'Drag Race' Winner Yvie Oddly Shades Show's Producers as 'Culture Thieves'

Complaining in a furious Twitter thread that it took a year to receive $100,000 in prize money for winning Season 11 of "Drag Race," drag artist Yvie Oddly called the show's producers "greedy" and "culture thieves."

"They f*** with real people's lives, career opportunities, and health," the drag artist – whose real name is Jovan Jordan Bridges – posted in the damning thread, which she sent out as she was watching "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" on May 29, reported UK newspaper the Daily Mail.

"They drive themselves home in their luxury cars when their contestants are sleep-deprived, depressed, and DRASTICALLY underpaid for their contributions to the cultural phenomenon," the post added. "Then they tell themselves they're good people for showcasing queer content and creating opportunities for us while ignoring the irreparable damage they cause, and creating a chokehold monopoly on how drag artists can succeed."

But, Oddly declared, "The drag artists are and have ALWAYS been the lifeblood of what makes this franchise great."

"All the things we love: the looks, the catchphrases, the memes, the drama – it all comes from the queens."

"The drag queen slammed the producers as 'capitalist culture thieves' who 'f*** with real people's lives' and live high on the hog while underpaying their talent," the newspaper detailed, and "added that the bosses 'took over a year to pay me my winnings because they conveniently kept forgetting they owed me 100k.'"

The art of drag is expensive, especially for those at the top of the game, and this is not the first time the show has come under fire for matters related to money; the Independent recalled that "RPDR" "has faced blistering scrutiny for leaving its talent groaning under the financial strain of paying for their own extravagant looks."

"A 2021 report in Vice estimated that the typical contestant has to fork over between $4,000 and $20,000 over the course of a season," the article continued.

"One queen claimed to have 'spent more coming into this competition than I did as the down payment on my house' and another chimed in: 'I spent more on this competition than I did on college.'"

Have a look at the scorching Twitter thread, below.