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Spoilers ahead for the season-two finale ofRuPauls Drag Race U.K.
It felt likeShrekhad taken overDrag Raceand Shrek was … sexy.
The two interviews have been combined and condensed for clarity.
Congratulations!I cannot believe it at all.
Its not clicked up here.
My mind is blown.
Because to me, winners are icons like Bianca Del Rio and Trixie.
To be on that level, of winning a season, is just a dream come true.
How did you celebrate?I wish it was terribly glamorous.
Well, it wasquiteglamorous.
We had a private screening of the episode for the finalists.
It wasnt cold, it wasnt bitter.
You would think, for a finale, people would be really aggro.
ButBiminiwas having a great time, Tayce was having a great time, Ellie was having fun.
We were all just really happy to be there watching our favorite show.
I saw the videos you posted with Bimini at the finale.
And again, Im so cool with that because me and Bimini are good friends.
You spend so much time with people learning these scenes and choreo, you do become really close.
If you dont get a job, you wish your best friend gets that job.
It was that way for me.
I was so at peace with losing that I actually felt like a different Lawrence.
And Im really proud of that.
The prize for winningDrag Race U.K.is, unfortunately, not $100,000.
But you do get a WOW Presents show.
But if its just a badge, why are you mad your favorite didnt win?
I love the idea of having a WOW Presents show.
Thats like a dream come true for me.
I have definitely thought of quite a few ideas.
And then when we really want to get into the gossip, we can get into the gossip.
I think Im going to do something like that.
What we dont really have here in the United States is panel shows.
You should make it a panel show and be the one to bring panel shows to the U.S.No way!
I thought they were an across-the-world wow!
Do you have a dream guest for your web series?Theres so many people.
It would never happen, but I would love RuPaul.
Would love Lulu, whos a famous Scottish singer.
I would love Susan Boyle; well add her to the list.
She is what I want to be when I grow up.
How did it feel to have a No.
1 single with UK Hun?
?I cant believe that our song was so successful!
1 on U.K. iTunes.
When you audition forDrag Race,its like, [robot voice] Hello, RuPaul!
I am Lawrence Chaney!
I am a comedy queen!
You think of that to market yourself to get on the show.
But you gotta bring yourself out of that because its not just comedy every week.
And Ive made my mind up.Whereas all of Michelles and Rus critiques were: You werent bad.
You just thought you were bad, and we could see that.
We could tell you were insecure.
And as soon as they said that, I went, Well, actually, yeah, whydidthat happen?
you oughta be moldable to what the challenge is asking for.
Its clear you were one of Rus favorites this season.
Her eyes just lit up whenever she interacted with you.
Because thats the goal.
Everyone wants to be like Bianca Del Rio, talking about your Rolodex of hate and making Ru laugh.
And I never thought I was doing that.
I was like,This is your idol, Lawrence.
Thats all I was doing.
I was talking to my idol.
You dont come off as a fanboy; you have such great banter with Ru and the judges.
Were able to be more welcoming and make people laugh.
And I guess growing up around that its the same with me and Ellie.
Me and Ellie had multiple arguments because were used to going [screams in Scottish accent].
Were used to getting quite close to people and being quite intimate and vulnerable with our feelings.
Im glad you brought up the argument with Ellie Diamond.
I get that people have an opinion of the show, watching the show.
I love the show, so I get that.
It just seemed like it kind of didnt matter what I said.
[People online] were like, Youre a bully, and youre the scum of the earth.
I wasnt disagreeing with Ellie Diamond as a human being!
I wasnt disregarding her human rights!
I had a problem with someone for being an asshole, in my opinion.
I didnt understand why I was being so fundamentally a bad person.
I just didnt understand that.
Did I need to shout at her about her running order?
But it was weird because I had until that point received really positive love.
What sets the Scottish drag scene apart?The scene is very wacky, bizarre, and fabulous.
Were not all about rhinestones and that kind of high-end pageant drag.
Its not up here because we dont have the money to facilitate that.
But what we have is creativity mixed with that classic Scottish humor and sensibility.
Its got that all mixed in one.
And I think thats very unique.
Like Ellie: Ellie puts together such great conceptual looks.
But we can also talk your ear off and make you laugh.
The other week, Rose did Mary Queen of Scots for Snatch Game on U.S.Drag Race.
Watching it honestly just felt exactly like how Ru interacts with you.I was so shocked when I saw that.
That is a Snatch Game of Lawrence Chaney.It was so bizarre really cool but so bizarre to watch.
Your boy hair in the confessionals this season was a feat of aerodynamics.
How do you achieve that hairstyle?Everyone thinks its a wig.
Its not a wig.
I was born with really thick hair.
My mums got really coarse, thick hair.
All she could do was put it up in a ponytail.
My hairs always been an enigma, shaved sides or not.
Every week, I was trying to channel Miley Cyrus in 2013, slicked back.
But then because I was so emotive, it was just scarecrow at the back.
It would just go [whooshes in Scottish accent].
No hairspray was holding that down.
Were going to be emerging from lockdown for the first time in over a year.
Small, attainable goals.
Step one, empty the dishwasher.
Step two, winDrag Race U.K.Got it.
No, God knows whats going on there.
Im part of the royal family, but Im not that deep inside the royal family yet.
