Drag Race says emotional goodbye to trailblazing trans queen after shady reading challenge

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Episode six of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 opens with a role reversal of sorts.

Daya Betty, who spent much of the last week’s episode begrudging Jorgeous’s recent win as being undeserved, finds herself on the receiving end of similar criticism from Jasmine Kennedie, who feels Daya’s performance did not warrant her a spot in the top two.

This perceived injustice is just one of the many things Jasmine is grappling with this week on Drag Race. She is also reeling from her brave decision to come out as trans, as seen on last week’s episode of Untucked. Although her revelation was met with love and support from her fellow queens, she is concerned about her father’s reaction, as he apparently found the idea of her being a gay man difficult enough to come to terms with, and her family aren’t aware of her gender journey.

Unfortunately, she’s left with no choice but to take comfort in the supportive words from Déja Skye and Kerri Kolby and look forward as the competition is stiffer than ever. We’re past the half way point in the season and everyone means business now. To quote Bosco: “I’ve got a lot of friends but I don’t have a single $100,000!” Us too girl, us too.

Enter RuPaul, who kindly informs the girls the library is officially open – it’s this season’s reading challenge and, as usual for Drag Race, there are a few queens who take it a little too far and more than a couple of lead balloons. All in all, it’s a strong showing as each of the girls deliver their shadiest lines to one another. Our favourite read goes to Angeria who congratulated Daya Betty for earning the title “America’s Next… Crystal Methyd”.

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The S14 library is officially open!