With RuPaul’s Drag Race launching a number of new franchises and spin-offs recently, some fans have been complaining about fatigue from the show.
But stars Cheryl Hole and Willam have reminded viewers that just being able to say there is "too much" of the programme is a privilege.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Drag Race UK star Cheryl said: "I remember back in the days of Willam's season and Alaska’s season, like four, five and six, I’d stay up to one o'clock in the morning to watch a guy in Puerto Rico stream it off his laptop from the TV, just to have Drag Race at the time.
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"It was before it was even on Netflix. Then you’d have to wait an entire year for the next season.
"We're so lucky that you have so many options."
She continued: "If you don't want to watch Drag Race France, that’s fine, it’s still going to be on WOW Presents Plus for you to watch when you have the time. So don’t complain that there's too much drag race because there's plenty for everybody."
Willam, who was famously disqualified from season 4, added: "Nobody ever complains that there’s too much stuff for straight people on TV. It's like, ‘F**k it, we deserve this’.
"For so many years, our stories couldn't get told, so now, good! I hope RuPaul continues this for 20 more years.
"I hope they prop her up and it’s like the Mars Attacks! brain where she’s just a little talking head."
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The pair are currently appearing together in the onstage drag comedy Death Drop: Back in the Habit alongside other UK stars Victoria Scone and River Medway.
The show sees a bunch of fierce nuns, trapped in a convent when a serial slayer comes in, slashing his way through the sisters.
It’s from the producers of hit show Death Drop, with Cheryl adding: "It’s got the essence of Death Drop, the murder mystery mixed with the comedy with a bit of a ‘ooh!’ It’s all in this show, but with more loveable characters you’ll want to see it again and again."
Willam added: "It’s the people and the show! Everything is great. And the producers and directors are listening to us and letting us drag it up a little bit, which is really fun."
Death Drop: Back in the Habit is touring the UK until March. For a full list of dates, see here. Tickets to the show are now on sale and can be found on Death Drop’s official website.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK airs on BBC Three in the UK and streams on WOW Presents Plus in the US.
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Catherine was Digital Spy's News Editor between 2018 and 2024. Prior to that she worked at OK! Online, and has interviewed a slew of celebrities across her career in entertainment news, including Tom Hanks, Cheryl and Noel Fielding. Catherine also has specialist knowledge in all things drag, interviewing a huge portion of RuPaul’s Drag Race stars, and getting her own drag makeover for Channel 4’s show Drag SOS. LinkedIn
