Trixie Mattel is known for her exaggerated, high-camp style and blend of comedy and acoustic pop.
32 Facts About Trixie Mattel
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Trixie Mattel appears as a judge on the competition series Queen of the Universe.
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Trixie Mattel starred in and produced Trixie Motel, a limited docuseries where she and her boyfriend, David Silver, renovated a rundown motel in Palm Springs, California.
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Trixie Mattel appeared on New York Magazine's list of "The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America", ranking fourth.
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Trixie Mattel operates a YouTube channel focused on beauty and music, with frequent collaborations with fellow drag queens, and celebrities such as Iggy Azalea, Nicole Byer, and Margaret Cho.
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Trixie Mattel's persona is inspired by her love of Barbie dolls; she owns a large collection of Barbies that she has shared in videos on her YouTube channel.
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Trixie Mattel is Ojibwe and comes from a Native American family in Crivitz, Wisconsin.
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Trixie Mattel had an abusive stepfather who would call him a "Trixie" when he acted feminine, which later inspired his drag name.
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Trixie Mattel moved in with his grandparents at age 15.
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Trixie Mattel's grandfather was a country musician who taught him how to play the guitar.
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Trixie Mattel first performed in drag at LaCage NiteClub in Milwaukee, becoming a regular performer in Milwaukee's drag scene.
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Trixie Mattel would perform with fellow drag queens Kim Chi and Shea Coulee in Milwaukee, and would occasionally perform in Chicago.
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Trixie Mattel attended beauty school in 2014 before withdrawing to participate in RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Trixie Mattel first gained widespread attention as a competitor in Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race, in 2015.
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Trixie Mattel was first eliminated in episode four and later reentered the competition in episode eight by winning the "Conjoined Twins" challenge with Pearl Liaison.
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Trixie Mattel was eliminated in episode 10, placing sixth overall and becoming the first queen to last more than one episode after returning to the competition.
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In October 2015, Trixie Mattel guest-starred in a special edition of WOWPresents' Fashion Photo Review with fellow season seven contestant Katya Zamolodchikova.
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In November 2016, Trixie Mattel had a guest appearance as herself on American Horror Story: Roanoke.
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Trixie Mattel self-released her debut studio album Two Birds on May 2,2017.
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In December 2017, Trixie Mattel released Homemade Christmas, an EP of three recorded Christmas songs that featured Zamolodchikova.
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Trixie Mattel later returned to the Drag Race franchise for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, which started airing on January 25,2018.
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On February 3,2018, Trixie Mattel released an acoustic version of her song "Moving Parts" as a tease for her upcoming album.
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Trixie Mattel dropped her second studio album, One Stone, on March 15,2018, the same night as the All Stars finale.
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In June 2019, Trixie Mattel was one of 37 drag queens featured on the cover of New York magazine.
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Trixie Mattel took the time to start building her YouTube channel, which previously featured make-up tutorials and music videos, and expanded to include content reflecting her pastime as a toy collector, with videos reviewing new Barbie collections, talking about doll history, or baking with Easy Bake Ovens.
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In September 2020, Trixie Mattel released a cover of Lana Del Rey's "Video Games", which charted at number 66 on the Scottish singles chart and number 89 on the UK Downloads chart.
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In February 2021, Trixie Mattel released a cover of the Violent Femmes track "Blister in The Sun", and announced the EP Full Coverage, Vol.
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On November 12,2021, Trixie Mattel released the single "Hello Hello" which is loosely inspired by 60s power pop.
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In fall 2021 Trixie Mattel began renovating a motel in Palm Springs with her partner David Silver.
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In 2020, Trixie Mattel Cosmetics launched a collaboration collection with Zamolodchikova called "Red Scare".
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Trixie Mattel had planned to transform it into an AirBnB to rent out, but changed her mind after viewing the property, and decided to pump in an additional $500,000 to renovate the motel to reflect the aesthetics of her drag persona, and enlisting designer Dani Dazey to collaborate on the project.
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Trixie Mattel is a fan of Jason Isbell, Kris Kristofferson, Aimee Mann, Michelle Branch, and Kacey Musgraves.