RuPauls Drag Race All Stars 8 Discussion

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Sorry if this isn't allowed here. Just finished watching this last episode and was curious what others thought. We've never seen Ru come out and gather the girls quite like that. Do you think it was a caring moment or do you think he was more concerned with the show? I was so happy for LaLa!!! I was surprised the bottom two wasn't Kandy and Alexis. It really felt like they just wanted to get rid of Kahanna.

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Ru's little chat was warranted and needed. You don't compete to come on a show like this and then just get up and leave because you're not feeling it.

Kahanna should've gone home last week. When she was having her chats with the girls, she even said something like "I don't think I have any more to give". I was shocked that Kandy sent Jaymes home and even more shocked the other girls agreed. I think they're just trying to get out a fierce competitor in Jaymes.

Yeah, I was shocked by the unanimous vote for Jaymes… it made me wonder if there was behind the scenes tea with the other queens not liking her or something.

It's possible about that tea. At Roscoe's though, Kahanna said that the reason the girls kept her was because they all agreed she shouldn't have been in the bottom.

Maybe a - ok one queen rage quitting , nothing you can do , but two ?! It's a bad look, damage control mode activate !

This season is so messy 🥶🥶🥶

Let's go Jimbo crown and Jayms online ~ ✨

I agree that based on the challenge alone, I was thinking the bottom two should be Kandy and Alexis, but it also seemed past time for Kahanna to go home. I am glad she had kind of an acting challenge redemption arc though. She really did get better, just not by enough to beat the others. Also SO glad LaLa got the win—as much as I love Jimbo, I was worried she was gonna take it during the critiques and it felt like LaLa’s night. Also, I’d much rather see LaLa lip sync to Lizzo than Jimbo…

Ya, I was kinda torn about the bottoms. It did feel like Kahanna should be the one to go, but she just wasn't that bad in the challenge. Tough decisions

It was smart of Lala to play to her strengths this episode, also on the runway.

Apparently Ru used to come out for that sort of thing in earlier seasons. I think it's a mix between caring and concerned about their show. It's complicated because he can be terrible but the queens have a ton of respect for him (for good reasons too).

It's was great to see LaLa get the win!

Oh interesting, I'd never heard of Ru doing that.

Anyome know if someone is doing a RPDR Sublemy?

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. Might be nice to see an RPDR instance without as much of the toxicity as the subreddit