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Drag Race winner Kylie Sonique Love breaks silence on that iconic All Stars 6 tumble

By Conor Clark

7th September 2021

Kylie Sonique Love has spoken about the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 finale for the first time since her historic victory.

The final episode of the season saw the top four write, sing and perform a verse of RuPaul and Tanya Tucker’s new song, This is Our Country.

On a set with cowboy-themed dancers and four country vehicles, each of them fought to stand out one last time before RuPaul decided on a winner.

The queens then met with RuPaul and Michelle Visage to talk about why they deserved to be the All Stars champion, before delivering two more show-stopping looks on the runway.

RuPaul appeared to be undecided on who should win and, instead of declaring the top two All Stars of the season, asked all four queens to lip-sync individually to Stupid Love by Lady Gaga.

During her performance, Kylie got caught in her dress and started to fall to the ground, appearing to be out of the running – before turning it into a forward roll like nothing had ever happened.

The iconic moment will undoubtedly go down in Drag Race herstory and it all but solidified Kylie’s win.

The newly-crowned queen has since spoken out about the fall and what was going through her mind as it happened.

“Oh my GOD,” Kylie wrote on Twitter. “I slipped on my boa and my foot got caught in my dress, I seen everything going in slow motion and what learned in gymnastics was when you fall you roll out of it, and make it look good!”

“I love y’all so much for the support I am honored to be your new queen! TBC,” she continued.

Kylie makes herstory as the first transgender winner across all 13 seasons of Drag Race US and all six of All Stars.

She becomes the franchise’s second trans winner overall, following Angele Anang’s victory in the second season of Drag Race Thailand.

The historic win was even acknowledged by NBC News, which Kylie saw and responded to.

“It’s amazing to be acknowledged by @NBCNews,” Kylie wrote on Twitter. “I see there are a lot of ignorant comments made by people who don’t understand and probably don’t even take the time to understand someone like me. As the reigning queen of @RuPaulsDragRace #AllStar6 I will do my best to help educate.”

The legendary queen will be taking home a grand total of $111,000 ($100,000 for winning, $10,000 for her lip-sync victory against Manila Luzon and $1,000 for being named the most in the superlatives mini-challenge).

Alongside her cash prize, Kylie takes home a crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, a year’s supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics and a place in the All Stars Hall of Fame.

All episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 are streaming now on Netflix and season three of the UK edition is expected to air very soon.