Trixie Mattel reads Amelia Dimoldenberg in glorious 'Chicken Shop Date'

Two skinny legends walk into a chicken shop.
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Belen Edwards
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Trixie Mattel on "Chicken Shop Date."
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Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg has interviewed (and flirted) with everyone from Andrew Garfield to Jonathan Bailey. Now she welcomes drag legend, makeup mogul, and all-around skinny legend Trixie Mattel to her chicken shop domain.

Trixie Mattel is the second drag queen Dimoldenberg has chatted with on the show, the first being RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2 runner-up Bimini Bon-Boulash. And honestly, her episodes with both drag queens make the case for inviting even more drag performers to Chicken Shop Date.

Right from the jump, Dimoldenberg's deadpan interviewing style proves the perfect match for Mattel's dry humor. She also admits that she's quite starstruck, to which Mattel replies, "You seem very attracted to me." Turns out, Dimoldenberg does have a crush on Trixie — when she's bald, that is.

The pair discuss The Bald and the Beautiful, Mattel's podcast with fellow drag queen Katya Zamolodchikova, along with Mattel's thoughts on the state of the U.S. and Donald Trump. ("Floptina boots.")

But the most fun part of the episode has to be the pair lightly reading each other.

"I hope I fall in love," Dimoldenberg says of her many conversations on the show.

"I mean, how many years has it been?" Mattel asks.

"It's been, like, 10 years now," says Dimoldenberg.

"You're really circling the drain," Mattel deadpans.

Dimoldenberg gets Mattel right back, though, when Mattel mentions that she and Zamolodchikova rarely talk outside of work, and that Zamolodchikova won't even laugh react to the TikToks Mattel sends her.

"Well, maybe they're not very funny," Dimoldenberg retorts.

Check out the rest of Dimoldenberg and Mattel's delightful conversation above.

Topics Celebrities

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Belen Edwards
Entertainment Reporter

Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association, as well as a Tomatometer-approved critic.


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