“I’m a drag queen.
It’s psychotic to do this,” Trixie exclusively tells EW.
If it all goes right, the Trixie Motel brand could expand around the country.
Trixie Mattel says her life is one big ‘Pretty Woman moment’ on ‘Trixie Motel’.Discovery+
“David and I would love to open a drag club in Palm Springs.
I’d love to open other motels and have those Trixie Motels reflect wherever they are.
They’d match the vibe.
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“For Trixie, it makes a lot of sense.
Trixie at her heart is a parody of American capitalism,” the entertainer explains.
Fans can check in toTrixie Motelfor an experience of their own when the series premieres June 3 on Discovery+.
Trixie Mattel and Zooey Deschanel get to work on ‘Trixie Motel’.Discovery+
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Madame, don’t you have a motel to be running?
Who’s looking after the children at the motel while you’re on tour with Katya?
TRIXIE MATTEL:My partner is there right now.
Leslie Jordan and Trixie Mattel cozy up to the ‘Trixie Motel’.Discovery+
It’s not just a renovation; it’s also a business.
We’re business partners in this …
He knows that the best thing for the business is for me to be out working.
Lisa Vanderpump and Trixie Mattel get to work on ‘Trixie Motel’.Discovery+
Episode 1 is so fantastic, I …
Can you believe that [room] reveal?
I think everybody’s drag is valid, everybody’s decor is valid.
We f—ing ate, and that was one room.
We showed the girls what they should’ve f—ing did.
I love renovation, but painting rooms white and adding vases ain’t s— to me.
We’ve snapped on these rooms.
If drag was a room, it would be the room on episode 1.
This project is interesting because it’s so different for you.
I’m Native American, and we lay our ear to the ground and listen to the bison.
Then we were like, what if weactuallydid?
We looked at residential properties, and found this one….
It’s the only commercial space I even looked at it.
RuPaul says that the universe gives you stage direction, and it was waiting for us.
Cross-dressing is a job that’s not supposed to afford you anything.
You’re not even supposed to have a car.
I was lucky if the gig gave me a drink ticket.
What’s harder construction, drag, or both at the same time?
Oh, drag is the hardest for sure.
Breaking things, smashing things, and this motel spoiler alert it’s not show-ready.
It’s not in drag.
It looks horrible to start.
It turned a juggling act into juggling chainsaws.
My life is one longPretty Womanmoment.
and they were like, “For who?”
and I was like, “I sold out the venue down the street.”
All of my businesses have grown slowly.
Everything I’ve done has grown from a small seed.
With this motel, it’sovah.
It’s so incredible.
Nobody will walk through this place and compare it to anything that’s ever existed.
Sleeping in these rooms, it’s like going to sleep in an art installation.
It makes every other hotel look like four walls and a bed.
If a drag queen owns it, it’s possible for you to’t exactly make it the Kimpton.
you better go bigger.
David and I would love to open a drag club in Palm Springs.
I’d love to open other motels and have those Trixie Motels reflect wherever they are.
They’d match the vibe.
Lisa Vanderpump is a guest on episode 1.
What’s the best piece of advice she gave you?
Anything she puts her name on is built by hand.
They go shopping for flowers in the restaurants at five in the morning every day.
She really gives a s—.
We admire that one another gives a s—.
She’s a big inspiration in that sense.
We had so many guests, there are eight episodes and 17 celebrity guests.
I’ve had more looks on this show than probably most seasons ofDrag Race.
We also see a brief shot of Katya in the preview.
What are her contributions?
Well, what do you think?
Let’s just say she doesn’t do manual labor.
She gets the total princess treatment.
Out of all the guests, she does the least amount of anything.
She’s there, she smokes, she looks great … She definitely gags.
These before-and-afters are jaw-dropping.
Most home-reno shows are like, “It’s jaw-dropping!”
and I’m like, “Mary, that’s drywall.”
Hand-done prints everywhere you look.
Ceilings painted, floors painted, hand-done murals.
It’s just the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
Every single person delivers and contributes.
We’re talking famous people that I trick into doing free labor.
Nicole Byer, Orville Peck, in their drag doing full labor.
Nicole Byer in a wig painting a wall?
Orville Peck doing demolition with me with biceps and a leather mask on?
You cry when you see the final room at the end of the first episode.
It was so sweet seeing the vulnerable Trixie side come out in something other than music.
What people don’t see is this is a real relationship.
It’s me and my partner embedded $2 million into a project going, “Are we insane?
Are we crazy?”
Ain’t s—.
Ain’t s—.
All my dreams have come true.
It’s some s— that can outlive both of us, it’s so sickening.
People have full divorces putting wallpaper in a bathroom.
This is an entire motel.I got emotional because it was like seeing into the future.
