![]() ![]() And I think that when you have all of those insecurities and all of that unhappiness inside of you, you do project it out into the world." "And I realized a lot of things about myself that I think I knew deep down, but I had never really come to terms with. And that's what 'Drag Race' did for me, it allowed me to sit back and watch myself filtered through somebody else's reality," she continued. My grandmother always said you can't really see yourself until you see yourself through somebody else's eyes. "So I had to sit back and I had to like really watch it. "You either loved me or hated me," she said of her Season 7 appearance, "and while that's good for TV, that's not good for me or my mental health." The feeling coincided with her one-two punch of appearances on Season 7 and All Stars 2, with Minj feeling like she had a "very polarizing" reaction from the fans. Just because it's old to you, doesn't mean they don't still want to see it," she said, adding that sometimes she falls "into this rut where you feel like I can't really be as creative as I want to be." "It takes the spontaneity out of it, it takes the creativity out of the drag. "I did need some time off to like regroup and kind of fall back in love with drag, but I have done that and I am most excited to be outside talking to people and safely hugging people."Įxplaining why she and drag were on the outs for a bit, Minj said the job can get a little repetitive - "doing the same thing, night after night" at gigs where fans of the show want to see her perform the routines for which she's known. "Hey, I'm just so excited to be out of my house," Minj told TooFab of her jam-packed fall. She may not technically be a winner, baby, when it comes to the crown - but she's thrilled with where she is now. She immediately turned around, competed on and performed poorly on "All Stars 2," before getting her big Ru-demption on "All Stars 6" earlier this year. ![]() ![]() Ginger, the drag alter-ego of Joshua Allen Eads, made her debut on the seventh season of "Drag Race," finishing as the runner-up. Not too shabby for someone who felt they needed to "fall back in love with drag" just a few short years ago. Riding high off "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 6" - in which she placed second - the drag superstar also recently released a new country album, has some secret projects brewing and a pair of holiday tours on the horizon. Ginger Minj is booked and busy these days. The drag superstar opens up about finding herself, how far she really made it in the casting process for The Little Mermaid and getting embraced by the country music community. ![]()
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