June 10, 2025 • 76 mins
The world comes to a standstill when royalty enters the room. Latrice Royale—"large and in charge, chunky and funky"—brings her formidable presence to a conversation that transcends drag entertainment and dives deep into the soul of authenticity, self-love, and purposeful living.
This raw, emotional exchange peels back the sequins and reveals Timothy—the resilient human behind the iconic Latrice Royale persona. With breathtaking candor, Latrice traces her journey from being "different" and not fitting any mold to deliberately transforming perceived weaknesses into superpowers. "If the skinny is doing it, I'm gonna work ten times harder to do the same things," she shares, revealing the determination that propelled her to legendary status.
The conversation takes unexpected emotional turns as both Latrice and host Alethea Crimmins recognize their profound impact on each other's journeys toward self-acceptance. Latrice vulnerably discusses her mental health struggles, including a recent birthday where depression prevented her from receiving love from thousands of well-wishers. Her practical approach to recharging—surrounding herself with inspiring people who "make me love what I do again"—offers wisdom for anyone navigating similar challenges.
Beyond personal revelation, Latrice delivers mic-drop insights about criticism ("I am living rent-free, doing laps inside of your mind"), chosen family ("I have chosen you"), and the deeper purpose of drag ("It shows you that you can be any and everything that you want to be"). Her message to her younger self brings tears: recognizing that being different would ultimately become her greatest strength.
Whether you're a longtime fan or meeting Latrice for the first time, this conversation will leave you changed—inspired to stand in your truth, embrace your uniqueness, and as Alethea says, "have a good day on purpose." What parts of yourself have you been dimming? It's time to let that light shine.
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Welcome back to In the Passenger Seat with your
positivity, queen alicia cremin.
Listen, baby, I need y'all tobuckle up.
I need y'all to put your wigsin your gloves.
Baby, I need you listen, getout your good wig, okay, get out
your good gloss, put on yourgood beat because, baby, we have
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royalty in the building.
Okay, we have royalty in thebuilding, and I do not say that
lightly.
This queen is not just givingdrag honey, she's giving legacy,
she's giving power, she'sgiving broadway, she is giving
bold truth.
If you do not know who I amtalking about, watch this my
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name is atrice royale.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I'm the large and the charge, chunky and funky.
What excites me most aboutjoining this season is working
with my drag children, ha, ha.
And so here we are.
My pronouns are like bitch,honey, bitch, miss mama girl,
just don't call me late fordinner girl.
I started doing drag on a day.
My friends thought it would bea good idea, but I didn't.
(01:38):
But I did anyway, because itwas Halloween.
I was Wanda from the LivingColor Heart.
And so here we are, 30 yearslater.
My get ready routine is prettystandard.
Anyone who knows me knows thatI have to watch the Golden Girls
as I'm getting ready.
If the dressing room is notfilled with Golden Girls, the
pump is off.
What's going on?
Where are the Golden Girls?
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I'm an open book, so everybodyknow everything I do.
I love to cook.
I love going jet skiing becauseI love to be on the water.
Everybody's known as the colorguard queen I twirl.
What I'm best known forperforming-wise is being high
energy.
If you're not screaming andyelling, whether I'm doing a
power ballad or dancing you'regoing to feel something.
(02:21):
Let's rip the roof off thiscabin, guys.
This season I just wanted tomake sure that I made a mark To
me.
It is my mission, it is myministry, it is what I do is
inspire and motivate people tobe their authentic selves, for
them to live freely and happilyand love.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Baby listen, she's off her third residency one, two
, three at the flamingo hotel inlas vegas, with rupaul drag
race live.
I mean, she's slept toward allover, slayed the west in death.
Drop appeared on netflix.
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But this congeniality.
The list goes on and on and onand on.
She's miss.
Don't play with me if youcannot take the heat and if you
still do not know who I amtalking about.
Introducing l-a-t-r-I-C-ELatrice, my love, I can't
remember.
(03:27):
I'm healthy.
I'm Latrice, my love, I'm crying.
Yes, baby, taylor, you are here.
You are here with me in thepassage to see women going on,
latrice.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
When I tell you, girl , look, I'm going to give you
your flowers, virtually Becauselet me tell you what you have
done and are doing is sonecessary and it is literally
the Lord's work and you aresaving lives, you are changing
lives, you are givingaffirmation and confirmation to
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people who never hear it, andthat needs to be noticed and
appreciated, because it is notgone unseen.
Darling, you have a fan in me,you have a support in me.
I love you, I love what you do,I love what you stand for and I
have great days on purposebecause of you.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I love what you do, I love what you stand for and I
have great days on purposebecause of you.
You're welcome.
Yes, listen, oh my God, like Ireceive it, because I'm learning
how to receive and not justgive, how to receive and not
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just give.
I'm learning how to take inthese, my flowers, because
usually I am the giver of and um, I think I still have a slight
bit of imposter syndrome I getit so.
So it's like I'm like I'mreally humble when it comes to
me, so I'm just like thank you.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Let's be real, though it is a little weird when
people that don't know you comeup and tell you oh my God, I
love you, yes, and you inspireme.
It is a lot to take on.
And then you do realize thatyou are walking and working in
your purpose, and that is a hugeresponsibility.
And, like you said, sometimesthe motivator needs motivating,
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and I am one for sure who has totake a step back, recharge or
go, do and surround myself withthe right energy so that I can
get my cup refilled, because wecan't on empty.
And so, for all that you'repouring out, I want to pour into
you, to let you know that youare heaven sent and thank you so
(05:56):
much for all that you're doing.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
So what we're not going to do because I put my
good makeup on, okay, so.
So what we're not going to dotoday, bitch is Drew, because I
put my good makeup on, okay, so,um.
So what we're not gonna dotoday, bitch, is make me sweat
this up, because you see my eyes, how they pretty you are being.
(06:20):
Okay, and we gonna stay that way.
Ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha, we
gonna stay.
What you not gonna do, ha ha,and we're going to stay.
That way, we're going to stay.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
What you not going to do.
You just receive it and save itwhen you're out of makeup girl
there you go Because.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Shaw as soon as I get off of here I'm going to cry oh
my goodness, listen you.
Let me tell you what you havedone for me now.
I have been a rupaul's dragrace girl for the longest.
When you came out, when theysaid Latrice Royale and you were
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unapologetic about who you wereas a plus-size Black woman,
when I tell you, that didsomething to my soul, like I'm
going to tell you to your facethat you kick-started my journey
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to loving myself in my bodymore, because I didn't love
myself in my body.
The way that you came out andyou was like I'm chunky, I'm
funky, I'm in charge, I don'tgive a fuck because, baby, I was
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like I want to be Latrice.
My ass, I want to be Latrice.
And it was like man, just tosee how beautiful that was, just
you loving you just as as youare, with no permission needed.
That was all I needed to see toknow that this is who I want to
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be Like.
I want to embody this.
I want to be this.
I loved drag, but I neverwanted to be a.
Now, I loved drag, but I neverwanted to be a drag queen so bad
.
Until I saw you, I was like, ifever, if I was to be a drag
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queen, I am going to be Latrice,because of this?
Where did all this come from,and were you always just like?
Were you always that?
Speaker 2 (08:49):
no, it took me a long time to love myself the right.
You know, um, I, I would say,growing up I was always
different.
I was always the bigger kid,awkward, like you know what I
mean.
I'm just, I didn't fit into anymold, um, and so, like people
didn't know what to do with me,I was charismatic, always the
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life of the party.
Funny, you know.
That got me friends.
I didn't have a problem withfriends, you know, but loving
myself wholeheartedly never wasa thing to later, in adulthood.
You know it took me a long timeto get to the point where, um,
I embraced my size.
I, always, because I danced anddo did color guard, I'll never
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let my size be a hindrance okaynever let I.
If the skinny is doing it, I'mgonna work 10 times harder to do
the same things and then it'llbe more impressive because my
big ass is doing it.
You know what I mean.
So that's how I learned how toturn the party.
So you take that and you takeyour power, your superpowers
that you thought were weaknesses, and turn them into superpowers
, and that's how I learned howto really hone into what I had.
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I knew I had something specialand something different and
unique that separated me fromthe rest of the pack.
And then, once I learned thatyou can call me whatever you
want to call me bitch, that'swhat your answer to.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
That part.
That part, because I don't carewhat you call me at all, like I
don't care what you say aboutme.
It's the fact that I am soimportant that you are talking
about me, bitch.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
So you ain't got nothing else going on in your
life, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Got it.
So, therefore, I am livingrent-free.
I am doing laps inside of yourmind.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Disrupting your whole world.
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
And I love that.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
You're bothered.
I am completely unbothered.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
And I mean unbothered , to the epitome of
unbotheredness, like I do notcare and watching you help me
get to this.
I don't care.
Y'all think I'm fat.
That's on you.
I think I am fine.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Trust and believe, Trust and believe.
And then once I realized, likeyou know, like let's just be
real, Like you know, you wouldthink it's going to be a hard
time.
People are like, oh, I can'tfind it, David, but I have no
problems in that department.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
I need people to know and understand.
People think, oh, you must haveBaby.
Let me tell you something Inever had a problem.
I never had an issue withanybody loving my plus size of
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the thigh foopaliciousness.
I never had an issue with itbecause, baby, I will always
find me a fooper mechanic thatwill lift this fish up.
Lift it up.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You gotta lift up that hood baby and let it work,
baby.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
They will lift up this fooper and eat it like a ch
that hood baby.
And let it work, baby.
They will lift up this fupa andeat it like a chalupa bitch.
I'm trying to tell you I'mtrying to Baby, my size ain't
Because my wife love it.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Happily married.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
For 11 years, bitch, you better testify.
11 years, bitch, you bettertestify.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Tell them, honey.
11.
13 years married for seven,going on our seventh.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
And we have been together for 16 years and she
ain't going nowhere and neitheram I why.
And she loved me when I wasalmost 400 pounds.
She loved me then and she lovedme now.
So I mean, it's not about theoutside, it's what's inside.
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And if people would just stoplooking at the outside and
letting that hinder you, makingyou think that because because I
look like this, because I looklike that, what you cannot do,
baby, you can do anything youset your mind to.
It don't matter how you look.
One person may not like it, butthere is somebody out there
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who's going to love it and loveit right honey.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Love it the right way , the right way.
Love me in that special way,honey.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
You better bring back that old school.
You better bring back that oldschool.
You better catch it Just now.
It has been caught.
It has been caught, oh my God.
Okay, so you said that drag wasnot even supposed to happen.
(14:06):
Like this wasn't even yourministry, Like this is what you
wouldn't even think about nomakeup, no lip, no wig, no
breastplate, no, nothing bitch.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
No, especially because back then I was never
seeing a queen that looked likeme.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Facts.
Like you, came on that sceneand shattered it, and I don't
care who hit me.
That's it.
I thought there would never beand quote me, there will never
(14:50):
be another Latrice,motherfucking Royale.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
You can take that to the bank.
You can take that to the bankthat's going to cash 100%
Quickly.
Baby, the coins are there.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
You didn't have to worry about my coins.
Bitch, you didn't have to worryabout it.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah, no, it was not my ministry, or I didn't see it
for me, because I look at mystature.
I was like baby, I'm way toobig.
I stand six foot four.
Then I was like at my thinnest,which I was like around 265,
which is thin.
I was in a 34 waist and I stillwas just like this head and
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shoulders baby, ain't trying tofool nobody Like come on now,
you've got to build.
Whatever's going on here, Ican't shop off the rack and I
couldn't sell.
So I never just saw it formyself.
But then I started seeing waysthat it could happen and got a
little bit of a tinge of anapplause and won the second
(16:08):
contest.
The first contest I did Ididn't go to.
I didn't have no drag Girl, Ididn't have no drag.
There was no Amazon Prime.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
You got like clips of this.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
No there was no camera.
We were talking 1993.
There was no cameras, we aretalking 1993.
Baby, no man.
No, there was no cameras, nofilm.
So thank goodness, thankgoodness there's no pictures,
even Thank goodness, wasn't thatbad.
(16:41):
Yeah, girl, I got a fashioncitation.
She told me don't ever wearthat again.
I got a fashion citation.
She told me don't ever wear thatagain not a fashion citation
that's what you know when yougot a ticket bitch for what you
got on, baby.
Look, here's a fine.
You gonna pay this at theoffice, at the desk number 11.
See the clerk on your way out,cause you ain't getting the
(17:04):
prize tonight.
Yeah, in fact you will be.
Yeah, I was there with that.
But then the next week I cameback and won the contest, got
some shoes, some hair and adress and all of a sudden, baby,
I had a new attitude.
I did Patti LaBelle newattitude and won.
And that was the beginning ofthe never-ending story.
And so here we are.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
People like people all and only see the like glitz,
the glam, the like gowns, thelike beauty, but they don't
always see the like grind behindwhat you do.
What is something that peoplewould be shocked to know about
what it really takes to do whatyou do um that we carry our own
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bags and luggage just like you.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
But no, like there is so much that goes into the art.
Like coming from my era whereyou had to be a designer.
You had to learn how to sew,you had to do hair, you had to
learn how to do your own makeup.
Obviously, you had to be aself-sufficient queen to even be
(18:27):
able to be a working queen,because you have to have new
looks every week.
You're in, you know, you're inthe club environment, so you
have to come up with a newconcept, new songs, new
everything, and so you arealways creating and being
creative and doing work outsideof the actual glitz and glam of
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the show.
So you know they don't see thefeathers and the stones and the
glue all over your house andglitter all over your house and
it's a big old mess.
And then you got to clean thatshit up, and so that's why I
don't have it in my house in mygarage because you don't bring
that faggoty ass shit up in here.
You get that when she get herass outside in the garage, okay,
(19:09):
I come up in my house.
She got a room upstairs that'swardrobe, wardrobe to the garage
.
Baby, don't even stop, don'teven pause.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
See, what I'm gonna need you to do is I'm gonna need
you to teach a class, becauseyou said that this should be
common knowledge to know how tosew and know how to do things
(19:43):
Like this should be commonknowledge.
If this is your career and thisis your profession, I'm gonna
need you to teach.
Teach this class, because someof these queens be on and they
don't.
Um, I didn't see the 17,.
All-star 23.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Girl, look, let me tell you something.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
You still can't do this shit.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
The guy for me is that, like these girls, a lot of
them don't know that struggle.
Everything has been at theirfingertips.
They can order it, they haveaccess to designers, wig, hair,
makeup people.
You don't have to do nothingbut learn how to put some makeup
on, and that you can find onthe tutorial.
(20:33):
We didn't have tutorials, wehad trial and error.
Yes, baby, we had to take apicture, wait for it, go to the
little drugstore to get itdeveloped on film and then look
at it back and be like, ooh,girl, let's highlight.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Let me put some more contour here, let me put some
more in my nose, let me put somehighlight.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
You had the physical evidence back then.
Now, baby, the delusion is real.
These girls really thinkthey're drag queens, and they're
not.
You're not a queen until youcan be self-sufficient.
You're drag princesses.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
You can stand on your own.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
A queen can stand on their own.
They're rulers.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
They're most Not them being Miss Chi-Chi, just a boy
in a dress, not Miss.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Chi-Chi, not this boy in a dress, not this Chi-Chi
vibe baby, you better get off,my Get off.
Baby, princess point.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Get off.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Baby Princess.
Point Back to that movie.
That was real talk.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
There are just things that if you want to do a job
like me I said, I want to do apodcast there's shit that it
takes to do it, because if, if Iwant to do it the right way, if
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I want to do it the right way,so I don't want just smoking
mirrors no that's that's not mymanager said that is like going
on American Idol and not knowinghow to sing like why are you
there?
(22:36):
we see you on the blooper tapebut some, like some, just want,
and that's what bothers me it'smore about getting known than
the actual craft.
Yeah, like this is an art formyeah, so the era of producing
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entertainers.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I feel like Blackie, yeah, like we've really lost
that part of the drag, likewe've produced a lot of
personalities and girls who canmove their mouth around to other
people's songs.
Bitch, that's what that is.
But, like Girl, ain't nobodyfeeling nothing.
(23:28):
You look cute, you look cute.
It's a cute little look, butgirl, miss Dean beautiful gowns,
beautiful gowns.
Girl no substance, though.
You know what I mean.
I want some substance, I wantdrag.
I want some substance, I wantdrag, I do.
I want a bitch that don't makeme lose my shit and start
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screaming and hollering in theeye yes, Pay her money, Take all
my money.
That's the kind of queen Irespect.
The rest are just like.
I'm glad you have a job.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
For now.
Block out.
Just leave now, because I can't.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
You have a job for now.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Stop, stop, stop.
But how, how, how has this,like this art form, this career,
this amazing career that youhave made for yourself, how has
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this changed you, shaped, youmade you to who you are right
now?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
that is such a great question.
Like I come from the school ofhard knocks, so everything that
I've learned is self-taught andself-learned.
My mother taught me boughtsense is the best sense in the
world, and that does not meanlike what you pay for with money
is what you pay for with yourexperience and pain.
Yes, so those lessons are theones that are going to affect
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you and mold you and shape youthe most.
So it's not really a failure,it's an opportunity for growth.
And so once I learned how totake those lessons and apply
them to success, I was able toflourish and it's made me become
more accountable person,because you have to be honest
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with yourself, you have to bereally, like as much as we are
in the fantasy and delusion, yougot to be real with yourself
and know what's good for you andwhat's not, and where your lane
is.
And because there's not exactlya lane for me, I created my own
.
It's double wide, but I createdmy own, and so that's how I was
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able, and I am able, to sustainand flourish and thrive and
have longevity because I applythose tools and I'm always
working for the next thingthat's going to elevate me.
I can't ever like it's okay togo back to your roots, like I'm
in this era right now where I'min my roots, because I feel like
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in this administration I needto pour into my community more
and do our queer spaces are safe.
So my shows are back in theclubs and making sure that I'm
doing pride and I'm visible formy community and the other stuff
is fine and dandy Theater iswonderful and great and grand
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and doing my solos One womanshows was great and grand and
doing my solo one woman showswas great and grand, but it's
not doing what it needs to dofor my community and we need to
pour into that and so those kindof steps I do, I like I never
forget where I come from andthat's why I'm still here.
You know you gotta like pickand choose what's important and
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your priorities, and so here Iam, 33, I love it and you, you,
you have been through a lot ofpain in your life.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
you've talked openly about you being in prison and
like pressure and all theseother things, and the way you
turned it around and turned allthat into purpose is why I love
you so fucking much.
Because because a whole lot ofpeople would have had this oh
(27:38):
well, I've been through this,I've been through that, I've
been through that, I've beenthrough that and even though
you've gone through pain you didnot like, even though it
happened to you, it did notbecome you.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
No, and you know, the thing about the system is that
it is designed for you to submitand you to be institutionalized
and become a part of the system.
It is not like therehabilitation part of the
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system is really broken becausethey don't do that, they don't,
they don't.
They promise you that they'regoing to have programs but you
can't get a job as a felon.
What?
No, nobody's hiring you.
I mean, you can becomepresident of the United States,
but you can't get a job.
At this point, now more thanever, you have to take that shit
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off the application.
Like, don't ask that questionanymore.
It is no longer valid.
It doesn't matter If you're aresident of the United States.
I can work at McDonald's bitch.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Right now.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
Without a background check.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Right.
Do not ask me for a backgroundcheck anymore, because I'm not
giving you one.
What for?
Speaker 2 (29:10):
It doesn't matter, for it does not matter.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
So, guess what?
I will no longer be doing that.
Because, why?
Because, for what I'm, I'm,listen.
I have been trying to figurethis shit out for the longest
time, like wait.
So that means that I can justgo and get.
So so if I go apply at WellsFargo, bitch, do not ask me if I
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ever robbed a bank.
That's, that's not your fuckingbusiness.
Just hire me, bitch, do not askme if I ever robbed a bank.
That's not your fuckingbusiness.
Just hire me, I'm here today.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
You find out we're all in the F around and find out
phase you need to just go aheadand join on in baby.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
F around and find out .
As long as I look the part,it's just on my mind I'm coming
in, greg, I'm coming in, I'mgoing to it's going to matter.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
I'm coming in, greg.
I'm coming in, I'm going togive you corporate realness.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
I'm going to show up With my pants on.
With my pants on, I'm going tomake you look good and fresh.
Yes, ma'am, listen, I'm noteven even gonna lie to you.
I had this list of questionsthat that like I was gonna ask
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about about your career and allyour accounts but I feel like
all this shit has been asked andanswered.
I the reason why I have youhere is because I want to know
you and I want other people toknow you outside of all of this,
I love that.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
I love that Because you're right, because it has
been asked and answered.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
You know what, if y'all want to know everything
that Latrice has done, google it.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
Okay, okay okay, it really is what you talking about
.
What you talking about?
Speaker 1 (31:12):
because baby, listen.
This is why my I say podcast,but I'm going to start speaking
truth and speaking life into it.
My show, your show, my show isdifferent because I don't want
(31:37):
to know what everybody elseknows.
I want to know what's inside ofyou.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
It's common knowledge right.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
We don't want that common knowledge bullshit, like
I know because I don't watchTamron Hall, right, I don't want
(32:07):
to be that, I want to be thereal ratchet me.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Okay, and I receive it, honey, I'll meet you.
We're going to be together.
I'll meet you when you're back,girl, that's a good job.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
So I know that you said that one of the videos of
mine that touched you was andit's like it's so many people,
so many, and I've got so manydms from people that said you
(32:43):
you've done the exact same thingfor me and I didn't realize
that, like I, like I am proeverybody, like I don't care who
you are black, white, green,red, trans, black, white, green,
red, trans, bi, lesbian yeah,like I do not care, like I love
(33:09):
people, just because they'repeople.
But what I didn't realize wasthe people that that affected
and the lives that that changed.
And when that girl walked up tome, I like I like I couldn't
even finish shopping, like Ijust walked out you're like I am
(33:34):
done and I mean done, done,done, done.
Has that ever like I?
I know, but I just want to asklike, has that ever happened to
you?
Like has has?
Has anyone walked up to you andsaid Latrice, you have saved my
life because I know that youhave that power.
(33:58):
Like you, you have that powerin what you do.
So what was one moment thathappened like that?
That just stuck with you andyou will never forget it.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Well, the most memorable and I got to tell you
it sticks out at the top mostemotional meet and greet I've
ever had in my life, in mycareer, was in Brazil.
I think we're in Sao Paulo,either Sao Paulo or Rio, brazil.
And you know, I thought thatthere would be some kind of
(34:31):
language barrier based on whereI was and the kind of thing that
I chose to do.
I chose to do so at that time.
I always did like an upbeathouse anthem, you know, dancing,
kicking and splitting.
But I'm always going to eithergo to church with Aretha or
(34:52):
encourage yourself.
Particular day it was on myheart to do encourage yourself
because they were going througha, were going through a real
rough time politically and so Iwanted to like I had a message
for them, baby, when I tell youwe turned that club into a
sanctuary and I don't know whatcame over me, sometimes I feel
like my mother embodies me.
(35:13):
She's a minister and she'spassed on Obviously, like I
always feel her presence.
I was feeling her a lot when Iwas in Brazil present.
I was feeling her a lot when Iwas in Brazil and at the end of
that performance I gave myminister benediction speeches.
I do.
And the meet and greet was afterthe show and I cannot tell you
(35:36):
how many people were coming upand just pouring out their
hearts and it was so emotionaland how I've touched and saved
them and give them hope and whythey keep moving and keep moving
on because they can Latrice cando it, I can do it and it was
just just heart wrenching to thepoint where we are all crying.
(35:59):
We had to take a break so muchwe had to take a break.
We're like everybody.
Let's take 10 and let's regroup.
I got to fix my makeup becausebaby lashes was gone off my face
, but to receive all that was sooverwhelming and it's hard to
process because you're just like, I'm just being me.
(36:22):
I'm just doing what it is on myheart to do and I don't feel
like I'm doing anything special.
But there's an anointing overyou as me that you can't deny
that and it's infectious.
And when you speak and when youtalk to people, you are speaking
from your heart, the rest oftheir hearts, and that's the
(36:45):
main line and I do the samething.
That's why it resonated to meand you were speaking from your
heart and it was a main line tome and I was just like I can't
hold this anymore.
I've been wanting to just be,but like I feel weird.
I gotta tell you I anymore.
I've been wanting to just be,but like I feel weird.
I gotta tell you I feel weirdslipping into people's DMs.
I like I'm like I'm being oneof them people, but here I go.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
No, but I'm, I'm.
I'm so glad that that you did,because I mean, I'm, I'm.
I'm the kind of person that Ifeel like I'm just me, and I
never thought that what I dolike I know that, I know that, I
know that I know that God hascalled me to do this.
(37:31):
Like I know that I know have myvoice, like my, like my too
loud too much, too extra voicereach somebody like you,
(37:53):
millions, millions of peoplelike around the world, literally
around the world world.
It touches my soul.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Yeah, it's next level .
It's next level and you willcontinue to be blessed, because
that's one thing about it.
God takes care of his own andso it doesn't matter.
This is why I get so mad.
I ain't going to go there withthe church, but they piss me off
.
They piss me off but because ifyou're trying to be Christ-like
(38:24):
, this is what God does he meets.
Christ meets you where you are,in the streets, in the club.
That's why I was able to turnthat club into a sanctuary and
we forgot that we were in anightclub for a moment and
everybody was connected on adifferent level that was greater
than us.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
Because church is where you are.
Speaker 2 (38:46):
It's not a building.
It's not a building.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
It is wherever you are, where two or three are
gathered together.
Come on come on, don't tell mesomebody.
I mean we are gathered, we area multitude we have a church
right now.
Right now, this is the gospel.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
This is the truth.
Praise Rick, praise Rick.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
That's how you know when you go to church, when you
get that church clap yes, ma'am,oh, my goodness, oh, that's
what it's about.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Yes, yeah, it's overwhelming and it took me a
while to, like you know, live inthat and and just receive it.
And you gotta take a deepbreath and sometimes, like you
were overwhelmed in that store.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
It's overwhelming, like so when, when, when, that,
when that happens, like speakingfrom a mental health standpoint
especially, especially doingwhat you do, especially you
being known as a Black queericon, like everybody knows who
(40:09):
you are what do you do when itgets like that and when this
world feels so heavy but youstill have to show up as Latrice
, like still have to show up asLatrice, like you can't show up
as nobody else?
What do you do when it's justlike it's heavy, but I still
(40:34):
gotta go out there and do it.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
That is real baby.
That is real Like I'm human.
I'm human and as much love andpositivity that I put out, there
is darkness within me as well,that I have to battle and shout
down voices in my head and oldways, because I'm constantly
(41:03):
working on myself, same, to be abetter version of myself.
Same, there's a lot ofreleasing and forgiveness and,
like you, have to dig deep andback and things that you have
suppressed to a level of loveand acceptance that you have
suppressed, to get to a level oflove and acceptance that you
(41:24):
are worthy of everything that iscoming to you.
And so I had a moment around mybirthday where it was the
darkest birthday I've ever had.
I couldn't even get out of bed,girl.
February 12th 2025 was a darkday for me.
I had a loving husband.
I had thousands and thousandsof well wishes from all over the
(41:47):
world that I could not evenlook at to receive because I
couldn't take it in.
I was not in a place to receiveit and that was concerning for
me.
But at that moment, I had tothink that this is not me.
This is not healthy.
I definitely don't like thisplace.
(42:08):
I know where it's headed.
What do I need to do to get meback.
So I needed a recharge.
I needed be around people thatwere going to inspire me, that
was going to keep me like a goodkiki and, at the same time,
(42:28):
give me some good drag and makeme love what I do again.
And so I booked a trip to LA.
I booked a whole tour to LA soI can be around my sisters and
do a trip for me that was goingto inspire me and be around the
fans and reconnect with thecommunity and all that love that
I got.
When I tell you, my cup wasoverflowing the first three days
(42:51):
, I was overflowing, and so youjust have to find what it is
that recharges you and putyourself there and, thank God,
I'm in a position to say, well,if it's LA, it is LA, I go.
You know what I mean.
Wherever it is.
If I need to go to wherever, Iwill go, Whatever that is.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
when you need to come to Louisiana so I can cook for
you, then you're going to cook.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
What part of Louisiana are you in?
Speaker 1 (43:23):
Lafayette, louisiana.
Lafayette, where the best foodat.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
Where the best food at.
I'm not that far to get to.
I can get to Lafayette.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
Do not, do not threaten me with a good time,
because, baby, I will go get myMagna light pots out right now.
I will get my Magna and I willsmother you something serious.
Speaker 2 (43:53):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (43:57):
Just let me know, done and done.
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Consider yourself a little bit.
Speaker 1 (44:05):
Y'all heard, y'all heard it.
So when y'all see Latrice at myhouse just finger licking good.
Because that's what's going tohappen.
That's snoring on her couch.
Speaker 2 (44:29):
Girl.
You know how we do Get the itisgirl?
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (44:40):
Listen, I love how you said okay, listen, I, I, I
am a queen, but I'm human, likeI'm, I'm, I'm being real, so as
a human.
And I love how you say that youhad to surround yourself with
people.
So let's talk about family,because this is a topic.
(45:03):
Especially when I talk aboutboundaries, it's like what, what
, what if they family, so, butlet's talk about chosen family
versus blood family.
How has that journey shaped theway that you love, how you live
, how you lead?
Speaker 2 (45:26):
Chosen family has way more weight than my blood.
Family, yes, 100%, thatrelationship has so much more
weight.
It means it is so much morethan my blood because I have
chosen you.
(45:46):
Yes, I have chosen you.
I can't help what I got, I'mlike that ain't my fault.
But I have chosen you and ifwe're going to be family, then
we're going to operate as such,you know.
And so my chosen family we are.
(46:07):
We are tight niche when I tellyou that is how I got to where I
am, because, um, I wasn't.
I was on the outs of my regularfamily.
Now my relationship with myfamily is gorgeous and golden
because I had to go on TV totell people who the fuck I am.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (46:29):
Sometimes you gotta put them on blast.
Speaker 2 (46:32):
And then when they saw it, they're like oh yeah,
but gorgeous.
Now.
Like I was just talking to mybrother yesterday, I just saw
them.
Last month, we all weretogether for the first time
since my wedding.
I was just talking to mybrother yesterday, I just saw
them.
Last month, we all weretogether for the first time
since my wedding.
It was great.
But my chosen family, you're myrock, you are Everything,
(46:54):
you're my everything, you're myemergency contact.
Speaker 1 (46:56):
Everything Same, just real.
Speaker 2 (47:06):
You're my emergency contact because that's it's just
you've earned that.
Speaker 1 (47:09):
I mean because, if, because blood to for me and and
and I say this all the time yeah, well, that's, that's your
blood.
But if the blood is toxic, thenit becomes blood poisoning, and
I don't want that around me.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
So what we're going to do is a transfusion, because
we can't have that.
Speaker 1 (47:40):
We don't want it spreading through the rest of my
body okay, so I have to cut itoff, gotta I, I have to.
What's the hand?
These holes and cup it's youlike you.
Speaker 2 (47:51):
There's a way in which you know, my mother told
me a long time ago you gottatreat people, teach people how
to treat you and like, yes, foreverybody.
You don't get a pass becauseyou're you, don't get to
disrespect me because you'refamily.
You don't get to call me out myname because you're family.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
Facts Like you just feel, how you want to feel but
your feelings are not facts.
Because I am not responsiblefor how you feel.
Speaker 2 (48:15):
Or your triggers or insecurities that they might
bring up because you might befeeling some type of way really
inside.
Speaker 1 (48:23):
It's get out them, people business.
Speaker 2 (48:25):
That's the whole thing, because you couldn't
express yourself the way youcould because of the way you
came up and the time you came up.
That don't mean that this is adifferent time, different day,
baby, and so what I'm not aboutto do is live inauthentically.
Speaker 1 (48:43):
Speaking of living inauthentically, this is the
perfect time to bring up myfavorite portion of the show.
This is where you guys send meyour questions and we answer
them on the show.
I always allow my guests toanswer first.
(49:04):
So this is the Ask Aletheaquestion.
Alethea, I've always felt likeI was too much, too loud, too
extra, too different.
People tell me to dim it down,soften it up, make myself more
palatable, but I don't want tolive in hiding.
(49:28):
How do I walk in my truth whenthe world keeps handing me shame
?
Oh baby, how do I walk in mytruth when the world keeps
handing me shame?
Latrice, I will give you thatone first baby.
Come on now with the come onnow don't you ever dim your
(49:55):
light for nobody.
Speaker 2 (49:56):
Baby, tell them to get some sunglasses or umbrella
or a blindfold because, baby,what they're about to see might
hurt their eyes.
Speaker 1 (50:06):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (50:09):
But the rest of the world is ready for you.
So don't ever dim your light,honey.
These small-minded people thatare telling you that are jealous
number one because they feellike they can't be you.
They can't be as outgoing asyou, so that's why they would
prefer you not to, becauseyou're holding up a mirror to
(50:32):
what they can't do, and that'sjust real you got a priest.
Don't ever dim your light foranybody, baby.
I mean, obviously there's timeand place for everything.
So you know, be purposeful inwhere you shine your light.
You know what I mean andintentional about it.
(50:53):
But don't ever dim it, baby,Because you are and you're never
too much, they're too littleand you're never too much,
they're too little.
Speaker 1 (51:06):
I was just picking back off for you because, baby,
you just said everything thatneeded to be said, which needed
to be done.
Okay, but listen, yourexistence is not a problem to be
solved, it's not.
You are not too much, you'rejust surrounded by people that
are not enough that part thatyou're surrounded by people who
(51:31):
are not enough.
This world is trying to convinceyou that you have to shrink in
order to be accepted.
But here is the gag whether youshrink or shine, they're going
to talk about you anyway, baby.
So just be you.
Just be you.
You do not need anybody'spermission to shine.
Because what I always say is ifthe sun does not need
(51:53):
permission to shine, why shouldyou shine?
Why should you?
You don't need it.
The the ones who do not get itwere never meant to sit at your
table anyway, because you arethe table.
You are the table.
Do not let anybody ask you whatyou bring to the table.
(52:13):
I am the table, baby.
I am the table, baby.
What?
Speaker 2 (52:17):
do you mean what?
Speaker 1 (52:18):
do you mean?
So be you out loud, be you outloud, love you out loud, out
loud, and let them pull up aseat and watch, or not, and take
notes, period, listen.
If you want your questionanswered on Ask Alethea, dm me
(52:43):
or send me an email atpimpingpositivity at gmailcom,
and your question just may beanswered on our next show.
Okay, all right, with all thatbeing said about living out loud
and loving yourself out loud, Ijust want to get back to what
(53:04):
you do, your art form, which isdrag.
Right now, it is under attackPeriod, yeah, but we also know
that drag is not entertainment.
It's expression.
Yeah, entertainment, it'sexpression.
(53:26):
Yeah, so it's.
It's.
To some people, it's survival,like that's all they know, like
this, this, this is why theywake up every morning, this is
how they get through the day.
It's it's how they protest.
This is not just entertainment.
So what do you want people tofinally understand about drag?
Speaker 2 (53:52):
Drag is purposeful.
It brings people together, itbuilds community.
It shows you that you can beany and everything that you want
to be and you don't have toconform to what social construct
has designed.
And that is the beauty of drag,it's expression.
(54:15):
You can be a goddess, you canbe a butterfly.
You can be a butterfly.
You can be whatever inspiresyou and dream it.
And that's the fantasy of itall.
And what's wrong with havingdreams and fantasy?
Speaker 1 (54:32):
Nothing at all.
Speaker 2 (54:33):
If it makes you happy , darling, then do it.
Speaker 1 (54:49):
Glitter ain't never hurt nobody, unless you choke on
it.
Please do not put glitter intoyour mouth, because we don't
want that.
You're going to be shittingglitter for a week, girl.
Speaker 2 (55:01):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (55:09):
Okay, see, I was gonna come back with a serious
question.
Let me put my serious face onmy serious face on Wait let me
put my serious face on.
Okay, amen, okay, okay, okay,okay, okay.
(55:38):
This is what I want you to dofor me, right, quick.
I want you to close your eyesand think about one of the
darkest times in your life.
Like, just close your eyes andjust think, whatever, go way
back, however far you, you, yougotta be.
(56:00):
Think of that version ofyourself.
Okay, if you were talking tothat version of you right now,
what would you tell that versionof you?
What would you whisper to thatversion of you?
What would you whisper to thatversion of you and what truth
(56:25):
would you give to that babyqueen before the world tried to
dim your light?
Speaker 2 (56:35):
Wow, you're doing that.
You're doing the.
You're doing the.
You're doing the thing.
You're doing the thing.
Girl, you're doing the thing.
You're doing the thing.
Girl, you're doing the thing.
Okay, okay, no-transcript whatpeople call you and tell you
(57:36):
that you are.
You're going to learn how tocome to peace with the fact that
you are different and you beatyour own drum, and that is going
to be your superpower.
That's going to make you standout among the regular people,
(57:59):
and people are going to see ashine and a glow about you that
they can't explain but they'reattracted to, and that's how the
whole world is going to fall inlove with you and you're going
(58:20):
to be just fine.
Speaker 1 (58:27):
Baby, if I could just reach through this.
If I could just reach throughthis, I just want to hug you so
bad.
My life manager is sittingthere like this, yeah.
Speaker 2 (58:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I got me down.
Speaker 1 (58:51):
Yeah, can I just tell you from my heart, like from my
heart, from my heart, like frommy heart, that I am so proud of
you, like, from from from myheart, like this this we're not
(59:13):
even on this podcast right now,like we're not even like I'm
talking to you.
Speaker 2 (59:20):
I'm so proud of you thank you, and I am proud of you
as well like I'm proud.
Speaker 1 (59:27):
I'm proud of every time that you put yourself
together after you've beenbroken.
I'm proud of every time thatyou got up after you fell.
I'm proud of every time thatyou turn dust into diamonds.
I'm just proud of you and Ithink that you are the most
(59:49):
beautiful human being and I hopethat you never, ever, ever,
ever, ever change Ever.
Speaker 2 (01:00:03):
Thank you.
I Thank you.
I love you too, Girl.
You got Miguel.
You said we weren't doing this.
Speaker 1 (01:00:12):
Shut up, shut up, yolly.
I'm sorry, y'all, y'all no, butI just feel like you need to
(01:00:32):
know this from a genuine place,not from a place of Latrice
Royale, like it's outside of it.
It's so much bigger, it's you,it's you Like Latrice is just
(01:01:00):
secondary.
Speaker 2 (01:01:04):
Yeah, Like Latrice is just secondary.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:01:06):
It's you and I'm proud of you, so I just need you
to know this.
Speaker 2 (01:01:15):
Oh well, thank you, my love.
I'm very proud of you too andI'm just, I feel like I'm really
blessed and we are blessed, andyou know I this motivates me
and this is what keeps me fueledto keep on keeping on.
It ain't easy all the time.
Moments like this that you,like I've connected with a soul
(01:01:45):
that you know you can't denythat.
You can't deny that connectiononce you do that mainline thing,
heart to heart and um, yeah,you tapped into mine and you're,
you're definitely a part of me.
Uh, I love you, I love you, I'ma part of Latrice.
Speaker 1 (01:02:03):
See, y'all keep hearing Latrice, latrice,
latrice, latrice.
Right now I'm not talking toLatrice, I'm talking to Timothy.
We're going to use yourgovernment name.
(01:02:25):
What's wrong with my governmentname?
But I wanted you on this showbecause that's who I wanted
people to know.
We all know who Latrice is, weknow and love, but the world
(01:02:47):
needs to also know who Timothyis, so we can know and love him
too, because I do, I do, I doyou have to.
Speaker 2 (01:02:58):
You can't love one without the other, I mean hello,
but yeah, it's important youhave to you can't love one
without the other.
Hello, it's important.
Speaker 1 (01:03:09):
Love you, love you.
Okay, so, real quick, we'regoing to bring this mood up.
We're going to stop crying.
We're going to stop doing moodup real, real quick.
We're going to stop crying.
We're going to stop doing allthis.
Come on, come on, get back ingangster mode.
Speaker 2 (01:03:27):
All right, here we go , thud them out Rapid fire.
Speaker 1 (01:03:33):
All your answer can be is bad bitch bullshit oh.
Speaker 2 (01:03:42):
This looks girl, the shade, the shade.
I wore the right shirt for thissegment.
Speaker 1 (01:03:51):
Here we go.
Okay, so we're going to startwith an easy one.
People who say that you're toomuch, like it's an insult, bad
bitch or bullshit.
Okay, a man who can't dress,can't dance, can't communicate,
(01:04:11):
but he thinks that he is a prize.
Okay, um, okay, who is that?
Don't know their words butstill want to book his feet?
Speaker 2 (01:04:29):
bullshit bullshit.
We ain't got no bad bitches inthe house yet.
You just bringing me all thisbullshit Bullshit.
Speaker 1 (01:04:51):
Baby, I need this charge.
I need this charge right nowbecause I need to listen to you,
baby, okay, okay, okay, lord,where the bad bitch is at, okay,
that's what I want to know.
(01:05:13):
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Hauling out toxic family andblocking them, with peace in
your heart.
I just froze up.
Speaker 2 (01:05:27):
That's a bad bitch Wait what, what it is.
That's a bad bitch.
Speaker 1 (01:05:34):
So, baby, falling out toxic family members and
blocking them with a heart Withpeace in, is it a what Peace?
What With a good heart andpeace in their heart is called a
what?
Speaker 2 (01:05:51):
Bad bitch.
Speaker 1 (01:05:54):
You heard it here first, baby.
That's a bad bitch.
That's a bad bitch right there.
Okay, wigs so high that theyneed their own zip code.
Speaker 2 (01:06:06):
Bad bitch.
Speaker 1 (01:06:10):
Get me out of here.
Speaker 2 (01:06:13):
That's a bad bitch Bitch.
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (01:06:17):
This is for somebody who I know, uh-oh.
Speaker 2 (01:06:22):
All right, let's see who they are.
If they're a bad bitch or fullof shit, let's see.
Speaker 1 (01:06:28):
Friendships that only thrive when you're quiet and
small.
Speaker 2 (01:06:34):
That's some bullshit.
Speaker 1 (01:06:36):
Okay, because, baby, I'm with you.
You can't just be a fairweather friend.
Speaker 2 (01:06:46):
Like you can't just like me when I'm small.
Speaker 1 (01:06:49):
No, what?
No, like me when I'm great Baby.
This is for somebody else who Iknow.
Speaker 2 (01:07:02):
Know, I'm not, I'm not gonna name, no names but,
but if, but, if y'all watching,because?
Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
because y'all don't listen to me.
So therefore, I have to putyour business out women, who
fits his credits, his mentalhealth and his life, and he
still cheats on you and you takehim back.
Speaker 2 (01:07:26):
First of all, that's a bull.
Because first of all, like letme tell you where you first lost
me you said fix his credit.
That's some bullshit.
But then, when you said mentalhealth, you can't fix nobody,
(01:07:48):
you can't fix nobody, you can't,baby, you can't, you can't, no,
you can't.
Jesus can do it, but you can't.
Jesus can do it, but you can't.
Speaker 1 (01:08:02):
But you can't, you can't.
What about straight men whosecretly love drag but will not
admit it?
Speaker 2 (01:08:11):
Bullshit, I know who you're talking about.
I know who you're talking about.
Yup, yup, I know who you'retalking about Yup Punk ass.
Speaker 1 (01:08:27):
Yup, I said it.
Okay, so now I'm being messy Apreacher who praises God on
Sunday and trolls drag queens onMonday.
Speaker 2 (01:08:40):
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and guess
what?
Quiet as it's kept.
They was outside at night atthe club, but didn't think
nobody saw them slip out theback door Baby listen.
Speaker 1 (01:09:01):
Okay, okay, okay.
Whoo see, because, because goddidn't want me, okay, last one,
(01:09:21):
please, that don't pat, don'ttuck.
Speaker 2 (01:09:34):
Do I even quantify that?
That you said everything?
The don't.
The don't that means no, no,it's like for me okay, sure,
(01:09:57):
certain queens who have certainbody types can get away with it,
and I'm like baby, okay, thebody is bodying, certain, and
there are people guarding thequeens, but just because you're
skinny don't mean that youshouldn't pay it.
Oh bitch.
(01:10:18):
You know, Because you look likea straw that has been flattened
.
Like what Look, I'm going toneed some silhouette Bitch.
(01:10:39):
Like where are the curves?
Where is the femininity?
Even mean girls, even lean girls, lean women, athletic women,
they're all kind of women typebody type.
So I'm not saying that you knowit's not valid or whatever, but
this is drag, and drag is anexaggerated version of
(01:11:01):
femininity.
That's what we're doing.
It is, and that's what we'redoing it is.
I don't care what you try todefine it as, and this is my
drag and da-da-da-da-da, butthat's what it was and that's
what it always will be.
And on some level, ground level, at the basic level of drag,
it's an exaggerated version offemininity.
(01:11:23):
That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (01:11:26):
So, in other words, bullshit, oh did.
Speaker 2 (01:11:29):
I say it.
I never said it.
Oh, I thought that my face hadsaid it or my silence had said
it.
Oh, I love you, I love you, Ilove you, I love you, I love my
silence that said it.
But uh, oh, I love you, I loveyou, I love you, I love you, I
love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
Speaker 1 (01:11:46):
Listen, okay, we we gotta, because, because we, we
could talk all damn day, we, we,we have to exchange numbers
like in real life, becausebecause, yes, baby, listen.
You have walked through thefire and hills and you came out
shining like a fucking diamondbitch.
Let me tell you something.
That is who you are.
(01:12:08):
You came out shining okay,because what they don't know
about fire is it makes gold,okay.
So let me tell you something.
And that is exactly whathappened to you.
Speaker 2 (01:12:21):
And then what happens when you put pressure on things
on the rock?
Baby, Baby.
Speaker 1 (01:12:31):
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
So, before we get to the lastsegment of the show, where can
we find all things?
Latrice Royale.
Speaker 2 (01:12:44):
Really On YouTube?
No, no, really.
I'm on Facebook.
(01:13:12):
You can follow me on myFacebook page, instagram, at
Latrice Royale.
I'm on TikTok, but it's LatriceRoyale Inc.
Somebody thought they weregoing to be smart and take my
name, but what they could not dowas take my corporation,
because she is what A businessperson for me.
So, Latrice Royale Inc.
Speaker 1 (01:13:34):
On TikTok Inc.
Because Inc, inc, because ink,ink with ink.
Yeah, betty, I don't know, Idon't know Ink with ink.
(01:13:55):
So our very last segment ofthis show is called Pass it On,
where you pass on a message toeither my next guest or just
anybody watching.
What would be your pass it onmessage that you want to share
with somebody watching?
Speaker 2 (01:14:16):
Greatness comes from within, darling.
So believe in yourself and knowthat you are great.
Walk in your divine destiny andlife will be grand.
Speaker 1 (01:14:28):
Yes, baby, I feel like my soul has been driven.
I feel like I have had a sermon.
I feel like I have hadeverything.
Oh my God, like you have justthis has been divine.
This has been this was meant tohappen.
(01:14:50):
And listen, please do not letthis be your last time being a
guest, and hopefully next timeyou'll be sitting next to me.
Yeah, because we can make thathappen.
Speaker 2 (01:14:59):
You heard that this is cute for a taste, but wait,
be sitting next to me, yeah,because we can make that happen.
You heard that, like this islook, this is cute for a taste,
but wait till we get in person.
Okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (01:15:09):
So next time we're not giving pandemic vibes.
Ha, she tried to comfort for meon my show.
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (01:15:18):
God, I surely did, but you.
Speaker 1 (01:15:26):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:15:27):
You appreciate it real.
Good girl, I do, I did.
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 1 (01:15:40):
Let this episode, let this episode be your permission
slip to be loud, to be weird,to be what, just to be you
unapologetically.
Let this be your permissionslip.
Be you and the rest of theworld will catch up.
(01:16:01):
Okay, so, as you go out thereand be great in they face, know
that you are everything andeverything is you.
You are the shits, the wholeshit, and nothing.
But what shit, yeah, baby.
So as you be, it's like I knowyou can be you have a good day
on purpose.
Huh, you're welcome.
Welcome back to In the Passenger Seat with your
positivity, queen alicia cremin.
Listen, baby, I need y'all tobuckle up.
I need y'all to put your wigsin your gloves.
Baby, I need you listen, getout your good wig, okay, get out
your good gloss, put on yourgood beat because, baby, we have
(00:47):
royalty in the building.
Okay, we have royalty in thebuilding, and I do not say that
lightly.
This queen is not just givingdrag honey, she's giving legacy,
she's giving power, she'sgiving broadway, she is giving
bold truth.
If you do not know who I amtalking about, watch this my
(01:12):
name is atrice royale.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I'm the large and the charge, chunky and funky.
What excites me most aboutjoining this season is working
with my drag children, ha, ha.
And so here we are.
My pronouns are like bitch,honey, bitch, miss mama girl,
just don't call me late fordinner girl.
I started doing drag on a day.
My friends thought it would bea good idea, but I didn't.
(01:38):
But I did anyway, because itwas Halloween.
I was Wanda from the LivingColor Heart.
And so here we are, 30 yearslater.
My get ready routine is prettystandard.
Anyone who knows me knows thatI have to watch the Golden Girls
as I'm getting ready.
If the dressing room is notfilled with Golden Girls, the
pump is off.
What's going on?
Where are the Golden Girls?
(01:59):
I'm an open book, so everybodyknow everything I do.
I love to cook.
I love going jet skiing becauseI love to be on the water.
Everybody's known as the colorguard queen I twirl.
What I'm best known forperforming-wise is being high
energy.
If you're not screaming andyelling, whether I'm doing a
power ballad or dancing you'regoing to feel something.
(02:21):
Let's rip the roof off thiscabin, guys.
This season I just wanted tomake sure that I made a mark To
me.
It is my mission, it is myministry, it is what I do is
inspire and motivate people tobe their authentic selves, for
them to live freely and happilyand love.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Baby listen, she's off her third residency one, two
, three at the flamingo hotel inlas vegas, with rupaul drag
race live.
I mean, she's slept toward allover, slayed the west in death.
Drop appeared on netflix.
(03:04):
But this congeniality.
The list goes on and on and onand on.
She's miss.
Don't play with me if youcannot take the heat and if you
still do not know who I amtalking about.
Introducing l-a-t-r-I-C-ELatrice, my love, I can't
remember.
(03:27):
I'm healthy.
I'm Latrice, my love, I'm crying.
Yes, baby, taylor, you are here.
You are here with me in thepassage to see women going on,
latrice.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
When I tell you, girl , look, I'm going to give you
your flowers, virtually Becauselet me tell you what you have
done and are doing is sonecessary and it is literally
the Lord's work and you aresaving lives, you are changing
lives, you are givingaffirmation and confirmation to
(04:05):
people who never hear it, andthat needs to be noticed and
appreciated, because it is notgone unseen.
Darling, you have a fan in me,you have a support in me.
I love you, I love what you do,I love what you stand for and I
have great days on purposebecause of you.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I love what you do, I love what you stand for and I
have great days on purposebecause of you.
You're welcome.
Yes, listen, oh my God, like Ireceive it, because I'm learning
how to receive and not justgive, how to receive and not
(04:52):
just give.
I'm learning how to take inthese, my flowers, because
usually I am the giver of and um, I think I still have a slight
bit of imposter syndrome I getit so.
So it's like I'm like I'mreally humble when it comes to
me, so I'm just like thank you.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Let's be real, though it is a little weird when
people that don't know you comeup and tell you oh my God, I
love you, yes, and you inspireme.
It is a lot to take on.
And then you do realize thatyou are walking and working in
your purpose, and that is a hugeresponsibility.
And, like you said, sometimesthe motivator needs motivating,
(05:34):
and I am one for sure who has totake a step back, recharge or
go, do and surround myself withthe right energy so that I can
get my cup refilled, because wecan't on empty.
And so, for all that you'repouring out, I want to pour into
you, to let you know that youare heaven sent and thank you so
(05:56):
much for all that you're doing.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
So what we're not going to do because I put my
good makeup on, okay, so.
So what we're not going to dotoday, bitch is Drew, because I
put my good makeup on, okay, so,um.
So what we're not gonna dotoday, bitch, is make me sweat
this up, because you see my eyes, how they pretty you are being.
(06:20):
Okay, and we gonna stay that way.
Ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha, we
gonna stay.
What you not gonna do, ha ha,and we're going to stay.
That way, we're going to stay.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
What you not going to do.
You just receive it and save itwhen you're out of makeup girl
there you go Because.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Shaw as soon as I get off of here I'm going to cry oh
my goodness, listen you.
Let me tell you what you havedone for me now.
I have been a rupaul's dragrace girl for the longest.
When you came out, when theysaid Latrice Royale and you were
(07:03):
unapologetic about who you wereas a plus-size Black woman,
when I tell you, that didsomething to my soul, like I'm
going to tell you to your facethat you kick-started my journey
(07:29):
to loving myself in my bodymore, because I didn't love
myself in my body.
The way that you came out andyou was like I'm chunky, I'm
funky, I'm in charge, I don'tgive a fuck because, baby, I was
(07:52):
like I want to be Latrice.
My ass, I want to be Latrice.
And it was like man, just tosee how beautiful that was, just
you loving you just as as youare, with no permission needed.
That was all I needed to see toknow that this is who I want to
(08:14):
be Like.
I want to embody this.
I want to be this.
I loved drag, but I neverwanted to be a.
Now, I loved drag, but I neverwanted to be a drag queen so bad
.
Until I saw you, I was like, ifever, if I was to be a drag
(08:35):
queen, I am going to be Latrice,because of this?
Where did all this come from,and were you always just like?
Were you always that?
Speaker 2 (08:49):
no, it took me a long time to love myself the right.
You know, um, I, I would say,growing up I was always
different.
I was always the bigger kid,awkward, like you know what I
mean.
I'm just, I didn't fit into anymold, um, and so, like people
didn't know what to do with me,I was charismatic, always the
(09:10):
life of the party.
Funny, you know.
That got me friends.
I didn't have a problem withfriends, you know, but loving
myself wholeheartedly never wasa thing to later, in adulthood.
You know it took me a long timeto get to the point where, um,
I embraced my size.
I, always, because I danced anddo did color guard, I'll never
(09:34):
let my size be a hindrance okaynever let I.
If the skinny is doing it, I'mgonna work 10 times harder to do
the same things and then it'llbe more impressive because my
big ass is doing it.
You know what I mean.
So that's how I learned how toturn the party.
So you take that and you takeyour power, your superpowers
that you thought were weaknesses, and turn them into superpowers
, and that's how I learned howto really hone into what I had.
(09:58):
I knew I had something specialand something different and
unique that separated me fromthe rest of the pack.
And then, once I learned thatyou can call me whatever you
want to call me bitch, that'swhat your answer to.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
That part.
That part, because I don't carewhat you call me at all, like I
don't care what you say aboutme.
It's the fact that I am soimportant that you are talking
about me, bitch.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
So you ain't got nothing else going on in your
life, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Got it.
So, therefore, I am livingrent-free.
I am doing laps inside of yourmind.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Disrupting your whole world.
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
And I love that.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
You're bothered.
I am completely unbothered.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
And I mean unbothered , to the epitome of
unbotheredness, like I do notcare and watching you help me
get to this.
I don't care.
Y'all think I'm fat.
That's on you.
I think I am fine.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Trust and believe, Trust and believe.
And then once I realized, likeyou know, like let's just be
real, Like you know, you wouldthink it's going to be a hard
time.
People are like, oh, I can'tfind it, David, but I have no
problems in that department.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
I need people to know and understand.
People think, oh, you must haveBaby.
Let me tell you something Inever had a problem.
I never had an issue withanybody loving my plus size of
(11:45):
the thigh foopaliciousness.
I never had an issue with itbecause, baby, I will always
find me a fooper mechanic thatwill lift this fish up.
Lift it up.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You gotta lift up that hood baby and let it work,
baby.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
They will lift up this fooper and eat it like a ch
that hood baby.
And let it work, baby.
They will lift up this fupa andeat it like a chalupa bitch.
I'm trying to tell you I'mtrying to Baby, my size ain't
Because my wife love it.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Happily married.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
For 11 years, bitch, you better testify.
11 years, bitch, you bettertestify.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Tell them, honey.
11.
13 years married for seven,going on our seventh.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
And we have been together for 16 years and she
ain't going nowhere and neitheram I why.
And she loved me when I wasalmost 400 pounds.
She loved me then and she lovedme now.
So I mean, it's not about theoutside, it's what's inside.
(13:01):
And if people would just stoplooking at the outside and
letting that hinder you, makingyou think that because because I
look like this, because I looklike that, what you cannot do,
baby, you can do anything youset your mind to.
It don't matter how you look.
One person may not like it, butthere is somebody out there
(13:24):
who's going to love it and loveit right honey.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Love it the right way , the right way.
Love me in that special way,honey.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
You better bring back that old school.
You better bring back that oldschool.
You better catch it Just now.
It has been caught.
It has been caught, oh my God.
Okay, so you said that drag wasnot even supposed to happen.
(14:06):
Like this wasn't even yourministry, Like this is what you
wouldn't even think about nomakeup, no lip, no wig, no
breastplate, no, nothing bitch.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
No, especially because back then I was never
seeing a queen that looked likeme.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Facts.
Like you, came on that sceneand shattered it, and I don't
care who hit me.
That's it.
I thought there would never beand quote me, there will never
(14:50):
be another Latrice,motherfucking Royale.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
You can take that to the bank.
You can take that to the bankthat's going to cash 100%
Quickly.
Baby, the coins are there.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
You didn't have to worry about my coins.
Bitch, you didn't have to worryabout it.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Yeah, no, it was not my ministry, or I didn't see it
for me, because I look at mystature.
I was like baby, I'm way toobig.
I stand six foot four.
Then I was like at my thinnest,which I was like around 265,
which is thin.
I was in a 34 waist and I stillwas just like this head and
(15:46):
shoulders baby, ain't trying tofool nobody Like come on now,
you've got to build.
Whatever's going on here, Ican't shop off the rack and I
couldn't sell.
So I never just saw it formyself.
But then I started seeing waysthat it could happen and got a
little bit of a tinge of anapplause and won the second
(16:08):
contest.
The first contest I did Ididn't go to.
I didn't have no drag Girl, Ididn't have no drag.
There was no Amazon Prime.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
You got like clips of this.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
No there was no camera.
We were talking 1993.
There was no cameras, we aretalking 1993.
Baby, no man.
No, there was no cameras, nofilm.
So thank goodness, thankgoodness there's no pictures,
even Thank goodness, wasn't thatbad.
(16:41):
Yeah, girl, I got a fashioncitation.
She told me don't ever wearthat again.
I got a fashion citation.
She told me don't ever wear thatagain not a fashion citation
that's what you know when yougot a ticket bitch for what you
got on, baby.
Look, here's a fine.
You gonna pay this at theoffice, at the desk number 11.
See the clerk on your way out,cause you ain't getting the
(17:04):
prize tonight.
Yeah, in fact you will be.
Yeah, I was there with that.
But then the next week I cameback and won the contest, got
some shoes, some hair and adress and all of a sudden, baby,
I had a new attitude.
I did Patti LaBelle newattitude and won.
And that was the beginning ofthe never-ending story.
And so here we are.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
People like people all and only see the like glitz,
the glam, the like gowns, thelike beauty, but they don't
always see the like grind behindwhat you do.
What is something that peoplewould be shocked to know about
what it really takes to do whatyou do um that we carry our own
(17:47):
bags and luggage just like you.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
But no, like there is so much that goes into the art.
Like coming from my era whereyou had to be a designer.
You had to learn how to sew,you had to do hair, you had to
learn how to do your own makeup.
Obviously, you had to be aself-sufficient queen to even be
(18:27):
able to be a working queen,because you have to have new
looks every week.
You're in, you know, you're inthe club environment, so you
have to come up with a newconcept, new songs, new
everything, and so you arealways creating and being
creative and doing work outsideof the actual glitz and glam of
(18:47):
the show.
So you know they don't see thefeathers and the stones and the
glue all over your house andglitter all over your house and
it's a big old mess.
And then you got to clean thatshit up, and so that's why I
don't have it in my house in mygarage because you don't bring
that faggoty ass shit up in here.
You get that when she get herass outside in the garage, okay,
(19:09):
I come up in my house.
She got a room upstairs that'swardrobe, wardrobe to the garage
.
Baby, don't even stop, don'teven pause.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
See, what I'm gonna need you to do is I'm gonna need
you to teach a class, becauseyou said that this should be
common knowledge to know how tosew and know how to do things
(19:43):
Like this should be commonknowledge.
If this is your career and thisis your profession, I'm gonna
need you to teach.
Teach this class, because someof these queens be on and they
don't.
Um, I didn't see the 17,.
All-star 23.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Girl, look, let me tell you something.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
You still can't do this shit.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
The guy for me is that, like these girls, a lot of
them don't know that struggle.
Everything has been at theirfingertips.
They can order it, they haveaccess to designers, wig, hair,
makeup people.
You don't have to do nothingbut learn how to put some makeup
on, and that you can find onthe tutorial.
(20:33):
We didn't have tutorials, wehad trial and error.
Yes, baby, we had to take apicture, wait for it, go to the
little drugstore to get itdeveloped on film and then look
at it back and be like, ooh,girl, let's highlight.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Let me put some more contour here, let me put some
more in my nose, let me put somehighlight.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
You had the physical evidence back then.
Now, baby, the delusion is real.
These girls really thinkthey're drag queens, and they're
not.
You're not a queen until youcan be self-sufficient.
You're drag princesses.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
You can stand on your own.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
A queen can stand on their own.
They're rulers.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
They're most Not them being Miss Chi-Chi, just a boy
in a dress, not Miss.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Chi-Chi, not this boy in a dress, not this Chi-Chi
vibe baby, you better get off,my Get off.
Baby, princess point.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Get off.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Baby Princess.
Point Back to that movie.
That was real talk.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
There are just things that if you want to do a job
like me I said, I want to do apodcast there's shit that it
takes to do it, because if, if Iwant to do it the right way, if
(22:15):
I want to do it the right way,so I don't want just smoking
mirrors no that's that's not mymanager said that is like going
on American Idol and not knowinghow to sing like why are you
there?
(22:36):
we see you on the blooper tapebut some, like some, just want,
and that's what bothers me it'smore about getting known than
the actual craft.
Yeah, like this is an art formyeah, so the era of producing
(23:03):
entertainers.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I feel like Blackie, yeah, like we've really lost
that part of the drag, likewe've produced a lot of
personalities and girls who canmove their mouth around to other
people's songs.
Bitch, that's what that is.
But, like Girl, ain't nobodyfeeling nothing.
(23:28):
You look cute, you look cute.
It's a cute little look, butgirl, miss Dean beautiful gowns,
beautiful gowns.
Girl no substance, though.
You know what I mean.
I want some substance, I wantdrag.
I want some substance, I wantdrag, I do.
I want a bitch that don't makeme lose my shit and start
(23:49):
screaming and hollering in theeye yes, Pay her money, Take all
my money.
That's the kind of queen Irespect.
The rest are just like.
I'm glad you have a job.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
For now.
Block out.
Just leave now, because I can't.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
You have a job for now.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Stop, stop, stop.
But how, how, how has this,like this art form, this career,
this amazing career that youhave made for yourself, how has
(24:41):
this changed you, shaped, youmade you to who you are right
now?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
that is such a great question.
Like I come from the school ofhard knocks, so everything that
I've learned is self-taught andself-learned.
My mother taught me boughtsense is the best sense in the
world, and that does not meanlike what you pay for with money
is what you pay for with yourexperience and pain.
Yes, so those lessons are theones that are going to affect
(25:11):
you and mold you and shape youthe most.
So it's not really a failure,it's an opportunity for growth.
And so once I learned how totake those lessons and apply
them to success, I was able toflourish and it's made me become
more accountable person,because you have to be honest
(25:36):
with yourself, you have to bereally, like as much as we are
in the fantasy and delusion, yougot to be real with yourself
and know what's good for you andwhat's not, and where your lane
is.
And because there's not exactlya lane for me, I created my own
.
It's double wide, but I createdmy own, and so that's how I was
(25:59):
able, and I am able, to sustainand flourish and thrive and
have longevity because I applythose tools and I'm always
working for the next thingthat's going to elevate me.
I can't ever like it's okay togo back to your roots, like I'm
in this era right now where I'min my roots, because I feel like
(26:22):
in this administration I needto pour into my community more
and do our queer spaces are safe.
So my shows are back in theclubs and making sure that I'm
doing pride and I'm visible formy community and the other stuff
is fine and dandy Theater iswonderful and great and grand
(26:42):
and doing my solos One womanshows was great and grand and
doing my solo one woman showswas great and grand, but it's
not doing what it needs to dofor my community and we need to
pour into that and so those kindof steps I do, I like I never
forget where I come from andthat's why I'm still here.
You know you gotta like pickand choose what's important and
(27:03):
your priorities, and so here Iam, 33, I love it and you, you,
you have been through a lot ofpain in your life.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
you've talked openly about you being in prison and
like pressure and all theseother things, and the way you
turned it around and turned allthat into purpose is why I love
you so fucking much.
Because because a whole lot ofpeople would have had this oh
(27:38):
well, I've been through this,I've been through that, I've
been through that, I've beenthrough that and even though
you've gone through pain you didnot like, even though it
happened to you, it did notbecome you.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
No, and you know, the thing about the system is that
it is designed for you to submitand you to be institutionalized
and become a part of the system.
It is not like therehabilitation part of the
(28:17):
system is really broken becausethey don't do that, they don't,
they don't.
They promise you that they'regoing to have programs but you
can't get a job as a felon.
What?
No, nobody's hiring you.
I mean, you can becomepresident of the United States,
but you can't get a job.
At this point, now more thanever, you have to take that shit
(28:47):
off the application.
Like, don't ask that questionanymore.
It is no longer valid.
It doesn't matter If you're aresident of the United States.
I can work at McDonald's bitch.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Right now.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
Without a background check.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Right.
Do not ask me for a backgroundcheck anymore, because I'm not
giving you one.
What for?
Speaker 2 (29:10):
It doesn't matter, for it does not matter.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
So, guess what?
I will no longer be doing that.
Because, why?
Because, for what I'm, I'm,listen.
I have been trying to figurethis shit out for the longest
time, like wait.
So that means that I can justgo and get.
So so if I go apply at WellsFargo, bitch, do not ask me if I
(29:42):
ever robbed a bank.
That's, that's not your fuckingbusiness.
Just hire me, bitch, do not askme if I ever robbed a bank.
That's not your fuckingbusiness.
Just hire me, I'm here today.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
You find out we're all in the F around and find out
phase you need to just go aheadand join on in baby.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
F around and find out .
As long as I look the part,it's just on my mind I'm coming
in, greg, I'm coming in, I'mgoing to it's going to matter.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
I'm coming in, greg.
I'm coming in, I'm going togive you corporate realness.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
I'm going to show up With my pants on.
With my pants on, I'm going tomake you look good and fresh.
Yes, ma'am, listen, I'm noteven even gonna lie to you.
I had this list of questionsthat that like I was gonna ask
(30:30):
about about your career and allyour accounts but I feel like
all this shit has been asked andanswered.
I the reason why I have youhere is because I want to know
you and I want other people toknow you outside of all of this,
I love that.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
I love that Because you're right, because it has
been asked and answered.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
You know what, if y'all want to know everything
that Latrice has done, google it.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
Okay, okay okay, it really is what you talking about
.
What you talking about?
Speaker 1 (31:12):
because baby, listen.
This is why my I say podcast,but I'm going to start speaking
truth and speaking life into it.
My show, your show, my show isdifferent because I don't want
(31:37):
to know what everybody elseknows.
I want to know what's inside ofyou.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
It's common knowledge right.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
We don't want that common knowledge bullshit, like
I know because I don't watchTamron Hall, right, I don't want
(32:07):
to be that, I want to be thereal ratchet me.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Okay, and I receive it, honey, I'll meet you.
We're going to be together.
I'll meet you when you're back,girl, that's a good job.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
So I know that you said that one of the videos of
mine that touched you was andit's like it's so many people,
so many, and I've got so manydms from people that said you
(32:43):
you've done the exact same thingfor me and I didn't realize
that, like I, like I am proeverybody, like I don't care who
you are black, white, green,red, trans, black, white, green,
red, trans, bi, lesbian yeah,like I do not care, like I love
(33:09):
people, just because they'repeople.
But what I didn't realize wasthe people that that affected
and the lives that that changed.
And when that girl walked up tome, I like I like I couldn't
even finish shopping, like Ijust walked out you're like I am
(33:34):
done and I mean done, done,done, done.
Has that ever like I?
I know, but I just want to asklike, has that ever happened to
you?
Like has has?
Has anyone walked up to you andsaid Latrice, you have saved my
life because I know that youhave that power.
(33:58):
Like you, you have that powerin what you do.
So what was one moment thathappened like that?
That just stuck with you andyou will never forget it.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Well, the most memorable and I got to tell you
it sticks out at the top mostemotional meet and greet I've
ever had in my life, in mycareer, was in Brazil.
I think we're in Sao Paulo,either Sao Paulo or Rio, brazil.
And you know, I thought thatthere would be some kind of
(34:31):
language barrier based on whereI was and the kind of thing that
I chose to do.
I chose to do so at that time.
I always did like an upbeathouse anthem, you know, dancing,
kicking and splitting.
But I'm always going to eithergo to church with Aretha or
(34:52):
encourage yourself.
Particular day it was on myheart to do encourage yourself
because they were going througha, were going through a real
rough time politically and so Iwanted to like I had a message
for them, baby, when I tell youwe turned that club into a
sanctuary and I don't know whatcame over me, sometimes I feel
like my mother embodies me.
(35:13):
She's a minister and she'spassed on Obviously, like I
always feel her presence.
I was feeling her a lot when Iwas in Brazil present.
I was feeling her a lot when Iwas in Brazil and at the end of
that performance I gave myminister benediction speeches.
I do.
And the meet and greet was afterthe show and I cannot tell you
(35:36):
how many people were coming upand just pouring out their
hearts and it was so emotionaland how I've touched and saved
them and give them hope and whythey keep moving and keep moving
on because they can Latrice cando it, I can do it and it was
just just heart wrenching to thepoint where we are all crying.
(35:59):
We had to take a break so muchwe had to take a break.
We're like everybody.
Let's take 10 and let's regroup.
I got to fix my makeup becausebaby lashes was gone off my face
, but to receive all that was sooverwhelming and it's hard to
process because you're just like, I'm just being me.
(36:22):
I'm just doing what it is on myheart to do and I don't feel
like I'm doing anything special.
But there's an anointing overyou as me that you can't deny
that and it's infectious.
And when you speak and when youtalk to people, you are speaking
from your heart, the rest oftheir hearts, and that's the
(36:45):
main line and I do the samething.
That's why it resonated to meand you were speaking from your
heart and it was a main line tome and I was just like I can't
hold this anymore.
I've been wanting to just be,but like I feel weird.
I gotta tell you I anymore.
I've been wanting to just be,but like I feel weird.
I gotta tell you I feel weirdslipping into people's DMs.
I like I'm like I'm being oneof them people, but here I go.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
No, but I'm, I'm.
I'm so glad that that you did,because I mean, I'm, I'm.
I'm the kind of person that Ifeel like I'm just me, and I
never thought that what I dolike I know that, I know that, I
know that I know that God hascalled me to do this.
(37:31):
Like I know that I know have myvoice, like my, like my too
loud too much, too extra voicereach somebody like you,
(37:53):
millions, millions of peoplelike around the world, literally
around the world world.
It touches my soul.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Yeah, it's next level .
It's next level and you willcontinue to be blessed, because
that's one thing about it.
God takes care of his own andso it doesn't matter.
This is why I get so mad.
I ain't going to go there withthe church, but they piss me off
.
They piss me off but because ifyou're trying to be Christ-like
(38:24):
, this is what God does he meets.
Christ meets you where you are,in the streets, in the club.
That's why I was able to turnthat club into a sanctuary and
we forgot that we were in anightclub for a moment and
everybody was connected on adifferent level that was greater
than us.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
Because church is where you are.
Speaker 2 (38:46):
It's not a building.
It's not a building.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
It is wherever you are, where two or three are
gathered together.
Come on come on, don't tell mesomebody.
I mean we are gathered, we area multitude we have a church
right now.
Right now, this is the gospel.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
This is the truth.
Praise Rick, praise Rick.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
That's how you know when you go to church, when you
get that church clap yes, ma'am,oh, my goodness, oh, that's
what it's about.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Yes, yeah, it's overwhelming and it took me a
while to, like you know, live inthat and and just receive it.
And you gotta take a deepbreath and sometimes, like you
were overwhelmed in that store.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
It's overwhelming, like so when, when, when, that,
when that happens, like speakingfrom a mental health standpoint
especially, especially doingwhat you do, especially you
being known as a Black queericon, like everybody knows who
(40:09):
you are what do you do when itgets like that and when this
world feels so heavy but youstill have to show up as Latrice
, like still have to show up asLatrice, like you can't show up
as nobody else?
What do you do when it's justlike it's heavy, but I still
(40:34):
gotta go out there and do it.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
That is real baby.
That is real Like I'm human.
I'm human and as much love andpositivity that I put out, there
is darkness within me as well,that I have to battle and shout
down voices in my head and oldways, because I'm constantly
(41:03):
working on myself, same, to be abetter version of myself.
Same, there's a lot ofreleasing and forgiveness and,
like you, have to dig deep andback and things that you have
suppressed to a level of loveand acceptance that you have
suppressed, to get to a level oflove and acceptance that you
(41:24):
are worthy of everything that iscoming to you.
And so I had a moment around mybirthday where it was the
darkest birthday I've ever had.
I couldn't even get out of bed,girl.
February 12th 2025 was a darkday for me.
I had a loving husband.
I had thousands and thousandsof well wishes from all over the
(41:47):
world that I could not evenlook at to receive because I
couldn't take it in.
I was not in a place to receiveit and that was concerning for
me.
But at that moment, I had tothink that this is not me.
This is not healthy.
I definitely don't like thisplace.
(42:08):
I know where it's headed.
What do I need to do to get meback.
So I needed a recharge.
I needed be around people thatwere going to inspire me, that
was going to keep me like a goodkiki and, at the same time,
(42:28):
give me some good drag and makeme love what I do again.
And so I booked a trip to LA.
I booked a whole tour to LA soI can be around my sisters and
do a trip for me that was goingto inspire me and be around the
fans and reconnect with thecommunity and all that love that
I got.
When I tell you, my cup wasoverflowing the first three days
(42:51):
, I was overflowing, and so youjust have to find what it is
that recharges you and putyourself there and, thank God,
I'm in a position to say, well,if it's LA, it is LA, I go.
You know what I mean.
Wherever it is.
If I need to go to wherever, Iwill go, Whatever that is.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
when you need to come to Louisiana so I can cook for
you, then you're going to cook.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
What part of Louisiana are you in?
Speaker 1 (43:23):
Lafayette, louisiana.
Lafayette, where the best foodat.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
Where the best food at.
I'm not that far to get to.
I can get to Lafayette.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
Do not, do not threaten me with a good time,
because, baby, I will go get myMagna light pots out right now.
I will get my Magna and I willsmother you something serious.
Speaker 2 (43:53):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (43:57):
Just let me know, done and done.
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Consider yourself a little bit.
Speaker 1 (44:05):
Y'all heard, y'all heard it.
So when y'all see Latrice at myhouse just finger licking good.
Because that's what's going tohappen.
That's snoring on her couch.
Speaker 2 (44:29):
Girl.
You know how we do Get the itisgirl?
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (44:40):
Listen, I love how you said okay, listen, I, I, I
am a queen, but I'm human, likeI'm, I'm, I'm being real, so as
a human.
And I love how you say that youhad to surround yourself with
people.
So let's talk about family,because this is a topic.
(45:03):
Especially when I talk aboutboundaries, it's like what, what
, what if they family, so, butlet's talk about chosen family
versus blood family.
How has that journey shaped theway that you love, how you live
, how you lead?
Speaker 2 (45:26):
Chosen family has way more weight than my blood.
Family, yes, 100%, thatrelationship has so much more
weight.
It means it is so much morethan my blood because I have
chosen you.
(45:46):
Yes, I have chosen you.
I can't help what I got, I'mlike that ain't my fault.
But I have chosen you and ifwe're going to be family, then
we're going to operate as such,you know.
And so my chosen family we are.
(46:07):
We are tight niche when I tellyou that is how I got to where I
am, because, um, I wasn't.
I was on the outs of my regularfamily.
Now my relationship with myfamily is gorgeous and golden
because I had to go on TV totell people who the fuck I am.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (46:29):
Sometimes you gotta put them on blast.
Speaker 2 (46:32):
And then when they saw it, they're like oh yeah,
but gorgeous.
Now.
Like I was just talking to mybrother yesterday, I just saw
them.
Last month, we all weretogether for the first time
since my wedding.
I was just talking to mybrother yesterday, I just saw
them.
Last month, we all weretogether for the first time
since my wedding.
It was great.
But my chosen family, you're myrock, you are Everything,
(46:54):
you're my everything, you're myemergency contact.
Speaker 1 (46:56):
Everything Same, just real.
Speaker 2 (47:06):
You're my emergency contact because that's it's just
you've earned that.
Speaker 1 (47:09):
I mean because, if, because blood to for me and and
and I say this all the time yeah, well, that's, that's your
blood.
But if the blood is toxic, thenit becomes blood poisoning, and
I don't want that around me.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
So what we're going to do is a transfusion, because
we can't have that.
Speaker 1 (47:40):
We don't want it spreading through the rest of my
body okay, so I have to cut itoff, gotta I, I have to.
What's the hand?
These holes and cup it's youlike you.
Speaker 2 (47:51):
There's a way in which you know, my mother told
me a long time ago you gottatreat people, teach people how
to treat you and like, yes, foreverybody.
You don't get a pass becauseyou're you, don't get to
disrespect me because you'refamily.
You don't get to call me out myname because you're family.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
Facts Like you just feel, how you want to feel but
your feelings are not facts.
Because I am not responsiblefor how you feel.
Speaker 2 (48:15):
Or your triggers or insecurities that they might
bring up because you might befeeling some type of way really
inside.
Speaker 1 (48:23):
It's get out them, people business.
Speaker 2 (48:25):
That's the whole thing, because you couldn't
express yourself the way youcould because of the way you
came up and the time you came up.
That don't mean that this is adifferent time, different day,
baby, and so what I'm not aboutto do is live inauthentically.
Speaker 1 (48:43):
Speaking of living inauthentically, this is the
perfect time to bring up myfavorite portion of the show.
This is where you guys send meyour questions and we answer
them on the show.
I always allow my guests toanswer first.
(49:04):
So this is the Ask Aletheaquestion.
Alethea, I've always felt likeI was too much, too loud, too
extra, too different.
People tell me to dim it down,soften it up, make myself more
palatable, but I don't want tolive in hiding.
(49:28):
How do I walk in my truth whenthe world keeps handing me shame
?
Oh baby, how do I walk in mytruth when the world keeps
handing me shame?
Latrice, I will give you thatone first baby.
Come on now with the come onnow don't you ever dim your
(49:55):
light for nobody.
Speaker 2 (49:56):
Baby, tell them to get some sunglasses or umbrella
or a blindfold because, baby,what they're about to see might
hurt their eyes.
Speaker 1 (50:06):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (50:09):
But the rest of the world is ready for you.
So don't ever dim your light,honey.
These small-minded people thatare telling you that are jealous
number one because they feellike they can't be you.
They can't be as outgoing asyou, so that's why they would
prefer you not to, becauseyou're holding up a mirror to
(50:32):
what they can't do, and that'sjust real you got a priest.
Don't ever dim your light foranybody, baby.
I mean, obviously there's timeand place for everything.
So you know, be purposeful inwhere you shine your light.
You know what I mean andintentional about it.
(50:53):
But don't ever dim it, baby,Because you are and you're never
too much, they're too littleand you're never too much,
they're too little.
Speaker 1 (51:06):
I was just picking back off for you because, baby,
you just said everything thatneeded to be said, which needed
to be done.
Okay, but listen, yourexistence is not a problem to be
solved, it's not.
You are not too much, you'rejust surrounded by people that
are not enough that part thatyou're surrounded by people who
(51:31):
are not enough.
This world is trying to convinceyou that you have to shrink in
order to be accepted.
But here is the gag whether youshrink or shine, they're going
to talk about you anyway, baby.
So just be you.
Just be you.
You do not need anybody'spermission to shine.
Because what I always say is ifthe sun does not need
(51:53):
permission to shine, why shouldyou shine?
Why should you?
You don't need it.
The the ones who do not get itwere never meant to sit at your
table anyway, because you arethe table.
You are the table.
Do not let anybody ask you whatyou bring to the table.
(52:13):
I am the table, baby.
I am the table, baby.
What?
Speaker 2 (52:17):
do you mean what?
Speaker 1 (52:18):
do you mean?
So be you out loud, be you outloud, love you out loud, out
loud, and let them pull up aseat and watch, or not, and take
notes, period, listen.
If you want your questionanswered on Ask Alethea, dm me
(52:43):
or send me an email atpimpingpositivity at gmailcom,
and your question just may beanswered on our next show.
Okay, all right, with all thatbeing said about living out loud
and loving yourself out loud, Ijust want to get back to what
(53:04):
you do, your art form, which isdrag.
Right now, it is under attackPeriod, yeah, but we also know
that drag is not entertainment.
It's expression.
Yeah, entertainment, it'sexpression.
(53:26):
Yeah, so it's.
It's.
To some people, it's survival,like that's all they know, like
this, this, this is why theywake up every morning, this is
how they get through the day.
It's it's how they protest.
This is not just entertainment.
So what do you want people tofinally understand about drag?
Speaker 2 (53:52):
Drag is purposeful.
It brings people together, itbuilds community.
It shows you that you can beany and everything that you want
to be and you don't have toconform to what social construct
has designed.
And that is the beauty of drag,it's expression.
(54:15):
You can be a goddess, you canbe a butterfly.
You can be a butterfly.
You can be whatever inspiresyou and dream it.
And that's the fantasy of itall.
And what's wrong with havingdreams and fantasy?
Speaker 1 (54:32):
Nothing at all.
Speaker 2 (54:33):
If it makes you happy , darling, then do it.
Speaker 1 (54:49):
Glitter ain't never hurt nobody, unless you choke on
it.
Please do not put glitter intoyour mouth, because we don't
want that.
You're going to be shittingglitter for a week, girl.
Speaker 2 (55:01):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (55:09):
Okay, see, I was gonna come back with a serious
question.
Let me put my serious face onmy serious face on Wait let me
put my serious face on.
Okay, amen, okay, okay, okay,okay, okay.
(55:38):
This is what I want you to dofor me, right, quick.
I want you to close your eyesand think about one of the
darkest times in your life.
Like, just close your eyes andjust think, whatever, go way
back, however far you, you, yougotta be.
(56:00):
Think of that version ofyourself.
Okay, if you were talking tothat version of you right now,
what would you tell that versionof you?
What would you whisper to thatversion of you?
What would you whisper to thatversion of you and what truth
(56:25):
would you give to that babyqueen before the world tried to
dim your light?
Speaker 2 (56:35):
Wow, you're doing that.
You're doing the.
You're doing the.
You're doing the thing.
You're doing the thing.
Girl, you're doing the thing.
You're doing the thing.
Girl, you're doing the thing.
Okay, okay, no-transcript whatpeople call you and tell you
(57:36):
that you are.
You're going to learn how tocome to peace with the fact that
you are different and you beatyour own drum, and that is going
to be your superpower.
That's going to make you standout among the regular people,
(57:59):
and people are going to see ashine and a glow about you that
they can't explain but they'reattracted to, and that's how the
whole world is going to fall inlove with you and you're going
(58:20):
to be just fine.
Speaker 1 (58:27):
Baby, if I could just reach through this.
If I could just reach throughthis, I just want to hug you so
bad.
My life manager is sittingthere like this, yeah.
Speaker 2 (58:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I got me down.
Speaker 1 (58:51):
Yeah, can I just tell you from my heart, like from my
heart, from my heart, like frommy heart, that I am so proud of
you, like, from from from myheart, like this this we're not
(59:13):
even on this podcast right now,like we're not even like I'm
talking to you.
Speaker 2 (59:20):
I'm so proud of you thank you, and I am proud of you
as well like I'm proud.
Speaker 1 (59:27):
I'm proud of every time that you put yourself
together after you've beenbroken.
I'm proud of every time thatyou got up after you fell.
I'm proud of every time thatyou turn dust into diamonds.
I'm just proud of you and Ithink that you are the most
(59:49):
beautiful human being and I hopethat you never, ever, ever,
ever, ever change Ever.
Speaker 2 (01:00:03):
Thank you.
I Thank you.
I love you too, Girl.
You got Miguel.
You said we weren't doing this.
Speaker 1 (01:00:12):
Shut up, shut up, yolly.
I'm sorry, y'all, y'all no, butI just feel like you need to
(01:00:32):
know this from a genuine place,not from a place of Latrice
Royale, like it's outside of it.
It's so much bigger, it's you,it's you Like Latrice is just
(01:01:00):
secondary.
Speaker 2 (01:01:04):
Yeah, Like Latrice is just secondary.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:01:06):
It's you and I'm proud of you, so I just need you
to know this.
Speaker 2 (01:01:15):
Oh well, thank you, my love.
I'm very proud of you too andI'm just, I feel like I'm really
blessed and we are blessed, andyou know I this motivates me
and this is what keeps me fueledto keep on keeping on.
It ain't easy all the time.
Moments like this that you,like I've connected with a soul
(01:01:45):
that you know you can't denythat.
You can't deny that connectiononce you do that mainline thing,
heart to heart and um, yeah,you tapped into mine and you're,
you're definitely a part of me.
Uh, I love you, I love you, I'ma part of Latrice.
Speaker 1 (01:02:03):
See, y'all keep hearing Latrice, latrice,
latrice, latrice.
Right now I'm not talking toLatrice, I'm talking to Timothy.
We're going to use yourgovernment name.
(01:02:25):
What's wrong with my governmentname?
But I wanted you on this showbecause that's who I wanted
people to know.
We all know who Latrice is, weknow and love, but the world
(01:02:47):
needs to also know who Timothyis, so we can know and love him
too, because I do, I do, I doyou have to.
Speaker 2 (01:02:58):
You can't love one without the other, I mean hello,
but yeah, it's important youhave to you can't love one
without the other.
Hello, it's important.
Speaker 1 (01:03:09):
Love you, love you.
Okay, so, real quick, we'regoing to bring this mood up.
We're going to stop crying.
We're going to stop doing moodup real, real quick.
We're going to stop crying.
We're going to stop doing allthis.
Come on, come on, get back ingangster mode.
Speaker 2 (01:03:27):
All right, here we go , thud them out Rapid fire.
Speaker 1 (01:03:33):
All your answer can be is bad bitch bullshit oh.
Speaker 2 (01:03:42):
This looks girl, the shade, the shade.
I wore the right shirt for thissegment.
Speaker 1 (01:03:51):
Here we go.
Okay, so we're going to startwith an easy one.
People who say that you're toomuch, like it's an insult, bad
bitch or bullshit.
Okay, a man who can't dress,can't dance, can't communicate,
(01:04:11):
but he thinks that he is a prize.
Okay, um, okay, who is that?
Don't know their words butstill want to book his feet?
Speaker 2 (01:04:29):
bullshit bullshit.
We ain't got no bad bitches inthe house yet.
You just bringing me all thisbullshit Bullshit.
Speaker 1 (01:04:51):
Baby, I need this charge.
I need this charge right nowbecause I need to listen to you,
baby, okay, okay, okay, lord,where the bad bitch is at, okay,
that's what I want to know.
(01:05:13):
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Hauling out toxic family andblocking them, with peace in
your heart.
I just froze up.
Speaker 2 (01:05:27):
That's a bad bitch Wait what, what it is.
That's a bad bitch.
Speaker 1 (01:05:34):
So, baby, falling out toxic family members and
blocking them with a heart Withpeace in, is it a what Peace?
What With a good heart andpeace in their heart is called a
what?
Speaker 2 (01:05:51):
Bad bitch.
Speaker 1 (01:05:54):
You heard it here first, baby.
That's a bad bitch.
That's a bad bitch right there.
Okay, wigs so high that theyneed their own zip code.
Speaker 2 (01:06:06):
Bad bitch.
Speaker 1 (01:06:10):
Get me out of here.
Speaker 2 (01:06:13):
That's a bad bitch Bitch.
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (01:06:17):
This is for somebody who I know, uh-oh.
Speaker 2 (01:06:22):
All right, let's see who they are.
If they're a bad bitch or fullof shit, let's see.
Speaker 1 (01:06:28):
Friendships that only thrive when you're quiet and
small.
Speaker 2 (01:06:34):
That's some bullshit.
Speaker 1 (01:06:36):
Okay, because, baby, I'm with you.
You can't just be a fairweather friend.
Speaker 2 (01:06:46):
Like you can't just like me when I'm small.
Speaker 1 (01:06:49):
No, what?
No, like me when I'm great Baby.
This is for somebody else who Iknow.
Speaker 2 (01:07:02):
Know, I'm not, I'm not gonna name, no names but,
but if, but, if y'all watching,because?
Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
because y'all don't listen to me.
So therefore, I have to putyour business out women, who
fits his credits, his mentalhealth and his life, and he
still cheats on you and you takehim back.
Speaker 2 (01:07:26):
First of all, that's a bull.
Because first of all, like letme tell you where you first lost
me you said fix his credit.
That's some bullshit.
But then, when you said mentalhealth, you can't fix nobody,
(01:07:48):
you can't fix nobody, you can't,baby, you can't, you can't, no,
you can't.
Jesus can do it, but you can't.
Jesus can do it, but you can't.
Speaker 1 (01:08:02):
But you can't, you can't.
What about straight men whosecretly love drag but will not
admit it?
Speaker 2 (01:08:11):
Bullshit, I know who you're talking about.
I know who you're talking about.
Yup, yup, I know who you'retalking about Yup Punk ass.
Speaker 1 (01:08:27):
Yup, I said it.
Okay, so now I'm being messy Apreacher who praises God on
Sunday and trolls drag queens onMonday.
Speaker 2 (01:08:40):
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and guess
what?
Quiet as it's kept.
They was outside at night atthe club, but didn't think
nobody saw them slip out theback door Baby listen.
Speaker 1 (01:09:01):
Okay, okay, okay.
Whoo see, because, because goddidn't want me, okay, last one,
(01:09:21):
please, that don't pat, don'ttuck.
Speaker 2 (01:09:34):
Do I even quantify that?
That you said everything?
The don't.
The don't that means no, no,it's like for me okay, sure,
(01:09:57):
certain queens who have certainbody types can get away with it,
and I'm like baby, okay, thebody is bodying, certain, and
there are people guarding thequeens, but just because you're
skinny don't mean that youshouldn't pay it.
Oh bitch.
(01:10:18):
You know, Because you look likea straw that has been flattened
.
Like what Look, I'm going toneed some silhouette Bitch.
(01:10:39):
Like where are the curves?
Where is the femininity?
Even mean girls, even lean girls, lean women, athletic women,
they're all kind of women typebody type.
So I'm not saying that you knowit's not valid or whatever, but
this is drag, and drag is anexaggerated version of
(01:11:01):
femininity.
That's what we're doing.
It is, and that's what we'redoing it is.
I don't care what you try todefine it as, and this is my
drag and da-da-da-da-da, butthat's what it was and that's
what it always will be.
And on some level, ground level, at the basic level of drag,
it's an exaggerated version offemininity.
(01:11:23):
That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (01:11:26):
So, in other words, bullshit, oh did.
Speaker 2 (01:11:29):
I say it.
I never said it.
Oh, I thought that my face hadsaid it or my silence had said
it.
Oh, I love you, I love you, Ilove you, I love you, I love my
silence that said it.
But uh, oh, I love you, I loveyou, I love you, I love you, I
love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
Speaker 1 (01:11:46):
Listen, okay, we we gotta, because, because we, we
could talk all damn day, we, we,we have to exchange numbers
like in real life, becausebecause, yes, baby, listen.
You have walked through thefire and hills and you came out
shining like a fucking diamondbitch.
Let me tell you something.
That is who you are.
(01:12:08):
You came out shining okay,because what they don't know
about fire is it makes gold,okay.
So let me tell you something.
And that is exactly whathappened to you.
Speaker 2 (01:12:21):
And then what happens when you put pressure on things
on the rock?
Baby, Baby.
Speaker 1 (01:12:31):
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
So, before we get to the lastsegment of the show, where can
we find all things?
Latrice Royale.
Speaker 2 (01:12:44):
Really On YouTube?
No, no, really.
I'm on Facebook.
(01:13:12):
You can follow me on myFacebook page, instagram, at
Latrice Royale.
I'm on TikTok, but it's LatriceRoyale Inc.
Somebody thought they weregoing to be smart and take my
name, but what they could not dowas take my corporation,
because she is what A businessperson for me.
So, Latrice Royale Inc.
Speaker 1 (01:13:34):
On TikTok Inc.
Because Inc, inc, because ink,ink with ink.
Yeah, betty, I don't know, Idon't know Ink with ink.
(01:13:55):
So our very last segment ofthis show is called Pass it On,
where you pass on a message toeither my next guest or just
anybody watching.
What would be your pass it onmessage that you want to share
with somebody watching?
Speaker 2 (01:14:16):
Greatness comes from within, darling.
So believe in yourself and knowthat you are great.
Walk in your divine destiny andlife will be grand.
Speaker 1 (01:14:28):
Yes, baby, I feel like my soul has been driven.
I feel like I have had a sermon.
I feel like I have hadeverything.
Oh my God, like you have justthis has been divine.
This has been this was meant tohappen.
(01:14:50):
And listen, please do not letthis be your last time being a
guest, and hopefully next timeyou'll be sitting next to me.
Yeah, because we can make thathappen.
Speaker 2 (01:14:59):
You heard that this is cute for a taste, but wait,
be sitting next to me, yeah,because we can make that happen.
You heard that, like this islook, this is cute for a taste,
but wait till we get in person.
Okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (01:15:09):
So next time we're not giving pandemic vibes.
Ha, she tried to comfort for meon my show.
Oh my.
Speaker 2 (01:15:18):
God, I surely did, but you.
Speaker 1 (01:15:26):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:15:27):
You appreciate it real.
Good girl, I do, I did.
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 1 (01:15:40):
Let this episode, let this episode be your permission
slip to be loud, to be weird,to be what, just to be you
unapologetically.
Let this be your permissionslip.
Be you and the rest of theworld will catch up.
(01:16:01):
Okay, so, as you go out thereand be great in they face, know
that you are everything andeverything is you.
You are the shits, the wholeshit, and nothing.
But what shit, yeah, baby.
So as you be, it's like I knowyou can be you have a good day
on purpose.
Huh, you're welcome.
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