Explaining the Scandalous 'Gates' Of Drag Race

Drag Race has thrown around the term "gate" a lot. What moments from the show are scandalous to be considered gates? I'll explain that here today!

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[chelmrtz]

MaskGate is so iconic that it was the birth of the drag race spoiler subreddit

[ombrenightcores]

Could you imagine if Rajah came to the reunion wearing Ariel’s wig 😭

[twilightflux]

Luxx present at every gate during s15, what an icon

[givemeliberty]

When Vanessa van Cartier says " you wanna talk about the phone you have "
The way Vivaldi shakes her head no is killing me, like child being scolded in a corner 😂😂😂 love love Vanessa such a great deserved winner I loved Holland

[oliversmithlawrence]

I remember pangina saying basically 'everyone was doing that and we didn't care, but because it was called out our hand was forced' which is very understandable

[Struudeli]

I think Onya was wrong with both the trim and the spray paint, but I still love her so much. People make mistakes and she has shown her true character in following episodes. Everyone should be allowed to make mistakes, even in tv, as long as they acknowledge and apologize.

[jeppeaksrensen]

Another nuance for phone-gate: Vivaldi apparently actually did Freds (the hosts) make-up in season 1 of DRH, which makes Vivaldi look incredibly favored.

[BrandonJames]

Joke gate was crazy and it was funny that even with Arriety stealing those jokes Jewels likely would’ve been in the bttm anyways cause they weren’t funny jokes😂.

[KawaiiPrncessBby]

No because why was Valentina Ms congeniality on the same season as Peppermint, Shea, and Trinity? Don’t piss me off

[matesafranka]

Note: the first "Night of" challenge was on season 6, though I don't exactly remember if it was called "Night of a thousand RuPauls" per se

[Zyrada]

Genuinely one of my favorite moments from S14 is Bosco's confessional response to Daya stealing her answers in Snatch Game. I just lived for her acknowledging the sheer absurdity of the moment.

[Roberto-ttyv]

No mention of tulle gate is crazy. Thats the og one

[cuppapablo]

I remember PhoneGate. And yep, agreed that it ended up souring Holland as a whole when in the next episode, Vivaldi sent Keta home.

[anoblecilla]

I’d say gate is just an iconic conflict. Whether it be for how silly or serious it is. It’s just slang for giving a conflict a title.

[GingerNinjaJ]

Twirls and dips up around your main stage is crazy! Your hilarious.

[DetektivConan]

Jack before The Night of the thousand blank..the first one wasn't with Madonna. it was RuPaul in season 6, where Milk did the first male drag

[carrot_no]

The wordplay during the ad segment is taking me out lmao

[nelumboandrews]

Urgently needed this video after *checks notes* Trim gate??

[kozmikoblivion]

The funniest bit about that wig was on the pink carpet of Drag Con, when Rajah threw the wig over Ariel’s head and Naruto ran the rest of the carpet

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

When did people forget the word comfort exists? You don't need to try to make "comfortable" into the awkward barely even a word "comfortability" to make it a noun. "Comfortable" CAME from the noun "comfort." HaHaHa
Arrietty did NOT confess that she and Onya painted on Lexi's tarp. She said that SHE did and pointed out her outfit was blue, so the brown paint wasn't hers. Onya's name was not mentioned. Then Lexi saw Onya's outfit and realized herself that the brown had to be Onya's. I don't even like Arrietty, but she didn't throw Onya under the bus.