Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Kita Mean The Kiwi Drag Queen

Episode Date: September 26, 2022

We chat to Kita Mean the NZ drag queen about the release of their new book!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben. Joining us in the studio right now, they've got a brand new book out. It's called Life and Lashes, The Story of a Drag Superstar by Ketamine. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, the big hit international show. So nice to have you in the studio. Thanks for hanging out. Oh my gosh, thank you for having me, boys. It's so good to be back.

It's lovely seeing you always, but we are so used to you coming in as Ketamine. Yes. Now you're a civilian. You've come in as a civilian and you've got wonderful innuendo. Lots of innuendo. And you said, is it strange being overtly sexual without a costume on? And for some reason, it makes it better without a costume. I love that.

It makes my life easier. Because obviously Nick is you when you're not Ketamine. So who calls you nick who's kidding me how does that work and when do you decide that you want to be who you want to be oh my gosh these days it's all much of a muchness to be honest uh so many people in my life kind of just know me as kita and they call me kita when i'm not dressed up so um my family still call me nick my mother calls me nicholas if she's yeah yeah i get that as well benjamin yeah i'll get jonathan yeah that's what parents they're like that's what we

named you when you came out because you came from a family and your older siblings were big bogues yeah big pantera slayer that's right yeah was jono your older siblings i mean what's good i mean it was the way back then, wasn't it? Yeah. Back in those days. And so were you a bogan? I was a bit. Yeah. I kind of more kind of caught up with like the drag,

sorry, with the goth scene, you know. I was like a little goth, a little shit. But you're like in the book and obviously you talk about not really sort of feeling like you fit in until you sort of discover drag, I guess. Yeah, that's right. You know, and it's funny when when you're kind of when you feel like you don't fit in you kind of uh really resonate with other people that also don't fit in and then in a weird way uh fit in amongst people that don't fit in what is it like because obviously you go through a large

part of your life going where you know where do i slot into this thing called life what is it like when you do find your people? Amazing, actually. And that's a journey in itself. You kind of, you often try to find people that you turn into your people. And part of finding my people was still trying to change myself to fit in with that, just so I could have people that I found like I did fit in with now I the more I have lived authentically uh the the better my life has become and that's been a long lesson and a long journey in my life but and it's something I'm still learning and I'm still

living I think everyone does though to a certain extent yeah um so you know i'm still on that journey but um you know life is great and um it's it's so it's so freeing living authentically and and not hiding myself what has been the standout for you because you've had such a wild ride yes um oh my gosh so obviously my journey on rupaul's drag race and um you know on that show i truly kind of felt felt like the little Kiwi who could. It was very up against some big names in the Australian drag industry. I never in a million years thought I could come out and could win it. Yeah, you won it. I mean, that's it. So yeah, that's been huge.

You're two of the states now. You must have a load of international fans after appearing on the show. How's the Instagram? Blowing up? Yeah, it is. It's so much fun. I absolutely love it. of international fans after appearing on the show how's the how's the instagram blowing up yeah it is it's it's so much fun i absolutely love it a drag queen like loves uh attention believe it or not yeah i i've always loved receiving love and i've always loved giving love and now i feel like i'm in the ultimate position uh for both so i feel very very very grateful um does rupaul keep in touch i was

very fortunate uh to see rupaul uh again recently um for something that's about to air soon when i see her she's very supportive and very caring uh i keep in touch with michelle visage yeah and all the cast and crew now a lot of amazing names and the drag queen industry. I wanted a quick game. Real or fake names. Okay. Your real name of someone from the drag world or not. Okay. Karen from finance. Real.

Yeah, real. I love Karen from finance. She's amazing. Okay. We've got Jono from the hits. Fake as f***. Yes, you're correct. All right.

Champagne. Oh, that sounds like a sham but I hope it's a legit one a hiney can you answer first and then I'll say gotta be fake I made it up but it might be a hiney can that's the one

penny tenchery let's say real yeah real Mr Minute Yes, that's the one. Penny Tentury? Let's say Real. Yeah, Real. Mr. Minute? Yeah, Real. Oh, well, as far as I know, that's just the place that cuts your keys at the mall.

Eggs Benedict. Oh, got to be fake. Well, apparently they're real, legit. That's a real joke. Yeah, yeah. It's very edgy. Yeah, and then finally, Jono and Benedicts. Jono and Benedict are the best dicks. But that's the edgy. Yeah. And then finally, Jono and Ben are dicks. Jono and Ben are the best dicks.

But that's been a bit of a mess. Oh, well, hey, congratulations on all the success. Congratulations. You've got a book. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Who would have ever thought? Kierame,

Life and Lashes, The Story of a Drag Superstar. Make sure you buy it. It seems like what we're seeing. An amazing read. Oh, thank you, boys. I love you. Kierame, ladies and gentlemen.