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Trixie Mattel & Katya Go Viral For Dragging The Chaste Heartstopper S2
“My favorite thing about having a high school romance is hand-holding," Trixie joked on the new episode of I Like To Watch.
RuPaul’s Drag Race faves Trixie Mattel and Katya are going viral for dragging season two of Heartstopper on the new episode of their comedy web series I Like To Watch — and it’s the funniest thing we’ve seen all month!
The new season of Heartstopper dropped on Netflix on August 3 to largely positive reviews, but the two drag superstars had some complaints.
Based on a series of webcomics and graphic novels by Alice Oseman, the second season of the queer coming-of-age series is focused on Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) as they explore their new relationship and Nick deals with coming out to his family and friends.
Despite the sweet plotline, Trixia and Katya found plenty to make fun of as they mocked the new episodes of Heartstopper in real time.
The two immediately started mimicking the accents on the show, “Coming out is a lot harder than I thought, babes. I’m from Leeds,” Trixie said in a hilarious attempt at a British accent.
“I’m from Yorkshire. I just had a facial and botox,” Katya said in her own ridiculous take on a British accent. “So, I said to me wife, would you like to eat me Yorkshire Pudding?” Trixie chimed in.
The two also joked that they’d bang the new science teacher Mr. Farouk (Nima Taleghani), but managed to say it in the most scathing way possible.
“The way that I would ride that teacher,” Trixie announced. “British people don’t look right, and that’s what’s kinda hot about it. There’s something there that you’re like…mmm, so crunchy. This is the oldest DNA.”
“And it shows,” Katya said.
A lot of the episode of I Like To Watchwas taken up with criticism and mocking of the lack of sex in a show about teenagers.
After the duo watched the scene where Nick tells Charlie he doesn’t want to do anything sexual and only wants to kiss, Trixie laughed and Katya — who had clearly had enough of the chaste show — got up and walked away.
“I can’t f*****g take it any more. What are we watching? Was this filmed for PBS?” Trixie said. “My favorite thing about having a high school romance is hand-holding. Why would we f**k when we can smile at each other? They need Lana del Rey in their lives.”
Katya, hilariously angry, said, “I will punch you in the mouth if something doesn’t develop. There’s edging and then there’s whatever this is. If we’re in the beginning of a relationship, and we’re in bed, we’re having sex. So, this teenage hand-holding? Girl.”
Ya’ll know I 💖love💖 #Heartstopper, but holy shit Trixie & Katya watching season 2 channeled all my eye rolls at how chaste these boys are. “They need more Lana Del Rey in their life; ‘fuck me to death, love me till I love myself.’ That woulda been me at 16 bitch. #MotherGoose pic.twitter.com/T4higuJB0C
— Eric Ansley Diaz 🏳️🌈 (@GeekBoyEric) August 12, 2023
While most of the episode is taken up by the two queens cracking jokes, they do say a few really thoughtful things. When Nick is struggling to come out, Trixie said, “Being gay isn’t hard, straight people make being gay hard.” No lies detected!
But as much as they criticized the series for the lack of sex, Trixie went on to explain her reasoning. “I don’t want to watch them have sex because I want to watch teenagers have sex, I want it to be closer to real,” she said.
Katya chimed in, saying, “Coercing anybody into having sex is, of course, a terrible thing. I think we’re advocating for more of a realistic approach to what is generally considered to be the truth.”
Watching trixie and katya dragging heartstopper to shit for the purity anti sex mess is so healing
— baxia dat ass up (@coolguyyibo) August 13, 2023
Fans of the drag stars were also pleased that they talked about bisexual visibility, asexuality and the difficulty of coming out to family members.
“Mama, the bi erasure is real, especially among gay people,” Katya said.
But don’t worry, they quickly get back to the jokes, with Trixie shouting “I can’t take any more hugging!”
trixie and katya just listening to asexual and aromantic identities being explained whilst katya says it is a teachable moment for her is so lovely. this is why heartstopper is vital and important. queer people deserve to feel welcome in their own communities pic.twitter.com/o2TRuV3Eaq
— bee (@clingynelson) August 12, 2023
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
