"There is a before and after "Drag Race", that's for sure! “says Lova Ladiva

• Lova Ladiva was eliminated against Soa de Muse in the second episode of

  Drag Race France

  broadcast on Saturday on France 2.

• The Toulouse drag queen wanted to send a message on the show about the disease she suffers from, ankylosing spondylitis: “In times of crisis, we totally panic, we are not well and we say to ourselves that it will block us to do things.

  All in all, you have to know how to live with your pathology to be able to get out of it.

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• “I'm happy with what I did, I'm part of the first season of

  Drag Race France

  .

  It's not nothing when you're a drag queen, whether you've been doing this for twenty years or two years.

  It's the realization of something, ”says Lova Ladiva to

  20 Minutes

  .

His lilting accent will no longer resonate in the Workshop.

Lova Ladiva was eliminated at the end of the second episode of

, broadcast on Saturday on the second channel and online since Thursday on france.tv.

The Toulousaine bowed to Soa de Muse during the lipsync – the playback test – on

from L5.

The earthy artist looks back on her journey for

.

Before you left the show, you said how important it was to you to represent old-school drag.

How would you define it?

drag

.

It's a way of putting on makeup, a way of being, of behaving.

We grew up with nightclubs.

Three quarters of my career have been spent there.

The new drags have a

culture .

Me, it's a little different, I grew up with the first drags, of the 1980s and 1990s, with

by the Sisters Queen...

You also mentioned ankylosing spondylitis, a disease that affects the joints and the spine, from which you suffer.

Did you want to set an example for people who are affected by it?

I also wanted to give hope.

In times of crisis, we panic completely, we are not well and we tell ourselves that it will block us from doing things.

All in all, you have to know how to live with your pathology to be able to get out of it.

It is very important for me to deliver this message, especially since it is a disease about which very little is said.

There are artists like me who are affected by it.

We learn to work with it.

If we try to counter or forget the disease, unfortunately, it catches up with us too quickly.

What is your best memory of “Drag Race France”?

I would say the meeting with Nicky Doll and with my nine sisters from the show.

And also the first runway [défilé], when you hear the music and say to yourself “That's it, here we are!

".

We feel stressed, proud.

I'm happy with what I did, I'm part of the first season of

.

It's not nothing when you're a drag queen, whether you've been doing this for twenty years or two years.

It is the realization of something.

The first episode was watched by nearly a million people on France 2, does that change anything for you?

There is a before and after

, that's for sure!

I was personally not very attached to the number of people who followed me on social networks and I did not post much.

I started with the advice of Kam Hugh and it is with great pleasure that I discover a lot of people, fans of the show, people who say they are touched by me.

I am contacted from Brazil, Spain, Italy, the United States, England… I receive, like my comrades, messages from all over the world.

It warms the heart.

It is gratifying to see that these people find themselves a little bit in us.

I know you won't tell me who you wanted to play in the Snatch Game event, but what were your B plans?

My alternatives were Maïté and Laurence Boccolini.

Where can we applaud you next?

I will be on July 8 at the Bitch Party in Paris.

I will debrief on my journey and I will do two performances to show everyone that my performance at the

talent show is not a reference for me (laughs).

Other dates will be set but I am waiting for them to be confirmed.

In Toulouse, I will often perform at the La Pinata bar-restaurant.

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