No one can keep a good eye-con likeRajadown not even a pair of powerful boots onFashion Photo RuView.
“Fashion Photo RuViewisn’t real, it’s just the opinions of two people,” Raja explains.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7continues Friday on Paramount +.
Raja on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’.Paramount+/World of Wonder
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I was so happy to see you get your first star of the season.
It looked like you got emotional on the stage.
Why were those emotions so strong for you?
Raja finally wins a challenge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’.Paramount+/World of Wonder
Yeah, and I’m not one to hide my emotions in that way.
Yeah, I was frustrated.
I loved every minute of it.
Raja for EW.Vijat M for EW
You’re getting an entire fandom on my side?
I loved having a big spoonful of my own medicine being shoved down my throat.
It was my great honor and pleasure to get booted by both Violet and Gottmik.
If I was going to take it from anybody else, I probably wouldn’t.
I realize they’re a bunch of silly little assholes anyway, and so am I.
Have you spoken to them about it?
I did text Kade, Gottmik, a personal thank you.
This season has also been so fun.
I loved watching Monet change her approach after getting blocked this week.
What was that shift like in the Werk Room?
Nothing we ever did was spiteful or harmful.
There was tension, but it was lighthearted and fun game-playing, like playingMonopolyorUnowith your family.
There is, though, alliance work and strategizing going on.
Did anyone ever approach you to be in an alliance?
I think they realized I didn’t care or was maybe unaware.
I was trying to survive the day, the week, or the challenge.
Monet told me about the suspectedSmokers Alliance last week.
That’s a real thing?
It’s a real thing.
We would split off.
We were like, what are you talking about?
We’re going to go have a cigarette, blow off some steam, and talk about the challenge.
Was it an actual strategic alliance?
If it was [strategic], I was completely unaware.
I live in a bubble, I’m a total space case.
I have no idea what’s going on most of the time.
Then let me ask you about Shea’s secret of the Platinum Plunger.
Did that seem real to you, or did you see right through it?
She got me, she got most of us.
Thank you, editors, for making it seem like I did.
You then had to decide who would receive your second star.
Mostly it was me wanting to be fair.
My whole strategy in the game was to be fair.
There were discussions and individual talk between each of us.
I didn’t want to be the bitchy queen to start s—.
I wanted to keep it cute and keep moving.
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