Stacy Layne Matthews (2024)

Stacy Layne Matthews is an American drag performer and one of the contestants on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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Drag Name Origin[]

Stacy Layne Matthews got her drag name from a joke someone made about "Stacy Layne". "Matthews" came from her former middle name.

Memorable Quotes[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]

• "I am definitely a country queen. I live on a dirt road surrounded by cornfields. Can't get more country than that."
• "HENNY!"
• "I'm wearin' a body suit, for God's sake."
• "That's a lot of f*cking money!"
• "Lady Tata will never marry a martian like you!"
• "Who the f*ck is Heather? I wanna know."
• "f*ck YOU, RAJA! I WILL WIN."
• "Mama Ru, I need you!"
• "I feel like it's couture..."
• "Never underestimate Stacy Layne Matthews." (about Phoenix)
• "A chicken leg in my face cuz the BITCH KNOW I'M HUNGRY! BITCH KNOW IT! I'M HUNGRY AS HELL!" (as Mo'Nique in the Snatch Game)

Farewell Message[]

"Be a lady! You're All Amazing. Stacy Layne "Bryant" Matthews XOX"

Trivia[]

• Stacy was inspired by theatre since she was ten years old.^{[citation needed]}
• Stacy was put in drag for the first time by her cousin.^{[citation needed]}
• Stacy has the lowest placement of any Snatch Game winner, placing 8th overall. This was later matched by Anita Wigl'it in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
• Stacy is the very first Native American to compete in Drag Race.
• Stacy is the first plus size queen to win a Maxi Challenge and also the lowest placing Maxi Challenge winner on Season 3.
• Stacy is the second contestant from North Carolina to compete in Drag Race.
• Stacy is a transgender woman. She is the fifth queen out of ten to come out as a trans woman after the show.
• Stacy made appearances on several episodes of All Stars 4, first in Episode 2 as the musical guest and focus for the main challenge "Super Girl Groups, Henny", and a cameo in Episode 4 as the court stenographer for the main challenge "Jersey Justice", and in the audience of Lady Bunny's funeral roast.
• Following her many All-Stars 4 appearances, she quickly became one of the most demanded queens for the next All Stars season.
  • She later revealed that she was cast for All Stars 4, signed a contract, but was replaced while on her vacation.
  • She has since said that she will never do All Stars due to something that was said to her on the set of All Stars 4, though she has not revealed what was said or who said it.^[1]
• On January 24, 2021, Stacy announced via an Instagram post that she is considering retiring from drag.
  • On November 23, 2023, Stacy announced an indefinite hiatus from drag to focus on her physical and mental health.^[2]
  • On January 24, 2024, Stacy revealed in an Instagram post that she is going to return to drag, asking her followers where they would like to see her.^[3]
• Stacy has starred in an adult pantomime alongside Divina De Campo and Cheryl Hole in the United Kingdom in 2020, called "Singerella".^[4]

Gallery[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3 Looks[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4 Looks[]

Lip Syncs[]

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