In her GAY TIMES exit interview, Bonnie Ann Clyde spills on her shock sashay, the rivalry edit that never was, and what her success means for queens back home in the Republic of Ireland.
SPECIAL THANKS TO NIALL HAY AND ELOISE LONGDEN AT THE BBC
“My main thing going into Drag Race was that I wanted to make an impact,” says Bonnie Ann Clyde, two-time RuPeter Badge winner and the first queen from the Republic of Ireland to compete on the franchise. With those aforementioned feats, it’s undeniable that Bonnie has, in fact, cemented her status as one of the most memorable British queens – with her bonkers turn as Chair taking a firm seat in that legacy.
Despite being a season seven frontrunner, Bonnie got the chop this week after her makeover challenge failed to land with the judges – Sugababes legend Mutya Buena included. The C.U.N.T. of her partner, Celebrity Big Brother champ David Potts, and her daring half-queen-half-king concept couldn’t keep her from the bottom, and a lip-sync face-off with her Celtic sister Catrin Feelings to ‘Push the Button’ saw her sashay away in sixth place.
Read ahead for Bonnie Ann Clyde’s full exit interview with GAY TIMES, where she reflects on her shocking elimination, why she expected a more dramatic edit of her dynamic with Catrin, and the impact of her Drag Race UK success on the Republic of Ireland. She also teases the future of Chair – which, frankly, is crucial.
You always have a feeling of how the competition is going. From the beginning, I was doing well and I don’t think I’d ever done badly in the competition. I got my first badge and was like, ‘This is great.’ Then I got the Snatch Game badge and everyone who’s won Snatch Game in previous UK series have all gone on to be in the final. Statistically there was a really good chance that I was in the final. You soon learn that Drag Race is not necessarily a game of the person who’s done the best in the past goes forward. It’s a game of survival, and it just takes that one little stumble at a hurdle and that can be it for you.
Unfortunately, that was the case for me. I would’ve loved to go further, but it is what it is. The universe works in mysterious ways, and it puts you in certain places at a certain time. I went into the experience like, ‘If they want me to go first, I’m going to go first. If they want me to go out in the middle, I’ll go out in the middle. If they want me to win, I’m going to win. Whatever happens is exactly what was meant to happen.’
