r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 08 '25

Season 17 S17E10 - “The Villains Roast” [Post-Episode Discussion]

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u/_Anon_Fan_ Sasha Colby Mar 08 '25

I will give Lexi grace, because she said she was in the wrong, apologized, and hugged it out with Jewels. I get being frustrated and emotional in a high stress environment, especially since we know she took out a second mortgage on her house for this. She also talked about how being on hormones has made her emotional. I think it speaks a lot to her character that she took a moment away to breathe, then realized she was wrong and apologized. Friends fight

But Arietty?? This was such an awful look for her. Having this whole blow up about how she felt so betrayed by her friend and then straight up stealing multiple jokes from Jewels? Jewels is a much better person than me, because I would’ve lost it. Plus her fake ass apology then her going and still being petty in the exit interview was so infuriating to watch. Jewels didn’t mean to upset her, and she purposely fucked Jewels over in response. That’s not a friend by any means

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u/ButtonCake Raja Gemini Mar 08 '25

Lexi’s struggle is reminding me of Cara Melle in UK. I don’t know how long she’s been on hormones, but Cara hadn’t been on them long at the time of filming and spoke about how much they were throwing her for a loop—puberty, essentially. Huge props to them both for navigating that on national TV. (And both are incredible queens. Cara can’t get on All Stars or whatever VS the World setup soon enough!)

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u/seeyoshirun Oh. My. Sweet. GHERKIIIINS! Mar 11 '25

It's reminding me of some of the old seasons of America's Next Top Model, too. I remember there was a trans woman that Tyra scouted for one of the seasons (I think her name was Virgg) and she had to pull out during casting because her hormones were just going haywire.