НОUSЕ ОN FIRЕ S01Е02 (2024)
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00:00We have a legacy as being the top cheer house in ballroom.
00:04And we have to make sure that we maintain that spot.
00:07Welcome to the city.
00:08I'm back.
00:09We got the latex ball coming up.
00:11We have the Mizrahi ball coming up.
00:13And there's a few balls in between.
00:15So are you going to get back out there?
00:18I'm willing.
00:19The situation with A.J. is, you know,
00:21it's a little bit of a mess.
00:22It's a little bit of a mess.
00:23It's a little bit of a mess.
00:24It's a little bit of a mess.
00:25It's a little bit of a mess.
00:26It's a little bit of a mess.
00:27It's a little bit of a mess.
00:28I'm willing.
00:29The situation with A.J. was very tricky.
00:31Like, I thought he was, like, the one.
00:33You know, exotic.
00:37Wow, he still looks so cute.
00:39How you doing?
00:40I will always have a love and support for Miyake Mugler.
00:43I would love to die as a Miyake Mugler.
00:45Are you trying to come back to Mugler?
00:47Do you want me to come back to Mugler?
00:50Fuck Laina.
00:51Why fuck Laina?
00:52She was like a trophy mother.
00:53Like, no shit, she didn't really do shit.
00:58Oh my god!
01:01Nice to meet you.
01:03Big hug.
01:04Hi!
01:05Hi!
01:06What do you think?
01:07I like your new hair.
01:08Thank you.
01:09My hair's amazing.
01:10I don't know what to say.
01:11I don't know what to say.
01:12So, are we going to just wait here?
01:13Just wait here?
01:14I mean, like, there's a lot of, like...
01:15I think we're just going to wait here for a little bit and then we'll see.
01:16I don't know what I'm going to say.
01:17I'm excited.
01:18It's a big shot.
01:19I'm excited.
01:20I'm excited.
01:21I'm excited.
01:22I'm excited.
01:23I'm excited.
01:24I'm excited.
01:25I'm excited.
01:26I'm excited.
01:27What's this mean?
01:31Child, Laina just got hurt.
01:33I'm gagging.
01:34Oh, my God.
01:36Oh, my God.
01:38Don't just come around and, you know,
01:40expect everybody to be all welcoming to you, girl,
01:42like, when you don't reciprocate the same energy.
01:46She's definitely a fucking dog.
01:51Laina Smith.
01:53What are you talking about?
01:55Bitch, what's this?
01:57I need y'all back here.
01:59Bitch.
02:01I'm gagging.
02:02Like, why is Laina here?
02:04When Laina Bloom shows up.
02:06Laina, Laina.
02:08Laina, Laina, Laina, yeah.
02:10And Laina is just all about herself, as usual.
02:13She is not a Mugler.
02:15Like, what the fuck?
02:17Get it out, get it out.
02:33I'm shocked to see you here.
02:35So, you coming back to the house?
02:37I'm not sure.
02:39What's the team?
02:40I'm not sure.
02:41You on a fan?
02:42I'm not going to fucking chug my head off trying to come back.
02:44I'm just going to come and hang out and have a good time.
02:46They don't seem pleased to see me, but I don't give a fuck.
02:50I don't really care, honestly.
02:52Like, I don't wake up thinking about what people think of me.
02:55Bitch, I showed up and looking good.
02:57I care about how I feel.
02:58I mean, I just feel like you unfollowed me.
03:01Okay.
03:02Even after we cultivated a mini-relationship, you unfollowed me.
03:06Yeah.
03:11First off, you're mad because I unfollowed you?
03:14Sweetheart, your priorities are all fucked up.
03:17That really hurt my feelings, girl.
03:19Like, you know what I'm saying?
03:20I'm like, girl, what the fuck?
03:21I would never do that.
03:22But honestly, we can't take social media and Instagram seriously, honestly.
03:25Like.
03:27I feel like that was just fucked up.
03:29And then, like, your shitty attitude towards certain people in the house, girl.
03:32Like.
03:33To be honest with you, okay.
03:35Once I left the house, I honestly just shut off that whole life of my ballroom culture.
03:40Dealing with so much stuff at that time.
03:43I'm here.
03:44I'm saying hello.
03:45I'm speaking.
03:46I'm cordial.
03:47I'm saying you're good.
03:48I'm, like, celebrating y'all.
03:49I'm uplifting y'all.
03:50Well, are you aware that you were a mother and there were kids in the house that felt like
03:56they weren't able to really attach to you like how they really wanted to?
04:00And you chasing your bad kind of dwindled back.
04:03It happened.
04:04It happened.
04:05So, I feel like, are you in a space where you can acknowledge that and be like,
04:10I apologize for not being present like I should and could have been?
04:15I don't want us having no issues.
04:17Like, when I see you, I don't want no issues.
04:19Every time I see you, it's always good vibes.
04:22Wish nothing but the best of you.
04:24That's your apology?
04:25I'm not apologizing right now.
04:29Okay, girl, whatever.
04:30I'ma listen and digest.
04:32But, bitch, my guard is always up.
04:34Because bitches is crazy.
04:36I'ma be like the Great Wall of China.
04:38You can believe that.
04:40If you guys need anything, let me know.
04:42I need some auto.
04:43Let's take some photos.
04:44Yeah, she needs some pointers.
04:45Some photos.
04:46Your images are great.
04:47Because she come outside with no makeup.
04:48Why you calling me out?
04:49You don't come out unless the skin is porcelain, bitch.
04:54I'm about to leave.
04:56Is everything okay?
04:57Everything's good.
04:58No, we had a conversation.
04:59I think I want to have a one-on, like, for girls type of thing.
05:02Yeah, because this is not the place for that shit.
05:05Yeah, no, it's really not.
05:06Are you guys going to, like, baseball this weekend?
05:07Yeah.
05:08I'ma go. I'll go.
05:09I'll see you. Call me tomorrow.
05:10I'll see you tomorrow.
05:11I've been putting this conversation with Laina off for quite some time.
05:15But I don't think now is the time to have it.
05:17I love you.
05:18Let me know you make it home safe.
05:19I will.
05:24Sissy!
05:26Girl, you know, I'm gagging at Laina just popped out of nowhere.
05:30But then she came around and gave, like, a backhanded apology.
05:33Like, and I don't appreciate that.
05:35You ain't seem like you was completely sold.
05:38The Leo in me is just like, girl, you're full of shit, honey.
05:43You are full of shit, darling.
05:45If I smell bullshit, like, I have to tell you.
05:48You don't say, girl.
05:51That's going to be boring.
05:53We got to get ready for this latex ball, honey.
05:55This is my first time walking at the latex and it's such a big stage.
05:58So I got this little African choker, darling.
06:01I need a nasty snatch with that.
06:03That's what I'm saying. I want a braided Marge Simpson, bitch.
06:06I want to give you African Marge, darling.
06:08Not African Marge.
06:09The latex ball is the ball to be at in New York City.
06:13One of the biggest events of the year.
06:15So this is major.
06:17Let me see what she going to do for me.
06:19Hooray.
06:20Oh, walking, oh, that motherfucking best dress.
06:23Oh, that's why you all walking best dress.
06:25Yes, honey.
06:26I'm finally transitioning into a new category.
06:28So, like, how you going to give it to us for the bag?
06:30This is the back of the runway.
06:32I must hit, like.
06:34That's how you going to give it to us.
06:38Yo, you is a fool.
06:40I've been known as the Princess of Vogue since 2015.
06:44Walking femme queen performance means I have to, like,
06:47put full force into slapping that floor.
06:51I've had liposuction, a Brazilian butt lift, and silicone removal.
06:55That's why for the latex ball I'm going to be walking
06:58a fashion category that's not as hard on my body.
07:01The last latex ball I walked, I won.
07:03So now I just feel like I just have this pressure on my shoulder to, like.
07:06Is she still the queen of latex?
07:08Mm-hmm.
07:09Ooh.
07:10I definitely have something to prove to Yusef because he's a fashion girl.
07:14Exactly.
07:15Is she going to carry on this new category?
07:18I'm feeling very anxious.
07:21West, you know.
07:22I just have to tap into the fashionista diva that I am.
07:26I'm getting ready for the ball, honey.
07:28Ball, honey.
07:29Yes!
07:30Oh, yes!
07:34Push.
07:35Push.
07:36Ladies.
07:37I brought my daughter, Brooklyn, with me today.
07:39Thank you.
07:40Hello, Brooklyn.
07:41Hello.
07:42To do some shopping.
07:44I love this.
07:45But me first.
07:46Me first.
07:47OK, you first.
07:48You're supposed to be styling me today.
07:49Yeah, we are.
07:50We'll take it one step at a time.
07:51She is an inspiring fashionista.
07:53So she thinks that she could help me find my look for this event on Saturday.
07:58Let's do it.
07:59I need a bag to kind of elevate the look.
08:02I just don't know what it is.
08:04I feel like when I see it, I don't know.
08:06I am walking labeled for the latex ball.
08:08Just so you know, when you start walking this category, it takes some precision.
08:12If you want to win, you got to put in the time.
08:16If you want to win, you have to put in.
08:19Are hitting.
08:21My lawyer can beat up your lawyer.
08:24I live for that.
08:25I don't know.
08:26It's a little bit slinky.
08:27This is my first time attending a latex ball.
08:30But I will not be walking because the latex ball does not have my category.
08:35Wow, gal.
08:37Yeah, I know.
08:38Fucking ridiculous, right?
08:40What else is new?
08:42What else is new that I don't know nothing about?
08:44I actually had a one-on-one with Lena at OTA.
08:47How did that go?
08:48The whole modeling thing, she said she had a photographer and everything lined up and just let her know.
08:52I didn't get any bad vibes from her, but I don't like how she disrespected the house.
08:56And I don't like how she disrespected you.
08:58And I still stand on what I said.
09:01I don't want her back in the house.
09:02I just want you to know what happened between me and Lena.
09:06I don't want y'all to feel like y'all have to carry on that thing where y'all have to protect me or the house.
09:11So it's not y'all burden to bear.
09:13Brooklyn knows absolutely nothing about fucking Lena.
09:17Brooklyn wasn't even born.
09:18She was in elementary school when Lena came out.
09:21So she has no idea who the fuck Lena is other than what she's heard.
09:25So her impression of Lena was just kind of distorted through other people.
09:31Do you feel like she's an actual, genuine, nice person?
09:34Or she has an alternate motive?
09:38I think it's just really hard for her to trust people or let people in.
09:43But whatever relationship you have with Lena is up to you.
09:46You know, if you're speaking to her about being a model and things like that,
09:49and she's open to giving you some insight, like, take that.
09:52Because she knows her shit.
09:54And she don't share with a lot of girls.
09:55So if you strike her interest that much to strike up a conversation and her tell you things,
10:00then those are jewels.
10:02As far as the house goes, let me deal with that.
10:05Don't strip.
10:06Well, I'm gonna let you handle it.
10:07I just, you know how I feel about the house.
10:10Yeah, I feel just as strong.
10:12And you just got here.
10:13I've been here for at least 10 million years.
10:16But yeah, I got you, boo.
10:29Can I get some music down there?
10:31Can I get some music down there?
10:41Latex.
10:42A big ball.
10:43A lot of lights.
10:44And you want to get as close as possible.
10:46Stay at that element the entire time.
10:51The latex ball is one of the biggest balls of the year.
10:53And we have, like, 200-plus kids in the house.
10:56It's an opportunity for people to really say,
10:58Hey, look at me.
10:59And make the judges actually look at them.
11:01Give me all the confidence.
11:08I like that. It's better.
11:09Don't start off smiling.
11:11Give them a stone-cold face.
11:12And then practice my easy smile.
11:15They're gonna be waiting to see it.
11:16Raise the suspense.
11:18There are so many categories in this ball.
11:20And in order for the House of Mugler to excel and succeed at latex,
11:24we have to make sure we have someone win for each category.
11:28All right, so remember, get to the panel.
11:30Get to the panel.
11:31It's about the trophy.
11:33So it ain't just love, but, like, battle.
11:35Right.
11:36She loves to step in front of the girl.
11:39Uh-huh.
11:41Oh, okay.
11:43Thank you, ladies.
11:44That was very good.
11:46And that was good because you are confident.
11:49As she's doing her moves, you're not as bothered about it.
11:52But you got to get from behind her.
11:55Be conscious that the panel long.
11:57So from here, she blocking you.
12:00You ain't got to worry about what your hand's doing
12:02because your face is doing it all.
12:03Right.
12:04I know you practice your place.
12:06All right, we got to go to the next two.
12:09Where we going to go?
12:10Another jewelry store?
12:11Girl, we got to because I got to find it to complete the look.
12:13It can't be half-ass.
12:15I ain't walked in New York in so long.
12:17It got to give what it needs to give.
12:19We don't need any conniptions, darling.
12:21Not a conniption today, darling.
12:23No conniptions.
12:24What exactly, what's this?
12:25You holding something?
12:26This is Malika.
12:27And, like, since I do have to walk with my hands up,
12:29I can't just lift it up.
12:30Right, right.
12:32Right.
12:33And then, too, even with your crown, too,
12:35to give that type of vibe.
12:38My title is up-and-coming legend.
12:41It's someone who's about to be deemed legendary.
12:43Legendary is a really huge deal.
12:46It's a person who dominates their category,
12:51killing it for 15-plus years.
12:53They do things for the community in and outside of the ballroom scene.
12:56Right.
12:57And, uh, hold my time.
12:58It's coming soon.
12:59Remember, keep your head up.
13:01So, uh, are you walking tomorrow?
13:04Yes.
13:05Really?
13:06What are you walking?
13:07Perfect tans, there's body.
13:09I got two suits.
13:11Let's call it for a suit.
13:12Uh-huh.
13:13Tropical.
13:14Tropical?
13:15Uh-huh.
13:16I'm going to the tailor in the morning.
13:17In 30 minutes, I'm going to be shh, shh, shh.
13:20Right.
13:21Uh-huh.
13:22A category comes with a description of what they want you to do for that specific category that night.
13:26Like, a specific look.
13:28Um, like something from a theme or movie or something.
13:31And putting it all on the floor.
13:33Are you nervous?
13:34Butterflies, but, like, nervous?
13:36I couldn't define it as that.
13:39I need some African jewelry.
13:41Look at these rings.
13:43Oh, they $4?
13:44So, $10 gonna be $40?
13:45Yes.
13:46Oh, wow.
13:47We can't get a discount?
13:48I wish I didn't know how to count.
13:49This is tea.
13:52Let me see what she gave you.
13:53Come here.
13:54Come here, darling.
13:56Come here.
13:57What's that?
13:58What's this look?
13:59Ooh.
14:00That's a tiger, bitch.
14:01My wrist might be too big.
14:02This come in plus size?
14:07And then, you got to put the jawline, right?
14:09Uh-huh.
14:10Wrong hand, though, right?
14:11Yeah.
14:12Bring it across here.
14:13You're selling an element.
14:14Yeah.
14:15There you go.
14:16You see that?
14:17You see that angle?
14:18Yeah, it's different.
14:19Exactly.
14:21I always do, like, a sneak up on him smile.
14:23Okay.
14:24Definitely give it to him.
14:25Then, you got to take it away.
14:26Okay.
14:27So, I go...
14:30Stop.
14:31At the floor, you have to have an alter ego,
14:33and your alter ego is very...
14:36It's sexy face, if that makes any sense.
14:38You know what I'm saying?
14:39So, be central about your selling.
14:41Be central about your facial expressions.
14:43Imagine the judges being someone that you're attracted to,
14:45how you look at them.
14:47Got it.
14:51Antoine's a beautiful guy.
14:53When we were dating, we were very attached.
14:55We had amazing sex.
14:57How about this?
14:59I'll make myself a judge, so I'll sit at the table.
15:01Okay.
15:02Oh, Lord.
15:04Oh, Jesus.
15:12I heard through the grapevine that exotic dating a boy,
15:16but I think our chemistry makes them question
15:19and wonder the possibilities.
15:21I think you might tell yourself one thing,
15:24but when you feel something else,
15:26when chemistry happens, that's a whole other thing
15:28that you can't hide, deny, or run away from.
15:40Get into your... Utilize your cheekbones.
15:42Utilize your jawline.
15:44All those are strong points for you.
15:50Your job is to draw me in as the judge.
15:53Okay.
15:54Giving you my tens and giving you my vote.
15:56I should take my clothes off.
15:58Okay.
15:59For the body category.
16:01Show it.
16:02Got it.
16:14Look.
16:15Yeah.
16:18I see him looking at me, and y'all see it, too.
16:22Body.
16:25But he doesn't want to recognize it
16:27because he has blinders of some boy on his eyes right now.
16:31So, why do you want to come to the house of Mugler?
16:34Because me asking Mugler literally means to win.
16:37Everyone who wins the Mugler, I'm not anything but a winner.
16:40I want to be the literally best boy you've ever walked face,
16:43and I want to be the next face in the Mugler.
16:46I want to be a part of the Mugler family,
16:48but this is going to be hard because I still have feelings for exotic.
16:51I would be with Andre in a second.
16:53Why are you nervous?
16:55Because I want to be good.
16:56Okay, well, do what you got to do.
17:07Hola.
17:08Hola. How you doing?
17:10Nothing much.
17:11I am actually meeting with Miss Lena Bloom.
17:16Miss Lena.
17:19You know, I am going to let her know how I feel,
17:21and I'm not going to bite my tongue,
17:23but I do want to hear her out,
17:25and then I'll say what I got to say.
17:29Say a little prayer.
17:36I felt your presence.
17:38You look so nice.
17:41I'm good.
17:42I like the fact that we both have, like, green on.
17:44For war.
17:45Yes. Ready. Army.
17:47Oh, my God.
17:48Oh, thank you.
17:49It feels so good to see you.
17:50It was nice seeing you the other night.
17:52I know.
17:53I recently spoke to Andre.
17:54We had met up in Harlem.
17:56We talked about you.
17:57We talked about the house,
17:58and, you know, he loves the idea of, you know, me coming back,
18:03but I wanted to have a conversation with you first.
18:05I mean, obviously, there's some events coming up
18:07that I want to attend, and I want to go,
18:10and I want to support.
18:13You left, boo.
18:14Out of sight, out of mind.
18:17I was hurt,
18:18and I'm not going to stop talking about this until you understand.
18:21I was hurt also.
18:22Yeah, but I was hurt because you did what you did
18:25and then walked away scot-free,
18:27and I was left to, like, pick up fucking pieces.
18:30You know what I mean?
18:31And I don't think that was fair.
18:33I basically broke all the rules to get her into the house
18:36and also give her a position as New York City mother,
18:40and I went against everybody.
18:41I didn't talk to the leaders or anything like that,
18:43and mind you, that's something we don't do.
18:45We do not just bring people in and give them positions.
18:48So, you know, it was a big slap in my face
18:50that she left the way she did.
18:52I wish she would have never left the house.
18:54I wish we could have all came together
18:56and, like, you know, did things the right way.
18:59If I could go back and do things differently,
19:01I definitely would have once stayed in the house.
19:03She would have handled it a lot differently.
19:05It took me three years to heal, and I'm back.
19:09I want to come back.
19:10I miss Exotic. I miss Roth. I miss you.
19:12I miss the camaraderie that we have,
19:15and I want to find a newfound love for Ballroom
19:17and for the House of Moonglare,
19:18and that's a powerful legacy to be a part of.
19:21Up!
19:22You are so dramatic.
19:26Lena is putting on a good show,
19:28but I think by the time she walks out of this restaurant,
19:32she's gonna be back to her old shit.
19:34At that time, three years ago,
19:36I was a different person.
19:38You was a shit mom.
19:40Let's just be very clear.
19:41I wasn't a shit mom.
19:42You was a shitty mom.
19:44But what's done is done.
19:45I don't want positions of power.
19:46I don't want to be mother.
19:47I don't want to be overall mother.
19:48I just want to be able to be like,
19:50this is my family, this is Ballroom,
19:52this is what I live for,
19:53this is what I've been doing since I've been a teenager.
19:56You know, I ain't trying to fight with you.
19:58I'll fight over this shit.
19:59We just need to try to figure out
20:01how to, like, come together, you know?
20:03And us just talk.
20:04Yeah.
20:05You get what I'm saying?
20:06So this Sunday after the bar,
20:07you guys are having a meeting?
20:08Like a house get-together?
20:10No, we're having a barbecue.
20:11Okay.
20:12So you tell me about it.
20:13It's not a meeting.
20:14Okay.
20:15It's just a barbecue.
20:16We're just getting together.
20:17Everybody's, like, coming over.
20:18So come over.
20:19Yeah.
20:20And talk to the girls.
20:21Right.
20:22And if you care enough,
20:23and I think people want to hear you out.
20:24I hope they do.
20:25They do.
20:26I just want you to be very conscious.
20:27I know you're busy.
20:28You talking to a lot of people,
20:29but see how I react.
20:30See who I respond to.
20:31See who I talk to.
20:32Oh, bitch.
20:33My eyes are open now.
20:34I see you, girl.
20:35See it.
20:36See it.
20:37I'm watching you like a hawk.
20:38Because I feel like people don't, like,
20:39oh, she don't talk to me.
20:40I talk to everyone.
20:41Like, this is your campaign tour.
20:42You shouldn't have no stick up your ass.
20:43I never have a stick up my ass.
20:44Bitch, I just, I just, I just,
20:45I'm looking at my call time tomorrow,
20:46and I'm looking at, like,
20:47girl, we got to go.
20:48Yeah, we are.
20:49Cheers.
20:50To shit parents!
20:51Oh, yo.
20:52Cheers.
20:53To shit parents!
21:05When's the last time you had your hair done?
21:07Are you trying to be shady?
21:09You haven't been wearing your do-right either.
21:12It comes off at night.
21:14Lorenzo and I have been together,
21:15going on two years,
21:17although we were best friends
21:18for about five years.
21:20You know what I'm gonna give you, right?
21:22Please don't say a French roll.
21:24I love a French roll.
21:29We're giving it a shot to spend large amounts of time together,
21:33to be able to see if we can live together,
21:35and right now it's going pretty good.
21:38This summer, are you gonna be doing a bunch of stuff for the house,
21:43or are you gonna have free time to be Andre?
21:48Because, like, I got plans for the summer for us, you know.
21:54We have a list of mandatory balls that the house needs to be at
21:58that's important for me to be there.
22:00Outside of that, I'm not gonna be at no function every five days.
22:04Okay.
22:05Sometimes when I watch ballroom,
22:09I can imagine myself, you know, out there walking something.
22:16Oh, Lord. Absolutely not.
22:18I can walk, maybe.
22:19Absolutely.
22:20I'm gonna go to the gym and I'll walk body.
22:22It looks fun.
22:23It is fun, but it's a no.
22:27It's a no for me.
22:28How do you know what I was gonna ask?
22:29Because I already know where you're going with this.
22:31Don't even take it there. It is a no.
22:33My thing is, it's my realm.
22:36It's my thing that I love to do,
22:38and I like to keep that separate from my partner.
22:41If there are things that you like to do and you like to do on your own,
22:44I will respect that.
22:45I think that's healthy.
22:47Okay.
22:48Ballroom's my thing, you know?
22:49He has his own hobbies and I have mine.
22:51I don't want to intermix the two.
22:53Especially because I think AJ will bump heads with Renz.
22:57That could get really messy, if you know what I'm talking about.
22:59So it's very important to show Renz that our quality time matters.
23:03I feel like there's always something going on with ballroom,
23:06and you can't say no.
23:08I can't.
23:09A lot.
23:10No.
23:12♪
23:16Oh, y'all thought it was a game?
23:20Y'all know we out here, man.
23:23Nita.
23:24Yeah?
23:25What you think?
23:26Oh, you got the jacket too?
23:27Oh, yeah.
23:28Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:29Uh-huh.
23:30Yeah, I'm feeling that.
23:31Mr. Wonderful.
23:32The last time that I walked the ball was years ago.
23:36We took a hiatus from the house because I was in school
23:40to complete my engineering degree.
23:41And so for me, walking the latex ball,
23:43it really is kind of a re-emergence and like a reset.
23:47Nalika!
23:49Oh!
23:51Hey!
23:54Don't you get that makeup on me.
23:55Oh, okay.
23:57Oh.
23:59Hey, girl.
24:00What's going on, baby?
24:02What's going on?
24:03Oh, yeah.
24:05What's up?
24:06Girl, so I got to polish my fingernails,
24:08so we don't need to sit down and do that.
24:09Oh, okay, probably.
24:10Whatever you want.
24:11What you need?
24:12I just need to polish my fingernails
24:13because I didn't have time to do it.
24:15And look at, oh.
24:18Beautiful.
24:19Thank you, thank you, thank you.
24:20So what's going on, mama?
24:22Girl, so I didn't tell you this,
24:24but because I kind of wanted to surprise you.
24:26What?
24:27What?
24:28What?
24:29You having a baby?
24:31What?
24:32Not yet, no.
24:33I was going to say,
24:34this would not be the time to tell me that.
24:36No, actually, I might be getting deemed today.
24:40You're getting deemed?
24:41What is that?
24:42Deemed legendary in the ballroom scene.
24:45Really?
24:46Yes.
24:47Wow.
24:49Over the years, I've put my all into ballroom,
24:52and to receive the love that I pour out in this community
24:55would mean everything to me.
25:02We're just giving this my all.
25:03Come on, darling.
25:04Yeah.
25:05Lolita, Lolita, Lolita.
25:06Lolita, Lolita, Lolita.
25:09The Uber's here?
25:10Okay.
25:11Love you, BK.
25:12What a pride, darling.
25:13Love you more.
25:14One more hug.
25:15Mwah.
25:16Ciao, Bella.
25:17Ciao, Bella.
25:28This is called motherfucking art.
25:31Oh, my gosh.
25:33Why are they not letting us in?
25:35Because they're at capacity.
25:36This is a free ball in New York,
25:38and it's full of spectators.
25:39So we outside looking like livestock
25:41trying to get in this bitch.
25:43Chariot, you look amazing.
25:45Thank you, boo.
25:46Wow.
25:47That's a little microphone in there?
25:48It is.
25:52The latex ball is probably one of the biggest balls
25:55in the ballroom community.
25:58There's people that don't walk any other balls,
26:00and they just come out for the latex ball.
26:03Woo!
26:08This is New York City.
26:09You know what I mean?
26:10This is where ballroom was originated from.
26:15This is about feeling even when we're not loved.
26:20The first person on the team, ladies and gentlemen,
26:23she gave you a little sex talk, she gave you a little party.
26:26She is one of the few women
26:28that stay consistent in this scene.
26:39So my name gets called, and automatically,
26:42I am like, here's your mama, girl.
26:45You have to walk like no other.
26:58Woo!
27:05Woo!
27:08Yes, Polina!
27:21Woo!
27:28To my family, my fiancee, my mother,
27:30the house is now people live.
27:31So clap it up.
27:32Thank you so much.
27:33I love you all.
27:34I'm extremely proud of Lolita.
27:36It has been such a long time coming,
27:38and she's so deserving.
27:40To be deemed legendary as a cisgender woman in ballroom,
27:44I was extremely proud of her.
27:47Feels damn good being deemed legendary.
27:49Honestly, I feel like it's because of who I am
27:51as an entertainer, as an artist,
27:53as a leader for the house, an ally for the community.
27:57This is my home.
27:58Like, it just, ugh.
28:01I'm really lost for words.
28:03I'm just so happy to be here.
28:11I am known as Butch Queen Face Ruler,
28:14so I'm hella nervous.
28:16But I have to bring it for my house.
28:19I am the mother champion.
28:21You feel better now?
28:24I know what you like, boy.
28:32That's what I'm trying to tell you.
28:33Keep moving.
28:34Yeah!
28:54There are houses that are out to get us,
28:57but everybody up there was basic.
29:01Ugh.
29:03Ugh.
29:04Yeah.
29:05Game on, baby.
29:06Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you
29:08the legendary, exotic Miyake Mugler.
29:11Are you happy now?
29:12Exotic Miyake Mugler.
29:15Legend.
29:16Legend, legend.
29:21What legends?
29:23Let's do it.
29:24It's a motherfucking three-way.
29:26Final battle.
29:27I need Christopher, Melo, and Exotic.
29:44Baby.
29:45The competition is fierce.
29:47Oh, my God.
29:58Exotic eats the whole category,
30:00and that's why he is the mother.
30:02He is a total meal.
30:08Fuck Lena not making it to the latex ball.
30:10I wanted her to support the house,
30:12so it's very disappointing.
30:13Like, you can't come to a place that
30:16helped cultivate who you are.
30:19This is not looking good.
30:28I'm really excited to walk,
30:30and for some people in my house
30:31to see me walk for the first time,
30:33like, in person.
30:41The essence of being a perfect 10,
30:44it's a mix.
30:46You have to have body and face and fashion,
30:50like the ultimate husband.
30:58Girl, they got the same motherfucking outfit.
31:01I'm gagging.
31:03It's a sin to be wearing the same look
31:06as anybody in fucking Whole Foods.
31:08That was something that I never thought would happen.
31:11At that point, it comes down to
31:13who's wearing it best.
31:28Ooh!
31:32What the fuck?
31:34Losing by only one vote?
31:37God, I feel fine about it.
31:39Roz was definitely gagging.
31:40He got sad.
31:41He was trying to, you know,
31:42be easy, breezy, beautiful, cover girl.
31:44But I see right through Roz.
31:46I know he was gagging.
31:47He got sad.
31:48The pearl category over to our best dress,
31:51female figure and male figure.
31:53$200.
31:55The latex board is especially a big deal.
31:58I told Chanel that I was gonna walk.
32:00But honestly, there's just, like, something in me
32:03that's just like, I'm not, I'm not gonna do it
32:06because I don't feel like I'm gonna put my best foot forward.
32:09Are you gonna walk or not?
32:11No.
32:13You need to walk.
32:15For real, like, walk.
32:17Perform, girl.
32:18She is a performer.
32:19The performer.
32:20I need her to get snap out of it.
32:22Just snap out of it.
32:23I don't feel like I'm face-ready.
32:26But you look great.
32:28I'm feeling it.
32:30I really, really think that
32:32I'm gonna walk.
32:34I'm feeling it.
32:36I really, really do want to walk
32:38because it's been a long time
32:39and I want to get on that floor.
32:41But, I don't know, that's kind of dragging his feet.
32:45This category is closed.
32:47You missed the category.
32:52I don't know why Tati missed her category
32:54and at this point I don't give a fuck.
32:56When people miss their categories, like, for no reason,
32:59like, that is just stupid to me.
33:01Hey, next category, 15 feet.
33:08They hit the lip ball.
33:10Y'all look okay?
33:12I have never walked the ladies' table ball, you know.
33:15It's such a big stage.
33:17So far, I think the girls look lovely.
33:19I feel like the girls came out,
33:21so I am very, very nervous.
33:23Oh, yeah!
33:25Oh, yeah!
33:27But once I get to the back of the runway,
33:30it's a blackout.
33:32Baby, I'm just feeling it.
33:37There are five elements to walk face.
33:40Skin.
33:42Glimmish-free.
33:43Smooth.
33:44Teeth.
33:46Straight.
33:47Bone structure.
33:48You see these motherfucking cheeks, darling.
33:50Nose.
33:51Sorry if you got a pelican's beak,
33:53like, this is not a category for you.
33:55And the last category of face is eyes.
33:58Like, I have nice almond eyes, you know.
34:01So if you don't have those five categories,
34:04stay the fuck off the floor.
34:16I end up in the battle for the money.
34:24But I feel like the judges were really trying
34:26to end the three-way battle.
34:46But it's a ball.
34:47It is what it is.
34:48They always shading the big girls.
34:50They always shading the brown-skinned girls.
34:52You just gotta bring it harder
34:54and not take it personal.
34:57Black.
34:58Black.
34:59Black.
35:00Black.
35:01Black.
35:02Black.
35:03What category is Label?
35:13Get down, Europe.
35:26♪♪
35:29What up?
35:30He's back!
35:33Little Cream Riding Hood.
35:34Legendary daddy, Little Cream Riding Hood.
35:39I'm the label king.
35:42That is my category.
35:44My cloak, Rick Owens.
35:47My do-rag, Rick Owens.
35:50My jacket, Gucci.
35:52This is labels.
35:54I am in high fashion.
35:55From head to toe.
35:57We have to talk our shit
35:59and make sure that the judges know what we're wearing.
36:01My skirt, Jean-Paul Gaultier.
36:05My leggings, Jean-Paul Gaultier.
36:08My top, Jean-Paul Gaultier.
36:11My earrings, Jean-Paul Gaultier.
36:18The Leo in me comes the fuck out.
36:21Anybody standing in my way is going to get that.
36:24All right, Balenciaga and Mugler,
36:27the eternal battle.
36:28And now, for the final battle,
36:31I have a secret weapon.
36:33Come on, Vanna.
36:34Oh, ho, ho, ho, hey!
36:39It is another one of my Jean-Paul Gaultier
36:42burpees, the first six percent
36:45of the burpee bag burpees.
36:47And guess who's gonna lose it?
36:49Open!
36:51Gagging. Gag alert.
36:54Thank you, Rick.
36:55This is a butch queen category.
36:58That is women's.
37:02We do what we want in fashion.
37:04This is a men's category.
37:06You should have worn thin clothes.
37:08They say he's wearing women's clothes
37:10because he's wearing women's clothes.
37:12My ideas are dated.
37:14Men's wear.
37:16Keep wearing.
37:18Men's wear, not women's wear.
37:21Street wear, street wear.
37:24I love this woman's label.
37:26It is giving crumb a chin.
37:29It is a bloodbath on that floor.
37:33They are carrying.
37:34I want to be.
37:36One, two, three.
37:38All right, Father Eustace Miller!
37:43Oh, hey!
37:46I won fair and square.
37:48My labels did the talking,
37:50and I walked away with the coins and the trophy.
37:54And my smoke.
37:55Miyake Mugler!
37:57Miyake Mugler!
38:00Win or lose, everybody came and did their fucking thing.
38:04My house killed it, and I'm really happy for everybody,
38:06and we're gonna continue to, like, show up, show out,
38:09and make everybody fucking scream and cheer Miyake Mugler.
38:13Miyake Mugler!
38:15Miyake Mugler!
38:17It's the Miyake Mugler way, baby.
38:25Let that corn cook a little bit more and wrap it up,
38:28because we're gonna put that on the grill.
38:30I'm so glad you're here, Mom.
38:31You know I love to be in the kitchen.
38:33Seriously.
38:34So, how do you feel about your status?
38:38I feel really good about it,
38:39and I swear everyone last night was like,
38:42well-deserved, well-deserved, well-deserved,
38:44well-deserved, well-deserved, and you don't see —
38:46I've never seen that before.
38:50Hello.
38:51Hi.
38:53Hi, how are you?
38:54Good. It was good to see you last night.
39:06Hi, everybody.
39:08How are you?
39:09You look so nice.
39:10What happened to you last night?
39:12I don't want to talk about it. It was a lot.
39:16Hi!
39:17How are you doing?
39:18Congratulations, Sistee!
39:21Thank you.
39:23Okay, so let the ladies have it.
39:24Legendary, legendary.
39:25Hey, legendary, legendary.
39:27You got your O. You got your O.
39:29I'm going.
39:30Are you supposed to walk last night?
39:31Yes!
39:34But I guess I'll probably save the outfit for another ball.
39:37There you go. Make sure last night
39:39is the last time you miss your category, sis.
39:40Come on.
39:42I feel like I left the house down,
39:43but I really don't think I want to come back
39:46and make my big ballroom return
39:49until I'm ready to come and slay the girls.
39:51Marilyn Monroe.
39:52Yes! I told her she looked like Marilyn Monroe.
39:55Also, congratulations last night. I know you won.
39:57Everybody's upset that you didn't make it
39:59into the function last night.
40:00I was gagging.
40:02I was like, what's happening here?
40:05I tried to get to the ball.
40:06I did my best. What's the problem?
40:08I don't know. It just — it seems like everybody
40:10wants to be mad at me,
40:11and I don't think I have the time for it.
40:14But listen, I know you just got here.
40:17I'm about to leave.
40:19I got to go. I have another —
40:20I got something else to go to.
40:21Later.
40:23See you soon.
40:25Yo, photographer.
40:26You leaving?
40:27I've been here for a while.
40:28I've been waiting for y'all to be here.
40:30Damn! Like, it just started. You leaving already?
40:34Laina, you supposed to be coming back,
40:35building a bond, getting to know your sisters.
40:39Girl, you got to do better.
40:41You didn't come last night.
40:43I know.
40:44And now you're here for, like, two seconds.
40:45I've been here. I was the first one to hear.
40:46Bitch, you ain't — was not the first one here.
40:48I was one of the first ones here.
40:50I asked you to, like, be a part, be around.
40:52Like, so you leaving is like —
40:56we not doing what we said we was going to do.
40:58Well, I'm holding you accountable, then.
41:00Okay. I'm going to text you.
41:02I'm going to text you. I love you. Have a good event.
41:06Laina is doing a shit job at working her way
41:08back into the house.
41:11Bye.
41:13Okay, wait a minute. Is this something done?
41:16Like, I got to feed the party.
41:18I'm hungry.
41:24I was coming to look for couch friends.
41:26Exactly.
41:27Oh, there's a special piece right here.
41:29Wait, do we get to drop some of that for Laina?
41:31Why?
41:33Because she's hot.
41:35I gave the girls some motivation last night
41:37to get in the chair.
41:38Okay, I was eating last night after that category.
41:41I said, let me put my food down.
41:43This looks cute. Your matching chains.
41:45Well, he got me this for my birthday.
41:47Was it for my birthday or Christmas?
41:48The funny thing is, when I first saw it,
41:51I was like, Andre stole my style.
41:53But if you bought it for him, then damn, he knew it.
41:55He bought it.
41:57So how long have you been in the city?
41:58For about three years.
41:59Really? I feel like I've never run into you.
42:01I'm back and forth between Atlanta,
42:03and then my work is like 50% travel, so —
42:06What do you do?
42:07I'm in marketing. Well, I'm in branding, specifically.
42:09When do you want to get married?
42:11That could be a possibility.
42:12No, it's more than a possibility.
42:15When is this happening?
42:16You're not a youngster.
42:17We haven't set a plan for you.
42:19So you're going to have to ask him.
42:21No, no, no.
42:22I'm telling you because I know.
42:25Who's this man for?
42:27I know this boy.
42:28I've known Andre for years.
42:30I think he's involved.
42:31He likes a boy to show that he wants to be in them.
42:34He likes all the judge and all the —
42:36He likes to be catered to, and why shouldn't he be?
42:39So it's the first time that AJ and Renz
42:41have been in the same room,
42:42and AJ is doing the absolute most.
42:46I know what Andre likes.
42:48You know him better than me.
42:51I know Andre, and I think you know 2.0.
42:54I'm exactly what Xotic likes.
42:56I think I just need to know what he really wants,
42:59how he really feels,
43:00because I don't see no ring on that finger.
43:06Yes!
43:07Ha ha!
43:08Pride began in New York City.
43:11Happy Pride!
43:15The message is, support queer youth.
43:21I don't live my life as a boy,
43:22so I've actually started transitioning.
43:25Oh my God, congratulations!
43:26Thank you.
43:27Welcome to Trans-Hook!
43:29Yes, ma'am!
43:30Thank you for having me.
43:31I don't think there was ever a closure in our relationship.
43:34I'm already taken.
43:36You're not taken.
43:37You're a homeboy.
43:38You would think y'all were married with three kids
43:41the way he was talking.
43:42You know, I'm nice until I'm not.