Morgan Lavoie

That's a plot twist. That is what I thought. West Virginia, okay.

And so when you saw that, did you think, I want to do that immediately? No. No.

And did you?

And so this happened in West Virginia, maybe. It did not happen in Erie, where you grew up. Not a lot of drag representation in Erie.

Yeah. But even though you felt at the time that could never be me, you had an early interest in style. I read in your memoir that you would make cat woman suits out of trash bags and you would dye your contacts with food coloring.

So when then did you for the first time think like, I can do that. Like I could do drag.

And so how long after that did you perform as Alaska for the first time?

The fishbowl?

And you did?

And so I love that you knew what your name would be as soon as you encountered it, which was a weed strain, right?

Love that. And so there was never another contender. You were like...

So tell me about the fishbowl performance.

So was that actually your first time performing as Alaska?

And so how did it feel?

And so then you decide to move to L.A.

But you decide at the time that you're not going to do drag there. You like pack your wigs and then you go through security at the airport. And then you take your wigs out because you're like, I'm not doing drag.

No, I got you.

Yeah. And well, thank God that you did. What a gift. So at some point you're like, okay, I'm doing drag for fun. Now I have to make money doing it. And I read that you sort of like looked around and you're like, what, how are other drag queens making money? And so you saw somebody sell t-shirts online. So you're like, I'll sell t-shirts online.

You saw people promoting and producing shows and parties. So you're like, I'll try that. And then also making their own music. And so, well, first of all, do you have any of those old T-shirts still? Because I want one. I do. Yeah.

OK, well, if you find one, let me know. But when I was reading that, I was surprised because I figured that sort of the big moneymaker is performing. Is that right?