Exclusive with Vivian Vanderpuss
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Hello Gorgeous!
Hi Darling!
How are you doing?
I'm doing fabulous feeling dewey and effervescent never sweaty.
No, never in drag!
Never, but no I'm loving you here at Drag Con.
Good, has everyone been treating you well?
Oh yeah, people are so sweet here. I can't believe that there's so many people from around the world that have seen my season. I mean, I can't believe it, it warms my heart.
Of course there's so many franchises under one roof, and who would you most excited to see me most?
Oh my goodness, I was so I was really excited to meet in person Heidi N Closet. Oh my gosh, so many incredible people and also so many people that I have just like met here and everyone is so welcoming and it feels fabulous.
Now when you appeared on your season you came up with so many iconic looks…
Thank you so much.
Like these little hands **points to Vivan’s outfit** Would you like to delve into anything more fashion related in the future?
I mean, yeah, I think a lot of the characters that I was bringing to Canada’s Drag Race were characters that I had been working on for many years and have different iterations of. So it was cool to bring them to their highest form kind of thing. I have lots of other ideas, lots of bizarre ideas in my brain. I would love to be back on television. I don't know what's next. I love it though I love kitsch and camp.
Which of course we all love over here. You must feel right at home.
I’m like, I have to live here. It’s fabulous.
Do it, we’ll take you in, we will all vouch for you.
Thank you!
What do you hope to achieve in 2023?
In 2023, I'm really loving travelling. So I'd like to do a little bit more travelling and performing all over the world. I'm not performing this time round in London but I would love to come to perform. I mean, I don't know if I’m performing in Holland when I go there. Who knows? You know what, if you're out there and you'd love to see Vivian Vanderpuss at your local space… Call me or something. I just do like the Disney thing and put my number there.
You had such support when the show aired would you like to compete again?
Well, you know I had a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun when I was filming there, I was drinking a lot of smoothies and I was doing a lot of yoga in my hotel, so my brain was in a fabulous place oddly enough. I was having a really fabulous time with that and so I felt right about everything that I did on the show and so I felt like. You know, whatever happens.
Yeah it is what?
It is yeah, and so I mean I would love to go back I think that would be really fabulous. It sounds like the Hunger Games. I would like to go back.
***We both scream in sync*** I volunteer as tribute!
It would be really fabulous and you know, I just think that you can just try things and have faith that they work out and they usually do.
I would love to see a season drag race that was like The Hunger Games. Not gonna lie. I'd love to see the Queens going against each other.
That would be fun.
Who do you think you would win or loose against?
I'd probably definitely win against Fiercealicious. She’s got weak ankles… I love ya! Fashion ankles, ankles for fashion and I would probably lose against Irma Gurd because she's, you know from the East Coast. They are rougher over there. Yeah, she's a muscle daddy now.
She'll get ready like ripping the dress, climb a tree!
I mean hello!
***Both laugh***
Thank you so much, lovely to talk to you.
Thank you darling, bye.
Note: Some of this interview has been edited from the original transcript to help with readability.
Special thanks to World of Wonder for having us at Drag Con UK 2023.