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RuPaul's Drag Race Recap

The Rumor Mill: August 5, 2025

RuPaul's Drag Race Recap

Authentic Podcast Network

Society & Culture, After Shows, Tv & Film

3.9664 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Drag Drama, Legal Shade & Viral Moments This week on The Rumor Mill, Joe Betance and Nathan Patrick Brown return to break down the biggest controversies shaking the drag world. From a viral Jesus Christ Superstar performance at the Hollywood Bowl to messy podcast feuds and legal retractions, it's another chaotic news cycle in the world of drag and reality TV. 💥 Highlights from this episode include: Joe's firsthand account of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Bowl and how the TikTok girlies made it a viral moment. Voicemails from listeners (yes, we found the lost SpeakPipe messages). The explosive drama between Acid Betty, designer Chokra, and podcast hosts Alaska & Willam over unpaid garment fees, destroyed dresses, and a one-sided podcast appearance. A deep dive into Shea Couleé’s surprising public apology and retraction of past allegations against Chicago-based Neverland Events—plus the mysterious yellow dress post that had Reddit ablaze with theories. Joe’s unfiltered thoughts on Race Chaser, drag queen behavior online, and who’s really out here doing the most for clout. 👀 Plus: Nathan shares updates on his Breaking Down Bad Books podcast and new travel vlog series. 🗣️ Want to sound off? Leave us a voicemail at SpeakPipe.com/AfterthoughtMedia 📺 Subscribe on Patreon for more exclusive content: Patreon.com/AfterthoughtMedia 💬 Follow Nathan on YouTube: @NathanPatrickBrown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From the mountains to the sea to across the drag universe, this is the rumor mill. Bill. Ah, here we are back at the afterthought media news studio here.

0:33.6

Was it always this dramatic before? I remember what we did last time. Oh, I think I faded out on the old one. Welcome to the rumor mill. My name is Joe Batanz. I am the host of the rumor mill. But I don't host it alone. I host it with my good buddy. Am I doing throwing down right now? Mr. Nathan Patrick Brown. He's a fellow rumor monger.

0:56.7

Nathan Patrick Brown.

0:57.9

Hello, how are you, Nathan?

0:59.3

Hey, puss.

1:00.2

How is she?

1:01.5

Oh, you know, she's just left stranded by the trade.

1:08.5

Just here where the trade left me.

1:14.6

Aren't we all metaphorically? Aren't we all metaphorically where the trade left me aren't we all metaphorically aren't we all metaphorically where the trade left me hey listen everybody by the way speaking of patreon dot com slash afterthought media

1:21.9

in not this week i talked to robert, next week, season two launches. Yeah, season two. But I'm telling

1:33.0

you right now, it's not launching on the public feed, not for any time soon, guys. I literally,

1:37.2

I'm not even joking. Now, I don't think at any point in 2025 for sure. And I'm not even sure

1:42.3

2026. So if you want to hear the coverage for season two,

1:46.5

the only place you can listen to it is at patreon.com slash afterthought media. And there'll be a

1:53.7

couple of ways to do it. You can subscribe to Patreon. You could just, you can actually just

1:57.7

subscribe to just season two alone. And we'll make an option to that.

2:02.1

We'll talk about how you can do that. But all kinds of great things going on there,

2:07.7

patreon.com such afterthoughtmedia or the Patreon app. Also, you know, the people over who

2:13.6

subscribe on Apple, they're going to get it too. So if you subscribe on the Apple podcast,

2:18.7

you will get season two as well. Don't you worry, your pretty little heads. You are going

2:23.6

to get season two as well over there on Apple Podcast. That's enough plugs for today.

2:30.3

Nathan, why don't we do this? How are you, by the way?

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