“Well, it was nerve-wracking because I put a lot of pressure on myself just doing anything, I even put pressure on myself cooking dinner. Monsoon did say that doing Snatch Game was more worrisome than we viewers probably thought. So, you know, I love the response and also I’m ready to keep moving.” We have our good days and our bad days, and I just to carry on as a human being. “…Now there’s more season to come and let’s just hope the love carries out because you know, any human being is subject to making mistakes. I’m closing the book on that,'” they said. And so as proud as I am of that–and of course, I’m really, really happy that everyone enjoyed it as much as they did–I’m like, ‘OK, so that’s good. “I think there’s a trap of kind of like getting sucked into your own hype. Monsoon didn’t want their time on the show defined solely by the Judy Garland impression for fear of listening to the hype. And I think one thing that’s kept me really grounded over the last few years especially is accepting the praise and feeling like, ‘OK, that’s a job well done,’ but not letting that like derail me from my next plan and what’s coming up next for me.” It’s easy to get sucked into people’s opinions of you, whether they’re good or bad. “I think it is easy to kind of get sucked into the good and the bad. I think at my current age and my current place in life, I try to take the compliment and then focus on what’s next,” they said. “I mean, of course, it’s wonderful to see that.

They said they’re glad everyone has loved it, but they’re already moving on. Shadow and Act talked with The RuPaul’s Drag Race season 5 winner and Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Starsseason 7 aka All Winners season contestant about that amazing Snatch Game, in which Monsoon gave a magnificent performance of both Natasha Lyonne and Judy Garland. Jinkx Monsoon doesn’t just say “Water off a duck’s back” as a catchphrase–they live by it.

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