10 Things You Didn't Know About Magnolia Crawford

6/18/2014

10 Things is a Drag Official original mini series. We reach out to some of your favorite queens, and they dish the T on everything from secret talents to strange obsessions to embarrassing childhood stories. There's way more to these queens than what you see on television, so we want to bring that aspect to fans. In this series, each queen shares 10 things that you (probably) didn't know about them!

Magnolia may have sashayed away from RuPaul's Drag Race season 6 after just 1 episode, but kudos to her for making a lasting impression in such a small amount of time. If you're one of the people still saying you "hate" Magnolia based off just 2 episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race, this 10 Things is for you! Though it may not seem so at times, everything Magnolia does is thought out, deliberate, and true to her character. If you've always enjoyed Magnolia, this might make you love her even more. Get to know Magnolia a little better through her 10 Things:

10.
"I absolutely love drag queens, but please don’t call me one. I don’t consider myself a drag queen - at best I could be described as a trash queen. I tend to view myself as an actor playing a character, whose name is Magnolia Crawford. I don’t even claim to “do drag”, rather I just play a character that requires drag in some form to pull off."

9.
"Although I’m credited as being from Seattle, I only lived there for a couple years and moved away nearly three years ago. I’m not really from anywhere, to be honest. In fact, I’ve lived in 8 different cities in the last 10 years. I’m a vagabond and I love it!"

8.
"I did LIVE OUTSIDE CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FOR NEARLY A YEAR WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. I LOVE IT THERE! HOE GANN DIT MET JOU?"

7.
"Magnolia’s style choices, though often criticized, are very deliberate. The average person thinks floral skirt suits or cow print cocktail dresses are awful, but to Magnolia, they’re the epitome of class and elegance."

6.
"I love the 1990’s but I’m obsessed with the years 1987 through 1993, which is part of the reason Magnolia’s style reflects those years."

5.
"My favorite movie is “The Royal Tenenbaums”, however, I love to say “Don’t Tell Mom the Baby Sitter’s Dead” because it rolls off the tongue quite nicely."

4.
"MY FIRST NAME (REYNOLDS) IS MY DAD’S MIDDLE NAME AND HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME. THE NAME MAGNOLIA COMES FROM THE MOVIE “STEAL MAGNOLIA’S” WHILE CRAWFORD IS FROM JOAN AND CINDY."

3.
"My favorite cocktail is a rusty nail, although I enjoy a nice mint julep from time to time too."

2.
"I don’t care for performing, although I do it. My passion is my online presence and YouTube channel. I love making my videos. They’re low budget, poor quality, weird, stupid, and 100 percent Magnolia!"

1.
"I would rather be hated and remembered, than loved and forgotten, although to be loved and remembered would be ideal!"

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16 Comments

RyanC

6/19/2014 12:59:39 am

I didn't hate Magnolia, I just thought he was a stupid choice for the show. He doesn't care about, or consider himself a drag queen. It felt like a waste of a slot on the show. You can't call it the olympics of drag, and then allow someone who is just going to take a dump on the starting line to race with professional athletes.

Tiffany

6/19/2014 01:15:17 am

I thought the same thing when she kept saying that she's just there for exposure. I thought it wasn't really fair, and someone who actually wanted to be there and had a passion for drag could have been there in her place.

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6/19/2014 02:27:34 am

I don't like Magnolia and I feel she was dissapointed and a waste to be on the show. But I think the 'exposure' thing is a dumb reason to dislike her, every queen is there for exposure.

vdfdf

6/19/2014 02:25:58 am

it's "steel magnolias", not "steal magnolias". Come on spelling !

Mock Turtle

6/19/2014 05:19:01 am

So you don't consider yourself a drag queen, you hate performing, and your style is unironically awful. Okay then.

I didn't "hate" Magnolia on the show, but I didn't like her either. It was mainly due to her bad attitude. I think it's funny she says Youtube videos are her passion, but she only has like a dozen of them. That said, I inexplicably think her "Shh... it's a secret" video is hilarious.

Shock Squirtle

7/2/2014 01:37:34 pm

I feel like NONE of her videos are hilarious in the least. Her brief interview appearances in the backstage reunion youtube videos showed nothing but ego and contempt for drag.

Magnolia Crawford you absolutely STINK.

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6/19/2014 07:43:49 am

I've never disliked Magnolia at all - I just didn't get her. This little list makes a tonne more sense. I think I can appreciate what she's all about just a little bit more now. Will definitely be watching her schtick with new eyes.

Max

6/19/2014 01:50:41 pm

"I don't care for performing, although I do it." Now that's integrity!

P.S. I neither hated nor loved her and neither forgot or remembered her. You can't just think of yourself as interesting. You have to be it.

sillygoose

6/19/2014 02:45:22 pm

Magnolia ... What a dumb bitch. She should have done herself a favor and stay away from drag race.... She didn't watch the season... What kinda bullshit is that. I like how when she wobbled down the runway at the reunion the audience booed lmfao

Cayla LaCroix

6/20/2014 12:02:11 am

Poor, misguided Magnolia She fancies herself far more interesting, artistic and worst of all, funny than she could ever possibly be. Reynolds or whatever her boy name is, IS a drag queen. There's no such thing as a trash queen. Magnolia/Reynolds doesn't possess enough substance to actually be hated, I mostly feel embarrassed for her/him. The nonsensical try-hard explanations about why he puts on a dress only reveal him to be hostile and bitter about an art form he simply doesn't understand or adequately pull off. Wither away now, Magnolia.

6/21/2014 07:54:41 am

Yes, maybe Reynolds can find another form of expression. For the record, though, there are awesome trash queens (and if someone calls themself a trash queen or tranimal or whatnot, that's what they are). Jackie Hell's one. Here's how it's done right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFgEKER9xF8

Saffer

6/20/2014 01:05:30 am

It's also "gaan" not "gann", but we'll forgive you this once.

I-g-g-y

6/24/2014 02:15:53 am

I feel that Magnolia tries hard to be funny and that is her downfall. Her humor just comes off as sarcasm and has a "whatever" feel to it. Also I don't understand the "Trash Queen" concept that she tries to explain. Isn't she still a drag queen?

AgJu

7/1/2014 06:35:01 am

i dunno....the article says i may get a better appreciation of Magnolia but honestly, the more i hear from and about her, the more i wonder "why do we even bother?"

i kinda liked her going into S6 after seeing some of her videos online, but then she gets on there and doesn't even TRY to make it past the first episode. then she gets on the reunion and says she didn't watch the season at all. now she's here saying things like, she doesn't consider herself a drag queen, hates performing, and wants to grow her online presence even though she only has like a dozen videos to her name.

why bother?

7/2/2014 04:31:29 am

I feel sort of bad for Magnolia. She clearly WANTS to be a drag queen (not just a so called "trash queen" which means nothing to most people and is kind of an insulting moniker) and wants to be a drag queen who performs and is recognized for he art...otherwise, she would never get up on any stage nor would she have EVER auditioned for RPDR of all things! The problem is she has no sense of style or identity; the boy Magnolia only knows that he wants to dress like a woman, act like a woman and do it for the world to see. There's an undercurrent of hostility toward not just the audience Magnolia correctly perceives doesn't care for her very much, but also at women themselves. It's like, because he can't really figure out what a pretty, stylish, appealing woman looks and acts like, he gets mad at the very people he's trying to emulate. Perhaps Mags should schedule a few visits with a therapist, and then hook up with an awesome stylist and image consultant who can help him/her define and refine Magnolia.

tom

3/25/2015 04:20:46 am

I love Magnesium Crawdad. She truly doesn't give a fuck. You all are idiots.