RuPaul’s Drag Raceseason 17 continues Fridays at 8 p.m. onMTV.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In a short amount of time, youve made quite a splash among the fandom.
JOELLA:These bitches cant take me, okay?
Joella on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and Katy Perry.MTV; Julien Hekimian/Getty
They can only take me in a small dose because I was about to take over the whole season.
They had to get rid of you so you didnt steamroll the rest of the season.
I feel like I was never delusional.
Joella on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season 17.MTV
I never gave my thoughts on my own talent show.
Of course Id rank my talent show even lower than Acacias.
But, not lower than Hormonas.
Joella’s runway on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’.MTV (2)
I dont think I placed among the top.
I dont think I was the best.
[Laughs] Ive thought about this ever since the song was written.
When you write a song, sometimes it doesnt turn out grammatically correct in that way.
It fits the song.
But, also, Ella could also be L-L-A, so its J-O-E, dont forget the lla.
Im not like,theAsian girl, Im just the slaysian diva.
Kim Chi is another Asian bitch thats slaying.
During our group interview, you all reacted so strongly to the question about Katy Perry.
Are you still a Katy fan after filming?
I am still a massive Katy Perry fan….
There are so many people who want to say that I dont actually know her.
It was already a conversation.
Even now, people are like, this is all fake, Katy doesnt actually know her.
To those people, what I want to say is: Bitch, f— you.
Ive met her so many times.
I dont think Katy would pretend to know someone on national TV.
If she didnt care about me as a fan, she wouldnt have given me my two cents.
She knows Im a respectful fan.
Im not going to go to her house and stalk her, Im going to go to her show.
Lets move to this week.
This quilt look is instantly one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the runway.
I loved it so much.
c’mon tell me how you got this idea and how this thing was constructed.
I commissioned the person to do airbrushing, but airbrushed like it was a quilt.
A quilt made to look like Rus face.
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This look transcends deserving to be in the bottom.
It will go down like Monets sponge dress or Lalas bag look.
Pardon the pun, its now in the patchwork of the shows legacy.
When I was getting ready, the girls were like, why are you padding?
Why are you putting that [lip-syncing] outfit under it?
Why are you wearing hair?
You dont need to.
Your video was so good, youll probably be in the top.
What do you have coming up?
Where should people look out for you?
Will there be quilt merch?
Quilt merch is not in the works yet.
Its a lot of logistics, but were going to have a go at make that happen.
