BIG IN A WIG

BenDeLaCreme

“I’d go back in time t o ride a dinosaur, meet a Mayan and sterilise a Trump”

Sharp as cheddar, BenDeLaCreme won hearts during season six of Drag Race, then delivered the face crack of the century when she pulled the rug from under Ru by eliminating herself from All Stars 3 What were your rejected drag names?

RuPaula Abdul- Jabbar, Anne Frankie Grande, Peppermint Patty Hearst.

Describe yourself in three emojis.

Describe your drag style in fi ve words.

What would Hanna- Barbera do?

Worst pick- up line someone has said to you?

“Anyone ever told you that you look like Michelle Visage?”

What’s the worst thing someone could say to you in bed?

“Good morning.”

How would ( or does) your Grindr profi le read?

Sorry, I’m lost — can anyone point me to Scruff ?

Biggest turn- on?

Opposable thumbs.

And turn- off ?

Drag Race quotes.

If you could be any inanimate object in the world, what would you be?

Manny Jacinto’s chapstick. I’d just alternate between his lips and hip pocket.

What would a film of your life be called, and who would star as you?

Hot Glue and Desperation, starring a heavily padded, reanimated [ Forties actress] Ann Miller. Or Miss Piggy in a black wig.

What’s your life motto?

Look pretty, act stupid.

What’s your spirit animal?

Faux fox.

Which cocktail best suits your personality?

A mai tai — colourful, wellaccessorised and so sweet you’ll never know what hit you.

What makes you happy?

Children! Chocolate! Puppies!

What makes you angry?

Children giving chocolate to puppies!

What is your biggest vice?

Candy corn. Thank God it’s not in season.

You’ve been given 24 hours to live. How do you spend your fi nal day?

Running in circles screaming.

You’re dead ( sorry). What does it say on your gravestone?

She died as she lived, with strangers laughing at her.

Which drag sister would you haunt after death?

Shangela. I’m pretty sure I haunt her now.

What does heaven look like?

Zac Efron holding a plate of nachos and a mirror. After feeding you nachos, he holds up the mirror and you see that you look like him, but you make better movies.

And hell?

Donald Trump holding a plate of nachos and a mirror. After feeding you nachos, he holds up the mirror and you see that you look like him.

What would your own fragrance be called, and what ingredients would it contain?

Laundry Day – equal parts Fabreze and vodka, with notes of hip- pad sweat.

You can travel back in time. Where would you go, and what would you get up to?

Ride a dinosaur. Meet a Mayan. Sterilise a Trump.

You describe yourself as terminally delightful. What was your most recent good deed?

Letting Trixie win All Stars.

When did you last use a stick of whiteout?

When I brought reality television crumbling to its knees, where it wept at my feet.

BenDeLaCreme stars in Drag

Becomes Her at London’s Soho Theatre, 13- 25 May. @ bendelacreme