This Drag Race icon has turned down The Traitors four times
One Drag Race icon has turned down The Traitors four times (WOW)
American director, writer and producer Michael Patrick King revealed that Trixie Mattel turned down invitations to be on the hit reality show The Traitors four times before finally saying yes to King’s fictionalised version of it.
Speaking in a 7 April interview on the Talk Of The Townsends podcast, King revealed that when casting a fictional version of The Traitors for his series The Comeback, Trixie was their dream pick.
And while she’s repeatedly said no to the real show, her answer to the scripted version was an immediate yes – largely thanks to her love for the show’s iconic lead character, Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow).
“I love Trixie Mattel. I mean, I’m a big fan of Drag Race, but I think Trixie is kind of a unique brand. And, we were thinking, ‘Who would be on The Traitors? And, you know, they always pick a drag queen. And, I thought, ‘Well, if we have a choice, let’s ask Trixie.’ And Trixie told me that she had said no to The Traitors four times in real life. And then, when we asked her to do The Traitors on The Comeback, she said, ‘Of course,’ she loves Valerie. And she was so excited,” King revealed.
In fact, Trixie was so committed to the cameo that King revealed she cancelled plans to go on vacation for her birthday just to film the scene.
According to King, she was thrilled at the chance to sit across from Valerie and take part in The Traitors “her way.”
Drag queens on The Traitors
The American version of The Traitors has featured a number of RuPaul’s Drag Race stars.
Season nine icon Pepperment was in the second season as a faithful, and became the first to be banished.
Bob the Drag Queen, who won season eight of Drag Race, joined the cast of The Traitors for season three as a Traitor, and was banished in the fourth episode.
Then in the fourth season, which aired earlier this year, All Stars 4 winner Monét X Change played as a faithful, but was murdered in episode five.
Up north on The Traitors Canada, a number of Canada’s Drag Race favourites have taken part – Miss Fiercalicious on season one, Melinda Verga in season two, and Kitten Kaboodle in season three.
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