“Because then I wasn’t playing the track record game that everyone else is playing.”
How did that feel?
NAYSHA LOPEZ:To get that kind of attention is new to me, it’s refreshing.
Naysha Lopez on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’.Paramount+
I told Kandy Muse, she was like, “God, another article about your thirst traps?”
And she’s like, “How about your drag, girl?”
It’s fun to get this attention, especially knowing the other girls are not.
Not once did I ever say, like, “Girl, I didn’t vote for you.”
I told her, and she knows.
I don’t know why she’s got the amnesia all of a sudden.
I totally voted for her.
She said she’s not quite over it yet, but she’ll get there.
Where does that relationship stand?
Girl, it’s perfectly fine.
She’s over it.
She’s acting a fool because she’s completely over it.
I told you that if you f— up, I totally would."
And she goes, “Yeah, that’s why your ass went home next!”
[Laughs] That’s how I knew she’s totally over it.
You told her during deliberations that you’d vote for her?
No, nobody ever says to anyone, “I’m going to vote for you.”
The other thing is that I disagreed with the judges.
The next one after that, in my opinion, was Monica.
Were you aware of this?
Were they trying to hide it?
They’d be idiots not to form some kind of alliance.
I knew there would be something with them.
I knew there would be some kind of alliance there.
I pointed it out to Kandy.
Was there more to that?
[Laughs] Okay, how do I put this.
That was my thought process.
I’m not going to give that…. was I upset?
I wanted that role.
I guess I sped it up too much.
Then the critique I got was you spoke too fast, we couldn’t understand you.
At that point, it’s whatever.
This is a hypothetical situation: If Michelle tells you, “You look great in purple!
That’s how I felt.
Everyone spoke as to how they were going to vote [based on] track record or personal feelings.
Everyone else was like, track record.
I was put in the bottom with someone who won the previous challenge.
Once that happened, I knew I was going home.
I wasn’t like, devastated that my name is on there.
I did express my frustration inUntucked, because I knew what was going to happen.
We’re not used to seeing you that vulnerable.
Were those emotions overwhelming?
I was so overwhelmed with emotion.
I feel like I failed.
The overwhelming part is that so many people were hoping and rooting and in my corner.
What can you tease about your runways coming up?
I don’t want you to vote for me [unless] you think I deserve it.
No one is as consistent as I am on that runway.
Because I’m not.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
