The formerRuPaul ’s Drag Racewinner issued a serial publication of tweets lambasting the show ’s producer .
UPDATE: Voss Events, which is Yvie Oddly’s management team, said in a statement to BuzzFeed, “Management asked that Yvie’s prize money be held as they were in the process of establishing her LLC to receive payment. The money was wired shortly after her business account was opened and payment requested.”
Yvie Oddly is well known in theRuPaul’s Drag Race world, having won Season 11 in 2019 and competed on the all-winners Season 7 ofRuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. However, on Tuesday, the performer made several allegationson Twitterabout treatment from the show’s producers, including a claim that she wasn’t paid swiftly for their Season 11 winnings.
While Yvie did not mention specific producers by name, the show is produced by the production company World of Wonder. BuzzFeed has reached out to representatives from World of Wonder andRuPaul’s Drag Racefor comment on Yvie’s allegations.
Yvie issued a series of tweets in response to catching up on the currently airingAll StarsSeason 8.She initially commented on how “remarkable” the season’s drag queens are, noting “the drag artists are and have ALWAYS been the lifeblood of what makes this franchise great.”
Yvie then went on to allege the show’s producers “are often the greediest, most-calculating, capitalist culture thieves.” In particular, she claimed the show messes with “real people’s lives, career opportunities, and health.”
“They drive themselves home in their luxury cars when their contestants are sleep-deprived, depressed, and DRASTICALLY underpaid for their contributions to the cultural phenomenon,” she said.
Yvie then called attention to the show not having featured drag kings as contestants and its controversial history of supporting out trans performers competing on the show.
Victoria Scone competed onRuPaul ’s Drag RaceUK andCanada ’s Drag Race : Canada vs. the World . In the latter serial , Victoria break a retarding force king look .
Nevertheless, Yvie maintained she is “so so SO thankful” for the show.
In addition to accusing the show of underpaying contestants, Yvie also alleged she was not paid her $100,000 for winning Season 11 for over a year and even claimed the following winner, Jaida Essence Hall, was paid “months” before she was.
However, she said she was “foolish” for returning to the show, considering her live performances are not populated by other alums of the show.
She ended her tweets by noting she “milked the system.”
“No, I don’t regret it. But yes, I want to see a brighter future for our entire community,” she said.
