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Little Mix fans in frenzy as Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s Drag Race UK episode revealed
Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock will appear on tonight’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK as a guest judge (Picture: BBC & Getty )
Little Mix fans have set social media alight as they celebrate the news that Leigh-Anne Pinnock is to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK tonight.
While the singer had previously been announced in the line-up for this season, fans were unaware which episode she would be in, and the announcement yesterday has sent them into a frenzy.
Tonight’s episode will see Leigh-Anne, who recently celebrated her 30th birthday, appear as a special guest judge alongside Michelle Visage and, of course, RuPaul.
She announced the news in an Instagram post late last night along with a preview of her colourful and unique outfit, writing: ‘What an HONOUR’.
‘il be on @dragraceukbbc tomorrow as a guest judge and I’m kinda gagged about it (sic)’.
Leigh Anne’s news drew thousands of comments and well over 300,000 likes – and the Little Mix fanbase reacted just about as expected.
‘THE QUEEN HAS ARRIVED’, one account wrote on her post, while another person shouted ‘WE WILL BE WATCHING’.
The comment section was full of all-caps celebrations, with hundreds flocking to write ‘QUEEN’, ‘GORGEOUS’, ‘THE MOST BEAUTIFUL’ and every other variation of praise for their idol.
The Little Mix stans are far from the only ones excited to see the singer on Drag Race, however.
It’s A Sin star and Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander posted a heart-eyes emoji and wrote ‘very glam’, while Towie star Vas J Morgan simply wrote ‘Major!’
Many complimented Leigh-Anne’s makeup and art pop-like outfit, with hitmaker Alexandra Burke writing ‘This look tho’ and Youtuber Grace Victory adding ‘Nah these eyebrows babes?!?’
The third series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has boasted some incredible celebrity guest judges, including Spice Girl Emma Bunton last week.
Leigh-Anne’s Drag Race appearance comes amid ongoing drama with former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson, whose solo debut with single Boyz was marred by accusations of Blackfishing and cultural appropriation.
The drama escalated when featured artist Nicki Minaj slammed Leigh-Anne on an Instagram live with Jesy, watched by over 100,000 people, after leaked and unverified DMs purported to be from Leigh-Anne called Jesy ‘horrible’ and a ‘blackfish’.
It has been a tumultuous few weeks for Leigh-Anne, Jesy Nelson and Nicki Minaj as drama abounds (Picture: JesyNelson / leighannepinnock / backgrid )
Leigh-Anne eventually unfollowed Nicki on Instagram, leading to another wave of dramatics and speculation between the two fandoms on social media.
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Despite the messy start, Jesy’s debut did fairly well on the Official Singles Chart last week, landing at number four and representing the week’s highest new entry.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK airs Thursdays at 7pm on BBC Three and is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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