RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under: Snatch Game winner Ashley Madison eliminated after controversial portrayal of a gay Jesus Christ: ‘I didn’t want to offend anybody’

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under star Ashley Madison became a front-runner in the Stan series after winning Snatch Game last week thanks to a controversial depiction of a gay Jesus Christ.

However, she was surprisingly eliminated in episode five this week after a song and dance challenge.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the 25-year-old Queen from Melbourne said she was surprised she was dumped from the show after winning the coveted game, but said she was thankful she had come this far.

“I might be the first girl in history to go home the episode after winning Snatch Game,” she said.

“Because winning Snatch Game and doing well in Snatch Game sort of separates people and how they’re going to perform in the competition,” she continued.

The 25-year-old queen from Melbourne said she was surprised she was dumped from the show after winning the popular game but was thankful she made it this far

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“So I think from an outside perspective it probably looks pretty surprising, but I was ecstatic to go as far as I did.”

She added, “I honestly walked into Drag Race, not really expecting to go that far. I just wanted to keep going, showing off my drag, and I wanted to have fun and hopefully make RuPaul laugh at something.”

Snatch Game is played in all seasons of Drag Race. It sees the queens dress up as celebrities in a game show setting and give their best impersonations.

Ashley won after posing as Jesus Christ, and while she was concerned about backlash, she believes she did so in a respectful manner.

“I was really worried about how it would be taken because I wasn’t going out of my way to offend people,” she explained.

“So I kept saying, ‘I’m not here to make fun of Jesus, I’m not here to say that Jesus doesn’t exist and that Jesus is a liar.’

“I took the character of Jesus and his solid history and thought, what if he was gay and came back today, what would he be like?” Ashley continued.

“I was worried that there would be some reactions and there have been people saying something strange, but overall the reception has been pretty good.”

Her impression of a gay Jesus had quite a few breathtaking moments, including references to the sex life of the Messiah.

Ashely (pictured) is from Shepparton, regional Victoria, which she says wasn’t an easy place to grow up as queer

Ashely is from Shepparton, in regional Victoria, which she says wasn’t an easy place to grow up as queer.

But thankfully, she had great support from her parents, and her dad even has a tattoo of her drag queen persona Ashley Madison on his calf.

“Growing up queer in a regional environment is not easy,” she explained.

“It’s not really easy for anyone, but certainly not in a regional place, because you don’t have a lot of resources and there’s not a lot of education coming to the people around you.

“So there was a lot of bullying in the early years of high school, but interestingly enough, as soon as I came out as gay, I took the power back a little bit and I could get into trouble again. control over that story.’

Ashley started performing after a teacher at her high school wanted a drag queen in a school play.

Ashley started performing after a teacher at her high school wanted a drag queen in a school play

Ashely said meeting RuPaul (pictured) was surreal as she has had such an impact on the community

She had seen RuPaul’s Drag Race as a teenager and always wanted to try the art, so being cast in season three of the Down Under edition was a dream come true.

“Seeing Ru and Michelle (Visage) was so surreal, it felt like a fever dream,” she said.

“It’s not until you leave that you think, ‘Oh damn, this was all real.’

“And Ru has had such a huge impact in the queer community let alone the drag community,” she added.

“There are plenty of us who wouldn’t have a job today if it weren’t for Rue. So it was great to be able to stand in front of her and show her my grind and show her my appreciation for what she’s done, and maybe one day in All Stars I can do it all again!”