'Drag Race' queen Scarlet Envy: 'I would rather be misunderstood than too understood'

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Scarlet Envy sashayed into the "RuPaul's Drag Race" work room with confidence and charm. Then she had to dance.

The Kentucky queen fumbled during the Draglympics and landed in the bottom with Ra'Jah O'Hara. But it seemed all was not lost. Scarlet emoted the intro to "Last Dance" beautifully, cut herself out of her dress with a pair of scissors and gave us a glitter moment.

To many fans, including myself, she easily won that lip sync. But Mama Ru sent her home, and fans weren't happy about it. Scarlet, however, promises this was not her last dance.

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Most importantly, she gave us a treasure trove of memorable quotes. My favorite?

"When you feel your own oats so hard, you forget that there are other oats there."

We stan a witty queen.

Congratulations on having the first controversial elimination of the season! Lots of the fandom, including myself, totally think shantay, you should have stayed.

Well thank you, I don't think you're alone in that. I felt pretty confident in my performance. We all know I'm not a dancer. But I'm definitely a performer, and I will serve you an experience, and I will serve you a show. Watching it back, I was validated in that. As someone who was fairly misunderstood by everyone the entire time I was there, it's been validating to have this reaction from the fans.

What do you think it was the other queens weren't understanding about you?

That's not my business, really. It's OK. I think I would rather be misunderstood than too understood. It's not for me to concerned with.

How's your dancing these days?

You got some dance lesson coupons? You wanna go take a dancing class together? As long as you're paying, I'll show up. She's a very busy lady. But also, that's never really been what I do. It's not what got me there, so I don't really feel a need to tear anything apart and rebuild, restart in any way. But a little flexibility never hurts. She's definitely stretching.

We're joking about dancing, but what do you feel was your biggest obstacle?

I would say my biggest obstacle was the dancing challenge. There's no way around that. I think it was very cut and dry. I know exactly who I am. You can't do an eight count, girl. But it's not what my wheelhouse is, it's not the universe I live in. I don't know what universe I live in, but it's super fun here.

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What is the Scarlet Envy experience like onstage?

You do get a lot of classic lip sync. I love a monologue. I'm an actor. She's an actress. Definitely kind of an old Hollywood kind of vibe. I've been getting into the cabaret game in the last year. I've been touring my show "Reflections & Other Shiny Things."

What's your proudest moment on the show?

Definitely on the main stage, winning the maxi-challenge was my favorite moment. To hear mother say, "You're a winner" is really a cool thing. A lot of girls get to go to "Drag Race" but not everybody gets to hear that. It wasn't lost on me.

Your confidence made you a standout from the beginning. Did that wane as the show progressed?

I definitely was gonna try to stick to that. It was a technique. You have to walk into that room with self-confidence. It's just trying stay true to believing that what you're doing is worthy to be viewed by this audience. We all have our stumbles, but if you fall, you gotta get back up.

What was your takeaway from the "Drag Race" experience?

I would say what I took away from the experience was what I said in "Untucked" as I was leaving, which is kind of a realization that I honestly just had in real time. We shouldn't expect of ourselves to be a finished package at all times. We should present that way, especially in a competition, and try to be the total package. But it's OK to not be, whether you're doing drag or no matter what you're doing. I felt the need to be finished when the goal of "Drag Race" is to let you know that, "Girl you are far from and hopefully you never will be."