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Get ready to lip sync for your life because RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is here. The first episode hit BBC iPlayer last night and it was nothing short of fierce. Plus, the drag race memes that followed were incredible.
The first episode had gags, EastEnders episode references and even Kim Woodburn got a mention. It was incredible. If you had ideas in your head of what the UK version of Drag Race would bring, it probably delivered more. We’re tacky, filthy and the class was minimal at times. But that’s what made it so good. Here are the best RuPaul’s Drag Race memes that sum up the first episode. Start your engines.
1. She deserved to win for this alone
Me on pay day #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/ZaWOHtnnBC
— RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (@dragraceukbbc) October 3, 2019
2. Best moment EVER
‘She looked like an estate agent that’s gone to Regents Park Zoo and said could you paint my face for 50p and then she’s gone back into work and gone what do you think girls? Grrrr.’@AlanCarr was born to be on #DragRaceUK and I can’t. stop. laughing. pic.twitter.com/6XvbBkU9k1
— SHANE (@shane_reaction_) October 3, 2019
3. ICONIC
No one:
The Royal Mail:#DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/O07tChFHgQ
— RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (@dragraceukbbc) October 3, 2019
4. A RuPeter Badge?! Wow
US Drag Race: u won! here’s 100k and free makeup for a year
UK Drag Race: u won! here’s a youtube show 🤪🤪
#DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/MzEcQfRoSE
— brandon (@cyberbottom) October 3, 2019
5. A cultural experience
US Drag Queen entrance: I’m here to slay the competition!
UK Drag Queen entrance: FUCKING FUCKING FUCK SHIT MINGE #DragRaceUK
— James Potter (@dontforgetjames) October 3, 2019
6. What is ‘MINGING’???
Americans trying to find out what all the UK slang means such as; gob, slag, minge 😂. #DragRaceUK #DragRace pic.twitter.com/nhG1yFpeTV
— Ali (@Ali_Givenchy) October 3, 2019
7. So many WORDS
UK Queens: Gobshite, Kim Woodburn, EastEnders intro theme, Scouse Bird
Americans watching #DragRaceUK: pic.twitter.com/trW0Rk3tx5
— ben 🐝 (@benwarbs) October 3, 2019
8. Rawr
Drag Race UK episode 1 without context: #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/F1a8cG7Fkl
— Rhianna Williamson (@iisbaeii) October 3, 2019
9. I’m so proud x
Rupaul – “Who’s Kim Woodburn?”
The Vivienne – “She’s a cleaner off the telly”
Rupaul – ………British culture is THE BEST 😂😂 @dragraceukbbc #DragRace #DragRaceUK
— Becki Clark (@bkclarky) October 3, 2019
10. And I oop-
RuPaul trying to raise money for the prizes on UK Drag Race #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/md58O8qjuz
— Tom 🐑 (@sleepy_homo) October 3, 2019
11. Winning look right here
Quite frankly I see no difference #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/5bl5TU8KFf
— Molly (@mollyhitstrina) October 3, 2019
12. It has to be done or I will file a complaint
Honestly if Vinegar Strokes doesn’t do Alison Hammond for Snatch Game then what are we paying our licence fee for? #DragRaceUK
— A✌🏻🌐 (@husseybyname) October 3, 2019
13. How can you not know the QUEEN herself??
RuPaul learning about Kim Woodburn is iconic #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/h3MxPmY7Gg
— ★ ANASTAZIA ★ (@__Anastazia__) October 3, 2019
14. Even I struggled at times
15. This is the most British thing I’ve ever read
16. Seriously though what an icon
Sum Ting Wong’s runway literally made me scream, I fucking love UK drag #DragRaceUK
— Kiran (@kiranevans_) October 3, 2019
17. THAT. ENTRANCE.
Best moments:
1. Alan Carr’s Regents Park monologue
2. TOTAL SLAG
3. Michelle Visage’s nose faux pas; Alan Carr’s face therein
4. Kim Woodburn
5. The stamp look#DragRaceUK— Shaun Kitchener (@ShaunKitchener) October 3, 2019
18. MY TUPPENCE IS OUT!!!
I LOVE how fucking crass and ridiculous and British #DragRaceUK is – no saccharine American over-production, just pure British irreverence, tits out and all! This is OUR drag race, not a cheap localised imitation. What a brilliant first episode!!
— Alexander Leon (@alxndrleon) October 3, 2019
19. Our everyday language, presented so beautifully
Be still my heart. “Minging”, “twat” and “gobshite” are words being said on #DragRaceUK
— Viktoriya Ilyukhina (@vilyukhina) October 3, 2019
20. It’s FILTH and I LOVE it
Drag Race UK
1. It’s better than I ever imagined
2. The Brits are just pure filth
3. The Vivienne looks like Noel Fielding, it’s amazing
4. Sum Ting Wong sounds like Nick Frost & she is epic
5. So there is no prize money & the winner of ep 1 got a pin badge 🤔 #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/E40nwsluPy— A Twenty Something Lesbian (@nicbeanquest) October 3, 2019
21. The stamp though!!!
sum ting wong should’ve won i’ve just witnessed a robbery #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/rEDAgtZzK5
— ｋａｔｉｅ ｌｏｕｉｓｅ ✨ (@trixiedelzamo) October 3, 2019
22. Act happy girls!!!
US drag race getting $100,000 and holidays, vs. UK drag race getting a webshow and a badge #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/8D1AXWX8td
— molly (@m_ollymac) October 3, 2019
23. My favourite for this moment alone
Vinegar Strokes: “I didn’t just become a little bit of a slag……I became a total slllaggg”
Hands down the best entrance quote ever on drag race! pic.twitter.com/rV7PUU0uHf
— i think your vagina may need an exorcism (@davypalmer) October 3, 2019
24. I have watched this at least 17 times
This absolutely killed me in the first 5 minutes of the show 😭😭😭 #DragRaceUK @dragraceukbbc pic.twitter.com/IGMjnVf0SK
— Hannah Puplett (@hannah_puplett) October 3, 2019
25. Spot on though
Best line of the week from Alan Carr. Gothy Kendall face painted estate agent #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/21jzeCxh67
— Thomas Soo (@thomascsoo) October 3, 2019
26. They don’t stand a chance
Americans watching #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/58H8aXLxlh
— ★ ANASTAZIA ★ (@__Anastazia__) October 3, 2019
27. IT’S ON IT’S ON IT’S ON
The gays rushing home from work for #DragRaceUK 🙌🏻
pic.twitter.com/X9qJ2iN5vk— RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 🇬🇧 (@rpdrukfans) October 3, 2019
28. Ugh get with it
Americans googling Kim Woodburn trying to understand #DragRaceUK. pic.twitter.com/y3BpqmaBSU
— DEE SNUTS (@trexinchicago) October 4, 2019
29. Omg I knew I recognised it!!!!
Gothy Kendoll’s dancing giving me deep Theresa May vibes #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/uoE3qfdrRC
— Hannah (@Winni_Winser) October 3, 2019
30. This was the look
Sum Ting Wong gets my vote for dressing as a stamp. Not a sentence I thought I’d ever say#DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/j1XVDUQYzM
— Mike Pattinson (@MikePattinson) October 3, 2019
31. Hmm… maybe?
RuPaul: I’m worried a UK drag race may be too niche for US audiences
BBC3:#DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/yvgrFuTCQc
— simon (@RealSimonDavid) October 3, 2019
32. I feel sorry for people that didn’t understand
Americans when they heard Vinegar Strokes enterance line😭 #DragRaceUK #EastEnders pic.twitter.com/mpYeIGaqdb
— k🥨 (@XKaileigh) October 3, 2019
33. Sigh
My eyes have never been more offended than watching Gothy Ken Doll lip sync #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/l1sZuYVEI4
— Erin (@erinloucoops) October 3, 2019
34. I can’t stop thinking about this
“She looked like an estate agent that’s gone to Regents Park Zoo and said could you paint my face for 50p and then she’s gone back into work and gone what do you think girls? Grrrr.”
I can’t 😂😂 #DragRaceUK pic.twitter.com/J094slmk1C
— Craig Mitchell (@craigmitch1991) October 3, 2019
35.
No context #DragRaceUK 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/xOfMVWsG1G
— Joshie 🔶️🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (@JoshieParker93) October 3, 2019
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is available to stream on iPlayer.
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