India Ferrah comes clean about claims Alexis Mateo 'campaigned' to vote off Shea Couleé
It looks like we finally got to the bottom of the India Ferrah x Alexis Mateo drama this week as India came clean about what really went on when all the eliminated queens were brought back for the finale of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 5.
"You’re probably wondering why all the eliminated queens are back… well, the answer is simple I didn’t want anything left unsaid - you know how families are," Ru says laughing.
As expected the queens quickly get onto the whole India Ferrah and Alexis Mateo drama, in which India Ferrah claimed that Alexis Mateo and Mayhem Miller had campaigned the other queens to vote off Shea Coulee after Snatch Game. India said that the pair came up to her and specifically asked her to pick Shea’s lipstick.
Since Mayhem wasn’t there to defend herself, Shea immediately confronted Alexis about the claims. Alexis seemed genuinely shocked and obviously denied the whole thing, meanwhile India stuck to her side of the story.
But the truth has finally come to light in the finale, with all the queens sitting down together to talk about the whole drama during the finale. After discussing other dramas on the show, Alexis tells the queens, "Moving forward to India's elimination day... she brought it to the attention [of Shea] that I was campaigning with Mayhem to send Shea home."
"What?!" Mayhem instantly asks, looking completely shocked, "How did I get bring into anything? [sic]." Mayhem then tells the group, "I voted for Shea but you [Alexis] didn't ask me to do that, there was no campaign."
Following up, Alexis says, "There you have it. And I was really surprised that you said that against me [sic]." Meanwhile, India sits in silence looking a little sheepish, before saying, "Well, it's just what I heard on the side of the stage... Mayhem and Alexis both asked if I voted Shea off."
Finally, Alexis says that the conversations about who'd voted for whom took place after votes had already been cast, which discredits the whole idea of a campaign.
It's all very, very tense.
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