"Tempest DuJour's Very Bad Day" was created by Holt and a creative collaborative working under the moniker Golden Gravy Productions. He lives with his husband David and their two kids in Tucson, AZ, where he also hosts Retro Game Show Night, a monthly re-creation of TV game shows from the 70s with contestants pulled from sold-out crowds at Tucson's historic Hotel Congress. Holt is an associate professor in theater and film at the University of Arizona and has the distinction of being the oldest drag queen to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race. Fortunately, I have some very dedicated and forgiving friends." "I wasn't even allowed to tell the friends I was working with what the real ending would be until after the premiere, which meant a lot of white lies and a very late night last night. The contestant competed in a four person final lip-sync against all remaining contestants and moved on to the Grand Finale. "We shot the party scene by telling everyone they were seeing me get hit by a car on the news," Holt explained. Tempest DuJour Trixie Mattel Violet Chachki (Stage names, ages and locations stated from during time of contest) The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race. When actors in the video are watching Tempest's elimination moment on TV, for example, they didn't know during filming how that scene would actually play out in the final edit, with audio of RuPaul sending Tempest packing. His elimination from RuPaul’s Drag Race during filming last summer offered a perfect new ending, but Holt couldn't share the news, which made production challenging, he explained. Holt said the short, "Tempest DuJour's Very Bad Day," had been in the works since 2014 and was originally going to end with an embarrassing, malodorous bathroom event at a surprise party. "I'd wanted to do a project like this for a long time, and after what happened on Drag Race, it was just too good an opportunity to pass up. "I've always loved the self-deprecating humor of the great ladies of comedy," Holt said. Tucson-based drag performer Patrick Holt, aka Tempest DuJour, released a YouTube video early this morning poking fun at his/her dubious honor of being the first drag queen eliminated in last night’s seventh-season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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