Trixie Mattel is the busiest man in a wig in showbiz.
Trixie is booked and busy plus as successful as shes ever been.
Probably not, no, the CEO ofTrixie CosmeticstellsBustlevia Zoom after finishing an eight-mile run in Palm Springs.
For some people, competition brings out the best in them.
Its not my favorite thing.
At 32, I dont think my heart could take it.
You win so you dont have to do it again.
You dont win the Hunger Games so you could go kill people again.
Its just not my thing.
… Im not that great at competing, honestly.
On top of that, Trixie recentlypurchased a gay bar.
I cant believe the year you have coming up.
Its a little insane.
Performers dont usually have job security so its really nice.
… Every year I keep going like, Wow, this is going to be my year.
This is going to be Amy Schumers 2015.
And then the next year gets wilder and wilder and wilder.
But she knows though.
Speak it into existence.
People in the universe are listening and things happen.
We dont hang out outside of work because we work together.
We probably talk every day for under 10 minutes on the phone, usually its not work.
So no, its fine.
When we both get sick of something though, we almost bond over it.
You know what I mean?
We just finished our second book.
There were moments of, Are we going to shoot ourselves or are we going to finish this?
I didnt realize there was a second book.
Has this been announced?
I dont think its been announced.
Its called theBook of Genesis, kind of about God.
Youre going to love it.
I will say we, at this point, dont want any extra projects together though.
In addition to coming from theDrag Raceworld, you are still a die-hard fan.
Have you been watchingSeason 14?
What do you think of the chocolate bar?
No, havent seen it.
Im surprised by that.
I dont have time!
I dont watch anything.
Right now Im watching old episodes ofReno 911and Im obsessed with it.
That show is so funny.
So Im watching that right now.
Thats all Im watching.
Its likeAvengers Endgame, Disneyland, Universal on steroids, on molly.
The only thing I could compare it to would be its a motel in drag.
Thats what it is.
Every room is in drag.
What does Trixie Mattel still want to do?
What are your unrealized ambitions?
I want to play on late-night television so bad.
And I never get to play music on these late-night shows.
I never get to be on the couch talking about my things on these late-night shows.
I used to watch the celebrities talk to the people behind the desk with my grandma and grandpa.
I would love to open another bar.
Theres no drag queen-owned drag bars.
Drag queens are the reason anyone goes and drinks and then we make these other people all this money.
Im like, Hello.
Why arent we putting on shows and keeping it?
I got super into making ice cream from scratch three times a week.
And then I was reading a bunch of nonfiction books about the science behind ice cream.
And I was like, I want to open a whole cream truck.
I was like, How is there no drag queen-owned ice cream truck?
I mean, Im always thinking of something.
I get really into why not?
We live in a world of why not.
Or we live in a world of why and Im always like, Why not?
I love how your ambitions are TV, businesses, light vandalism.
Well yeah, every gay likes to tweet, Be queer, do crime.
And Im like, No, lets really do something.
So I mean, lets spray paint something.
Im always thinking of stuff.
For the makeup company alone, we have so much coming out this year.
So many cool collabs and innovative products.
Were already planning makeup well into 2023.
We cant make enough makeup for people to keep it in stock.
People are just obsessed with it.
People are working from home, painted up like whores the way theyre buying makeup.
Makeup is such an important expression of self-care and creativity.
And the only time people really look in the mirror and say, Im fucking beautiful.
No one ever does that, unless they have makeup on.
Its great that makeup is the catalyst for that.
Like just doing a late night bar show instead of filming your reality show?
But then I do it.
This week I called Chill Bar in Palm Springs.
I know the owner and I said, Hey Rob, do you have a DJ Sunday?
He said, Why, what’s up?
And he said sure.
They give me the local DJ rate, nothing fancy.
I dont even think they advertise it.
Im just going to go in from four to eight to DJ.
In Los Angeles, I do stand up in full drag for $50 all the time.
I love doing low pressure things.
