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BenDeLaCreme & Latrice Royale Offer Advice to the Girls Who 'Pop off All the Time'
"I don't let the world see all that."
At RuPaul's Drag Con this past weekend, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Valentina, BenDeLaCreme, Latrice Royale, and Pandora Boxx kiki'd during the "Playing Nice: Miss Congeniality" panel.
Moderator Jon Polly (spoiler alert!) asked the five Miss Congenialities, "What makes for fan-favorite or Miss Congeniality? What makes a queen that people respond to when they're watching the show? Is it authenticity, honesty, is it going home at the right time?"
"Okay, I can start," Latrice laughs. "Real talk is we are humans. I wanna fling a bitch across the wall too. We have every instinct and emotion you all have. The difference is I know how to hold my shit a little bit better. I don't let the world see all that. It does take practice."
She continued:
"You don't want to pop off all the time because you'll just be that bitch that pop off all the time. But when you do pop off, they know it's for a reason. You'll know that you're 100% right—and you'll win Miss Congeniality."
BenDeLaCreme then opened up about her controversial decision to eliminate herself from lastest season of All Stars.
"There's this conversation that came up with me on All Stars 3 around authenticity, and what does it mean to be authentic? I think it's self-editing. Not just on the show, in day to day life," she said.
"We all get angry, we all get sad, we all get bitter. It's what do you choose to think about and how are you going to process that with yourself before you put it out into the world. What energy do you want to put out there to pass on?"
The terminally delightful queen added, "We've developed this idea that authenticity is saying everything that comes to your mind unfiltered, and I think that it's okay to think through what you want to put out there."
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
