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Aquaria Mocks Melania Trump's Positive Diagnosis in New Parody
It was only a matter of time.
October 02 2020 10:00 AM EST
May 26 2023 1:31 PM EST
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It was only a matter of time.
There's a few things you can count on RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 winner Aquaria for: pulling looks, stunting pretty, a Lady Gaga megamix and a Melania Trump impression. With Donald Trump and First Lady Melania having announced they had contracted the virus at the center of the ongoing pandemic, it was only a matter of time before Aquaria put on her long and wavy brown wig. And that she did.
"Hello my fellow Americans," she says at the beginning of the video in her Melania accent, wearing the wig, and a mask. "It is true, my phone has been going off nonstop all day long. I, as well as my husband Donald, have contracted --" there's a series of nasty coughs before, "we have contracted the deadly H1N1," then there's a moment before she corrects herself with the virus's actual name. For those who don't remember, H1N1 is commonly referred to as swine flu.
\u201cI just received this urgent COVlD-19 update from the @FLOTUS , Melania Trump, herself \ud83d\udc94 glad to hear she\u2019s hanging in there. She says her only symptoms are her loss of taste and smell, however, it\u2019s not clear if she had any taste to begin with \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2640\ufe0f get well later!! \ud83d\ude37\ud83e\ude79\ud83e\udd12\ud83c\udfe5\ud83e\ude78\ud83e\ude7a\ud83e\uddfc\u201d— Aquaria \ud83e\udd0c\ud83c\udffc (@Aquaria \ud83e\udd0c\ud83c\udffc) 1601617239
"It is not contagious and thankfully I have been wearing a mask this entire time that I have met many, many, many people," she continues as her masks -- and its efficiency -- drops from her face. "And we are social distancing from our safe bunker -- I mean quarantine."
In a follow-up video we see Aquaria as Melania, giving instructiosn on how to wash your hands, to your favorite song. Melania, of course, has chosen "WAP" by Meg Thee Stallion and Cardi B.
\u201cRub a dub dub, bubbles in the tub!! Scary germs like Conoravis-19 sinks, but @FLOTUS always floats! \ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\uddfc\ud83d\udebf\ud83e\udda0 wash you\u2019re hands and stream Maga the Stalin!\u201d— Aquaria \ud83e\udd0c\ud83c\udffc (@Aquaria \ud83e\udd0c\ud83c\udffc) 1601618756
The videos are come in a series of clips from Aquaria whose impression of the First Lady went down in Snatch Game herstory on her season of Drag Race. Since she's gone back to the well multiple time, recreating clips, and parodying Melania on social media. But, Aquaria's connecton to the visible face goes back further than that as before the election she had made a Lady Gaga and Lana Del Ray mix spliced with Melania sound bites.
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Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.
Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.
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