History WMG / RuPaulsDragRace

!! The reason Willam was disqualified from Drag Race was due to drug use

* Its already rumored that whatever Willam did to get kicked off the show was ''not'' the reason given to use in the Reunion special, Phi Phi O'Hara has even offered to reveal that secret for Facebook votes to get onto Rupaul's All Stars Drag Race (which she ultimately did not get). Looking at the facts of the episode itself, the queens outright said what Willam was doing could get them all in trouble, and just getting unsanctioned visits from her husband really wouldn't have been anything to get the rest of them in trouble. And looking at Willam during that episode, he was very quiet and down in the workroom, similar to someone coming down from a drug high, plus the whole nausea thing on stage. In the end, what Willam was doing was doing some sort of illegal recreational drug in her hotel room, obviously against the rules, and the queens were upset because if it got out it could get the show and all of them in legal trouble. Since the producers didn't want it getting out that one of their contestants was doing something illegal, they made up the story about Willam's husband following her all the way to LA (which itself is a very lame cover story). This also could explain why, although Willam was a judge favorite, he wasn't asked to return. An unsanctioned visit against the rules was one thing, but they couldn't allow a contestant on drugs to remain on the show. It could also explain why Willam wasn't brought back for ''All Stars''.
** To give further credence to this theory, in the reunion episode Willam mentions how queens who get accepted on the show aren't allowed to tell anyone. This is a blatant lie. The queens are indeed allowed to tell the people in their private lives why they're disappearing for weeks or months on end. They simply can't make any big public announcements. Further, those who have met Willam in person can attest to her drug use.
*** Not a blatent lie, Detox has confirmed you're not supposed to tell anyone in an interview that was completely unrelated to the Willam incident when discussing her time on the show.
*** At the same time, when the Season 6 queens were announced, Pandora Boxx said on Facebook how happy she was that she could finally talk about how her friend and mentor Darienne Lake made it on the show, implying that she knew beforehand.
*** But that's from after they got back and had filmed everything but the reunion. That's very different than someone finding out before/during the taping of the show and even make visits during.
* Willam spilled major tea recently that [[https://twitter.com/willam/status/1004123205324304384 pretty thoroughly]] [[https://twitter.com/willam/status/1004123323335258113 explains the debacle]]. In summary: While the old yarn the show itself spun about conjugal visits has obviously been ''long'' Jossed, the other theories are only partial truths from what ultimately amounts to a broadly TroubledProduction for Season 4. Willam, in his usual manner, was a rabble rouser on set from the beginning and cultivated bad blood with some prominent members of production for standing up for the queens being mistreated in various ways. Additionally, he (also in his usual manner) had sex with the producer of Untucked during the filming period, got weed from a P.A. and routinely left the hotel quarantine. The final nail in the coffin that led to Willam's disqualification, however, was lying to production about his computer being stolen so he could take a pre-booked flight home during filming to participate in a musical he was scheduled to appear in.
** The cherry on top of this drama sundae is that Willam ''was'' originally [[https://twitter.com/willam/status/1004175159429754880 booked to appear]] on All Stars 1, but had production pull out on him ''40 hours'' before filming started, well after he could reschedule the commitments he had cancelled to participate in the show.

!! Laganja was going through marijuana withdrawal

* Longtime friend Adore talked about how Laganja's behavior on the show is not remotely how she is at home. Laganja jokes about being a stoner all the time (it ''is'' in her name, La'''ganja'''), and the show heavily forbids drug use--especially if that's why Willam was eliminated as suggested above. Laganja's erratic behavior could have been frayed nerves from not getting her Mary Jane fix. She's certainly not the only stoner in the history of the show, but it does affect people differently.
** It is entirely possible that she would smoke marijuana because she had issues with anxiety and the show is most likely very stressful so it's possible that due to lack of marijuana and aggravated anxiety she was having a bit of a breakdown.

!! Phi Phi O'Hara was not invited to All-Stars due to offering to share Willam's secret about her disqualification

* Phi Phi was just coming off one of the hottest seasons of Drag Race, and there really seemed to be no reason why she shouldn't have been included in the cast ... except that during Facebook voting for the one guaranteed "in" for the season Phi Phi attempted to rally for more votes by offering to share the ''real'' reason Willam was disqualified from her season (stating the the reason given, visits from her husband, was a lie). This was a real bonehead move from Phi Phi, because she went ahead and threatened to break the terms of her confidentiality/non-disclosure clause in her contract in an attempt to get on the same show again. Now Willam already called her out on this and Phi Phi had since rescinded her offer, but by then it was too late, the producers could not reward Phi Phi for almost breaking the contract, and as a result they decided to not include her in the All Stars cast, not only as punishment, but also if Phi Phi did get in, it's entirely possible that her fans would demand to know the secret anyway, putting her, Willam, and the show in a bad situation. However, based on more current media it's obvious Phi Phi was not blackballed from the Drag Race alum completely at least, they didn't let her in All Stars but as long as they doesn't pull this stunt again, there should be no reason she cannot be included in a future All Stars season.
** Jossed, Phi Phi has stated that she was supposed to be in the first season of All-Stars but due to the incidents that led to her 30-day incarceration she couldn't attend. She basically said her background check came back "dirty" but was told if there was a second season she would be on it then.

!! Rebecca Glasscock was invited to participate in All Stars, but declined the offer

* With the exception of Phi Phi, every queen in the top three thus far was invited to come back for All Stars, but Rebecca Glasscock was curiously absent. It's already known that Rebecca has chosen to distance herself from the show and does not get involved with it at all, so it's easy to believe she most likely ''was'' given the chance to return, but she decided on her own she did not want to be involved with Drag Race again.
** She actually did lobby for votes on her Facebook page, but considering she had kept a low profile after her season in addition to being TheScrappy ''during'' said season, it's easy to see her not getting enough to make it.

!! Acid Betty gets disqualified for punching another contestant

* This is the rumor I've been hearing circulating around the net, apparently fueled by an angry post on Acid Betty's boyfriend's Facebook which was removed shortly thereafter. Rumor also has it that it's happening in the 5th episode.
** This is actually somewhat unlikely as Acid Betty would probably not be allowed to tour with the other queens if she did such a thing. She may however mouthed off to [=RuPaul=] when she lands in the bottom two.
** {{Jossed}}, although the fact Acid Betty gets eliminated in the 5th episode ''was'' accurate.

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!! Katya will win All Stars 2

* Due to the unprofessional behaviour of Alaska and Detox during the eliminations (favoring their friends over queens who didn't deserve to go home) and Roxxxy spending most of the season on the bottom Ru will crown Katya as the winner for her good performance, sense of fair play and positive attitude and growth.
** Jossed

!! Laganja wanted her own StupidStatementDanceMix

* Bianca is arguably the most famous season winner to come out of the show, but when she was invited back for the all-winners All-Stars 7, she said in interviews "Would you go back to high school?" She obviously wanted to imply that she has grown beyond ''Drag Race'', but it's entirely possible (read: likely) that she didn't come back for the same reason she never came back as a "lipsynch assassin" in previous All-Stars seasons: she's just not a lipsynch performer. Her comedy shows are 100% stand-up, and even in Season 6, the only time she lipsynched was the 3-way lipsynch at the end which didn't determine anything anyway. Most likely she didn't want to embarrass herself by doing well in challenges only to constantly lose to queens who lipsynch and dance every weekend, which was basically what happened to Jimbo in ''Drag Race UK vs The World''.

* Bianca is arguably the most popular season winner to come out of the show, but when she was invited back for the all-winners All-Stars 7, she said in interviews "Would you go back to high school?" She obviously wanted to imply that she has grown beyond ''Drag Race'', but it's entirely possible (read: likely) that she didn't come back for the same reason she never came back as a "lipsynch assassin" in previous All-Stars seasons: she's just not a lipsynch performer. Her comedy shows are 100% stand-up, and even in Season 6, the only time she lipsynched was the 3-way lipsynch at the end which didn't determine anything anyway. Most likely she didn't want to embarrass herself by doing well in challenges only to constantly lose to queens who lipsynch and dance every weekend, which was basically what happened to Jimbo in ''Drag Race UK vs The World''.

* Bianca is arguably the most popular season winner to come out of the show, but when she was invited back for the all-winners All-Stars 7, she said in interviews "Would you go back to high school?" She obviously wanted to imply that she has grown beyond ''Drag Race'', but it's entirely possible (read: likely) that she didn't come back for the same reason she never came back as a "lipsynch assassin" in previous All-Stars seasons: she's just not a lipsynch performer. Her comedy shows are 100% stand-up, and even in Season 6, the only time she lipsynched was the 3-way lipsynch at the end which didn't determine anything anyway. Most likely she didn't want to embarrass herself by doing well in challenges only to constantly lose to queens who lipsynch and dance every weekend, which is basically what happened to Jimbo in ''Drag Race UK vs The World''.

* This is a rumor that made its way around the Drag Race circles. Charity herself seems to indicate that this was true in interviews and on social media. Additionally, a Reddit user [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Dragula/comments/ruk85p/if_the_charity_kase_quit_dragula_4_during_prep_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf noticed]] that several of her Drag Race runways lined up with the challenges on that season of Dragula.

* A conspiracy theory floating around is that due to the pandemic, Season 2 of Celebrity Drag Drag had to be cancelled, but World of Wonder needed to fill the episode quota they had promised to VH1 and so they added more episodes to Season 13. This would explain why Season 13 had 17 episodes (3 more than Season 12), and why some of the episode ideas felt underdeveloped (particularly the episode 1 lip synch tournament, and having a second acting challenge for the Final 5 episode).

* One can't help but notice there are multiple pageant queens in Season 11 whereas there are usually only one or two. Previous seasons have made them out to be the Mean Girls of the drag world, so it looks like Ru intentionally brought on several to show that they're not just {{Alpha Bitch}}es but can have all sorts of styles and personalities.

* One can't help but notice there are several pageant queens in Season 11 whereas there are usually only a couple. The past several seasons have made them out to be one-note/overly conventional at best and {{Alpha Bitch}}es at worst, so it looks to me like Ru intentionally brought on several pageant queens to show their different styles and facets.

** The idea of [=BeBe=] being that oblivious to standard Drag Race tropes isn't entirely far-fetched though, given the fact that she had no idea who ''Ornacia'' was.

*** At the same time, when the Season 6 queens were announced, Pandora Boxx said on Facebook how happy she was that she could finally talk about how her friend and mentor Darrienne Lake made it on the show, implying that she knew beforehand.

* When [=BeBe=] lipsynched against [=BenDeLa=] in ''All Stars 3'', she took her wig off near the end of the song, which everyone knows is one of the biggest lipsynch no-no's in the series. And sure enough, Ru's smile disappeared at that moment and she awarded the victory to Ben. Considering Ben's shocking self-elimination and [=BeBe=] doing such a blatant faux pas resulting in her loss, it possible [=BeBe=] lost on purpose. Ben may have informed her of her plan, and [=BeBe=] most likely went with it because she knew she'd benefit from Ben's self-elimination in the long run. This would also explain why she was so tight-lipped about who she would have sent home if she ''had'' won. She had no intention of any of eliminating anybody and simply grabbed someone's lipstick just to film the scene, meaning she'd have to either face that queen's resentment (in a season full of sore losers) or admit that she threw the competition.

** Fully Jossed... although the actual final twist of the season turned out to be somewhat similar in spirit, as when the Top 4 was determined, the ''previously eliminated'' queens returned to vote on who should be the Top 2. Ironically, they promptly voted [=BeBe=] out.