Drag Race star Onya Nurve Tearfully Reveals Dental Condition after Arrietty's 'Hateful' Lipstick Mirror Message
- Kris Avalon
- Mar 13
- 3 min read

'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Onya Nurve tearfully reveals oral condition in the wake of Arrietty's 'shady' lipstick mirror message.
via: EW
While Arrietty might've left the building after getting cooked in the Villains Roast, the Seattle beauty's path of elven drama is still burning in the wake of her fiery RuPaul's Drag Race elimination — as evidenced by Entertainment Weekly's exclusive sneak peek at the first 10 minutes of season 17, episode 11.
The clip (below) opens with the remaining queens — Jewels Sparkles, Lana Ja'Rae, Lexi Love, Lydia Butthole Kollins, Onya Nurve, Sam Star, and Suzie Toot — collecting themselves after the explosive drama of last week's (EW-featuring!) episode, which saw Arrietty steal roast jokes from Jewels ahead of the challenge after she felt that the latter (who was tasked by RuPaul with selecting the challenge's run-of-show) sabotaged her by giving her a less-than-ideal placement in the lineup. As the group assembles in the Werk Room, Jewels, who won the bottom-two lip-sync against Arrietty, reads her sister's lipstick mirror message, which sends shockwaves through the room.
"As one smelly bitch to another, Onya, please brush your teeth," Jewels reads, leading to shock amongst the remaining queens — particularly Onya, who gets emotional and cries over the sentiment.
"Onya has made a comment before in private that she does have a condition and she has bad breath. This is actually something she's been insecure about for a long time," Jewels says in a confessional, while Lexi adds in a separate confessional: "She told some of us that she needs to see a dentist, she don't know what's going on." Onya and the queens did not ultimately reveal what the condition was.
Back in the Werk Room, Onya says, "That's exactly why she deserved to go home because she's a hateful ass bitch."
Through tears, Onya continues: "I would have never said anything like that to any of y'all. For her to come at something I'm super insecure about," she says, before Jewels jumps in to ask, "Why would she say that?"
In an Instagram Live session with her followers Thursday, Arrietty told her fans: “I will live. Everyone will live. It’s okay!” and that "you can only crucify a bitch that gives a f---!" In response to a fan question about her relationship with Onya, Arrietty also added, "Yes, me and Onya are good!" She also urged followers not to attack Onya over the footage.

Later, Sam speculates that it was because Onya defended Jewels in last week's episode of Untucked, which also contained spicy drama over Arrietty's frustrations with Jewels over the roast lineup.
"I wasn't trying to personally attack Arrietty. Just because we argue doesn't mean we're not sisters. But like, that s--- is just such a low blow," Onya says, though Suzie lightens the mood by making a quip of her own: "If that's her idea of a joke, that's why she went home in the roast!"
The preview ends with Mama Ru entering the Werk Room to give the queens instructions for their next maxi challenge, a Ross Mathews-starring spoof of FX's Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, titled Ross Mathews vs. the Ducks featuring guest director Cheyenne Jackson.
Elsewhere in the evolving saga of drama between Arrietty and Jewels, Suzie previously revealed to EW that Jewels didn't initially tell any of the other queens or judges about Arrietty's revenge plot in stealing Jewels' roast jokes.
"[She didn't tell anyone] in the moment. It wasn't until a van ride that night until she told me what happened," Suzie said in an on-stage interview with EW at an episode 10 watch party in Lydia's hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa. "Here's the thing. Jewels said, 'I'm going to hold this in. I'm not going to say it unless Arrietty says it, because if she goes home tonight, I don't want this to be part of her narrative.'"
RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 continues Friday at 8 p.m. on MTV. Watch EW's exclusive sneak peek at the first act of episode 11 above.
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