Katya Interview: 'As Fierce As Drag Is, It Also Feels Like You're In A Saw Movie'

Katya has become one of RuPaul's Drag Race's most beloved former contestants since rising to fame on season seven

“You’ll have to excuse me, I’m cleaning a men’s wig.”

This feels as fitting a way as any to begin a conversation with Katya Zamolodchikova (your dad just calls her Katya), the drag world’s queen of all things chaotic.

Katya first captured the world’s attention 10 years ago, as one of the break-out stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s seventh season, quickly becoming a popular...