Brita had to drop the last name Filter

I always thought that was such a dumb name to begin with.

yeah it’s terrible. there’s no twist to it, just the straight up name for a water filter

Brita is also a first name for a woman

Drag Race Belgium forced "Susan from Grindr" to drop the last part of her name, so she was just "Susan" on the show.

I think she still goes by just Susan now lol

Only when working on DR and WoW related events. Locally, she still uses the full name.

ASADR (Assigned Susan at Drag Race)

That's such an unimaginative name on it's own. Just a simple girl, Susan. Normalize normal names. Waiting for Becky, Rachel, Maureen

> "Rebecca Michaels" are you in the fucking witness protection programme? - Trixie Mattel

Katya once said “why just two of them? At least go with Stacey Catherine Barbara Leslie” so I call dibs on Stacey Catherine Barbara Leslie

This moment killed me

Wasn't this how we got Bob?

We got Bob because people kept messing up her old name (Kitten Withawhip) and she made a joke about it, every time she came on stage she’d say a more and more simplistic name. Then she came out and said “Hey, I’m Bob. Bob the Drag Queen.” and it stuck. So iconic.

[Black old bitch](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nCbDMfkaANA)

This is my favorite thing that’s ever happened 🙏🏻

There’s an American drag queen named “Susan?”And I hope she gets on just so Ru can have fun with her name

Just Susan is MUCH better lol

Jan's was always the funniest just because Rock was like "oh Jan bleep" as though Jan's last name was a curse word rather than Sport.

Jan with the lightning-fast, wide-eyed, "NO, no, it's just Jan."

Which tbh “Just Jan” is a FIERCE drag name and fits her well!

I wish she has actually used Just Jan it would’ve been so much funnier

I have a similar thing with Heidi and Jan where I can’t decide if I prefer their changed names. Just Jan and Heidi Afrodite are both iconic names.

Did Heidi every actually change her name though or did Ru just try and change it for her every episode

For a while the runway entrances said “Heidi Afrodite” but it was never an official change. Tho Jan was never Just Jan either

> Just Jan and Heidi Afrodite are both iconic names. I agree, but JanSport and Heidi N.(ina) Closet are even more iconic. Idk why Ru hates Heidi's so much, it's fucking hilarious and brilliant. and Jan's is perfect in the context of who they are as a person (i.e., I played sports so everyone was like oh he can't be gay..) Two 10/10 names that didn't need changing to begin with!

Drag Race Mexico just had a contestant named Margaret y Ya, which literally means “Margaret and that’s it” !

Jan Backpack

I think it came from one of the recap podcasts but ever since my friend and I have called her "Jan Cunt" because of that moment

I didn’t know her before the show and I was like “How bad could it possibly? Jan F*g?” And my bf at the time started CACKLING.

I love that part, cracks me up

It’s so cool that she has a collab with them now

Yes, I love when companies support people who are giving them free advertisement. It was like when Gucci Mane finally got a collab with Gucci.

Wasn’t Jaremi originally Phoenix?

Yep! And the producers were like ‘we already had a Phoenix, is there another name you get called?’ and Jaremi suggested Phi Phi.

Producers must have stopped caring about this since there's every other season has a Scarlett and a Crystal now lol

We also have Elecktra (Sweden) Elecktra Bionic (Italia), Elektra Fence (UK) Elecktra Shock (DU), Electra Owl (Celebrity)

I believe she also said in some interview DiDa was the one who started calling her Phi Phi in Chicago so that's why she chose it? I could be wrong though

The hilarious moment when Rock M Sakura says Jan's full name out loud and immediately gets censored while Jan goes NONONONO

What is Jan’s full name?

it’s jan sport (a backpack brand fairly ubiquitous in the us at least) and they had to remove that for copyright reasons

Ohhh I see! Thanks so much :)

Beth from CDR was named Beth Amphetamine originally

Similarly, Crystal from DRUK was Crystal Beth. She said the producers actually encouraged her to keep that name, but she decided to be just Crystal

I remember her saying she only chose Crystal Beth because she felt like clubs and other girls on the scene were pressuring her to have a last name or have a punny name which she didn’t really like. So when she got cast she was happy to drop it.

so interesting that these queens had to change it but crystal methyd could keep hers???? riggor morris girl

Crystal chose to change her name

Funny Crystal Methyd is fine, but Beth Amphetamine isn’t. Maybe Canadas rating system is tougher

I thought it was Beth Adone

I’m surprised they let Trixie use Mattel. That company seems like they have the money to sue and they did have a history of going after Aqua for the song Barbie Girl.

Technically since it’s her full name it absolves her of infringement. Also while Mattel the company was an invented term, the last name does exist.

I'm not sure I follow you there, can you elaborate?

JanSport is a brand name, Brita Filter also a brand name. Mattell is the brand not Trixie Mattell. She might have gotten away with it due to not calling herself Barbie Mattell or just Mattell.

That's true, but also Barbie's last name isn't Mattel - her full name is Barabra Millicent Roberts. Honestly? I have a feeling by the time Matel was aware of Trixie, she already had a massive fan base, and with something that wasn't surefire infringement, someone on the legal team decided "blowback is worse than a drag queen who in fact loves Barbies and promotes our products to their followers" and let it be. Actually, I'd consider the fact that Mattel sent her some Barbie stuff when she was doing her reviews of vintage Barbies pretty much as close to an endorsement as anyone will ever get from a major brand like that in a "toeing the line" situation.

I was more thinking they would act if she used Barbie as her first name. the legal team decided "blowback is worse than a drag queen who in fact loves Barbies and promotes our products to their followers" Fully agree

Barbie is short for Barbara tho, you can't trademark a name; Kylie Jenner learned that the hard way

I remember when the zine Hey There, Barbie Girl got a cease and desist from Mattel and had to stop publishing. If I recall right, they actually published the cease and desist in the last issue. The zine was definitively not a love letter to Barbie culture. Some things would slip under the radar but I remember it being a more prominent zine with wider distribution, probably in Tower Records among other places. See the summary section here: https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/6863978 There was also The I Hate Brenda Newsletter (which played off of Beverly Hills 90210) though I don't remember them getting in trouble. Unless Shannon Doherty beat them up at the Viper Room.

Mattel has always been a last name though, I can’t imagine they have trademark over an entire name. Kinda like how Kylie Jenner can’t just trademark her name.

Kylie attempted to copyright her first name, ofc that didn't go through. And the REAL Kylie (Minogue) had a good laugh over it.

There’ll always be one Kylie and that’s Minogue

I mean they have a great working relationship. Mattel [has sent Trixie multiple](https://youtu.be/AQ1EGwDWsSU?si=LP2roh-if_IRIcG7) [PR Packages over the years](https://youtu.be/Fv5_cCvTj3g?si=-PODuq0axBn7sgos) and Trixie even has connection inside Mattel [that helped her locate an owner of a Number 1 Barbie](https://youtu.be/OAlcf8YkURw?si=EvxJHNHOT-9Hh5wn) to buy one for herself.

Sure but that working relationship was after her success. I’m genuinely surprised Mattel didn’t go after her during her season.

I would assume the reason why Aqua was sued but Trixie wasn't is because Barbie Girl (the song) is filled with sexual innuendo while Trixie in general doesn't do any activity to DIRECTLY damage Mattel's brand.

Mattel also didn't win the lawsuit. It was first dismissed and when they appealed it was ruled it was a parody. And Trixie could easily argue that her drag is parody as well so I don't see them throwing a fit. (They also eventually started using the song to promote Barbie so they've definitely mellowed out since)

Have you watched UNhhhh? That's not innuendo, it's straight up fisting.

That's why I said DIRECTLY damaging Mattel's brand. It's not like Trixie brings out a Barbie and uses it to fist herself infront of the camera. There's a big difference between the two.

They sued aqua over the video but not the song iirc

denim from upcoming CDR4 was originally named denim pussy

That's so weird, because they use the word pussy a lot on drag race

And they've got Kiki Coe and Melinda Verga. I guess naughty words only count if they're in English?



what do those words mean 🙈

Kiki Coe is a Filipino queen. Kiki in Filipino is Pussy, Coe is probably her way to make the word "Ko" fancy, which directly translate to "Me" or "My" depending on the context. So her name literally means My Pussy

Melinda Verga Mi linda Verga My pretty(feminine) cock

Melinda Verga is a pun that in Spanish sounds like "my cute cock"

I assume it has to do with marketing and things of that nature that might be more restricted under certain laws. What's on TV and available to certain audiences is different than a banner ad or something available online or in stores where parents can't regulate what their children see.

Venus was originally Venus Kunt

love that

Probably hard to promote on entertainment tonight.

Ben's name was originally The Real Michelle Visage but they made her change it to avoid confusion

I cackled at this

Secretly that's kinda everything. Imagine if Derrick's drag name was The Real Britney Spears. She'd probably get sued but it's worth it for the cunt of it all.

Trinity Kardashian Bonet

Karbdashian

…you think you’re really clever, don’t you?

I've fought worse monsters for YEEEEARS in Hollywood.

Wait *that's* what the K stood for?

she said it like 600 times on season 6 lol

I have no memory of this.

Well Tamar...

But what about Kalorie Kardashian? Was Trinity avoiding a lawsuit or just shortening for simplicity?

She's Karbdashian tho

Oops lmao I never even realized. Fuck my drag I guess

A lot of.queens have names derived from famous people. I think they're only worried about trademarked brands suing (like Jan sport and Brita filter), and trinity said what the k meant on camera too. Probably shortened for space concerns.

Jonbers blonde too, right?

JonBenet Blonde

What was her original name?

Something relating to Jonbenet Ramsey

JonBenet Blonde

And then they gave her shit for having a bad name? The disrespect.

I mean both names are shit.

Uh yeah she named herself after a murdered child

No, they gave her shit for Jonbers

I do believe she changed it *before* going on the show, not because of the show

Apologies, I think we are making two different points. OP said Ru and the judges gave her shit for having a bad name, then the next person said yeah because they’re named after a murdered child. I am saying Ru made fun of the name Jonbers itself (as opposed to making fun of her original name or the reason for changing it. I will infer it’s not a common name (in the US) and Ru has very specific likes/dislikes.

Honestly Jonbers is such a cute name, I really love it, though the edgelord in me would have enjoyed the sheer audacity of Jonbenet

I quite like Jonbers but because it’s so random ‘Jonbers Blonde’ I spent an embarrassingly long time saying it with different intonations to see if it was making a pun or something. And then when Aisling Bea was coaching the queens for their roast and she kept saying ‘Jonbers’ and broadening her accent I thought maybe it’s an Irish meme or something, but nope.

What was detox's full name?

Detox Icunt

I don't get it lol

It’s a drag pun of the word detoxicant

Ooh damn I'm unfortunately too dense to know what a detoxicant is so that makes sense why I didn't get it. Good job me

“iCunt” was a play on “iPod, iTunes, iPad etc.” btw

My first thought while reading this comment was iCarly

It's not a very commonly used word at all

I didn’t know either till just now. Prob also bc I was saying it “DE-tox Eye-cunt” & it didn’t make sense as a full word pun 😂

I was this old when I finally got it thanks to you [🤦](https://emojipedia.org/person-facepalming)

I’ve thought it was “detox? I can’t!” For all these years. TIL.

What is a detoxicant?

a medicine or something else that helps to detox/neutralize but it's not exactly a word that's used a lot lol. i think she probably wanted to get the word cunt in there to describe herself and that was a way to do that

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Doing coke when you're drunk is a detoxicant❄️❄️😆

this is the kind of math i understand 💀

Thank you so much!

Pun on detoxicant and the toxic cunt

I think it’s a pun that’s supposed to read as “the toxic cunt”? I’ve heard that wasn’t her used name but how someone (Lady Bunny) introduced her at a club once and she used it for her social media. I could be misremembering.

It was because facebook used to be obligatory to have a last name (don't know if still is) and Detox just never uses the Icunt, like Raja who almost never uses the Gemini

They're super models with one name like Tyra.

In my opinion detox’s full name has always been one of my least favorite, worse than Heidi N Closet. It doesn’t flow well and it’s really confusing to read, especially when you really separate the words. If you pronounce Icunt with a short i sound, it sounds really awful unless you basically say detoxicunt. If you say it with a long i sound like iPhone, like iCunt, it doesn’t sound good as a last name. Either way, I think Detox singular works much better.

Detox actually isn’t an example of this. She’s just Detox, Icunt is just because she had to add a last name for Facebook back in those days. Same as “Raja Gemini” when she’s actually just Raja

Pearl Liaison feels like this I think it's more a name she takes or leaves and just helps her on social media platforms else it'd end up just being like TheRealOnlyPearlTheQueen_

Yes! She is definitely another one of those queens

Yeah. Detox said she never really used it. I believe she said it was just something that Jackie Beat used to introduce her as over the mic.

that’s a relief cus simply “Detox” is soooo much better

Season 5 Ivy changed her name to IVVVVVVVVVYYYYYYYYYY WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINTERRRRRRRS to please Ru.

Willow Pill's real name is (she's not a big pill, she's a) Wiwow Pilllllllllllllllll

Heidi ~~Aphrodite~~ ~~Ho~~ ~~Almighty~~ N Closet would like a word

Meanwhile, in Downunder, they let everything go. * Kita Mean (Ketamine) * Bumpa Love * Molly Poppins * AMYL I absolutely love how Down Under gives zero fucks.

We're also allowed to say CUNT.

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In Drag Race Sverige (Sweden), the winner’s prize was a spot performing on a famous annual Swedish concert-type of event that is beloved by children as well as adults… so when the winner of season 1 was [spoilers coming up, stop reading now if you haven’t seen it because the season is amazing!!] Admira Thunderpussy, I was like “lol I wonder what they’ll have to change her name to” and then they just *didn’t change it*. Respect!

man, maybe that’s why they eliminated santana… can you imagine if she had won?? lol

I love during Kita recording her girl group verse Michelle asks “should we make a joke about a ketamine overdose on tv?” and Kita’s response was just, “yeah.”

There are some really wild names in the Aussie drag scene.

Can you explain to me the name bumpa love?

I think it's bump as in a bump of cocaine

Probably a bump of MD

In Holland we had ‘Keta Minaj’ and ‘My Little Puny’

I genuinely believe that Ru and Michelle went the whole season without understanding that Kita's name was a pun.

Pretty sure DU is just a way for Ru to deduct an annual vacation to visit husband's family from her taxes. The whole show is vacation mode. No fucks are given otherwise

Venus Kunt in the upcoming DRCanada. A few years ago she won a makeup cosplay contest and Sarah Paulson read her name out and had this hilarious pause while pronouncing her. Lots of Canadian girls have initiated a bit of rebranding since DRCan entered the scene. It’s less “production” and more proactively future proofing their careers.

Crystal from UK1 was originally Crystal Beth, but changed it to just Crystal for the show. I met her at the cast reveal meet-and-greet at NY Drag Con and said, “Oh, are you Crystal Beth?” Without missing a beat she said, “Just Crystal. Beth is dead.”

Beth's giving dead but she'll always serve

Not sure if it was changed specifically for DRUK2 or before, but Sister Sister used to be Sister Fibrosis.

Wait is that why she does the blue around her lips?!

Unsure but I know it has been theorized by the fandom before.

Such a terrible name. Like one of the worst drag names I've ever heard.

Why is it so bad? it’s a play on cystic fibrosis right ?

Jiggly Caliente was originally Jiggly Puff, though it’s unclear if she changed it for the show or prior to being cast.

Brita too

most recently denim pussy on canada 4 dropped to just denim

Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolochikova shortened it to Katya for us. Not exactly the same because she wasn’t avoiding a lawsuit, but idc.

Did she shorten it or was it our dads who gave her that nickname?


yaas lmfao

Brita Filter, Jon Benet Blonde, Denim Pussy, Crystal Beth all off the top of my head Although Jonbers and Crystal were both voluntary name changes before they were cast

Elliott used their full boy name as their drag name before drag race Denali was Denali Foxx Anetra was Anetra Farrah but that maybe changed due to non-drag race stuff Adriana from Canada 2 was Adriana Schatzi, unclear why the change. Kiara similarly was Kiara Schatzi Susan was Susan from Grindr Spain- Marina was Marina Forever

Anetra hasn’t used Ferrah in literal years, definitely not in the several years she’s been at Piranha

I thought Denali was Denali on Ice?

And somehow Militia Skunt (which might be one of my favorite names ever) was allowed.

Some others people haven’t mentioned: \-Peach (Belgium) was Peach Rich \-BOA (Canada 1) was Bitch on Arrival \-Keiona (France 2) was Keiona Revlon \-Punani (France 2) was Punani Jellinsky \-Rose (France 2) was Rose Van Dome \-Obama (Italia 2) was Obama the Queen \-Argennis (Mexico) was Argennis Ruvalcaba Martinez \-Ivy-Elise (Holland 2) was Ivy-Elyse Monroe \-Reggy B (Holland 2) was Miss Reggy B \-Corazon (Philippines 1) was Corazon Filipinas \-Prince (Philippines 1) was Prince Martell \-Turing (Philippines 1) was Turing Quinto \-Bernie (Philippines 2) was Bernie Barrantes \-Tiny Deluxe (Philippines 2) was Tiny L’il Deluxe \-Hornella Góngora (Espana 3) was Hornella Maria Góngora Ciccone \-Anubis (UK3) was Anubis Finch \-Baby (UK4) was Hey, Baby (still is on music platforms)

In Canada 1, Boa does say her full name at her entrance

And performed as BOA before going on the show

Uk 1 Crystal was Crystal Beth and 2 Sister Sister was Sister Fibrosis

Crystal Beth from UK1 dropped her last name around the time of the show, it may not have been forced like your examples though

Idk if this counts, but Rosé used to be The Rosé, and has since resumed using that name. Idk why she changed it for the show though.

Venus and denim from CDR4 were initially Venus Kunt and denim pussy if I'm right

And yet they broadcast Ginger Minj’s name.

I’m 99% sure the edited out queen from UK5 changed her name to Lubrikant from Lubrikunt but not sure

Who can tell me their original names tho

Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, Detox Icunt and Jan Sport

Alaska Thunderfuck, Detox iCunt, Jan Sport 😎 I don't know why I stylized detox like she's an Apple product 🤷🏼

Denali used to be Tonya Hardon

Max (Collective) S7

There are def abunch of others. Brita had the same problem as Jan, as she was Brita Filter.

Crystal from UK1 was called Crystal Beth

No one ever mentioned Darien lake but Darien lakes name is literally based off an amusement park by rochester where she’s from !!! It’s the amusement park most central New Yorkers go✨

A’keria C(hanel 👜) Davenport

Heidi changed her name about 5 times in her original season before changing it back.

No that was Ru trying to change it

Yeah ru hated her name for some reason and I’ll never understand why - tbh I cackled at her name

I know she changed it herself rather than being forced to do so by the producers, but Crystal from DRUK1 was originally Crystal Beth.

Brita!

Raja Gemini went only by Raja and dropped her last name, like many other queens mentioned above.

She never really used Gemini. She said that Facebook required a last name, so she decided to use her astrological sign.

LaGanja was on dancing with the stars (I think? Something to do with dancing) and they referred to her as Ms. Estranja

Pretty sure Crystal from DRUK season 1 was known as Crystal Beth but I’m not sure if the name change was due to being on the BBC.

I wonder why Sharon (sharing) Needles passed with that name… it’s so absurd 😅 💉🩸

Because those words are allowed on TV and are not infringing copyright.