RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Amethyst and Robin Fierce have shared why they broke up.
The pair are competing on the latest season of the show, which premiered last week (January 6), and revealed in the two-parter that they were in a relationship before filming commenced.
In the second episode, Robin said that the break-up was a "mutual" decision, with each contestant "[having their] own thing". This was contradicted by Salina EsTitties in an episode of spin-off series Untucked, who said that Amethyst was a bad texter, which led to Robin’s frustrations.
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In the upcoming third episode, which airs tomorrow (January 13), Amethyst clarified that she decided to end things, saying (via PEOPLE): "I will admit it was my decision to not pursue things further. Ultimately I think we were looking for different things."
Robin replied: "That's fine. As of right now, that chapter is closed," before the castmates joked that the former couple were undergoing a form of therapy. Robin took the remark in good taste, quipping: "Too bad we didn't have that before, maybe we would have worked out."
The 15th series of the show includes 16 castmates, who are all competing to win the mega $200,000 cash prize. In the premiere, Sasha Colby took to the stage to perform a rousing rendition of The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’, with the star explaining their motivation for choosing the song.
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"My father is 100% Native Hawaiian, my mother is Hawaiian, Irish, and other Caucasian. My mom always wanted us children to learn about all the ethnicities that make us up," she said. "This song has so [much] significance for me – knowing why Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries wrote this song as a protest after a brutal IRA attack.
"I was so [saddened] and fearful watching this in the news as a child," she recalled. "I grew up very scared and very lonely, only finding solace in music and make believe. I chose to do this song for my talent because it perfectly encapsulates my inner child work."
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