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Sincerely Fortune

55 - Nina West from RuPaul's Drag Race

Sincerely Fortune

Fortune Feimster

Comedy

5.03K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Fortune and Jax talk with Nina West (Andrew Levitt) who won Miss Congeniality on season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race. They talk about perseverance, coming out, Drag Race, and answer some listener questions. You can follow Nina on social media platforms @NinaWest or find tour dates on www.ninawest.com

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0:00.0

What's up you guys? It's Fortune and I have a new stand up tour. Check me out. Do it right now.

0:05.9

Going to Grand Rapids, Michigan, New Haven, Connecticut, Dallas, Texas, Columbus, Ohio,

0:12.8

Austin, D.C., lots of cities. Look it up for Geofemesert.com slash tour.

0:17.3

Welcome everybody to a new episode of sincerely fortune. It's Fortune and Jacks and we're so excited for a new episode. It's a lovely day.

0:37.3

I'm just giddy because my pal, Nina West, who we all know and love from RuPaul's Drag Race is sitting across from me.

0:46.3

Hi, Fortune and Jacks. In my office. Here I am. I'm right here. I'm so excited to be here. This is crazy. I had asked you a while ago. I was like, Nina, what you do? My podcast and I felt like there's, you just

1:00.3

just white to busy, been in Europe. You're selling on shows. I'm never too busy for you. I want to know that that is the truth. I appreciate that. Well, this is really a treat for me. I'm excited. I got to be a judge on your season of Drag Race. Yes, you did. That was an interesting episode for you, right?

1:22.3

We can talk about that. I thought we went in, so we filmed together. You and me, Brooklyn and Cheyenne. When we went into the trailer, I was like, oh my God, I was having a mental breakdown. I forgot I was miked. I'm thinking, we go into the trailer. I'm like, maybe the scenes over. I peaked my head on. The scene is not over. The scene is not over.

1:47.3

That episode really tripped me up because Brooklyn was sowing her head and I was so confident. Then all of a sudden it was like, oh my God, I'm not confident. I've got to worry about Brooke. I really didn't need to worry about Brooke. She was finding her time. She was just gotten her head. She was great. Unfortunately, I sabotaged myself because I was wanting her to succeed so much. Just like the group went. I want that win.

2:13.8

I remember Cheyenne and I played cops. It was a parody of cops. Oh, that's my agent. Oh my gosh. Take it. Take the call.

2:25.2

Who are you?

2:26.3

Well, I'm watching, Zajan. He's on the phone and he wants to book her for something. She's busy.

2:32.8

She's doing a podcast with Nina West. Hold it. You're a threat. You're a threat. Now take it. I've gone out.

2:40.5

Like, damn you Nina.

2:41.8

Damn you Nina.

2:43.6

Yeah, we played. It was a parody of cops, you know, like a loose sleep base. And every scenario we went into, everyone was starting at like a 12.

2:53.2

And what?

2:55.8

You.

2:56.8

Cheyenne and I were just like, what's happening? And so, yeah, so when Brooklyn, when we got to your scene when Brooklyn, Brooklyn was at a 12.

3:04.9

You were told to wait in the trailer and you were supposed to be cute at some point by Brooklyn. Well, Brooklyn got so into the character that she forgot that I was there.

3:16.3

I'm like, I'm like, so I go. So they send me into the trailer and you're kind of looking at me like, and we're this is the first.

3:26.6

Because we're not technically supposed to interact. Yeah. But because we're doing it. And then probably we're going to interact.

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