Everyone's Thirsting Over 'Drag Race' Pit Crew Recruit Wilson Lai

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Last week's episode of Drag Race gave us so many blessings: the eliminated queens returned, Gia Gunn and Naomi Smalls demolished that lip sync and gave us some excellent memes, and Monique and Latrice's double save was—in a word—epic.

The biggest gag of the season though? It would have to be Wilson Lai's debut as the newest Pit Crew recruit.

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(The caption on that first picture?!! Is anyone else sweating? Just me? Oh, okay cool.)

It's not hyperbole to say EVERYONE was thirsting over Lai (and his package):

\u201cWho is this pit crew member?\u201d
— Black Lives Still Matter (@Black Lives Still Matter) 1547865200

\u201cAN ASIAN PIT CREW? MY GAHD! I AM LIVING!!!!\n\nGIA GUNN\u2019S REACTION IS MY MOOD!\u201d
— Moi Villanueva (@Moi Villanueva) 1547872547

\u201cWilson Lai being an official Pit Crew for @RuPaulsDragRace is giving me all the life I need.\u201d
— zuckerman sader lee (@zuckerman sader lee) 1547882872

\u201cHow is Wilson Lai... an actual human being\u201d
— Tom Zohar (@Tom Zohar) 1547927219

\u201cThe hotass Asian dude on #AllStars4 who was wrongly chosen last is Wilson Lai. \n\n#DragRace\u201d
— yoey\u2077 \uc694\uc12d (@yoey\u2077 \uc694\uc12d) 1547873994

— (@)

\u201cThe winner of #AllStars4 y'all. Oooohhh, #pitcrew. #Wilson \ud83d\ude18\u201d
— Mylow \u2665\ufe0f (@Mylow \u2665\ufe0f) 1547881833

\u201c@ y'all's on this thread, he has a boyfriend\u201d
— \u0e05^\u2022\ufecc\u2022^\u0e05 #NotMyPresident (@\u0e05^\u2022\ufecc\u2022^\u0e05 #NotMyPresident) 1547871934

Even Wilson had to throw his two cents in on the hysteria:

\u201cWhat the fuck is going on\u201d
— DonChino (@DonChino) 1547867817

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Everyone's Thirsting Over 'Drag Race' Pit Crew Recruit Wilson Lai

"AN ASIAN PIT CREW? MY GAHD! I AM LIVING!!!!"

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