where she fell and broke a marble table,
02:52 which is one of my favorite moments
02:53 in all of "The Board of History."
02:55 What happened in the aftermath of that moment?
02:57 Because the video cuts.
02:58 - That is so funny.
02:59 That is at Pierre Giorgio,
03:02 who is like one of the most famous
03:04 casting directors in the world.
03:05 He cast like every show ever.
03:07 And he flew Violet and I to come perform
03:09 at his Christmas party.
03:10 - Oh, he flew you there?
03:11 - Girl, yes.
03:12 (laughing)
03:13 And then they were like,
03:14 "Oh, just hop up on that table, girl."
03:15 And I was like, "We brought a light."
03:17 And I was like, "Oh, great."
03:18 Like, "Gorgeous, I got the lighting."
03:20 And I was feeling it.
03:22 I was like literally the mean girls mom.
03:23 Like, "Oh, yeah."
03:25 And then Violet just felt it, dropped into a split,
03:29 and that was a real marble table.
03:32 - Yes, it was.
03:33 - And the bruise she got from that was like this big.
03:36 - Oh, she was injured.
03:37 She was actually injured on it.
03:38 - Oh, fully injured, but played it off so cute.
03:40 'Cause like there was such gorgeous people there.
03:42 So she was just like, "Oops, oh my God, lol.
03:44 "We partied the whole night and the next day."
03:46 She was like, "I think I'm dying."
03:48 It was crazy, I know.
03:50 - What, like in the room, what did people do?
03:51 'Cause the video cuts very quickly.
03:53 - We were losing our minds
03:55 and talking about it the whole night.
03:57 It was, I mean, for the next week, for now.
04:00 - Three years later.
04:01 - Yeah.
04:02 - We're still talking about it.
04:02 - Literally.
04:03 - It's a great moment.
04:04 I love how into it you really are just holding that light.
04:06 - Oh, watching it back, I still am gagged.
04:09 I'm like, "I was really feeling it for her."
04:11 - You were.
04:12 - Yeah.
04:13 - Who ended up paying for the table?
04:14 - I mean, I'm sure Pierre Georgiou
04:15 got a new table right after.
04:17 (both laughing)
04:19 - Yes.
04:19 Well, you and Violet also have famously co-hosted
04:22 the Fashion Photo Review,
04:23 and it did, like, it was odd to me
04:26 because it got a little intense,
04:28 in fandom, to say the least.
04:29 What was it like for both of you, I think,
04:31 in that moment dealing with the response?
04:33 And did you have any conversations maybe
04:35 with the quote-unquote "offended queens" of that moment?
04:38 - It kind of like right away happened
04:40 where they got mad instantly 'cause of the,
04:43 it was one Rajah look, which for the record, I too did.
04:47 Don't know, but I just got dragged down
04:50 with Violet's ship of not liking it.
04:53 But yeah, it was crazy.
04:54 So people did not like that,
04:55 Violet did not like that look,
04:57 and then I was just associated to it.
04:58 And I kind of had been on "Drag Race"
05:01 more recent than Violet,
05:02 and I have dealt with how crazy the fans can be.
05:05 So I was like, "Girl, it's just how they are.
05:07 Just keep it up."
05:08 But Violet was kind of gagging a bit with how crazy it was.
05:12 And then we just kept doing it,
05:13 and then people started being like,
05:15 "Oh, God, doesn't even have her own personality.
05:17 She's just following Violet."
05:19 And I'm like, "Girl, I literally liked Rajah's look.
05:22 Like, I'm literally disagreeing."
05:24 And also we are best friends for a reason.
05:27 Like, we have a lot of the same opinions.
05:28 So it was really wild.
05:30 And sometimes even today, like to this day,
05:32 people will comment on our videos and be like,
05:34 "Aren't they canceled?"
05:36 And people are like, "Oh, for what?"
05:37 And they're like, "For a fashion photo review,
05:39 didn't we cancel?"
05:40 Then I'm like, "Hence cancel."
05:42 People are dying.
05:44 It's crazy.
05:46 And I'm like, "Okay."
05:47 But it was only Rajah, and Rajah and I are so close.
05:50 I mean, Rajah and Violet are so close.
05:51 - Yeah, did you have the conversation
05:53 with Rajah after that?
05:54 - Yeah, of course.
05:55 We got Rajah to text us.
05:56 It was like, "Honey, keep it up.
05:57 I'm getting caressed."
05:58 And I'm like, "Rajah was living."
06:00 - Canceled is such a weird,
06:01 that is such a weird word to use for that situation.
06:03 - About a show of opinions on an outfit,
06:07 about a piece of clothing.
06:08 - Yeah.
06:09 - The crazy. - Clothing, the material.
06:11 Did that impact, though,
06:12 maybe how you approached runways this season?
06:15 Did you feel maybe extra pressure to elevate runways?
06:19 I mean, your package, first time around, was very good.
06:21 But did that put extra incentive on you
06:23 to do better on the runways?
06:24 - No, no.
06:25 I don't care what people think,
06:26 especially with my fashion.
06:28 It's like, I literally, fashion is everything to me,
06:31 and it's because it's what I wanna do
06:32 and how I want to show the world what I'm feeling.
06:36 And so I'm never thinking,
06:38 "Wow, I hope no one boots this."
06:40 Like, no, I don't care at all.
06:41 It's like, I love it.
06:43 So that's why I'm doing it.
06:44 - Good, yeah.
06:44 That's the recipe for success there.
06:46 - Yeah.
06:47 - Did Viola give you any advice for All Stars night?
06:48 - At first, when it came around,
06:50 it was like, I was like, "I don't know if I should do it."
06:52 And then when we found out it was for charity
06:54 and that no one was going home,
06:56 she was like, "I mean, if there's ever, ever, ever
06:59 a time to go back, it's when it's for charity
07:01 and you're guaranteed 13 gorgeous outfits on a runway."
07:04 I was like, "True that, mom."
07:06 So, yeah.
07:07 - 13 episodes of fashion.
07:08 - Yeah.
07:09 And she helped me sketch some of the stuff.
07:11 - Oh, really?
07:12 - Yeah, and I got to bounce off ideas with her,
07:14 and she has such a vintagey, more tailored eye than I do.
07:19 So I would go off the wall, like campy and punk and wild.
07:22 She'd be like, "All right, what if we tailor it
07:25 in a little bit?"
07:25 And so it was really fun to balance off ideas with her.
07:28 - That's great.
07:29 So Viola's presence kind of lives on in All Stars night.
07:31 - Oh, yes.
07:32 - Love that.
07:33 What advice would you give her
07:34 if she ever went on All Winners 2?
07:36 - Oh my God.
07:37 I say, pray that Bob wouldn't be there.
07:39 (both laughing)
07:42 - Yeah.
07:43 - Good advice.
07:43 - My advice for Viola if she ever did All Winners,
07:46 not to get lost in the sauce.
07:48 'Cause I feel like Drag Race is just such a crazy machine.
07:51 There's just so many twists and turns.
07:53 And even the second time I was there, I was just like,
07:56 "Oh my God, this is happening, this."
07:58 And I've worked in production since I was 20 years old,
08:01 and I still was just forgetting I was in a TV show almost.
08:05 And I would just, Viola has such a honed in eye
08:09 and sense of style and who she is.
08:11 And I would be like, "Just don't lose that, baby.
08:13 "Like, keep it you and keep it true."
08:15 That's what I would say to her for sure.
08:17 - That is very sweet advice.
08:18 I love hearing that.
08:19 When a queen knows another queen so well
08:21 and can give that really considered advice,
08:23 that's very beautiful.
08:23 - Yeah.
08:24 - But let's go back to season 13.
08:25 I mean, your runway package again, it was so well done.
08:28 One that really made a powerful impact
08:29 was the little black dress where you were.
08:31 Stomp the runway, chest out,
08:33 little black dress down below.
08:34 - The LBM, the little black merkin.
08:37 - Yeah, I used to go to that dry cleaner, but no more.
08:39 (Viola laughing)
08:41 - I'm giving you the littlest black dress.
08:44 I'm full naked.
08:45 A year ago, I would never have done this.
08:49 - What did it mean for you to do that look
08:51 on national TV, on stage?
08:53 And how did the fan response to that look impact you?
08:56 - Going into season 13, I was kind of like,
08:59 had just started physically transitioning
09:02 not that long prior.
09:04 So I just knew, I was like,
09:05 there has to be a moment where I'm naked.
09:07 Like, there just has to be that.
09:08 I've never seen a trans guy really on TV at all,
09:12 let alone like their body out.
09:14 So I was like, this can be my moment.
09:15 And then when I saw the words, little black dress,
09:16 I said, that's it.
09:18 Oh, honey, this is gonna be the littlest black dress ever.
09:21 It was like everything to me,
09:22 'cause I love like a little tongue in cheek,
09:24 funny, smart outfit moment.
09:26 And then on top of it, needed that trans body moment.
09:29 So it was just like everything to me.
09:32 And it was so fun.
09:32 I just still remember turning the corner
09:34 and RuPaul gasping.
09:36 And like, that's just the best feeling in the world
09:38 is having a reaction from my outfits.
09:40 RuPaul is just my favorite thing.
09:41 So that was amazing.
09:42 And then seeing the fans reaction
09:44 and just being like proud of me for showing my body.
09:47 And it was just like so many people around the world
09:50 I got to meet that said that like inspired them.
09:53 I've seen so many recreations of it.
09:54 And it just, it like changed my life
09:56 seeing how it impacted other people.
09:58 It's insane.
09:59 - I'm so happy that you had that moment.
10:00 - Yeah, me too.
10:01 - It's a really powerful runway.
10:02 Like the show is like, you know,
10:04 a lot of people just think that the show
10:05 is entertainment and that,
10:06 but it's, this is just one small example
10:09 of how impactful the show can be
10:11 in little ways that you might not expect.
10:12 Another great moment from season 13, of course,
10:14 Snatch Game, Paris Hilton.
10:16 - She's a business woman, socialite and DJ.
10:20 Please welcome Paris Hilton.
10:22 - Hey Ru, how's it going?
10:23 - Just let me know when the cameras are rolling
10:25 and we'll kill it.
10:26 - Well, we've started.
10:27 The cameras are rolling.
10:28 - Oh (beep)
10:29 That's so embarrassing.
10:30 (laughing)
10:31 Sorry.
10:32 - An all time great performance on Snatch Game.
10:35 So how did preparing for that compare
10:36 to how you prepared for Snatch Game on All Stars?
10:38 - Well, that was crazy.
10:39 'Cause I remember like the first day of season 13,
10:42 they were like, what do you not want to do?
10:44 And I was like, anything comedy related,
10:46 count me out and Snatch Game, I would literally rather die.
10:50 Like I cannot do this.
10:51 And so I was just like, every day I was like,
10:53 who can I do?
10:55 And I kind of already knew Paris.
10:57 And then I was like, I think I got her like voiced.
10:59 I was like, yes, like I think we can do that.
11:02 I was like, that's hot.
11:03 And I would literally just come home from set
11:05 and like sit in the shower and be like, that's hot.
11:08 I love that.
11:09 Like freaking out.
11:11 And I'd be so terrified.
11:12 And I just remember like the second it was like announced
11:15 that it was Snatch Game day, I was like in character.
11:18 Like before the cameras were even on,
11:20 like I had people laughing 'cause I was like,
11:22 where's the camera?
11:23 Like, let's go.
11:24 Like just like doing it.
11:25 - Method acting.
11:26 - Yeah, full on method acting.
11:27 'Cause I was like, I can't lose this.
11:29 Like I got it, cannot go anywhere.
11:32 But then this time it like almost made me more nervous
11:35 because I'm not like a celebrity impersonator.
11:38 So I was like, okay, I did so well the first time.
11:41 What am I gonna do?
11:43 And I was like, what celebrity could I do even close to that?
11:46 And I was like, who's obscure, but like not obscure.
11:49 Like, you know, it was hard to figure it out.
11:52 - Do you remember like the funniest method interaction
11:55 you had with a crew member or somebody on set that day?
11:58 - There was one girl who was in charge
11:59 of like getting us props and stuff.
12:02 And for some reason I was like so set in my way
12:05 that I needed two phones.
12:07 Like I never used them or like anything,
12:09 but I was like, I need two phones.
12:11 And she's like, I have one.
12:12 I was like, no, I need two.
12:14 And she's like, okay.
12:15 And I was like, I need two phones.
12:17 Like I was freaking out.
12:19 And then also it's like waist up
12:21 and everyone else is in sweatpants.
12:23 And I was like, I need my heels.
12:24 Like I had heels on, so like Swarovski heels.
12:26 I needed to like be in it.
12:28 And everyone's like, okay, girl, like relax.
12:31 Like, but I was so scared.
12:32 - Method actor.
12:33 - Yeah, and then I came off the set
12:34 and I went to my story producer
12:37 and I was like, I'm going home.
12:39 I'm going home.
12:39 And she's like, are you insane?
12:40 And I was like, I barely got to speak.
12:42 I'm going home.
12:43 Like I was freaking out.
12:44 I was just such a psycho.
12:46 It was insane.
12:47 - Did you consider like just doing Paris again
12:49 for all sorts of stuff?
12:51 - Honestly, I was, no, but I was trying to think of like
12:54 people that were like similar vibes.
12:57 'Cause I was like, okay,
12:57 this like dumb blonde thing kind of works for me.
13:00 Like who else is like that?
13:01 But then I was like,
13:03 sometimes that's like the worst type of person to do.
13:05 Like a Kim K, Paris Hilton, like Lindsay Lohan.
13:08 I'm like, that's usually not the best way.
13:10 So girl, it was a doozy trying to figure out what to do.
13:14 - Well, I can't wait to see who you actually did.
13:15 - I know.
13:16 - I'm very excited.
13:17 - I know.
13:18 - Okay.
13:19 - You're gonna die.
13:20 You're gonna die.
13:21 - Is it like, is it like,
13:23 would you say it's super different from Paris?
13:25 - Yes.
13:26 - Okay.
13:27 - It's extremely different than Paris.
13:28 - Okay.
13:29 All right, I'll take that.
13:30 - Like it couldn't be farther from Paris.
13:32 - Now I don't speak on the topic of games.
13:34 I don't know where this originated,
13:36 but rumors come up every so often
13:38 that you have been invited to game nights at Ru's house.
13:41 - Oh my gosh, I actually have seen that.
13:43 - But where does that come from?
13:44 - Yeah, I don't know.
13:44 Because there's like a rumor
13:46 that RuPaul has these game nights.
13:48 - I know.
13:48 - And then there's like a list of girls that have gone.
13:51 - And Jimbo for breakfast.
13:52 - Okay, that's like true though, no?
13:55 - I think Jimbo's kidding.
13:56 - Oh, is she?
13:57 - I think Jimbo's kidding.
13:58 - Is she?
13:59 - No, I'm serious.
13:59 And sometimes I'll be in bed and be like,
14:00 I can't believe RuPaul has invited me to breakfast.
14:03 Like.
14:04 (laughing)
14:05 - Okay, so no, no game nights at RuPaul.
14:06 - No, I have not been to game nights at RuPaul.
14:08 But I literally have been to the funnest parties
14:11 with RuPaul around the world.
14:13 And she is a key, key.
14:15 - Oh yes.
14:16 - Like, let me tell you, I love her.
14:17 - Those DJ videos of Ru at DragCon from a few years ago.
14:20 - Oh, so.
14:21 - Like RuPaul DJ.
14:22 - So fun.
14:23 And I would like run up to her and I'd be like,
14:24 hey girl, what's up?
14:25 And she just like loves it.
14:27 And then also when I like,
14:29 she sometimes goes like early to parties.
14:32 And so, and I am not an early diva.
14:34 So like people love being like,
14:36 oh baby, you just missed Ru.
14:38 And I'll be like, (beep)
14:40 (laughing)
14:43 - Well, looking back at season 13 again,
14:45 what was it like doing the competition
14:47 without like your little posse,
14:49 like Kandi Simone Rosé on the season?
14:51 - Yeah, it was crazy.
14:52 I was actually with Kandi last night
14:54 and I was talking to her about it.
14:55 I was like, I really miss them.
14:57 It was like, I don't know if it's because All Stars,
15:00 it's like everyone, you know, has their own careers
15:03 and has already done this.
15:04 And we were playing for charity.
15:06 It just felt such like a different vibe.
15:09 Whereas like on season 13,
15:11 we were like fighting for our lives every week,
15:14 cut, throw, like alliances, holding onto each other,
15:17 like crying, like we're gonna get through this together.
15:20 Like it was just such a different intense moment
15:23 that made us bond so hard.
15:26 Where this one was really actually just so happy
15:28 and like chill, I don't know.
15:30 So it was just different.
15:31 - A lot of people keep saying that,
15:32 is that this season is like,
15:34 usually when I do these interviews,
15:35 everybody's like, oh, the drama,
15:36 you're not gonna believe the drama.
15:37 And everybody's now like, well, it's been a nice season.
15:40 Like we're pretty much-
15:41 - No, spoiler alert, you can cut it out.
15:43 But literally we'd be in untucked
15:45 and things would even get heated up
15:46 and they'd be like, time for a game.
15:48 I'd be like, can I like say one mean thing?
15:51 (laughing)
15:52 - One of my favorite posse moments from season 13 was,
15:56 which we had a really great,
15:57 do you remember that interview we did for the podcast
15:59 right after, Candy always tells me,
16:01 it's like one of her favorite interviews that we did
16:03 after the finale.
16:04 It was like you, me, Rosé, Candy and Simone.
16:06 - I don't know.
16:07 - We did, unfortunately just not gonna consider it.
16:10 But we spoke about, there was this moment
16:12 from the finale taping when you were all watching
16:14 the Queens looks in successions.
16:16 There was a lot of silence
16:17 in that particular parts of the video.
16:19 - The Elliot part.
16:20 - I was gonna say,
16:21 how would you like to fill the silence now
16:23 with what was going on through all of your minds?
16:26 - I don't even know what that was about.
16:29 And I watch it back all the time when I see it on Twitter.
16:32 'Cause first of all,
16:33 I don't know why my mouth was open at first too.
16:35 I'm like watching as if I'm watching the craziest thing.
16:39 I'm like this.
16:40 And then Elliot comes on and I just go,
16:43 and I don't know.
16:44 It was like, I don't know.
16:46 And then it was like, "Wet Mama Desert."
16:50 We're just saying words.
16:52 - So funny.
16:53 - Like as if we blacked out.
16:54 It was the weirdest thing.
16:56 - It really was.
16:56 I mean, it has become a meme in itself to this day.
16:59 - Just like saying words.
17:01 And it's like, I have no idea.
17:04 - Well, okay.
17:04 - Not even fully silent.
17:06 Just like, "Yes, desert."
17:08 Like, I have no idea what that was.
17:11 - Well, we shut it down here.
17:12 That's what was going on.
17:13 - But it was hilarious.
17:15 - Now outside the show again,
17:16 your career has just been so cool.
17:18 You famously revealed to me a few years ago
17:20 that you auditioned for "Hellraiser."
17:23 - I did.
17:23 - That was such a cool moment when you told me that.
17:25 I was, my mouth hit the floor.
17:27 So what did you do for the audition?
17:29 Do you remember what you actually did?
17:30 - Yeah.
17:31 I mean, I auditioned to be Pinhead.
17:34 And they were so cool.
17:36 And they really, like,
17:37 I still have like the script framed on my bed
17:39 because I'm like a hellraiser freak.
17:41 So it's like, I literally have the script
17:43 like with my name across it.
17:44 I'm like, "Oh my God."
17:46 And literally Violet will come in and be like,
17:47 "Doesn't that hurt your feelings
17:48 that you didn't get that?
17:49 Like, why is that framed on your bed?"
17:51 And I'm like, "(beep)."
17:52 (laughing)
17:53 No, but it's, they were so cool.
17:55 And they like really wanted me to be a part of it.
17:57 And so like, they're like,
17:58 "Oh, I don't think you're like menacing enough
18:01 to be Pinhead, but like there's these other roles."
18:03 So I like read for some other things,
18:05 but like, I think in the end,
18:06 like there was just like timing issues
18:09 and it just kind of like fell through,
18:11 but it was so cool.
18:13 They were so nice.
18:13 And it was like a major moment.
18:15 - Can you give us a Pinhead right now?
18:17 Like what you did for the audition?
18:19 - I don't even remember.
18:21 And it was also COVID.
18:23 So it's like, I had people through Zoom
18:25 and I had never auditioned in my life.
18:28 So it probably was the craziest audition tape
18:31 anyone's ever seen.
18:32 They probably were like, "Okay."
18:34 Well, no, I don't even remember what I was saying,
18:37 but I think there was like parts where there was like
18:39 chains and I was like killing people.
18:42 And I'd be like, "God."
18:44 (laughing)
18:46 Like with my hands and like doing things.
18:48 And I'm sure that person on the Zoom was like,
18:51 "Okay, we're not giving drag queens anymore auditions."
18:54 Like.
18:55 - Just Pinhead as Paris.
18:56 That's what your audition was.
18:57 - Yeah, I was like, "Die.
18:58 Your soul is mine."
18:59 - Well, you should have, I mean,
19:01 you honestly, you should have just shown them
19:03 the (beep) who stole Christmas,
19:04 the scene that you were in because.
19:05 - I'm gonna kill you today.
19:06 You're like, "What is this interview?"
19:08 - That will book any job.
19:10 I love it.
19:11 I was just, I just, I watched,
19:13 I've watched it every year since it came out.
19:15 I like, I was just watching it this past Christmas
19:17 and I noticed something that I had not noticed before.
19:20 When you're in the office and you turn in your chair
19:25 and there was no keyboard beneath your fingers.
19:28 And then, but you're typing as if it's a keyboard.
19:31 And I rewound it three times.
19:34 And I was just like, "What is, what is I doing?
19:37 What?"
19:38 So, okay.
19:39 What was going on?
19:40 Was that an accident?
19:41 Did you think there was a keyboard there?
19:42 - I do not remember that, but it sounds very me.
19:45 Like that is very me.
19:46 Like I feel like even I remember on like drag race,
19:49 they'd be like, "Okay, you guys do your makeup."
19:51 But like, I also had to talk and my brain is just
19:53 apparently can't multitask.
19:55 And I remember just being like,
19:56 with like blow dryers not on being like,
19:59 "Yeah, I know your mom is dying like crazy."
20:03 It's just like, I just, I don't know.
20:05 So I must've just been like, "Action."
20:07 - Typing on no keyboard.
20:09 It's a great moment.
20:11 - I need to rewatch and see.
20:13 - It's right at the end.
20:14 You turn around in your chair and you just,
20:16 you're just going like this on the desk.
20:17 And I was just like, "What is happening?"
20:20 Well, thank you for clarifying that as well.
20:23 - Yeah, you never know with me.
20:25 - So I do understand that you stole some things from,
20:29 is it, maybe?
20:30 - Yeah.
20:32 Oh yeah, this is one of my favorite thing I brought actually.
20:34 This is my favorite.
20:36 I was just talking about this because these are cut waters
20:39 that this is what we were like drinking with like,
20:41 when they have the untucked things over it.
20:43 - Not cult waters as we established in the new year.
20:45 We do not call it waters.
20:46 - Not cult waters.
20:48 And I literally would, I was just like,
20:50 needed a drink and they would like, hide these from us,
20:55 like as if they were gold.
20:58 So I would like, one day they were unattended
21:00 and I literally was like, "I'm gonna hide one
21:03 for like a day where I just need a drink."
21:05 And so I like snuck one in and like got on my hands and knees
21:10 went into this weird room that no one goes in,
21:12 hid it underneath the refrigerator.
21:14 Like literally I was like, "This is my secret spot.
21:17 Like I'm good.
21:18 This is my baby.
21:18 Like this is my child."
21:20 The next day, Vangie pulls me in the room and she goes,
21:23 "You'll never guess what I found."
21:25 - Oh my God.
21:26 - And I was like, "What?"
21:26 She found my cut water.
21:29 And I was like, "How did you find that?"
21:31 And she was like, "It was under the fridge."
21:33 And I was like, "Why were you under the fridge?"
21:36 And I was like, "I just hid it there,
21:38 you like alcoholic bloodhound."
21:40 Like that was the craziest thing.
21:41 And I was like, "I should have hid two.
21:43 How did you find that?"
21:44 - She would have taken them all.
21:45 - She must have been on all fours hunting for a cut water.
21:48 Like we were desperate for these, so.
21:50 - Now you have one as a keepsake.
21:51 - I know.
21:52 And I saw a few of the girls,
21:53 you're gonna die too,
21:54 a few of the girls like brought the wall.
21:57 How we like all signed under the wall.
21:57 - Yes, yes.
21:58 Yeah, they signed them.
21:59 - Girl, that was so funny
22:01 because I think like Angeria was the first one
22:04 that like saw like a little piece of it
22:06 kind of like falling off or something.
22:08 So she literally took like the smallest little piece
22:10 and like had to sign it.
22:11 I said, "Oh no, that's everything."
22:13 And so literally the piece would be like working
22:16 and all of a sudden I'd be behind a thing
22:18 and you'd hear (imitates ripping)
22:21 and I'd be ripping like yards of the workroom wall.
22:24 And I was like, "Everyone's getting one of these."
22:26 And I'd be ripping it apart.
22:28 And then I would like come back out and be like,
22:30 "I don't know what that was."
22:32 Yeah, it was crazy.
22:33 - So you were responsible for the,
22:35 what George described as the giant hole
22:37 in the workroom wall.
22:38 - Yeah.
22:39 - Great, we've gotten to the bottom of so many things
22:41 in this interview, Gottmik.
22:42 Thank you so much.
22:43 - If you were on "Drag Race,"
22:44 you would have assumed it was me.
22:45 Like I would trust and believe
22:47 if they had a guess who destroyed the wall,
22:49 they'd be like Gottmik or Vanjie for sure.
22:52 - Yes, well, thank you so much.
22:53 This was a really fun interview.
22:54 I am so glad that we got to do this
22:57 and I can't wait to see what you do in "All Stars."
22:58 - Oh my God, same.
22:59 Thanks for having me.
23:00 - Thanks, thank you very much.
23:01 And stay tuned for more with the cast
23:02 of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 9."
23:04 - Bye, George.
23:05 (logo whooshing)
23:08 [BLANK_AUDIO]