Drag queens on Drag Race always expect RuPaul to pop up on their werk room screens in full drag, where Ru teases the week’s challenge. However, as RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under star Art Simone recently shared with Melbourne drag performer Kat Zowthabag, RuPaul sometimes shows up in a tracksuit—or doesn’t appear at all! “Sometimes, they just make you react to a blank screen. All our RuPaul videos for the first chunk [of Down Under season one] were her out of drag, just in a tracksuit, because they hadn’t been able to film them yet.” Art Simone noted that in Down Under season four, whose first episode just aired, queens did see RuPaul in drag on the screen. However, they won’t meet her in person this season, as Mama Ru has stepped down as host, passing the duties to Michelle Visage. #Queer Up Drag Culture