Phi Phi O'Hara on RuPaul: ‘We’re Just Game Pieces for her show

[yASSsss 35,510]

Do not read this thread if you haven't watched the latest epiosde of RPDR All Stars 2

How did you decide to do All Stars? How was it pitched to you, and what made you decide to do it? 
Well, I was supposed to do the first season of All Stars, but I got arrested in March for some stuff that was on my background, stuff that I didn't take care of, so that was the reason I couldn't do the first season — because my background check came up dirty. So we just waited and waited. I talked to the producers and we'd go out to lunch. I went through the phase where I lost a lot of weight and they were worried about me so they took me out to eat Chili’s and made sure that I ate food. I was like, No, I eat; I'm just eating a little bit less nowadays. And they would be like, No, we want to give you this, we love you. We care about you. We want to give you this redemption story. Don’t worry, your time’s coming and this that and the other, and so I believed them and then after the second DragCon they were like, We want to do this. And so I was like, Oh my gosh, totally.

I thank the show for getting my name out there, but it's not like it gave me this huge fandom, basically because people hated me from season four. I had to work by traveling myself and doing gigs for next to nothing just to prove to people I'm not this mean person. And then I started "365 Days of Drag," which just catapulted me. But I did it also because I want to show people that I'm not who they think I am, which has worked. The people that have hated me, they were never going to like me to begin with. And that's just what it was. But I think what they didn't expect with this edit is that so many people would be on my side because they've met me — I've been able to travel the world for four years before this even came out so they know what's real and what's not real.

Can you give me some examples of how what we saw was different from what happened? 
Totally. For instance, on last [week’s] episode where the mirror clicks on and then you see all the girls. If you notice the way the girls walked in after doing their lip sync, generally the winners are in the front or they’re closer to the front. I remember this time I was standing next to Alaska and we were ready to walk in the doors, and the producer came in and she was like, No, no, Phi Phi, we're going to have you come over here and you're going to just enter in last. And then they positioned us where we were and it didn't dawn on me that I'm dead smack in the middle of the mirror and they'd be like, We’ll let you know when to talk. Then I was like, Okay, and that's why I stayed quiet. Then Alaska and the girls talk and the producers are like, Okay, Phi Phi tell us who you picked, and so I was like Alyssa, and they're like, Okay, so now tell us about this and tell us about that. I kept getting questions asked — that's what actually happened.

Now, from a viewer's standpoint, it looks like I just went on a ten-minute rant of talking crap. Which never happened. So I was really happy that Roxxxy and Alaska went to the Chicago viewing party and said out loud that's not how it went down.

I remember when the lights kicked on and I kept telling the girls backstage, I'm telling you right now they're bringing Alyssa back. I'm telling you, because we had to wait backstage for an incredibly long period of time, which had given them time to set up behind the mirror. And as soon as that thing clicked on I was like, I told you, I told you guys they're bringing her back! And that was my face. I just remember being yelled at by producers to stop talking, and I was like, this is it, and then they bring the girls in one by one.

They cut out Roxxxy and Detox defending me, because that wouldn't make any sense with Roxxxy saying, “If you know when you get caught on that three-way call." So it's funny how they cut out all that to just make it look like Alyssa and I. And at that point I'm not doing it for that camera or that camera or that camera. I'm not here for that, that's not what I signed up for, and I can see how you're acting for the cameras, and I just won't do it. I remember Roxxxy grabbing my hand being like, Don't worry about it, just don't give into it because that's what they want you to do.

I saw that Ru unfollowed you on Twitter and you tweeted about that. 
I remember watching Ru as a kid thinking, she's like this life-size Barbie doll basically. I wanted to meet her and I just wanted to see who this person was that was so comfortable in their own skin. So watching her on set and seeing how she ignores everybody and she doesn't talk to the contestants, I was like, What, this is weird, why won't she say hi to me? Part of me just left it as, Oh well she's not allowed to talk to the contestants because what if people say she has favoritism. Didn't think anything of it. But then after [season five], when everything is said and done, she doesn't talk to us. She doesn't do anything with us. If we're at an event it's, Hi. Bye. I was like, Okay, this is weird, and then when I went into All Stars I remember she walked on the set on the very first day when she said that Raven-Symoné was going to be a judge. One of the girls did a Jaidynn Diore Fierce joke and Ru didn't even know who that was, and I was like, What do you mean you don't know? She literally just walked out the door. I'm confused how you don't know who these girls are, which then let me know we're just — how do I say it; this is going to sound really harsh — but I felt like we're not people to her. We're just game pieces for her show and she didn't care enough to know who we were. So when I saw thatshe unfollowed me, which is cool, whatever, but then put that little snarky cosplay Jessica Rabbit comment, I've completely lost all my respect for RuPaul. Because she has the power to stand up and say, "You know what, this show is only for entertainment purposes. The edit for Phi Phi is not authentic to who Phi Phi is, and I wish you guys would just sit there and see that." Instead, she keeps her mouth closed when she sees someone visibly hurting and crying about a situation that she can control. Like her Emmy that she won, I just felt like her speech was a lie. If this show is really about family coming together and standing, bringing this community together, then why won't you speak out on it?

Read the full interview here-

http://www.vulture.com/2016/09/phi-phi-rupauls-drag-races-edit-and-rupaul.html?mid=twitter_vulture

 

[RGR 1,444]

 

 

(I'm useless I know )

[monsterdino 31,991]

Damn that interview was quick

[yASSsss 35,510]

Just now, RGR said:

 

 

(I'm useless I know )

then why'd you leave a comment here  

[RGR 1,444]

Just now, yASSsss said:

then why'd you leave a comment here  

Don't know sis... don't know 

[Phoenix 17,395]

well im sure most of people know that the whole show is almost scripted and not really so raw as it looks on tv

[yASSsss 35,510]

this interview is so juicy,i can't  

[Himeros26 1,688]

Phi Phi is literally so bitter that the show wasn't edited in her favor.

She said what she said and she did what she did. She made her bed, now she has to lie in it. Death threats will always come at celebrities, especially reality TV personalities. Grow up. And for her to go on facebook and be salty about how Ru defended Jasmine and not her - Jasmine recieved death threats based on her race and racial slurs directed to her. Phi Phi is just being hated on because she was and is just a bad person.

Mess

[yASSsss 35,510]

Just now, RGR said:

Don't know sis... don't know 

 

[LaLuna 12,732]

Bye Felicia.

And good luck having a career in drag after dissing Ru 

I'm so done with her bitter ass. I'm glad Alyssa got her revenge and kicked her out. 

[Logan 20,725]

I read this last night. The only thing that intrigues me is that comment on Rupaul not caring about the queens, which could hold a bit of truth. I only say this because the common joke between all the queens is that Rupaul never remembers former queens and doesn't even talk to them at events. I can't remember what queen it was but in an interview they said that when Rupaul walks into the work room to talk to them he never looks any of the queens in the eyes. 

[LORD GAGA 1,271]

Phi Phi is not a nice person... like... she reminds me of the clique in high school of girls who like to do nothing but gossip about each other and create issues. 

[SKANK 14,288]

3 minutes ago, Logan said:

I read this last night. The only thing that intrigues me is that comment on Rupaul not caring about the queens, which could hold a bit of truth. I only say this because the common joke between all the queens is that Rupaul never remembers former queens and doesn't even talk to them at events. I can't remember what queen it was but in an interview they said that when Rupaul walks into the work room to talk to them he never looks any of the queens in the eyes. 

 

Well, we know that isn't true.

 

[Logan 20,725]

Just now, SKANK said:

 

Well, we know that isn't true.

 

I'm talking about when the queens line up for the video/challenge. Do I have something on my face? 

[SKANK 14,288]

Just now, Logan said:

Do I have something on my face? 

 

Yeah, it looks like some pubes.