Nice Girls Roast

"**Nice Girls Roast**"
"Nice Girls Roast"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 13; Episode 12
Original air date	March 26, 2021
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Last updated March 28, 2024

"Nice Girls Roast" is the twelfth episode of the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .^[1]^[2]^[3] It originally aired on March 26, 2021. Loni Love is a guest judge.

Episode

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants pair up and star in a live makeup tutorial on how to take a glamorous selfie. Kandy Muse and Rosé win the mini-challenge.

For the main challenge, the queens will perform a roast of three previous Miss Congenialities: Heidi N Closet, Nina West, and Valentina.^[4] In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews is a judge and Loni Love is a guest judge.

On the runway, Gottmik, Kandy Muse, and Rosé receive positive critiques. Kandy Muse is declared the winner of the challenge. Olivia Lux, Symone, and Utica Queen receive negative critiques, with Olivia Lux being deemed safe. Symone and Utica Queen place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "No Tears Left to Cry" (2018) by Ariana Grande. Utica Queen is eliminated from the competition.

Production

Love was also a guest judge on the season's fourth ("RuPaulmark Channel"), sixth ("Disco-mentary"), and tenth ("Freaky Friday Queens") episodes, as well as the fourteenth season's fourth episode ("She's a Super Tease").

Reception

In Screen Rant's 2022 overview of the show's ten "most shocking" comedy roast performances, Jim Elauria said Utica Queen's roast was "littered with eyebrow-raising and controversial jokes".^[5] Utican Queen apologized for some of her comments about weight.^[6]

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References

↑ McCallion, Paul (2021-03-26). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Let's Get This Roast A'Cookin'". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2021-03-28. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
↑ "Drag Race balances the sweet and the salty with the "Nice Girls Roast"". The A.V. Club. 2021-03-27. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 13, Episode 12 recap: Roasters with the most-ers | Xtra Magazine". 2021-03-26. Archived from the original on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
↑ Gregory, Drew Burnett (2021-03-27). ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Episode 1312 Recap: Roast Me Like One Of Your Ru Girls". Autostraddle. Archived from the original on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
↑ Elauria, Jom (2022-09-18). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Most Shocking Comedy Roast Performances". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
↑ "RuPaul's Drag Race's Utica Queen apologises for "horrible" weight jokes". Digital Spy. 2021-03-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2024-03-08.

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[1] McCallion, Paul (2021-03-26). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Let's Get This Roast A'Cookin'". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2021-03-28. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

[2] "Drag Race balances the sweet and the salty with the "Nice Girls Roast"". The A.V. Club. 2021-03-27. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

[3] "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 13, Episode 12 recap: Roasters with the most-ers | Xtra Magazine". 2021-03-26. Archived from the original on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

[4] Gregory, Drew Burnett (2021-03-27). ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Episode 1312 Recap: Roast Me Like One Of Your Ru Girls". Autostraddle. Archived from the original on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-08.

[5] Elauria, Jom (2022-09-18). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Most Shocking Comedy Roast Performances". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2024-03-08.

[6] "RuPaul's Drag Race's Utica Queen apologises for "horrible" weight jokes". Digital Spy. 2021-03-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2024-03-08.

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