See jaw-dropping Grace Jones-inspired RuPaul's Drag Race UK face reveal that gagged Bob the Drag Queen
RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 4 breakout Black Peppa turned Grace Jones' "Private Life" into a very public affair with an epic face reveal moment on the British series' season premiere.
"F--- salt, because Peppa's here," the Birmingham-based queen said while she entered the Werk Room, removing a mold of her face to reveal, well, her face as the other contestants watched with mouths agape.
Reacting to the legendary footage following the premiere, RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen tweeted "WOW," alongside a clip of Peppa's entrance.
Peppa confirmed on social media that she was inspired by Jones, the singer-songwriter and fashion icon, doing a face reveal of her own in a music video for her cover of "Private Life" by the Pretenders back in 1980.
For those who got the reference https://t.co/F4HQaTwiYC
— BLᗑCK PEPPᗑ 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇸🇽🏁 (@iamblackpeppa) September 23, 2022
Other Drag Race alums also celebrated Peppa following the episode's debut, including Canada's Drag Race queen Lemon.
"A f---ing FACE reveal as an entrance?? bitch goodbye crown her," she tweeted, while Drag Race season 2 and All Stars 6 alum Pandora Boxx expressed her excitement on Twitter as well: "Love!!! Get it Black Peppa!! Yes!!!"
— Stream Bitch Like Me (@thatonequeen) September 23, 2022
Peppa — whose drag name was inspired by both the TV series Peppa Pig and her mother's spicy Caribbean dishes — joined the competition among a 12-strong cast that also included a veteran theater performer, a conceptual artist, and several makeup artists.
World of Wonder; YouTube Black Peppa's 'Drag Race UK' season 4 Werk Room entrance was a gaggy reference to Grace Jones.
"I love spicy food and I always carry hot sauce in my bag. Back when I was growing up in the Caribbean, my mum always grew chillies in her garden and she made her own homemade hot pepper sauce, so I decided to call myself Black Pepper. And later, I was inspired to change up the spelling after a chance watching of Peppa Pig!" Peppa said in a statement prior to the Drag Race UK premiere. "I saw her hang up the phone on her friend because her friend could whistle but she couldn't. Ha! I thought to myself Peppa Pig is the OG, and that is why I'm Black Peppa with a twist!"
RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 4 continues Thursdays on the WOW Presents Plus subscription streaming app. Watch Black Peppa's jaw-dropping face reveal above. And see Jones' original reveal below.
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