Why are the Drag Race girls beefing with Ginger Minj? Here’s what everyone’s said
Ginger Minj. (WOW)
Ginger Minj. (WOW)
The RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 girls are beefing with the season’s winner, Ginger Minj, and it’s getting a little messy.
Ginger was crowned the winner of All Stars 10 earlier this year and it’s always been a somewhat controversial win.
And months on, the drama around All Stars 10 continues.
Here’s what we know.
Ginger Minj has said she didn’t feel supported by the All Stars 10 cast
The beef appears to have begun when Ginger appeared on The Kelly Mantle Show. The episode, which debuted on Christmas Eve, saw Ginger discuss getting the call to go on All Stars.
“Going into All Stars 10, I had been in the hospital for a long time. I was really sick. I got COVID, which turned into pneumonia,” said Ginger.
She went on to say: “I really thought I was going to die,” at which point she “got the phone call to come back”.
Ginger also told Mantle that she didn’t feel supported by her castmates in the face of fans’ criticism after All Stars 10 started airing with the exception of Mistress Isabelle Brooks and Lydia B Kollins.
She said some in the cast turned on her after All Stars started airing to gain “more traction”.
A social media user has pointed out Ginger’s “different stories” about being cast in All Stars 10
In the days since the interview first appeared, one tweet has drawn a lot of attention.
It sees a social media user share two clips, one from an interview done ahead of All Stars 10 airing and Ginger’s interview with Kelly Mantle where Ginger shares two different stories about being cast.
In the first, Ginger shares she got the call while working with Denali, also of All Stars 10, on a cruise. In the second, she mentions getting the call in hospital.
Ginger responded to explain: “You get multiple calls. One for interest and availability, a follow up call and then the final call that says you are on the show…but none of you would know that.”
Daya Betty has called Ginger out
Responding to Ginger’s interview with Mantle on Friday (26 December), Daya Betty, who was also on All Stars 10, said: “I call b*******.”
Daya said multiple girls had reached out to Ginger. She also said she stopped reaching out “because EVERY conversation that was had always ended up ONLY being about you”.
In a follow post Daya added: “Don’t try to act like no one had your back. I think people just started to get tired of your pity party.”
All Stars 10’s Jorgeous reactivated her Twitter/X account to add “You Literally Had Her Back” on the same day. Drag Race‘s Plane Jane then chimed in with her typical sharp humour writing: “Back when it was bigger too.”
Acid Betty later reshared Daya’s message adding “Ditto” on Instagram.
Aja has also called Ginger out
While doing a live stream on Saturday (27 December) Aja responded to fan comments about Ginger. Addressing her All Stars 10 sister, she said: “Nobody was checking in on you because you wasn’t checking in on anybody!” Aja also stated: “No shade, I like Ginger.”
Posting on X/Twitter later, Aja said: “I do think it is kind of wild to say nobody checked in when people actually did.”
Cynthia Lee Fontaine enters the chat
Posting on Instagram on Monday (29 December), Cynthia Lee Fontaine also blasted Ginger for her comments on Mantle’s show.
Referencing “all the inconsistencies and inaccuracies” from the interview, Fontaine disputed Ginger’s account that people weren’t supporting her.
“It seems you totally forgot ALL THE TEXT messages I sent you this year giving you encouragement and even support!!!!” she wrote.
Cynthia also said it was Ginger who isolated herself as well as slamming Ginger for portraying herself as a victim which Cynthia said was “not a winner behaviour”.
More queens have reacted
The drama has also been addressed elsewhere in the Drag Race sister-dom.
Irene the Alien and Denali, who also both competed on All Stars 10, have shared a 2012 tweet from RuPaul that reads: “Hard to remain patient with friends who focus solely on their own crucifixion. Get off The Cross, girl… We could use the wood!”
Irene has since said she was “just posting a meme for Christmas”, adding, “I truly don’t give a f***.”
A video shared by Mistress Isabelle Brooks, also of All Stars 10, has shown the cast’s group chat which shows Bosco as having removed Ginger.
The chat also sees Jorgeous ask “whose number was that?!” indicating she hadn’t saved Ginger’s number in her phone in the first place.
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