Drag Race UK’s Marmalade takes swipe at the ‘edit’ on key challenge
Drag Race UK finalist Marmalade is spilling all the tea (BBC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist Marmalade has revealed what she really thinks about her edit, the “argument moment” she wanted and the werk room scuffle – aside for Actavia’s wig – that made her gag.
Season six of Drag Race UK is down to the final four, and among them is Cardiff queen, one-liner Rolodex and runway demon, Marmalade.
Marmalade has been the undisputed look-turner of the season, snatching a RuPeter badge for the season’s makeover challenge, but she also found time for a one-sided spat with Chanel O’Conor, an Elton John impression and to roast the judges a little too hard (TBC).
Congratulations! How are you feeling about making the finale?
The thing for me is, when you’re filming Drag Race, you film it so quickly. It’s so back-to–back, it’s so go, go, go. Getting to watch each episode each week, and being able to give each episode its flowers, and just focus, then getting to move on and give the next episode its time, and seeing things you didn’t see, and remembering things you’ve forgotten about.
It makes me excited for the finale because, honestly, we were all exhausted. We were delirious on the runway but we had so much fun, the four of us doing that final challenge and runway, and I’m really excited to get to watch it and enjoy it on on a full eight-hour sleep.
Which moment made you gag the most? And you can’t say Actavia’s wigs.
I was gagged as in my stomach was gagging because I was looking at that wig.
The moment that really gagged me was when I came off stage from the design challenge, and I had heard everything I’ve ever wanted to hear. Wish I’d won the badge, but oh well. And I sat there and listened to Chanel in the werk room and went… oh, that sounded like a pop at me, oh, I’m having an argument with Chanel.
It was the full moment where I went, I’m on Drag Race and I’m having a Drag Race argument, and I haven’t said anything. This sounds so messy but I always wanted my Drag Race argument moment.
This has been such a strong season that the crown could go to any of you. How would a double crowning make you feel?
The main reason there can’t be a quadruple crowning is because I cannot do the maths of dividing 25,000 by four. There were so many points this season there could have been a double win, even a triple win, and it didn’t happen. I think the only right thing to do would be a double crowning.
Even if I’m not included in that, if it’s two of these three heifers, I couldn’t argue with that because everyone in this top four has really brought it.
You got the critique in the roast challenge that you were a bit close to the wire with some of your jokes, and the edit was also hinting at that. Did you feel that when you were there?
You mean, what the edit tried to make the viewers think, but they didn’t agree with? Based on the critiques I got, I was sort of worried about it, then watching it back… I think there is something to be said for delivery, and that is certainly something I am working on. but I don’t think it was too close to the line.
I actually, hand on heart, thought my read for Michelle was fine. I was like, she gets the most, let’s face it, awful, misogynistic reads at her and she laughs through it. I was like: this is nothing.
Maybe it’s my delivery, but I’m slightly confused exactly what the issue was for that joke. But it’s fine and this is the thing: I’m from Cardiff. If you don’t leave a drag brunch crying, then the drag queen’s not done her job.
Which queen do you think should have made the finale alongside you four?
I would say Lill deserves it but I’m glad she didn’t because she would have beaten me. She’s something else. She’s in her own lane, she can say the blandest sentence, and it is the funniest thing you’ve ever heard. If anyone else deserves to be in the top four, it is her.
And finally, can you describe your Drag Race UK journey in three words?
Kris. Jenner. Haddock.
The finale of Drag Race UK season six is on BBC iPlayer from 9pm on Thursday (28 November) and the following night on BBC1.
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