Kitty Scott-Claus Reveals Wild RuPaul's Drag Race Secrets | Part 2
Private Parts
Peter Cowley
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
RuPaul's Drag Race ICON Kitty Scott-Claus is on the sofa this week to reveal all the gossip and drama from behind the scenes. Plus, she opens up about her weight loss journey, the loss of The Vivienne and how brutal life as a drag queen can be.
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| 0:00.0 | But no wait, how old were you when you started? Started drag. Yeah. 25. Okay. And then how quick, and then, sorry, went and then how long after that you went on to RuPaul's Drag Race? Four years. So it's pretty quick? Yeah, it was quick. And then you had like overnight fame almost. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was that quite, like, what was that like? Insane. also it's like you see like i remember like my friends were on like season one and two of drag |
| 0:24.6 | race game almost. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was that quite, like, what was that like? Insane. Because also it's like, |
| 0:21.6 | you see, like, I remember like my friends were on like season one and two of Drag Race and I remember seeing like what had happened to them and being like, oh my God, this is going to happen. Like, oh my God, this is wild. Like, and also we'd come out of lockdown and there was such a a first for it. |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:35.0 | I remember like when we got announced, |
| 0:36.4 | it was just like, |
| 0:37.0 | what the fuck? |
| 0:37.9 | Like this is crazy. |
| 0:39.6 | How many people apply? |
| 0:40.9 | Oh my God. |
| 0:41.2 | I've got no. a thirst for it. Yeah. That remember like when we got announced, it was just like, what the fuck? |
| 0:37.9 | Like this is crazy. |
| 0:39.6 | How many people apply? Oh my God, I've got no idea. But a lot. Thousands. Thousands. Like anyone who stuck a wig on the red, they're like, I could do this. I think that's the thing though. The whole thing with like drag is like, drag is like, drag is for everyone. enjoyed by everyone. |
| 0:52.7 | Like, everyone can do drag. |
| 0:54.0 | They shouldn't, but... |
| 0:54.8 | But that never stops them for a is like, drag is for everyone. It's to be enjoyed by everyone. Like, everyone can do drag. They shouldn't, but... |
| 0:55.0 | But that never stops them for replying, you know? It's like, oh my God. And so then what? When you got your phone back, did you suddenly have a load of followers? Yeah. But then also, like, that's the thing as well. You go away and you film it like nine months before it even comes out. and then you because like all the NDAs and everything you can't say anything to everyone so then |
| 1:13.6 | everyone's like where have you been you've been go away and you film it like nine months before it even comes out and then you because like all the |
| 1:10.8 | NDAs and everything you can't say anything to everyone so then everyone's like where have you been you've been you've been you've been on you've been on you've been on you've been on holiday where have you been and you're like oh I don't know what you mean like you have to just play it off like I can't say anything it's horrible but then I live for the drama I live for like I don't know what you mean like, oh my God. |
| 1:27.7 | I've been texting. |
| 1:28.5 | I've been like gaslighting them. |
| 1:29.7 | I'm like, I text you. |
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