The Christmas holiday season is rapidly approaching along with all its associated merch, but one person who’s definitely not celebrating on that front is drag legend Rupaul, whose bootleg ornament is, well, a hot mess and has social media ho-ho-hoing hard.
It’s basically the perfect example of that internet joke: What I ordered versus what I got. In this case, the ornament is almost Rupaul... if it were her Madame Tussauds wax figure that’d been left out in the sun. It’s horrifying, but in the way that makes you want to buy a dozen — which is exactly what famed drag artist Trixie Mattel did, leading Rupaul to (jokingly) clap back.
\u201cCatch me outside, bitch!\u201d— RuPaul (@RuPaul) 1637004079
It all started with Twitter users posting images of the unofficial decoration and tagging Ru, who wasn’t shy about her feelings on the subject. "Unauthorized Crap," she wrote on Twitter, alongside the hashtag, #RuinedChristmas.
\u201cUnauthorized Crap. #RuinedChristmas\u201d— RuPaul (@RuPaul) 1637004566
\u201cAuthorized vs. Bootleg #PussyHoCouldNever #SheIsNotOneOfDem\u201d— RuPaul (@RuPaul) 1637028914
\u201cRuPaul to whoever made those Christmas ornaments\u201d— Joey Nolfi (@Joey Nolfi) 1637006467
\u201cI bet Lady Bunny is behind these\u201d— Black Lives Still Matter (@Black Lives Still Matter) 1637006008
\u201cFinally sighted: @RuPaul\u2019s inner saboteur.\n\n@OddlyYvie @NinaWest @RuPaulsDragRace\u201d— Andrew Scahill (@Andrew Scahill) 1637030259
\u201cMamma @RuPaul popping off\u201d— Dan Ellis (@Dan Ellis) 1637031707
\u201c@RuPaul I CAN'T.\u201d— RuPaul (@RuPaul) 1637004566
\u201c@RuPaul On the website they even made Ru\u2019s boogers glamorous & sparkly. Sashay! \u2728\u201d— RuPaul (@RuPaul) 1637004079
\u201cShe\u2019s been yassified! @RuPaul @thatonequeen\u201d— Idaho (@Idaho) 1637013887
\u201c@PrinceCatEyez @RuPaul The art is infinite, endless, accurate and precise.\n\nThis century has giving me more than i could ever wish for.\u201d— Prince Cat-Eyez (@Prince Cat-Eyez) 1636990000
Too early for a Christmas miracle? I don’t think.
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