‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ queen Trixie Mattel just announced she’s taking a much needed break from drag, which will last for three or four months. The star also shared that when she returns, fans will likely see a much more dialed down Trixie Mattel than they're used to.
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00:00RuPaul's Drag Race star Trixie Mattel just announced that she's taking a much-needed
00:05break from drag that will last for three to four months.
00:08Trixie Mattel first appeared on popular reality show RuPaul's Drag Race back in 2015 for
00:13the seventh season.
00:15Although Mattel didn't win the first time around, she did become a fan favorite and
00:19later returned for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars in 2018, where she was
00:25crowned the winner.
00:26Since her first appearance on Drag Race, Mattel exploded in popularity and took on a number
00:31of different ventures, from writing a book, hosting a show with her fellow queen Katya,
00:36and launching her own cosmetics line.
00:38In Mattel's latest reality TV series, Trixie Mattel Drag Me Home, the queen mentioned not
00:43wanting to have to go back on tour anytime soon, numerous times.
00:48So the announcement that Mattel will be taking a break from drag may not have come as a surprise
00:52to fans.
00:53As Mattel shared in an interview with Elle,
00:55"...I'm going on a three or four month sabbatical, July, August, September, and October.
01:00I'm not even doing social media, so I'm going to really be gone for a while.
01:05This giant rat wheel that I've been running on, I need to pull back a lot.
01:08I want a family and I want a life, and I haven't really had that yet."