“Really, Ru?”: Drag Race UK star Kiki Snatch has thoughts on elimination

“Not to toot my own horn, but hello? Like, beep beep?” Kiki Snatch says of her *impeccable* lip-sync smackdown on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Although her battle against Actavia to David Bowie’s funk-rock classic ‘Let’s Dance’ has been widely lauded as one of the British franchise’s best, Kiki was sadly Marcia Marcia Marcia-d – as in, sent unjustly packin’ when a “shantay you both stay” would’ve been apt. As the Saint-Lucian/London “cross-breed baddie” tells GAY TIMES: “When she was like, “Kiki Snatch, you snatched our hearts…” I was like, ‘Don’t do it. How dare you. Really, Ru?’”

The queens of UK season six appeared on The Graham Norton Show for their fifth maxi-challenge, before serving their best (how’s your…) head(?)piece on the main stage. In Kiki’s critiques, the panel highlighted her “performative” style in the challenge and lack of ‘refinement’ on the runway, resulting in her second bottom two placement. Despite her early departure, Kiki has undeniably showcased why she’s considered a drag icon in the London scene with her rousing powerhouse vocals and flawless lip-sync ability, as well as her quintessential “Ro’Sham Bo’Sham” energy.

Read ahead for our exit chat with Kiki, where she reflects on her season six experience, why she almost quit and fled set ahead of her lip-sync showdown and the iconic Scary Movie character she would’ve impersonated on the Snatch Game. Bonus: she also reveals which legendary UK alum she wants to throw down with in a future All Stars lip-sync.

Kiki, are you feeling Ro’Sham Bo’Sham?

I am always feeling Ro’Sham Bo’Sham, baby. It’s a good Ro’Sham Bo’Sham this time.

Well, I’m not feeling Ro’Sham Bo’Sham because of this elimination.

Ugh, chile. If anyone is feeling Ro’Sham Bo’Sham because of this elimination, I’m gonna throw some hands!

It’s despicable to me that, with the lip-sync that you gave, that you are no longer in the competition. That was not “sashay away” worthy. That was Hall of Fame worthy.

Not to toot my own horn, but hello? Like, beep beep? The musicality, the hitting of everything in a tightened corset, ballerina dress that was scratching me from the inside… What?

A lot of fans, including me, think that should have been a double save. Did you ever anticipate that RuPaul might say, ‘Shantay, you both stay’?

You know what, I did. I [thought] she was going to say, ‘Actavia, shantay you stay,’ and then ‘Kiki Snatch, shantay you stay.’ When she was like, “Kiki Snatch, you snatched our hearts…” I was like, ‘Don’t do it. How dare you. Really, Ru? Miss RuPaul Charles, did you really do that to me girl?’ And she did. She could have just been like, ‘Kiki, wait, no, hold on actually.’ I did think she was gonna do that, too… but she didn’t. So I was like, ‘You know what? Graciously, as a hood bitch would, I’m going to step to the side because if I don’t do it now, I’m going to throw some hands and burn this mother down. Lemme just leave. Get me out of the studio, thank you.’”

You looked quite emotional before the lip-sync started. Obviously, you switched it the fuck on when you needed to. So, what was going through your mind when you were standing on the stage opposite Actavia?

There was so many things, and there was also so much of nothing. There was just wind. All I could hear were the fans going and the ambience and the breathing of everybody. Then also it was like, ‘Bitch, just give up. You know what’s going to happen, how it’s going to go.’ Then also I was like, ‘I have to take this bitch down because there is no way I’m going anywhere. You’re going to give it your all.’ Also, [I was] thinking of the comments they had given to me on the stage. It was like, ‘You are you. You are not a character. You’re the best version of yourself. Don’t let nobody tell you otherwise, and show them who the fuck you are.’ So then I did. They still judged me and didn’t like it. I was robbed. I was robbed, but congrats to Actavia. She did shut it down… kind of!

It’s interesting – interesting to me, anyway – that both of your lip-syncs this season were to a male vocal. Not to be rude, but I was quite sad that we didn’t get to see you lip-sync to ‘Tension’ by Kylie.

Now… In the hotel room we have our little iPods. Obviously we can’t have our phones, so we can’t really listen to music. We have to listen to some [lip-sync] tracks. Chile, when I tell you I was in that hotel room like [starts dancing]. It would have gone off! That lip-sync, they should have let that happen. Can you imagine me dancing to ‘Tension’ by Kylie? Also, shoutout to Kylie because she sends me some wines and shit.