If you still don’t know who sashayed away this week on Drag Race, you either don’t care or have so much backed up in your DVR you can’t even face turning on the TV.
Either way, we don’t mind saying Jasmine Masters was sent packing with a very unsettling beard painted on her face.
But some fans (fans? do we call them fans? not sure what they are, really) had some truly vile things to say about Martell Robinson aka Jasmine Masters after her departure, and the language and vitriol are unsettling to say the least.
Here are screen shots of some of the nasty Tweets:
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GayStarNews also reports another message said “I’m gonna hunt you down you ugly cunt.”
It’s amazing to us that anyone who has enough interest in Drag Race to begin with would fire off such horrific messages to one of the show’s queens. They’re a far cry from throwing shade, and some constitute illegal threats.
RuPaul fired back on the haters via Twitter. She posted:
Miss @jasminemasters Fierce Queen, Extraordinary Performer, Lovely Kind Heart and Forever My Daughter #EverybodySayLove #DragRace
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) March 19, 2015
Listen @jasminemasters Unless they gonna pay your bills, pay them bitches no mind #EverybodySayLove #DragRace
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) March 19, 2015
And Jasmine posted her own response:
“I have many young nieces and nephews 2 cousins and I’m trying to make the world better as much as possible so the things I went through they wouldn’t. And now I feel like all my hard work was for nothing. And I’m just tired of it tired of it all.
I’ve been called all me life so that’s not my problem nor its hurting me. What hurts the most is all the racist comments. Which I am not. I have just about every race in my family. And to read what other people of another race say to me makes me wounder for the first time is this how others sees me.
And think I should kill myself or they want to kill me hang me or what ever else they have told me to do. NOT GOING TO DO.
I do thank you all for the luv and support and for standing up for me. Which I never get that from many people. So I wish you all the best in the world.”
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Captain Obvious
Well at least people can see racism hasn’t gone anywhere.
DarkZephyr
She wasn’t that nice on Drag Race and I was pleased to see her sashay away, but the racism and the death threats are NOT cool.
Bob LaBlah
I watched the episode. I have the sinking feeling that there was “something” she said that had a lot more to do with her being ejected than anything else. When you look at the episode, watch how Rupaul had to raise her voice when she was critiquing Jasmines performance as Jasmine was trying to defend it at the same time. There is an OBVIOUS pause in the tape and then it resumes.
After the first season I found all the rest just downright silly but every now and then (mainly when nothing else is on) I tune in for a minute or two just to be able to join in with the younger queens at happy hour. I am glad I did with this one episode.
Blackceo
So…just another normal day on social media then. Lets see who tries to turn this around and somehow make it her fault, or claim the race card is being played.
Giancarlo85
It does not matter if she was mean or whatever. Death threats should be investigated by the authorities. Death threats can lead to legal action.
dbmcvey
What the Hell is wrong with people? These people are just nasty assholes. I guess they probably always were but the internet has given them a platform to broadcast their nasty comments.
Desert Boy
The ugly underbelly of social media. How sad Jasmine had to endure this hatred.
Gay Veteran
While talking about racism and Jasmine Masters, it’s worth noting that two queens(Miss Fame and Violet Chachki) thought it was appropriate to retweet/favorite a tweet calling Jasmine “Diddy Kong”. Comparing a black person to a monkey is a HUGE no, no!
spiffy
I don’t understand the hate on Jasmine Masters. Those young queens have so far came across (i.e. being edited) as shallow and ignorant, and some of JM’s complaints about them I thought were legit. But whether or not she was hateful, the things she said weren’t the worst in the history of Drag Race.
Her acting abilities and her attitude during & after the elimination, however, were entirely different matters. But NONE of that warranted the attacks from these (most likely) kids.
Gay Veteran
@spiffy: Exactly! And we’re only 3 episodes in. We heard nothing from her in episode 1 except for “cocoon” and none of the things she said in episode 2 & 3 were really vile. Calling Violet “horse face” is like Jade Jolie talking about Alyssa Edwards’ “backrolls”. The queens Jasmine came for are not victims… Now if she came for innocent Max I’d understand calling her a bully. I guess people were just looking for their next Laganja Estranja, a person to hate for no valid reason.
hotshot70
I didn’t like Jasmine, but I would never have made threats to her. I was annoyed with her griping about the other queens, and how they should all go home and she should win. Karma came back on her and poof, she was gone. I was cheering for Sasha Belle (as another Iowan), but now I like Violet and Max best.
petensfo
Jazz was the 1st one out on the Premiere. She was friendly & greeted the others just fine, and they were not always friendly. In the latest episode she seemed sullen & frazzled. Sometimes I think it’s all in the editing.
R@c!st ignorance is just that… it’s got nuthin’ to do with the show or Jasmine. If it’s really coming from gay people, call me crazy, but with that kind of vitriol, I do actually find it surprising.
ps: really? using the word r@c!st on an article with the word in the title gets you tagged for review? ugh.
DarkZephyr
@hotshot70: I am with you. I just didn’t like Jasmine, but the racism and telling her to kill herself is VILE.
spiffy
@Gay Veteran: Agreed; I personally found Gia Gunn a lot more annoying — but Laganja admittedly was easier to parody, #alaska5000.
I am wondering if they have a new show runner or producers this season… It’s like every episode they’re manufacturing a new villain, to a) justify their exits and b) take attention away from (and to take pity on) Violet “I have the smallest waist in Drag Race history” Chachki. But some of these young queens are just digging their own graves by opening their mouths; they don’t need any help from the likes of Jasmine Masters.
Max is great; I am hoping she will be in the top three along with Ginger & Trixie.
DarkZephyr
Just watched Untucked. Now I feel bad for Jasmine beyond this whole disgusting r*cism thing. She went in there pre-defeated, which is really sad because I KNOW she has been auditioning since at LEAST Season 3 as she was in the first episode among the video entries that didn’t make it.
Cam
This can’t be true because the Chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, said that there wasn’t racism in the country anymore.
I mean, he couldn’t be WRONG could he?
da90027
The show is fun to watch but once the tv is turned off I dont spend any more time thinking about it.
Realitycheck
Why are people so evil?
Why the need to say some thing so awful to another person?
This is truly sad and upsetting, and yes I already know about racism and discrimination, but ………… it makes me so mad!