The Week in Drag: Ariel Versace Talks Hair, Kim Chi Talks Ghosts, Miss Coco Peru Graced Will & Grace & More!

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The latest from the season 11 queens and favorites including Eureka Oโ€™Hara, Kim Chi, Pandora Boxx and Morgan McMichaels!

Well, itโ€™s been another exciting week on RuPaulโ€™s Drag Race, Check out our recap of the Draglympics and listen to our favorite Drag Race podcasts, โ€œWhat the Tuckโ€ and โ€œRace Chaserโ€ to relive the best from Tuckpantistan and Glamazonia!

If you want to see the season 11 queens lip sync for their lives in person, youโ€™re in luck! The Official RuPaulโ€™s Drag Race: Season 11 Tour launches Sunday, May 26th in Los Angeles, during the official RuPaulโ€™s DragCon LA after party, and will stop 16 cities across the US and Canada.ย  All 15 queens will be there and season 10 finalist Asia Oโ€™Hara will host, with Michelle Visage taking over for the Los Angeles and New York tour stops. Tickets are on sale now, so visit https://vossevents.com for all the details.

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Raja and Aquaria review the 33 runway looks from episode 5โ€™s Monster Ball in a super-sized episode of โ€œFashion Photo Ruview.โ€ Raja is a living toot, but the skull top she is wearing this week is giving me life. Whose scary lewks got the boot? Tune in and find out!

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Drag Race alum Jiggly Caliente, who is currently part of the ensemble cast of Ryan Murphyโ€˜s amazing series, Pose, joins Manila Luzon to dish about the spooky shenanigans from last weekโ€™s episode on โ€œThe Pit Stopโ€.

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Michelle Visage chats with the pride of Cherry Hill, NJ, Ariel Versace, and checks out the looks she didnโ€™t get to bring to the runway on โ€œWhatcha Packin.'โ€

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Ariel talked with Entertainment Weekly about the runway fall that helped send her home. She recalled, โ€œI was so nervous to be lip-syncing in that outfit because of that train, and all I kept thinking was, โ€œDo not slip on this train!โ€ And then the second I felt my balance lost, I was like, [sings] โ€œOh my God!โ€ I felt like it was going to happen. I think I jinxed myself.โ€

One of the criticisms Ariel constantly received was that her looks were all very similar. According to our fallen queen, it was a conscious decision, meant to promote her brand โ€“ and her business Drag by Chariel. Ariel and her partner, Ricardo, design costumes and hair for queens including Trixie Mattel. Ariel told Out Magazine that โ€œIf I always wear big hair all the time, and Iโ€™m sitting here trying to promote the fact that I have a hair business and I love big hair, I donโ€™t know why there would be any point to me going down the runway with slicked down hair.โ€ You gotta love an enterprising queen!

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The self-proclaimed โ€œElephant Queenโ€, Eureka Oโ€™Hara, shares tales from the couch on the latest episode of โ€œHey Qween.โ€ Check out part one, part two and part three on YouTube!

Drag Race season eight favorite Kim Chi is on the guest on this weekโ€™s episode of the โ€œGhostedโ€ podcast. Kim chats with the wonderful Roz Drezfalez (best drag name ever) about Korean folklore, what kind of ghost sheโ€™d be and how sheโ€™d react to being face-to-face with a paranormal being. Itโ€™s a fun listen, so check it out!

Things on this weekโ€™s โ€˜UNHhhhโ€™ with Trixie and Katya get criminal, as the queens talk about crime, โ€œaccidental theftโ€ and getting pulled over. Check out a sneak peek here and watch all of the season 4 episodes on WOW Presents.

If you canโ€™t get enough RuPaul in your life (and who can, really?) Mama Ruโ€™s new talk show is headed your way. According to Entertainment Weekly, the new show, currently only slated for a three-week run, debuts on local FOX stations across the country on Wednesday, June 10. The show promises a โ€œmodern take on the talk formatโ€ with celebrity gossip, interviews and style features. Iโ€™m in.

By now, youโ€™ve surely seen Shangelaโ€˜s tribute to Beyoncรฉ at the GLAAD Media Awards. The TRUE star of A Star is Born performed a seven-minute medley of Queen Beyโ€™s hits in a performance that got Queen Bey and Jay Z to their feet. Talk about an all-star.ย 

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Did you see drag royalty Miss Coco Peru on the season finale of Will and Grace? She reprised her role as nightclub impresario Coco and in an email to fans, said, โ€œI had such a great time being on the show and everyone is at the top of their game and so kind. It was a pleasure to be on the show twice this season and Iโ€™m hoping that Iโ€™m fortunate enough to be invited back to play again with this wonderful cast and crew!โ€

Speaking of Will and Grace, Sean Hayes and Brian Jordan Alvarez (the happy couple!) play a game of โ€œTops or Bottomsโ€ with Socialite Life favorites Pandora Boxx and Morgan McMichaels, courtesy of Queerty. Give these queens their own show!

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Itโ€™s been a busy week for our queens and thereโ€™s lots more news to come! Until next week, everybody say LOVE!