RuPaul’s Drag Race season 18 dragtestant, Briar Blush, fainted after Law Roach‘s savage critique.
Briar was challenged to create an ensemble inspired by Lil Nas X’s pink cowboy Atelier Versace suit from the 2020 Grammys and Rihanna’s yellow Guo Pei dress at the 2015 Met Gala.
Briar wore a yellow spandex bodysuit with a pink cape.
The critique:
During the runway judging panel of episode four, Briar Blush collapsed after hearing, “You look like a WWE wrestler. I just wanted you to jump off the ropes and just do a drop-kick on somebody.”
Law later said, “It was tacky. The color was off. I hated it. I don’t really give a f*ck how well she sewed it. It was ugly!”
Briar down:
The negative comments appeared to make an impact on Briar, who was stone-faced. Before RuPaul could name the winner of the red carpet mashup challenge that pitted Briar against her “bestie” Juicy, Briar leaned over and fell to the floor.
Juicy immediately jumped to comfort Briar, as RuPaul and fellow judge Michelle Visage called for a medic on set.
“I’m trying to rub her chest to wake her up,” Juicy Love Dion explained in a confessional. “I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m scared.”
Briar soon came to. “Did I fall?” she asked, as Juicy encouraged her to breathe. “Oh my God! Whoa, I didn’t even know I fell!”
A medic quickly came to Briar’s aid, checking her pulse and giving her a quick evaluation before taking her to the medical tent to check her vitals and have her consult with a doctor.
SPOILER ALERT:
Viewers online noted how scary the incident looked, though not all of Briar’s fellow contestants were convinced it was real.
“It’s a show. It’s a show,” Vita VonTesse Starr, 37, calling Briar’s collapse “convenient timing” in a confessional. “As soon as Law Roach says something about her looking like a WWE wrestler, [she faints].”
RuPaul agreed with Law Roach, and Briar was in the bottom two. After lip-syncing against Kenya Pleaser, Briar was asked to “sashay away.”
RuPaul’s Drag Race and Untucked air starting Friday at 8 pm on MTV.
