Out magazine’s intrepid entertainment reporter Michael Musto chatted with Season Six legend-in-the-making Bianca Del Rio about life on the RDR set, competition with the other queens, and her sometimes jarring sense of humor. Here are a few quick excerpts:
Your humor is hilarious, but often rather, shall we say, extreme. Did they tone it down on the show?
No. It’s an interesting environment. When you’re there, you do forget the cameras are on you because the stakes are high, there’s a limited time to get things done, and you don’t know what’s next. You can’t sit back and eat bonbons. For me, it was not so much about playing up to the cameras, but getting the job done.
But did you do your usual array of, say, AIDS jokes?
God, no. We don’t have the opportunity. I wouldn’t have the opportunity to explain myself to America. So I wasn’t going to be an asshole. I sat back like a spider and waited till everyone did what they had to do, and then attacked.
But you do engage in some humor, I hope?
We have those moments. A lot of people said, “I can’t believe you said that.” I thought, “I guess you don’t know me!”
Was there any young, perky person on the show that you particularly didn’t like?
All of them. At some point, all of them annoyed me. But I don’t like people.
Especially enthusiastic ones?
I don’t mind them if I know they’re gonna go home. Everybody’s got their own way of handling things. The one thing about drag is it’s not my identity, it’s my job. It’s going to a photo shoot and being on time, but that doesn’t mean I loved or hated everybody. Sometimes you’re kind of indifferent until you get to know them. I don’t like America.
The whole country?
Based on the “Meet The Queens” video, everybody was forming opinions and teams. A minute and a half or two minutes of something that’s edited, and everyone’s already decided what it’s going to be. That’s great for the anticipation of the show, but wait till it plays out and you get to see a different side of people.
Read the whole interview here.
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