Heading into ThursdayвЂ™s finale, ShangelaвЂ™s biggest competition, BenDeLaCreme, had already eliminated herself in the seasonвЂ™s first wig-snatching twist. (Thorgy Thor, you are redeemed.) Instead of an epic three-season long redemption arc for Shangela, whose growth and tenacity is as fitting a metaphor for вЂњDrag RaceвЂќ as any, we got a lethargic lip-sync that ended with the crowning of the seasonвЂ™s third best queen. (The episodeвЂ™s title: вЂњA Jury of Their QueersвЂќ).Д®ven more shocking was the final vote breakdown, posted to Twitter after the episode (using a weighted voting system that could give the Oscars a run for its money) which Ru-vealed that only one queen voted for Shangela. Perhaps the most chilling part of the whole kerfuffle is that the decision was made by her fellow queens. On Thursday nightвЂ™s season finale of вЂњ RuPaulвЂ™s Drag Race All StarsвЂќ Season 3, the clear frontrunner - one Miss Shangela вЂњHalleluвЂќ Laquifa Wadley - was shut out from even competing in the final lip sync. LetвЂ™s give her some lines, letвЂ™s give her this other role we were looking to cast.вЂќ Bradley Cooper said, вЂњShangela, youвЂ™re doing so great, can you come back tomorrow? ItвЂ™ll just be me, you, LG-they call Lady Gaga LG-and Willam.вЂќ вЂњCancel? IвЂ™ll be there, baby.ItвЂ™s the greatest upset in вЂњDrag RaceвЂќ herstory, but producersвЂ™ tricks are starting to wear thin on a dedicated fanbase who have been jerked around one too many times. So you started with a lipsynch role and they expanded you to the MC? TheyвЂ™ve moved the date to an October release. Originally, when I auditioned, it was a lipsynch role onstage, but the casting people liked me to offer me another role. YouвЂ™ll have to stay tuned and see how the plot works out. So does Gaga perform at a drag bar or go to one?

They were just as spectacular on camera as they were off camera, and off camera as they were on camera. I was so excited to get to be in scenes with Bradley and Gaga. Jenifer Lewis, the mother of black Hollywood. I was on the set of The View recently with Jenifer Lewis and it was a dream come true. I love them all because I learned so much, but those were my faves. On Cocktails & Classics, you seemed to really come alive with Sister Act I and II. IвЂ™ve worked and come into my own as a drag professional. IвЂ™ve been able to work on six out of seven continents-AntarticaвЂ™s next. IвЂ™m excited to show my fans a grown up Shangela. Now IвЂ™m a drag adult-a grown woman, as BeyoncГ© would say. I came on Drag Race after only doing drag for five months. I just really wanted to come back because fans got to know me when I was a baby. I was on Season 2, I came back for Season 3, I was whirled in in a box and was eaten by drag queen zombies in the hood in Season 4, and then I popped out of JujubeeвЂ™s body on All Stars 2.

Well, I am Shangela, so I should always be expected to come back every season. First of all, how did you manage to come back to Drag Race? I know the girl from LogoвЂ™s Cocktails & Classics, so I reached out for a catchup call, to talk to her about All Stars and how her fabulous self fares in the upcoming A Star Is Born movie, alongside Bradley Cooper (who directed) and Lady Gaga.

Shangela Laquifa Wadley (DJ Pierce) is the delectable creature who was on two seasons of RuPaulвЂ™s Drag Race and now returns for RuPaulвЂ™s Drag Race All Stars 3.

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