Drag Race UK: Chanel O’Conor on werkroom spats, villain status and nearly ‘dying’ on the runway
Drag Race UK star Chanel O’Conor reveals unaired drama from this week’s runway, Coco Peru’s ‘hysterical’ reaction to her Snatch Game and the queens she wants to cause “carnage” with on a villains’ season.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC
“If you want to see me as a villain, then I shall be the villain,” says yacht-owner Chanel O’Conor. Over the past six weeks, the Scottish seamstress has been labelled as such by the Drag Race UK fandom for her wickedly entertaining sense-of-humour, squabbles with Marmalade and Charra Tea and “evil step-sister” energy. Oh, and for throwing a bus at Lill. What! A! Moment! Sadly, one of the most entertaining queens the franchise has ever seen – yes, it true – lost her place in the competition this week.
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