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Anetra Left Fans In Shambles With Her Drag Race Premiere Talent
Gay Twitter is melting down over her high-kicking, duck-walking performance.
“Sissy that walk” has officially been replaced with “walk that f**king duck” thanks to an epically gagworthy performance by Anetra during the season 15 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
In the two-part premiere, the 16 queens opened up the season with a talent show to show off their charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and, well, talent. While many of the queens showed out, one, in particular, stole the show with her combination of voguing and Judo.
\u201cYou betta motherducking WALK, @iamanetra! \ud83d\udc60\u2728\n\nRu-live the One Night Only Talent Extravaganza on the #DragRace YouTube channel now & get your fix FRIDAYS at 8/7c, now on @mtv \ud83d\udc49 https://t.co/IawC3M8vGu\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1673197260
Anetra, who hails from Las Vegas, duck-walked out on the stage, showing off her considerable skill, wowing the audiences both in the room — which included an utterly blown away celebrity guest judge Ariana Grande — and out in the world.
But that’s not all: As it turns out, the queen is also a former competitive Judo fighter who put those skills to use by first-hand striking and then high kicking through wooden planks held by Pit Stop member Bryce.
Everyone was gagged and fans rushed to Twitter to heap glowing praise on the drag star.
\u201c@RuPaulsDragRace @iamanetra @MTV Talllllllllllent \ud83d\udc4f\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83d\udc4f\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1673197260
\u201c@RuPaulsDragRace @iamanetra @MTV\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1673197260
\u201c@RuPaulsDragRace @iamanetra @MTV\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1673197260
\u201c@RuPaulsDragRace @iamanetra @MTV I\u2019ve watched this an unhealthy amount of times. Instant classic and I can\u2019t stop watching. @iamanetra is a superstar. Amazing performance !\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1673197260
\u201c@RuPaulsDragRace @iamanetra @MTV All of us\u201d— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaul's Drag Race) 1673197260
\u201cabsolutely one of my FAVORITE talent shows ever, anetra fucking DEVOURED #dragrace\u201d— ray \u2728 (@ray \u2728) 1673059263
The performance unsurprisingly landed Anetra in the top three alongside Jax, who did a dancing and tumbling routine during which she turned her hair into a jump rope, and Marica Marcia Marcia whose ballet performance to Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love To You” saw her pirouetting across the stage before humping a portrait of Ross Mathews.
While all three of the top talent performances were stellar, Anetra’s was a high kick above the rest, clinching the win for the Vegas queen.
It was a well-deserved victory and a truly thrilling way to kick off the new season.
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.
