From alone in the VIP to the RuPaul’s Drag Race finale, no season 13 queen made her presence felt quite like Kandy Muse. Formerly of the Haus of Aja and now repping the Doll Haus, the Dominican doll came into the competition, made some damn good reality TV and won the “Nice Girls Roast” challenge along the way.
Now, Kandy is in the final four, no matter how you feel about it. (She recently changed her Twitter handle to KANDY “TOP 4” MUSE, so even the haters in her mentions have to accept that fact.) “It feels correct,” she laughs. “No, it feels amazing. I’ve worked really hard to get to Drag Race and especially the finale. So, being here feels like I am where I’m supposed to be. Whatever way that saying goes, that.”
ET’s Brice Sander spoke with Kandy ahead of Friday’s finale about burying the hatchet with her drag mother, Aja, and why her “underdog” status won’t stop her from becoming America’s Next Drag Superstar.
ET: Let’s talk about the journey. You broke the family curse — if we want to call it that — by not only making it further than Aja and Dahlia did, but by making it to the finale. What does that mean to you?
Kandy Muse: There was definitely a lot of pressure coming into the competition, because the girls from my family didn’t make it as far as I did. But halfway through, I just let go of that and got my head in the game. Now, finally being here, my drag family was very, very proud of me. There’s no jealousy or no tea or none of that. They’re just really happy to see one of their girls in the top four at the finale representing.
You stepped on that stage on the premiere and shocked Michelle by saying things with Aja were not in the place they used to be. Where are they now?
Since the show has aired, me and Aja have buried the hatchet, and we’re really good friends now. Friends fall off and friends rekindle, and it’s just the way life works.
Just the journey called life. I know the finale is going to be unlike any we’ve seen before. If you had to describe what we’re going to see in one word, how would you describe it?
Iconic. It is a fierce top four. And if I can say anything, you’ve seen me slay a lip sync throughout the season four times, no different now.
