SPECIAL THANKS TO IMOGEN REID AND JASMINE ALOMA AT THE BBC

For the second time in less than three years, it’s been a major possibility that Baga Chipz will sashay away with the RuPaul’s Drag Race crown. Following an excellent run on the first season of the British series, where she became the first contestant in the franchise’s history to earn three maxi-challenge wins in five episodes, the self-titled “most famous woman in Britain” made her grand return on the first season of UK vs the World last month. Once again, Baga proved her status as one of “the best actresses in the UK” with her acclaimed impersonation of Kathy Bates in the Snatch Game – making her one of only three contestants to win the fan-favourite challenge twice.

After five highly debated (and controversial) weeks, nine Glamazon Warriors have been dwindled down to four: Baga, Blu Hydrangea, Jujubee and Mo Heart, making the upcoming finale a transatlantic UK vs US lip-sync smackdown for the crown. Ahead of the final episode, we caught up with Baga to discuss her run on the series, her relationship with Casper the Baloney Ghost Jimbo and why social media trolls should “kiss my arse”.

Hello Baga! Why haven’t you taken Juju to a Greggs for her vegan sausage roll yet?!

Because I live in Central London and there’s no bloody Greggs near me! It’s all up North. There’s a Greggs down every corner up North. But, I’ll try and make her one from fresh. I’m gonna have to take her up to Manchester and get her four sausage rolls.

This week marks the last episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World. How are you feeling heading into the final?

It was such a brilliant experience, the best part to come out of it is I’ve got a lot closer to Juju, Jimbo, Mo… Yeah, I’ve made friends for life, so that is better than any prize, making friends for life. I had a blast, we were just having a lot of fun. I know I take the piss and stuff, like on the show, but we were just having so much fun and I had a laugh.

This is your second time in the final, so major condragulations! How does your experience on UK vs the World compare to UK season one?

Well, season one you’re like new meat, so nobody really knows you or anything. Obviously, people who have watched you know you, but the masses don’t know you. When you go on the second time everyone’s like… They know who you are and they expect more from you. I was a bit more prepared, but season one was more organic. I didn’t know what was coming next.

As one of the most prominent drag queens in the UK, did you feel pressure to succeed this season? Especially because you had such an excellent run the first time around?

I do it for me, at the end of the day. I’m all about making myself proud. It’s all about self-love. I’ve had lots of support off so many people, but if people don’t support me, then kiss my arse, basically. So, I don’t really care.