Ep 83. Venus on Winning Drag Race, Meeting Lady Gaga and Getting Recognized in Bathrooms

Venus is a drag queen from Vancouver and recently took top honours as the winner of Canada's Drag Race season 4. She stopped by to chat about her experience on the show, what it was like meeting Lady Gaga, partying in Mexico and what's next for her.

 

(0:00) Intro

(2:11) Settling into Her Big Win

(3:40) Getting Recognized while Traveling

(8:56) Support the Pod!

(9:41) Drag Mother, Kendall Gender

(11:45) Hiding at DragCon After Winning

(13:35) Meeting Lady Gaga

(21:38) Preparing for Drag Race

(24:32) Confidence During Drag Race Taping

(33:13) Winning Drag Race

(36:29) The Prize Money

(39:30) Doing Other Reality TV

(40:53) Roots in Comedy

(47:20) Snatch Games

(49:18) Previous Jobs

(56:35) Tucking 101

(1:04:49) Breaking The Mold of What’s Expected of a Drag Queen

(1:08:00) Being a Two Spirit Person

(1:11:00) Healing Her Inner Child

(1:12:50) Evolving Her Performance

(1:15:39) Craziest Moments On Stage

(1:17:37) This Or That

(1:22:17) What’s Next