Drag stars officially have a new queen to worship.
On Monday night, RuPaul crowned Bob the Drag Queen the eighth winner of his reality seriesRuPauls Drag Race.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your favorite challenge and why?
BOB THE DRAG QUEEN:The first challenge!
What was your least favorite challenge and why?
I genuinely had fun doing everything.
I was never like, No, not this challenge!
I truly enjoyed it all.
What was your thought process behind choosing your drag name?
If your drag name should be anything, it should be easy to remember and easy to Google.
(Laughs)
You were the first queen to ever perform two different characters on Snatch Game.
Were you nervous about that decision, or confident it would work?
I was pretty confident it would work and I would do a good job.
I had a few ideas and then just went for it.
It happened without me knowing I was gonna do it.
Your style of drag was called ratchet drag by some of the other contestants and by judge Michelle Visage.
How do you respond to that label?
This season saw an influx of drag queens from New York, including yourself.
Can you describe what it means to be a New York queen?
Geography in New York changes styles a bit Brooklyn is more grungy and Manhattan is more showy.
But New York City is the home of brilliant drag.
Youve talked about your history in LGBT activism, which led to your arrest, on the show.
Do you see your drag as being a part of your activism, or a separate thing?
Its separate, but sometimes it overlaps.
I made it up that day and I started saying it!
We were bored and I said it and then thought, Oooh, that rhymes.
Then I started saying it down the runway.
Youre friends withDrag Racewinner Bianca Del Rio.
Did she give you any advice before you went on the show?
Lets not throw the word friends around!
(Laughs)Ive met her and she really loved me.
But, the best advice she gave me before coming on the show was dont falsify yourself.
That is the lamest advice but its the best.
You want to be on TV and like what you see.
You said you started doing drag around the same time that Drag Race premiered.
Was the show itself influential in you creating Bob the Drag Queen?
Oh, the show was the catalyst for me doing drag.
If it wasnt for this renaissance I would not be a drag queen.
You wouldnt get to deal with this!