It’s no exaggeration to say that RuPaul’s Drag Race fans were gagged when the
UK version debuted on Thursday night, but there was one aspect in particular that they loved the most – step forward, Alan Carr.
The comedian was praised for delivering the stand-out moment of the first episode, when he delivered a monologue about one queen’s poor runway performance.
Now, if you haven’t watched the episode yet, consider this your spoiler warning. When the contestants were tasked with coming up with a runway look that showed why they were the
Queen of their hometown, Gothy Kendoll’s efforts didn’t exactly impress the panel.
After painting her face like a tiger to represent her hometown of Leicester, she put on a less-than-enthusiastic strut down the catwalk, before letting out the meekest of roars.
As the judges debated which queens should subsequently be in the bottom two and lip-sync for their lives, Alan delivered a cutting but hilarious verdict on Gothy.“In that first outfit as the tiger, she looks like an estate agent that’s gone to Regents Park Zoo and said, ‘Can you face-paint my face for 50p?’. And then she’s gone back into work and gone, ‘What do you think girls?’,” he said, before letting out a pathetic growl.
His comments had RuPaul, Michelle Visage and guest judge Andrew Garfield in stitches, while everyone at home hailed it as the moment of the night...Best line of the week from Alan Carr. Gothy Kendall face painted estate agent #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/21jzeCxh67— Thomas Soo (@thomascsoo) October 3, 2019'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, 2019Alan Carr’s critique of Gothy as “an Estate Agent at Regents Park Zoo” just made me spit my crisps out 😂😭 #DragRaceUK— 🐝-List At Capital (@BListAtCapital) October 3, 2019Best moments:1. Alan Carr’s Regents Park monologue2. TOTAL SLAG3. Michelle Visage’s nose faux pas; Alan Carr’s face therein 4. Kim Woodburn5. The stamp look#DragRaceUK— Shaun Kitchener (@ShaunKitchener) October 3, 2019@AlanCarr read of Gothy Kendoll as a ‘estate agent with 50p facepaint on’ had me SCREAMING! 😂😂 #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/kAfrAtMJPg— Sam Riding (@samriding04) October 3, 2019alan carr...took me on a full journey with that description of gothy's look #dragraceuk— xavier 🍊 (@ruejulesforever) October 3, 2019Alan Carr’s comment about Gothy being an Estate Agent on her lunch break who got her face painted honestly made me cry with laughter. I’ve not laughed that hard at Drag Race in years!!!!— Yusuf 🏳️🌈 (@colouroffensive) October 3, 2019Alan Carr’s DRAG of Gothy Kendoll hahahahaha #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/8XPFtKDRta— Pete Burns’ Confiscated Coat (@harrisonjbrock) October 3, 2019Alan Carr + Drag Race = PERFECT TELEVISION. I was laughing out loud at everything he said 😂😂 #ChattyMan#FunnyAsFuck#RuPaulsDragRaceUK@chattyman— Leanne 🐦 (@AfricanGrey01) October 4, 2019I also think Alan Carr needs a permanent place on Drag Race US. Also
Thailand, Australia, Asia,
Canada etc etc— 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 (@j0egurski) October 3, 2019Alan Carr judging the new UK drag race is a gift I didn’t know I needed— Shannon Horden (@shanhorden) October 3, 2019Alan Carr was the best thing about Drag Race UK send tweet— george (@georgegriffiths) October 3, 2019The opening episode of Drag Race UK introduced us to the 10 queens vying to become Britain’s first Drag Superstar, before the first one had to sashay away after losing a lip-sync battle.
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