Welcome to the Rupal's Drag Race Recap Show for Season 16 Episode Zero titled Meet the Queens.

My name is Joe Batanson.

I am joined, as always, by one bloomin onion.

That bothered you?

I like it.

From the podcast, Bravo, Bravo, effing, Bravo.

Please say, g'day, g'day, g'd, good day, good day to Mr. Nathan, Patrick Brown.

Let's wait for the drop. Hold on. Here he is, right? Here.

Hi, Joe, sweet 16, baby.

The sweet 16 is back, back, back again.

Well, no, because they're not back.

You know what's so funny is for a few years, they've had 16 drag queen contestants,

and this year, you would think with season 16, they've had six, no, they have 14.

Well, maybe they hired two, like, sexual assault molesters, and they had to can them it looks like they only hired

quote unquote one even though i want to talk about i want to talk about that one do you know about

this uh sexual assault thing i've not really engaged so i don't know too much i just know there was one

and i know a little bit this is the problem i know i might know enough to be dangerous, but, uh, well,

we can talk about that when we get to it. But, uh, here we are, season 16 of Rupal's Drag Race,

the flagship show, the one that everybody watches and engages with, even though I will say,

I was talking to somebody.

And he said that he didn't think you're going to watch this show.

He was just going to listen to the recap.

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