EP. 173 - Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock)

Mar 18, 2022

Bianca Del Rio, an international drag superstar and hilarious stand-up comedian, takes center stage. She discusses her journey from winning RuPaul’s Drag Race to headlining Wembley Arena. Prepare for a roast as Bianca shares experiences touring the world and the impact of drag on pop culture. Expect laughs as she contrasts her drag persona with her real identity, reveals secrets behind her brutal comedy, and offers insight into her upcoming Unsanitised tour. Plus, she dives into the quirks of UK culture and much more!

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ANECDOTE

Returning Home Between Tours

Bianca Del Rio described returning home briefly between tours and sipping while on the podcast to relax.
She framed performing as work she values after years off and joked she'd perform anywhere, even a colony of lepers.

ANECDOTE

Comedy Born From Late-Night Drag Gigs

Bianca told how covering costume changes in New Orleans forced her to improvise with drunk audiences at 1am.
Those nights taught her to kill time with comedy and developed her stand-up style.

INSIGHT

Context Makes Risky Comedy Work

Bianca argued context turns edgy or rude lines into comedy within a show's framework.
She emphasized that out-of-context remarks could be problematic but work onstage as part of a crafted hour and a half.

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Not Today, Satan. International drag superstar, brutal stand up comedian and the winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race: Season 6, Bianca Del Rio, is our guest on Episode 173 of Sappenin' Podcast! The biggest modern queen in the would is with us for a round of roasting, testicle tips and an insight into the highest level of drag. In this conversation, Bianca aka Roy Haylock, opens up on helping take drag into mainstream pop-culture, being the first queen to solo headline Wembley Arena, brutal comedy routines vs getting away with murder, what separates his two identities, seeing the world from the window of a tour bus, UK delicacies like Tesco and Primark, staring in the musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”, being a proud clown, their upcoming Unsanitised tour, what we'd be like in drag, a lot fun at our expensive and so much more that we'd probably get canceled if we wrote it down. Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!

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