It’s a showdown of the Queens this week as Gottmik and Violet Chachki bring their Knockout Tour to Edmonton October 22, Calgary October 23 and Vancouver October 28^th.GayCalgary.com caught up with the two recently in advance of the shows.
Chachki, the winner of Season 7 of Rupaul’s Drag Race, and Gottmik from Season13 first met during the Covid impacted Drive-in Drag tour. They shared a trailer and realized they had a lot in common, and the rest is her-story.
"Mik was on a later season than me, and I think it's about having similar career goals and feeling aligned and having a partner in crime," Violet explained. "That's really what it's about, having a sidekick and having a chosen family and being there for each other. And we both are really detail oriented and are into fashion and aesthetics and so it just felt natural."
The two host the No Gorge podcast and were featured in the Grammy performance of Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ Unholy. Gottmik recalled how special the evening was.
"That was everything getting to be there. Kim was such a trailblazer for the trans community, it was really an important moment for the trans community. That's going to be such an iconic moment. So being able to be there and support both of them. I love Sam so much. Just always been supportive of me. And same with Kim. I used to do her makeup, so it was just such a full circle moment, and we were just so honored to be there for such a historical moment for the community."
"It was just really cool to be on the red carpet and to be there with Kim winning her Grammy and just to be apart of it, it was like it just...

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