The first two episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 introduced us to a new tournament-style format (that we love), and the first six queens in the orange bracket gave us everything from looks to death drops to a brand-new feud heating up the interwebs.
In the first episode, Ice Spice served as a guest judge, and the lip sync for the win between Aja and Irene the Alien was her most popular song, “Think U The Sh*t (Fart).”
During the judge’s critiques, Ice Spice had a few things to say about the performance from Drag Race superstar Phoenix, who has made her first appearance on the show since season 3.
“I hear you’re a legendary icon, but tonight I don’t think I would have been able to tell with how shy you were,” she said.
Although Phoenix took it in stride on stage and even let Ice Spice play with her fake breasts during Untucked, she took to her Instagram story after the episode aired to tell us how she really felt about the comment.
“I appreciate the love from everyone about the Ice Spice comment,” she wrote, adding that she would “tell the funny part about this later.”
However, she also said to trust her as she continued, “My 25 years of experience and decades of contributing to my community is what makes me an ICON! Not 3 minutes on a tv show.”
She went on to say she was “perfectly fine” not getting “icon validation” from “someone who’s [sic] ‘fame’ has come from 1 song about sh*tting and farting.”
And I oop!
To be fair, Ice Spice wasn’t the only judge who commented on Phoenix’s shyness in the episode, so she wasn’t necessarily alone in her overall critique. Questioning her role as a legend in the space, however, was a little off-putting to fans.
As of this writing, Ice Spice has yet to respond to the clapback, and Phoenix has yet to divulge what “the funny part” about all of this is.
Catch new episodes of All Stars 10 on Fridays, streaming on Paramount+.
