Kori King found her queen at the end of her RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 run — even if it meant the "Kingdom" crumbled in the process.
via: Pink News
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 star Kori King has revealed that she would’ve opted to eliminate herself had she been saved from the most recent episode’s bottom two lip-sync.
During episode nine, entitled “Heavens to Betsey!”, the nine remaining queens were tasked with designing looks inspired by whimsical fashion designer, Betsey Johnson.
Kori and her season sister (and now partner) Lydia B Kollins ultimately ended up in the bottom two, having to lip-sync to Lita Ford’s 1988 single “Kiss Me Deadly”.
Despite the pair ending the performance with a very passionate kiss – much to the joy of the judges, particularly RuPaul – Kori was ultimately told to sashay away.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about her elimination, Kori revealed that the instantly-iconic kiss was unplanned, and based on “gut instinct”, despite Kori and Lydia being involved in a blossoming romance at the time.
“We locked eyes and saw the vibe. It’s the last verse! You just feel it,” she shared, before revealing that despite the rapturous response to the kiss, she didn’t expect – or want – to stay in the competition.
“Once it was me and Lydia, I did not want to stay at all. I knew how bad Lydia wanted it, and I’d rather have her stay than me. However, if it was me and [fellow competitor] Onya [Nerve] in the bottom? Baby, I’m bucking! Even if I did win, I would have to find a way [to save Lydia],’ she said.
“I’d have to BenDeLaCreme myself.”
A queen pulling a “BenDeLaCreme” refers to the All Stars 3 contestant of the same name who decided to eliminate herself from the competition, despite achieving a historic track record. When told to reveal a lipstick with the name of the competitor she wished to send home on it, she revealed one she’d tippexed over with her own name.
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