Lady Bunny Wigs Out On The Kelly Mantle Show!

The Kelly Mantle Show

Kelly Mantle & Studio71 & Confetti Cannon

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

5.0 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We are honored to welcome the legendary Lady Bunny into The Kelly Mantle Studio! She was the first brick thrown at Stonewall, and her wig is as high as her cholesterol! Bunny talks to Kelly about being temporarily homeless, her early years in Atlanta and New York City with her roommate RuPaul, Wigstock, her thoughts on Drag Race and Madonna, her current relationship with RuPaul, shocking moments at her live gigs, her never talked about encounter with Divine, a hilarious Drag Association and so much more! Tune in to this laugh riot! Kelly IG: @kellymantle Kelly TikTok: @thekellymantle Lady Bunny IG: @official_lady_bunny Lady Bunny TikTok: @ladybunnyofficial John Mark IG: @johnmarkcreative Kelly Mantle Merch: https://kellymantle.myshopify.com Follow Us on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/KellyMantle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Kelly Mantle.
0:04.1	Hello, I'm Kelly Mantle.
0:07.1	Hello, I'm Kelly Mantle.
0:09.9	And this is the Kelly Mantle show.
0:13.4	Won't you come inside, the Kelly Mantle Studio?
0:16.8	Hello. Do you know I never know where I am, but I always end up where I'm supposed to be?
0:33.9	Isn't that retro of me?
0:36.9	The other day, I took a trip down memory lane over an empty glass of champagne,
0:43.3	and my mind went into overdrive to when I took a taxi from L.A. to Venus in 1985.
0:50.3	I was electromagnetically sucked back into a party that was going on that night.
0:55.0	It was the glories of the 80s, and the karma was drawn up in lines,
1:00.0	and two bugle boy models said,
1:02.0	Baby, it's a freebie. Why do you look so deprived?
1:06.0	I had the story of O in my bucket seat of my wannabe Mustang,
1:10.0	auditioning for reptiles for
1:12.1	their latest Raquel Welch campaign, silicone barbies to my left and Joan of Arks to my right,
1:18.9	but no one feeling insecure because we were all gorge and famous in our last lives.
1:25.1	I met a drag king called Venus.
1:27.4	She had a velvet hologram. She said my husband
1:30.4	ran off with my shaman, but they love me as I am. In the glories of the 80s, I may not have to die.
1:38.0	I'll clone myself like that blonde chick that sings Betty Davis eyes. In the glories of the 80s, you said the end is nothing to fear.
1:46.6	I said, blow the end. Now, baby, who do I got a shag to get out of here? And when everything
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