Exclusive with Ginger Johnson
Hello, my love, how are you doing?
I'm really good, how are you?
Doing very well, thank you. How’s your Drag Con been? You’ve survived day one.
Oh, it's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. I'm having the best time. I'm very, very, very, very tired. Yeah, but the energy of the fans is so infectious. It's been wonderful really.
How did it feel to walk down that pink carpet as the most recent crowned winner?
Listen, that is the weirdest thing I've ever done in my life, and I've done some weird sh*t. [Ginger bursts into her iconic laughter]. You know, the day after the finale, I went straight into doing my theatre show, which finished last week. Since the end, the crown has been in a cardboard box in my house, and this morning I took it out to put it in my booth, and I burst into tears. Because I haven't had a second to let the whole thing sink in, and this morning was the first time I was like, Oh... my...God. So I've been dealing with that all day as well, but it's fabulous. It's such an amazing place to be.
Now what do you hope to achieve with your reign?
Oohh wow! It's 5pm at Drag Con, c’mon. I'm not achieving anything.
C’mon, you should have it all planned!
Well, I'm gonna make my series, which I can't tell you anything about. That's one of those classic, I'm doing exciting things, and I’m not talking about it. But what I would really like, I love drag. I love all kinds of drag, not just drag queens, drag kings, drag things, all of it. My current favorite drag performer dresses up as a Caterpillar, right. So that's the wavelength I'm on and what I would love to do with my reign is shine a bit of that spotlight that I've managed to grab onto lots of the other amazing drag performers out there that maybe aren't quite right for Drag Race but still deserve the attention that the drag race girls are getting, so that's what I'm gonna try and do.
Amazing, well, I wish you all the best, as you said, it's my Drag Con day one. [Ginger laughs]. Congratulations on your win and all the best of the year, my love. Take care.
Thank you so much, have a gorgeous day.
Note: Some of this interview has been edited from the original transcript to help with readability.
Special thanks to WOW Presents Plus for having us at Drag Con UK 2024.