The former RuPaul's Drag Race winner issued a series of tweets, lambasting the show's producers.
Yvie Oddly is well-known in RuPaul’s Drag Race world, having won Season 11 in 2019 and competed on the all-winners Season 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. However, on Tuesday, the performer made several allegations about treatment from the show’s producers on Twitter, including a claim that she wasn’t paid swiftly for their Season 11 winnings.
While Yvie did not mention specific producers by name, the show is produced by the production company World of Wonder. BuzzFeed has reached out to representatives for World of Wonder and RuPaul’s Drag Race for comment on Yvie’s allegations.
Yvie issued a series of tweets in response to catching up on the currently airing All Stars Season 8. She initially commented on how “remarkable” the season’s drag queens are, noting “the drag artists are and have ALWAYS been the lifeblood of what makes this franchise great.”
Yvie then went on to allege the show’s producers “are often the greediest, most-calculating, capitalist culture thieves.” In particular, she claimed the show messes with “real people’s lives, career opportunities, and health.”
“They drive themselves home in their luxury cars when their contestants are sleep-deprived, depressed, and DRASTICALLY underpaid for their contributions to the cultural phenomenon,” she said.
Yvie then called attention to the show’s having not featured drag kings as contestants and its controversial history of supporting out trans performers competing on the show.
Victoria Scone competed on RuPaul's Drag Race UK and Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. In the latter series, Victoria wore a drag king look.