Not every queen who’s entered RuPaul’s Werk Room on Drag Race has had pleasant things to say about the experience, and a common complaint from former contestants is receiving a “bad edit” once the shows air. Specifically, the notorious “villain edit.”
If there was any confusion about how Ru feels about this (which there wasn’t), the 11-time Emmy Award-winning host’s newest song, “Blame It On The Edit,” should clear it up.
“She wanna blame it on the edit, you the one who said it,” he sings. “Go’on and take the credit, bitch. You the one who said It, bitch. How you gon’ regret it? Blame it on the edit, blame it on the edit.”
“All these shows around the world and everywhere we go,” the song continues. “You’ll never meet another bitch as salty as these hoes.”
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Then later: “You already know who I am, you know what the f*ck I do. So why they all in my house, they lyin on my production crew. Baby nice to know if they throw you a bone, you the type comin back with a attitude. I ain’t cha enemy, keep that same energy. You da only one tryna sabotage you.”
The song is the first single off Ru’s 14th studio album, MAMARU:
First Single #BlameItOnTheEdit Tonight #MamaRu https://t.co/MpQvu3B5Nj pic.twitter.com/lnKTVbQ6U7
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) October 7, 2021
Here are a few reactions from queens who have not complained of a “villain edit”:
god, i love her https://t.co/WBNoEJSV50
— Crystal Elizabeth Methyd (@CrystalMethyd) October 7, 2021
They didn’t show all my snatch game jokes and I blame it on the edit xx https://t.co/GRZiyU6LN0
— BIMINI! (@biminibabes) October 8, 2021
Oh, shit! Mother had some thangs to say y’all!
— Symone (@the_symonee) October 8, 2021
And without further ado, here’s the video for “Blame It On The Edit”:
richybruce
Are these third rate queens kidding me? You don’t have to work in reality TV to know how this shit is done. the bitches on the show are doing everything they can to create a buzz around themselves, and the production does whatever they can in post to create the “drama” they need. This show, like many others like it, is bullshit and they all know it. Especially MaMa Ru who knows damn well what’s going on. She takes the money and the Emmy that’s all. Now all of ya’ll need to sit down and shut up!
CatholicXXX
Has he really made 15 “albums”? Lololol.
People actually listen to his garbage? Hahaha
Let’s be real, he instigates everything for his cheap emmys
daddytop
Really CatholicXXX? I can smell the envy all the way through the Internet. How many Emmys do YOU have? Yeah, I thought so…………..
MISTERJETT
CatholicXXX, STFU!!!!!!
pomogirl
Bitchy about Mother…what else is new?
richybruce
And Ru, how come you never sing live? Asking for a friend.
ShiningSex
Her music is awful. She can’t sing live because it’s all studio work. Just ask Britney. That bitch never sings live either and is just as bad.
daddytop
Gee…. Funny how success follows the bad singers, isn’t it?
Ken A.
YAWN!
Bromancer7
14 studio albums??? Do they even crack the top 100000? Haven’t heard anything from her in 20+ years.
This show is single-handedly responsible for destroying drag forever. It’s a clown car. full of clown queens, driven by the biggest clown queen of them all.
ShiningSex
RUPAUL’S MUSIC IS THE WORST PIECE OF CRAP AROUND. I LOVE THE SHOW, BUT MOST OF THE QUEENS CANNOT SING WORTH A DAMN AND IDIOTS EAT IT ALL UP. RUPAUL’S OWN MUSIC IS JUST AS HIDEOUS. EVERYTHING HE SAYS ENDS UP IN A SONG. THAT’S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A TERRIBLE SONGWRITER. THEY CAN’T BE MORE IMAGINATIVE.
ON A SIDE NOTE, YES IF YOU’RE GOING TO BITCH ABOUT EDITS, YOU ARE BEING CAUGHT SAYING SOME SHIT, SO OWN IT.
I HATE A LOT OF BITCHES ON THE SHOWS LIKE: ROXXXY, PHI PHI, DELTA, ETC. THEY’RE JUST AWFUL.
Andy
Hey genius… Drag music isn’t about good singers. It’s mostly about comedy and camp and dance music. If you want good singers then check out literally any other genre.
BlueRamirez
Oh are you the one he’s talking about? Kidding. Obviously you don’t know the difference between a SINGER and a RECORDING ARTIST. Remember, they are drag queens first, then a recording artists or dancers or what else. There are drag queens who are singers and there are like Rupaul. Rupaul is not even a good actor, AJ & The Queen? Bad acting. But, Rupaul as Drag Race host? The best. He’s the greatest living drag queen to me, no question.
pomogirl
Delta is a genuine and bitch-funny wit, and tremendously fun to watch live.
whateverokok
He’s right, though. Ru couldn’t even walk her way out of a paper bag sober. That no talent hack is only here because of the B-52’s. Sorry folks, but drag is not talent. Nor is it an actual job. NO, drag is just a poor man’s attempt at what they think women are. And the fact that it is a gay man doing it is worse because they have no clue about women. They wouldn’t know a damn thing about women even if one was crawling their hand up their ahole. Really. Some of y’all need to grow up.
Aclue
Drag race fans are some of the worst people in the world so they get what they deserve
barryaksarben
WOW, the show has a HUGE following so all those people are terrible? I thought the worst people are the maga deplorables who hate all drag queens, all gays and all women but hey maybe you are …. no you arent
daddytop
I’m with you, barryaksarben. The worst people on the planet are MAGA scumbags. The fact that RPDR triggers so many gays proves that internalized homophobia is alive and well.
Kangol2
You betta work…that autotune, Mama Ru. And speed that beat up for the dance floor!
Wheelerman
11 EMMY AWARDS??
I’ve not seen one episode of this show. I have no interest in drag queens.
Carry on , RuPaul. You are evidently good at hosting in that platinum wig.
daddytop
Gay people would have no rights at all if it wasn’t for drag queens.
What’s the matter? Does drag stimulate your internalized homophobia? Or are you just another philistine, with no interests except the gym?
jorgecruz
You dont like drag queens and never watched the show….so you took the time to click on an article about RPDR and drag queens, logged in and posted a comment? Bitch please peddle that big bag of bullshit somewhere else.
Jazz
@daddytop, nobody is doubting the significant role drag queens have played. Maybe he just doesn’t like it. I’m with him, I’m not fussed by it either way really, doesn’t mean I have some kind of internalised homopobia going on, geez
Mr. Stadnick
I didn’t know RuPaul put out any records. 14 is an impressive number. I have heard one of her songs and it was truly dreadful but then again I find that whole genre to be really awful. To each his own. I enjoy RuPaul taking the crabby queens to task though. They had their 15.
Kangol2
RuPaul had a big hit in the early 1990s with “Supermodel (You Betta Work).” That was probably the best song she released. It was in dance clubs, on MTV, and on the talk show she briefly had. (Does anyone else remember that?) “Back to My Roots” was also on that album. “Cover Girl” was a minor hit in 2009 . That phrase “You betta work” became iconic for a while.
whateverokok
There is nothing iconic about that crab infested queen. The only thing that going for her is that managed to know SOMETHING about talent when she had 10,000 Maniacs on her talk show. But then they were stooping because they are far than that nasty c–t ever deserved. I hope they all got tested aftwards. You need a penicillin shot just to be around her.
Sandy
You people are a bunch of haters with nothing else to do…much like me…..
As far as RuPaul goes….albums?Yes.
You?
Millions in the bank? Yes.
You?
Now, go troll another site.
Beeeeeeeeeeotches!!!!!!???
JClark
“You people are a bunch of haters with nothing else to do…much like me…..”
. . . wins award for best line yet in these comment sections.
pomogirl
Thank you for comparing and contrasting. Rupaul will never be fawned over like more artsy song folks, but I still love The Realness. Ru’s music was never meant for a Nobel prize, people…
Australia Elijah
You have to give RPDR their due. It’s entertainment & they do it well…11 Emmys & counting. That song “Blame It on the Edit” though hurts my ears.
Joshua333
As a newer Drag Race fan I already know, for the American Seasons at least, that they edit what people say. Especially if you can’t see them talking and its a voice over. Plus the confessionals are chopped up, queens look slightly different at times. So yes, you can actually blame it on the edit. And the biggest villain edit arcing multiple seasons and crossing into real life? RuPaul gets that edit themselves.
henare
OF COURSE THEY DO! Why would anyone think this isn’t true?
The edits still come from somewhere …
Cam
I think the issue is with people who claimed everything she did was edited, but the footage showed her saying the things she said and the other queens backed it up.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
To all of the complainers I say you got what you asked for. Common sense should have told you from the moment you applied to appear on the show that this is show business and they will do what has to be done to keep viewers watching. If things were that bad why didnt you just walk away?
jorgecruz
Her music may not be Beyonce level that is true but name any other show in the history of television that has contributed more expressions to American conversation. No t no shade, but RuPaul is iconic.
Jazz
Whether it’s Drag Race, Masterchef or House Hunters, some nobody will always complain about how they’re portrayed.
montegutdude
I <3 RuPaul. B1tch been saying the same damn thing for 30 years…
YOU BETTA WORK.
jw8890
Jesus at the bitter bettys in these comments.
LumpyPillows
They all blame their toxicity on life’s edit.
LumpyPillows
You want to be really, really bored? Watch any unedited reality program.
I’m tire of Drag Race, I’m tired of Ru, but I can’t deny that I once was an avid fan, and Ru is a talented game changer. He’s got several iconic songs. He’s not a greater singer, but he knows what he’s doing.
MISTERJETT
all of you Drag Race debbie downers need to just STFU. Rupaul and Drag Race have literally brought drag into the mainstream. instead of complaining and criticizing him, you should be thanking him for uplifting a section of our community to the level it has achieved. not to play the race card, but every time a black or brown person makes come kind of achievement, there are those who look to find something to tear him down.
Cam
I think some of the people complaining also probably have the issue that at home, in their own bars they are a big deal and everybody laughs at everything they say and nobody tells them they come off badly.
Then they get on the show and are shocked that people outside their circle don’t like the behavior that gets them attention at home.
whateverokok
Drag into the mainstream? It should’ve stayed buried where it was. Along with Jimmy Hoffa. Nobody wanted it when it was in the closet and NOBODY wants it now. A bunch of tired old burning buildings trying to compete at playing dress up. GET A JOB, losers and become a contributing member of society.
dvdphn
Yes, 14 albums, kinda coincides with the amount of seasons of the show. It’s quite the machine and formula, since each season needs a new runway theme, closing theme, and now thanks to “Bing, Bang, Bong”, probably a collab song for the contestants. Makes it easier for music rights and usage, especially now with so many international versions.
Say what you want, but it’s amazing how RPDR can launch local entertainers into “international” stardom. Opportunities to tour the world, sell merchandise, release music and books. Heck, there’s DragCon LA, NYC, and UK.
I don’t think any other reality show has built up from such a niche market. It really is an empire.
One can argue drag’s contribution to the world. But similar to video games, (a multi-billion dollar industry), it’s entertainment and art, which feeds the soul.
MusicBoi74
I worked in a drag bar for 9 1/2 years, and some of those “queens” needed to come down a few pegs. Royalty should have class, and most of those bitches had none. The attitudes and backstabbing was pretty sad. Then there were some who were sweet as could be…whether in character or out. I guess a lot of the meanness came from what some of them were snorting up their noses on a nightly basis. Hard to be civil if one is tweaked out of their mind and doesn’t remember treating people so ugly. I also wouldn’t brag about my time on this show if I was voted off after two or three episodes. That’s embarrassing, but if that’s one’s only claim to fame, I guess it’s something.