Is she the ideal partner?
PORKCHOP:She could be if she got off her high kick of changing Christmas up!
The dynamic between yourverysilent Bertram and her super-extra character was lovely.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Porkchop plays Bertram in ‘The Bitch Who Stole Christmas’.VH1 (2)
What was your dynamic like on set?
She pretty much did her thing.
I sat in the wheelchair with my mouth shut.
I couldn’t say anything anyway!
She was wonderful and really on it.
I was amazed at how well she was spitting her lines!
It was like, “Move back, I’m getting ready to act the house down!”
It was nice to see two people who leftDrag Raceearly getting a moment together.
But I have to admit: I truly didn’t recognize you under the Bertram drag!
The disguise is so good.
How did they pitch this role to you?
They didn’t have to pitch it!
As soon as they told me, I wanted to do it!
From the description of the character, I knew what I wanted to do with it.
I immediately thought, “Yes!
I don’t have to get in drag, and I get to be comfortable!”
I was able to show off what I was able to do as a guy, not in drag.
So, they just called you and said they wanted you to be an old man named Bertram?
Who’s idea was it?
I immediately took it!
Was it always the plan to shock people with your transformation?
We had opportunities to figure out what was the best for me to look how I wanted to look.
I had two different people do my makeup…. Did you get yourself into old-man drag?
Tell me about that process of picking the clothes and making yourself over.
I took a couple of different suits, I borrowed them.
He probably had the suit for 20 years.
Between the suit and the makeup, it took two hours every night.
It was a lot.
There were seven nights in a row that we did that look.
Were you wearing prosthetics?
I just had a lot of old-age makeup.
He was good at it.
I have to ask you about having thePorkchop Loading Dockbecome such an iconic season 13 meme.
How does it feel knowing you’re still an iconic part of the show?
I wasn’t acting!
I had literally just gotten to the studio, and I missed the dinner and everything!
I saw the Loading Dock when the episode aired, and I was blown away!
I was thinking that I had to go shopping later, I wondered if people would notice me!
