“Why the f— are you decorating your house for who lives there next?”
Trixie tells EW of Max’s “Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home” show.
“Life is so short, paint the bedroom pink.”
Trixie Mattel in her new house’s dining room on ‘Trixie Mattel: Drag Me Home’.Courtesy of HGTV
Opening a business is hard.
Making a TV show is hard.
“Even if you had everything aligned, renovation isstillhard.
Trixie Mattel and her partner, David, in ‘Trixie Mattel: Drag Me Home’.Courtesy of HGTV
People die trying to change out light fixtures.
This is serious business.”
It moves quicker, there are great celebrity guests, the before and afters in this house?
Trixie Mattel works a power tool in ‘Trixie Mattel: Drag Me Home’.Courtesy of HGTV
This house is f—ing beautiful.
I can’t believe this is my house."
And yet, she and Silver might not be the home’s only inhabitants.
Trixie Mattel and Orville Peck.Trixie Mattel/YouTube
Well, she’s seen a ghost.
Multiple times, beginning after she and Silver began transforming the interior.
Everybody can laugh at me and make fun of me, but Ive been seeing ghosts my whole life.
“Kind of scraggly beard and a mustache combo.
I dont really feel threatened.
But, luckily you dont.
It still looks to me like two gay mens house.
This is a gay show.”
Our show subverts that because were in it for ourselves.
“Our house, to some people, is probably a f—ing nightmare.
Its color, texture, bold print everywhere.
Unlike people on HGTV, we dont decorate for the next family.
I feel like so much of the emphasis is on resale value.
Why the f— are you decorating your house for who lives there next?
Life is so short, paint the bedroom pink.”
Or trucking in a turquoise dining table with undulating legs.
The government cant control me!"
“The Los Angeles local government?
They cant come get me!”
We’ll settle for (maybe) watching them try onTrixie Motelseason 2.
Trixie Motel: Drag Me Homepremieres June 1 onMax, with weekly episodes airing through June 22.
See EW’s exclusive first look above.
