Doesn't that demonstrate how pointless it is to blame Valentina for not controlling her fans?
Pretty much every queen has defended Phi Phi since the show and asked fans to stop harrassing her to no avail.
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Pretty much every queen has defended Phi Phi since the show and asked fans to stop harrassing her to no avail.
Monocle
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OMFG, this fan favorite drama. What a blessed reunion. TV magic.
P.S. I love how they gave Fashion Photo Ruview the official nod with that Toot it or Boot it segment. This should have an expanded role in all future seasons. The inevitable tension resulting from the queens rating each other's outfits is too good.
Edit: Not the biggest of this format change with the top 4 competing in a sudden death lipsync challenge. Sounds gimmicky and undignified. That said, it'll be tolerable if that's how the 4th queen is eliminated, with the top 3 proceding as usual.
P.S. I love how they gave Fashion Photo Ruview the official nod with that Toot it or Boot it segment. This should have an expanded role in all future seasons. The inevitable tension resulting from the queens rating each other's outfits is too good.
Edit: Not the biggest of this format change with the top 4 competing in a sudden death lipsync challenge. Sounds gimmicky and undignified. That said, it'll be tolerable if that's how the 4th queen is eliminated, with the top 3 proceding as usual.
No one's expecting her to control them, but it says volumes about you if you don't make the effort.
Monocle
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Yeah all she really needed to do was get on her social media accounts and say something to the effect of: "Heads up fans, I don't endorse bullying. If you can't treat my sisters with respect you're dismissed."
It takes all of five minutes to publicly distance yourself from the jerks who want to act like attacking the other contestants is doing you a favor.
THIS is how reunion episodes should be done. I'm so happy they brought back the s1-3 format; but the best part by far was how the queens came after the psycho fans that try to ruin lives. Too much of the show has suffered as a result of the queens playing nice for the sake fan pandering, so watching them strike back at the fanbase and stand up for themselves was really refreshing.
Lights and Waves
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Can't believe this one episode was able to redeem such a garbage season.
Fair enough. If it was happening on her social media.
Anywhy, why was Charlie Hydes made to lip sync with a broken hip?
Garrett Hawke
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This episode was honestly iconic
Rib, not hip.
The cheerleading challenge was an absolute nightmare and nothing like it will ever be attempted again.
That was pure magic.
I really dislike Valentina and did since the beginning. I feel like the edit tried to make her look better than she was to make the elimination more shocking.
Her selfishness and disregard for everyone else was really apparent in the reunion, she got what she wanted and damn to the consequences and the people she trampled on to get there.
Her winning miss congeniality is a damn joke and praise be to Aja and Farrah for cheapening her win, not like she really cares
I really dislike Valentina and did since the beginning. I feel like the edit tried to make her look better than she was to make the elimination more shocking.
Her selfishness and disregard for everyone else was really apparent in the reunion, she got what she wanted and damn to the consequences and the people she trampled on to get there.
Her winning miss congeniality is a damn joke and praise be to Aja and Farrah for cheapening her win, not like she really cares
I can't believe I missed this whole season, moving and being without decent internet for months freaking sucks, but "seeing" the season through internet posts was kind of fun in a way.
Well if the rumor is true about the two final lipsyncs and she murdering everyone those two definitely count as challenge wins.
LMAO @ everyone being pressed that Valentina is more popular. This "you never texted me back" argument is so childish. Farrah, you're a grown ass man, if a person is not interested in you, move on. I would have never known they were BFFs (allegedly) because that was never shown on screen either.
Same with the "you were selfish" thing, all of them want to win and they got to the show alone so those kinds of arguments in reality show competitions always make me roll my eyes. She always a team player, friendly and never was rude or nasty and that should be enough. Val did seem a bit psycho during the reunion tho.
I love Trinity. She's really a pro and I love how she tells it like it is without being nasty. I liked Eureka too. I like Shea but I wish she had expressed these opinions during the season and not wait til the finale to say anything. Tired of Nina's paranoia. I thought she would be more relaxed by now but no.
I'm not looking forward to the finale.
Same with the "you were selfish" thing, all of them want to win and they got to the show alone so those kinds of arguments in reality show competitions always make me roll my eyes. She always a team player, friendly and never was rude or nasty and that should be enough. Val did seem a bit psycho during the reunion tho.
I love Trinity. She's really a pro and I love how she tells it like it is without being nasty. I liked Eureka too. I like Shea but I wish she had expressed these opinions during the season and not wait til the finale to say anything. Tired of Nina's paranoia. I thought she would be more relaxed by now but no.
I'm not looking forward to the finale.
Freewheelin'
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Why is this shit not on netflix
Shit, as far as I'm concerned this WAS the finale. That episode gave me everything, Ru should have never gotten rid of the Real Housewives style reunion. I'm thinking about how great this reunion style would have been with previous seasons queens and getting pissed. Season 6...can you IMAGINE!?
Hopefully they bring back the old Untucked for season 10.
And_Gignac
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She did. Like three times. She just sucks at social media. (clock the desert her Twitter and FB are. Her instagram was very innactive too until this week).
Some people just love to hate her tbh. Probably because she isnt white and does not give a fuck about white references with her drag.
Anyway, she WON. Poor Aja, her bookings.
I dislike Valentina and I'm latino, so there's that.
Another Latino here that doesnt care about Valentina. She may have the aesthetic but she is not that genuine of a person. Don't play the minority card for sympathy when that is not even the issue here tbh
Well said. I agree with all this. Although I am still looking forward to the finale.
I mean, let's be fair to Valentina. I don't think she's any more guilty of "playing the game" than girls like Shea. I mean, I love Shea and think she's fierce, but where was all this sass and keeping-it-real during the actual season? She was on that fake-ass kumbayah bullshit too. Same with Sasha, who showed more personality in this reunion than she did in every episode of the actual season combined.
So I don't get the whole "Valentina is fake!" thing.
That said, she deserved to get read for not calling her ratchet fans out.
The only girl who seemed to be just as real in this reunion as she was in episode one is...again to my shock, Trinity.
So I don't get the whole "Valentina is fake!" thing.
That said, she deserved to get read for not calling her ratchet fans out.
The only girl who seemed to be just as real in this reunion as she was in episode one is...again to my shock, Trinity.
And_Gignac
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Idk, I feel it has something to do with. Previous PR queens were never so explicit with her drag. The closest we had was Yara Sofia and Cynthia, and they still went for the "hilarious" broken english latina thing. The dignity of Valentina going all in with Maria Felix realness, Mariachi excellence, etc is something never seen before in Drag Race. Some folks seem to be really bothered by this.
And lets not even address the racially motivated mean comments of Pandora, Detox, and others.
Where was this abuse with Raven, an actual double faced fake bish? When she has never ever "addressed" the fans to make the hate stop against Tyra.
And there are a lot, plenty of examples of white queens not getting grilled like Val was yesterday while presenting even more problematic behavior.
Same here. Trinity is the realest. I love her now.
Agreed on Trinity
And wow are they jealous of Valentina, who else on the cast deserved the congeniality award, maybe jaymes but he left too early.
Cynthia could have kept it.
I never was a huge fan of Valentina, she is pretty, had some nice outfits, but thats it. But those attacks at her, that was really hard to watch, especially after everyone attacking her on not speaking out against online bullying, and then they bully her in front of the camera... wtf.
Garrett Hawke
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Tbh I love Valentina, but she is definitely a bitch.
Also the way some are coming for the Puerto Rican queens to protect Valentina when they are proud of who they are and are happy to do looks that show their culture even if its not what they do al the time. Valentina fans need to calm their asses off cause she is not doing anything revolutionary.
Sad to see Nina still completely believes all the paranoia and conspiracies in her head. I'm sorry but that girl needs help.
Lived for Aja/Shea/Farrah murdering Valentina all throughout the episode and then the maniacal moments of Valentina just standing there smiling like a psychopath. Ugh, this is the drama that we've been yearning for!
Lived for Aja/Shea/Farrah murdering Valentina all throughout the episode and then the maniacal moments of Valentina just standing there smiling like a psychopath. Ugh, this is the drama that we've been yearning for!
And_Gignac
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April is not acting like she is doing anything revolutionary for drag like Valentina tho.
It is.
In the UK.,
I don't know what kind of contract fuckery happened this year that the episodes couldn't be put on LogoTV's website, but if this is how it is going to be going forward, then I am guess I'mma stop watching drag race.
Lights and Waves
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Valentina is basura.
I think they may have been talking about the reunion specifically. It isn't on Netflix for some reason and apparently the finale won't be aired on Netflix until July 1st in the UK.
Valentina is the good Phi Phi. I live
Eh, most of her outfits were pretty basic. Sure she can wear a dress well but for the most part there was no real inspiration or character behind them like say Sasha or even Trinity at a later stage.
I am still trying to get why are they all so mad at Valentina
- She came to win (umm, duh)
- She wasn't that much into getting to know them (is this a must?)
- She is a bitch (so are all of them, but she didn't attack anyone, she was just cute and pretty)
- She didn't address the bullying online, but she said she didn't paid attention to anything, she had problems to leave the house, and they all nodded, causes she called and talked to them about it. Still, she should have said something online
The biggest bitch in my opinion was Aja.
- She came to win (umm, duh)
- She wasn't that much into getting to know them (is this a must?)
- She is a bitch (so are all of them, but she didn't attack anyone, she was just cute and pretty)
- She didn't address the bullying online, but she said she didn't paid attention to anything, she had problems to leave the house, and they all nodded, causes she called and talked to them about it. Still, she should have said something online
The biggest bitch in my opinion was Aja.
Garrett Hawke
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Tbh I think Aja and Valentina played up the beef for the reunion. they have already been booked at multiple places together, taking that feud to the bank
No. That overedited shit w/ the Top Chef sound effects can remain resting in its overproduced hell.
Agreed. Just look at Jiggly crying at Phi Phi's betrayal during the reunion and they are back to being best friends right after.
Also I understand that Fara is an adult, they all are, but that doesn't excuse cold hearted bitchiness displayed by Valentina. Straight up telling Fara to shut up despite her bringing up good points is just like, come the fuck on. No need to act like a child when you are called out on being a bitch to those who thought were friends to you.
Garrett Hawke
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Honestly I thought the general cattiness/shadiness was refreshing. I wish they'd done more of it on the actual season, too.
NickWright
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But she's always doing white references with her drag...? AFAIK Isabel Pantoja, Rocío Jurado and Rocío Durcal are white singers from Spain.
Farrah was being ridiculous, she had months to process that Valentina was just being polite. They were workmates, not Celie and Nettie.
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