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Naysha Lopez Alleges Major Backstage Tea About Finale ‘Rigga Morris’
And why it almost caused a cast member to walk out.
Naysha Lopez should change her name to NDAysha Lopez because she is not afraid to spill some (alleged) All Stars 8 tea.
During a taping of the finale episode viewing party at Roscoe's, Naysha dished on how a last-minute attempted song change, led to Kandy Muse nearly walking out before filming wrapped.
Naysa begins by sharing that the cast was aware of what song they had planned for the finale lipsync, “Do You Want To Funk” by Sylvester. However, in a last-minute change, the song was almost changed to one that the cast felt would favor Jimbo.
“All of a sudden this producer — her name is Mandy. Hey girl — she comes up to Jimbo and Kandy and says 'Hey ladies, we're gonna change that final song. It's gonna be 'Milkshake' [by Kelis].” Naysha went on to explain that this was a song that Jimbo had turned in as being one that was emblematic of her drag.
“So Kandy has something in her hands she throws it down,” Naysha recounted. “ She goes, 'Call my mutha. Call my mutha right now.' Screaming at the top of her lungs to call her mom. She was going home. 'F*ck the show. F*ck everyone. You want to crown Jimbo? F*cking crown Jimbo, but you ain't gonna have a finale? Fuck you and da-da-da.' She goes off on everyone. And they're like, 'No, no, no, no.’ She's like, 'Call my mother now. You know what better yet? Get my fucking phone. Get my phone get my phone.'
Everyone present was shocked and confused by the turn of events until Kandy allegedly filled Naysha in on why she was upset. “So she's just like, 'No, you're not going to do that. If that's the case then you're not going to have a finale.' And then [Kandy] is like, 'I'm out. I'm gone.' Jimbo was like, [imitates a clown laugh] 'What's going on?' Like? 'Oh, wow.'” recalled Naysha who said Kandy wasnt having it with Jimbo’s reaction. “You have Kandy over here like, 'This bitch actin' real stupid, she knows the fuck is going on.' But she said it to me in Spanish.”
Thankfully Naysha said that the situation was resolved very quickly and that it took “two seconds,” for the producers to walk it back. “You have to understand. She's saying she's gonna leave. You're no longer going to have a final episode. You've already sent Jessica home, and you've recorded the final production. It's not you just say, ‘Alright, well, Jessica, step in and we'll have you do that.’ No, everything's done. At this point right now you have no choice but to leave the song.
Naysha recalled that the producer came back quickly explaining it was a mixup. ‘Oh, I jumped the gun. I made a mistake. I'm sorry,” the producer allegedly said.
“They tried to pull the stunt on Kandy and Kandy the producer said, 'No it ain't happening. Not today, not today.' now,” said Naysha with obvious respect. “It didn't happen and went back to the original song. So kudos to Kandy for not letting anybody f*ck with her.”
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
