Speed Date with the Queen of the North, Brooke Lynn Hytes

As Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 begins, Xtra gets the tea from this “Drag Race” icon

By Xtra Video • October 15, 2021 4:51 pm EDT

Drag superstar and Queen of the North Brooke Lynn Hytes talks with Xtra about Canada’s Drag Race Season 2, her drag mom’s TV debut, what it’s like to be a lip sync assassin and diversity in drag–plus she reveals the most famous person in her DMs!

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