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In 2017, Peppermint entered RuPaulsDrag RaceWerk Room already a drag legend.
When she left as season nines runner-up, she did so as aDrag Racelegend.
And yet, despite pleas from fans, Peppermint hasnt been back to the franchise since.
Its all mob mentality, Peppermint told Vulture in a recent interview.
They just took the word of someone who was being extremely dishonest and assassinating my character.
Thats why my hearts broken today with you, Jason.
Who were you connecting with prior to your elimination?I didnt have anyone else.
Prior to the elimination, no one was really talking to me.
I was like, Oh, maybe they are liking me.
We were talking about fashion.
I said, I brought nice fashions and Im excited.
She said the same, she brought nice fashions.
I was like, Were two fashion girls.
That was all I needed from that conversation.
That was a hard left turn for me.
It insinuates that Id be jealous of whatever she packed.
And it insinuates that Im a traitor.
Two things that I know are categorically false.
I was like, Damn, girl.
Youre not digging at me once.
Youre digging at me twice.
What I wanted to say was, Bitch, you could never.
But I didnt want to do that because I didnt see what fashion she brought.
None of that happened.
I didnt know that until the next morning.
I thought I just had a nice conversation about fashion and I was like,Let me represent.
This is not a show about fashion, but obviously Alan is serving looks.
The original scene felt very minor to me.That was my recollection of it.
It also felt like there were microaggressions flying at you constantly throughout your elimination episode.
I know its a game.
As a faithful, were all sitting ducks.
Most of the faithfuls are going to get killed.
But I also thought maybe what Im bringing to the table is something worth keeping here with these people.
Do they see that I could be a good ally?
Can they sense my authenticity and the genuineness of how I take a stab at communicate?
Does any of that register with any of these people?
Most of the people who were in that castle said that they didnt watchDrag Race.
I wasnt onSurvivorwith Sandra and Parvati, but I know them and I love them because of that.
So I just didnt have someone saying, Oh, I watched Peppermint onDrag Race.
No one in that house ever said that.
You need very little to confirm your biases when you are trying to make a decision like that.
I dont think its any mystery that Im dramatic.
But I feel like if I had been a traitor, it wouldve gone the same way.
I just dont know.
I didnt want to go into that house electing to be a perpetrator.
I love the show so much.
I hope somebody was able to avenge me, but I dont think that anybody was trying.
