If there was one factor UK drag icon Kitty Scott Claus was born to do, it was to entertain folks, and after showing on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2021 and Paramount+ spin-off sequence Global All Stars final 12 months, life for Kitty has been extra than simply good – it’s been nice.
With Pride month in full swing, there hasn’t been a greater time for Kitty to sit down down and communicate with me about all issues Drag Race, the pressures of filming a contest actuality TV present, and the flicks which have moulded her drag persona.
As nicely as her upcoming live performance musical The Diana Mixtape, which sees Kitty share the stage with different drag icons all enjoying the function of Princess Diana, Kitty doesn’t maintain again on all of the thrilling issues she’s been via over the previous 12 months, and who she’s at the moment rooting for on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 10.
Differences between Drag Race UK and Global All Stars
From a viewer’s perspective, filming for the BBC is one factor however a Paramount+ manufacturing looks as if an entire completely different ballpark. But for Kitty, it was like using a motorcycle.
“To be trustworthy, that by no means actually crossed my thoughts”, she shares confidently. If something, Global All Stars was a stroll within the park. “It simply felt like I used to be going again to do Drag Race once more, however it felt simpler the second time, as a result of once I filmed the primary time, we had been in lockdown. All the retailers had been shut and we weren’t allowed to journey”, she provides.
You’d assume that previous to filming a well-liked competitors actuality present for the second time, you’d be geared up with a recreation plan – however Kitty had different concepts, revealing that she arrived on set with a transparent thoughts.
“I did not go into it with preconceived notions of ‘that is how it’ll work’. I very a lot took it for what it’s, and if I’m having enjoyable, that is what’s most essential” – a really relaxed method quite the opposite to the standard competitiveness depicted on Drag Race.
Movies and drag go hand-in-hand
One of the stand-out parts of Kitty’s persona is her love for popular culture, which she references continuously in her drag – look no additional than the Spice Girls. But moreover music, motion pictures have additionally had a huge effect on her, and I couldn’t chorus from asking about her favorites.
“The first one which springs to thoughts each time could be Spice World. I’ve simply been doing press for my new present, The Diana Mixtape, and me and Courtney Act for the previous couple of days we had been simply doing ‘My boots, Geri, you are sporting my boots!’. And, like, an excellent comedy like Bridesmaids and, oh my god, 100% Mean Girls” – which can be among the best Paramount+ motion pictures.
For Kitty, motion pictures and TV sequence go hand-in-hand, and being an enormous actuality star herself it’s in her nature to gravitate in the direction of related sorts of reveals. Opening as much as me about her latest watches, Kitty reveals “I really like I Kissed a Boy on BBC Three. I really like Jack. S, I believe they’re all nice, however he is sensible. I additionally not too long ago re-watched The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and it is so humorous to observe it again and see the place the women at the moment are”.
Never say by no means to RuPaul
At the second, Kitty is booked and busy with all issues delight month and after doing three main delight occasions thus far this 12 months, she’s been squeezing within the time to rehearse for her upcoming mission The Diana Mixtape. However, that doesn’t imply that she’s fully written off a doable return to the Drag Race universe.
“I used to be provided to do a few seasons earlier than I stated sure to doing Global All Stars, and it was by no means the appropriate time. So I believe it must be a case of the appropriate place and proper time. But by no means say by no means”, she teases.
But proper now, she’s too busy having fun with the most recent season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, including “I am unable to wait to see Ginger, and I beloved Bosco and Aja. I’m so excited to see her again, and I really like Mistress too”.
Though Kitty has no plans to return for one more season simply but, that doesn’t imply she’s not already serious about what new tips she would carry to the desk, particularly in the case of the long-lasting snatch recreation. “At the second, in my head, I wish to do Charlotte Tilbury however with an terrible Lisp and, like, an enormous ginger wig, and simply put S’s in every little thing”. We have our fingers crossed for an look on the primary UK All Stars present.
