'Drag Race' Queens React To 'Real Friends of WeHo' Star's Comments

The ‘Drag Race’ vs. ‘Real Friends of WeHo’ saga continues!

\u201cThis video has just made me so mad.\u201d
— Blaze\ud83e\uddcc (@Blaze\ud83e\uddcc) 1683208973

The commemorative 15th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race moved to MTV in January 2023. But with it came an announcement that Drag Race episodes would be shortened to 60 minutes (instead of their usual 90-minute runtime on TV) to make room for a new show featuring LGBTQ+ cast members also airing on Friday nights: The Real Friends of WeHo.

Unsurprisingly, Drag Race fans immediately took issue with this new programming strategy. Alas, things got even worse once Real Friends of WeHo actually premiered, and when shorter Drag Race episodes started to feel like viewers were missing out on actually getting to know the queens better and seeing their runway looks.

During a recent interview on the Everything Is the Best podcast, host Pia Baroncini asked Real Friends of WeHo star Joey Zauzig about this particular situation. “The Drag Race people really came for you,” Baroncini declared. “And these are people from your own community.”

Zauzig responded, “There was a petition of 35,000 people saying, ‘We’re not gonna watch the show because we want our 30 minutes of RuPaul’s Drag Race [back].” He then theorized that gay men “have a hard time seeing themselves” on television, which he argues is different from Drag Race because the show features LGBTQ+ people “in makeup and in drag.”

After a snippet of this interview went viral on social media, several Drag Race queens reacted to the statements made by Baroncini and Zauzig.

Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté (1)

\u201c1: we wanted 30 minutes more because they took it away to give it to a cast of perfectly built \u201cmuscle\u201d looking people who DONT LIVE IN WEHO. Bitch y\u2019all flew them out\u201d
— Pan de Elote \ud83c\udf3d (@Pan de Elote \ud83c\udf3d) 1683228198

Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté (2)

\u201cOpportunistic\u2026 because why else would would you come to the DRAG RACE RED CARPET?? So instead of being ignorant, FOCUS ON WHY YALL KICKED SOMEONE OFF THE CAST BECAUSE THEY HAD AN ONLY FANS ACCOUNT. Sex work is apart of the queer community too \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\u201d
— Pan de Elote \ud83c\udf3d (@Pan de Elote \ud83c\udf3d) 1683228198

Luxx Noir London

\u201cAll that migrated filler really just has such a negative effect on the brain, huh\u2026\u201d
— LUXX NOIR LONDON \u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729 (@LUXX NOIR LONDON \u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729) 1683235685

Jasmine Kennedie

\u201cStay pressed with your 20,000 viewer premiere , that show took away from actual artists and people in the community with stories that have actual meaning and impact. The LGBTQIA wants representation on the media that AUTHENTICALLY shows them, you sir are not that representation.\u201d
— Jasmine(Mouth Almighty)Kennedie (@Jasmine(Mouth Almighty)Kennedie) 1683218741

Cynthia Lee Fontaine

\u201c@BlazesAccount I strongly support gay representation ! But when the representation is not accurate I will not support . Also , for Drag there\u2019s limited representation on media now . Why limited this ? Specially on the times we are living today ? We need drag race in full force . Period\u201d
— Blaze\ud83e\uddcc (@Blaze\ud83e\uddcc) 1683208973

Denali

\u201cthis guy must have a shame kink. love her struggling to say lgbtq. keep the cringe content coming!\u201d
— \u2744\ufe0fDenali\u2744\ufe0f (@\u2744\ufe0fDenali\u2744\ufe0f) 1683222487

Miss Fiercalicious

\u201cSome people are so out of touch with reality\u2026.\u201d
— Miss Fiercalicious (@Miss Fiercalicious) 1683223152

DeJa Skye

\u201cA FAKE, FRAGILE AND UNREALISTIC GROUP OF FRIENDS IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE????? BFFR THE REASON DRAG RACE IS A HIT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN US AND OUR STRUGGLES. NOT YOUR VAPID CONVERSATIONS GIRLLLLL BYYYEEEEEEE\u201d
— DeJa \u201cTHE MUG\u201d Skye (@DeJa \u201cTHE MUG\u201d Skye) 1683223958

Eve 6000

\u201c@jasminekennedie Why is it so important for our community to see a bunch of shallow materialistic \ud83d\udeacs pretending to be friends in LA?\u2026 I\u2019m sorry it so was not needed\u201d
— Jasmine(Mouth Almighty)Kennedie (@Jasmine(Mouth Almighty)Kennedie) 1683218741

Bombae

\u201c@BlazesAccount They need to drink more water tbh\u201d
— Blaze\ud83e\uddcc (@Blaze\ud83e\uddcc) 1683208973

Cheryl Hole

\u201c@jasminekennedie I\u2019d really love him to clear his throat, sounds like a cum bubble stuck at the back\u201d
— Jasmine(Mouth Almighty)Kennedie (@Jasmine(Mouth Almighty)Kennedie) 1683218741

'Drag Race' Queens React To 'Real Friends of WeHo' Star's Comments