RuPaul stars in Drag Race All Stars 3
SPOILERS FOR RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS 3
Racist tweets and death threats have been sent to a queen competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3.
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In the latest episode, aired yesterday (23 February), Bebe and Trixie were the top two queens.
The season one winner won the lip sync to Diana Ross’ The Boss.
She decided to send home Aja home. Shangela stayed in the competition for another week.
Death threats and racism sent to Drag Race queen
Angry Aja fans have responded to the elimination with racism, hatred and death threats.
Some have used the monkey emoji on Bebe’s Instagram. Others have called her racial slurs.
Many on Bebe’s Instagram have also sent positive messages. Others have also tried to stop people using racist emojis.
‘Some of y’all are using the monkey emoji to reference Bebe. Can y’all stop that’s fucking racist. You aren’t representing Aja well.’
Aja slams racist fans ‘defending’ her
Aja responded to the racism on her Twitter.
They said: ‘MY ELIMINATION DOES NOT WARRANT HATE TOWARD ANYONE!!!! MAY I REPEAT. IF YOU SUPPORT HATE AND RACISM THEN YOU DO NOT SUPPORT ME! IF I SEE IT – YOU WILL GET BLOCKED.
‘that is not the T! calm that shit the fuck down.
‘It’s a god damn show. A fucking show about mostly men in dresses. And in my case, a beautiful woman from St Tropez – I don’t like seeing hate. ‘It’s tacky and nobody deserves it.
‘IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ME THEN FOLLOW ME BUT DON’T THROW HATE AT OTHERS. IT’S NOT HER FAULT!’
Drag Race winner calls racist fans ‘psychotic’
Tyra Sanchez calls out racist Drag Race fans
RuPaul has previously spoken out against racist fans of the show, defending queens who are victim of social media trolling.
Other stars have also slammed the bigoted portion of Drag Race’s fandom.
Season 2 winner Tyra Sanchez called the fans ‘psychotic’ in a Reddit AMA.
‘White queens are always the favorite. Black queens deserve hateful tweets. Queens should be stoned or tarred and feathered even if they deserved the win. ie.: Nina Bonina Brown or me.’
When asked if she would have been received different as a winner in a later season as compared to an earlier one, Tyra responded: ‘The same. Black.’
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3 continues next Thursday on VH1.
