Back in season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Alexis Michelle made herstory after getting critiqued by Tamar Braxton for wearing a green look, and then asking the guest judge: “Well, Tamar, have you watched the show?”
On the show, this question played off as being incredibly off-putting and borderline rude, but it made for a hilarious and meme-able moment that many Drag Race fans still remember to this day.
During a new interview to promote RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8, Michelle was asked by Entertainment Weekly to explain what Braxton’s actual reaction to her was back in season nine. Michelle explained:
“I mean, clearly, it was such a knee-jerk reaction for me. I did not think that all the way through, but at that point I knew I was going to have to lip sync for my life....