Drag Race Stars Aren’t Laughing Over Being Called Their Government Names

Calling Queens by their Government name PART 2!! **Disclaimer: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME 😂😂

While fans have been cackling over the queens’ reactions, some of the Drag Race alumni are now speaking out and demanding that fans don’t follow suit.

Drag Race UK and Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs/ The World alum Victoria Scone pushed back after a fan called her by her government name outside a performance of Death Drop: Back in the Habit.

“Not a rant but please don’t use my government name. At stage door last night a fan called me by that name & I’m not sure why. Perhaps I’ve never publicly said so i’m saying it now: I go by Vic out of drag. All friends, colleagues & even my partner calls me Vic. Thank you,” she wrote on Twitter.

Later she added this was not directed at Stephanie Price. “I will add that Stephanie was respectful to ask my partner if I would be comfortable being called my gov name on video & Dani confirmed I wouldn’t be. So I can only appreciate that as an individual situation,” she said.

Drag Race UK stars River Medway and Pixie Polite agreed with the sentiment, both retweeting Victoria’s message. If that wasn’t clear enough, Pixie also tweeted a gif of Will Smith with the caption, “Keep my government name, out your f*ckin mouth.”

“Keep my government name, out your f*ckin mouth”

Drag Race UK star Veronica Green also weighed in on the trend. “I’m betting that lovely viral video has something to do with this. If you EVER call me my out of drag name when you see me IN drag, I guarantee you will regret it - I don’t like it,” she wrote on Twitter. “Who calls Gaga Stephanie? Stage names exist for a reason!”

Drag Race star Silky Nutmeg Ganache took the time to explain why she finds it disrespectful as well. “I know that there is a lot of chatter. Please know that my government name is my dead name. I’m in the process of changing it legally. No one including my mother have the permission to call me that. So no one try me unless you got them hands. Your only warning,” she wrote.

For those wondering why Stephanie hasn’t taken down the videos following the backlash, according to multiple queens featured in them, she requested and was given consent to use them.

So, one last time for those in the back of the room: If you think it’s cute to call queens something other than their stage name, it’s not, so don’t.