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Listen to Amanda’s interview above, and read on for a full breakdown of the Q&A.
AMANDA TORI MEATING: Its been a cool moment for me.
Amanda Tori Meating on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season 16.MTV
I had a gig that night, and everyone was talking about it.
Thats absolutely where I pulled inspo from.
Im just going to pull from whats fresh on my mind and my experience.
Plane tweeted support for you!
I died at her calling you her coworker and colleague.
That was sweet of her.
I said that to her over text.
Were coworkers, and Ill treat you with respect like coworkers.
We came to an agreement that that should be a mutual thing.
Has your relationship changed since the interview?
Its cordial and respectful.
Its moving in a positive direction compared to what it was.
It got a promotion, too?
Id say a transfer to a different department.
Perhaps a lateral move.
I love that the corporate jargon fits into every conversation.
And now Im making my f—ing money.
Lets get to this weeks challenge, you were in the same group.
I dont mean to tie your entireDrag Raceexperience to Plane, but…
I didnt want to tie my entireDrag Raceexperience to Plane, either.
Plane seemed to shrink back after your reaction, after she brought you into it.
Before that, in my mind, I was winning this episode.
I was like, this is my first win …
I felt like I was murdering it completely until the runway.
Michelle Visagesaid “your performance was top-notch.
How did you feel about being in the bottom?
Was the runway look always the one you intended to wear?
Can you explain the vision?
Scientifically, that didnt work out.
Despite me being a woman in STEM, I was unable to engineer the week to complete the task.
There are three pussycat wigs here!
Im giving them pussycat!
I thought it was the most elevated drag we saw from you on the show, to that point.
I thought it was cool and campy.
That was one of my five runways that I showed up with incomplete.
This was my first time ever working with any designers, and I learned a lot from that experience.
I had a few designers sort of f—ed me over in the end.
I showed up with five incomplete runways …
This pussycat runway was one of them, and I wont mention the other ones.
I finished it in my hotel room, and it was a manic episode in there.
Which part needed to be finished?
I showed up with the nest.
The skirt underneath, the rhinestones, the twigs, that was all Amanda Tori Meating.
It speaks to whatSapphirasaid on the runway.
She saw your growth, but maybe this isnt the place to grow.
Do you look back and think, in some ways, this wasnt your time?
I dont agree that I shouldve gone home because I was still growing.
Like, oh, Iknowthis girl.
What was the night like at the hotel, after the elimination?
I cried a lot, I was upset, I was spiraling.
Such a sweet guy.
I thought I blew it.
I was like, thats absolutely going to be my tea.
RuPaul’s Drag Raceseason 16 continues Fridays at 8 p.m. onMTV.
