Lady Gaga's stint on "Drag Race" didn't end when the cameras stopped rolling. According to Season 9 competitor Peppermint, who was speaking on Entertainment Weekly's "BINGE" podcast at the time, "When she came back into the [Werk] Room, she really came back with some constructive feedback and criticism, but that was preceded by a nice, pretty good conversation." In fact, eventual winner Sasha Velour added that producers were concerned Gaga was spending too much time with them.
Velour recalled they were "trying to get her to wrap it up, because she had hand-written notes about each and every one of us, and she went through, took her time, and gave individual feedback to each of us sitting right there." Although producers were eager to get back to work, Gaga insisted on finishing what she'd started. Moreover, Peppermint argued Gaga was the first guest judge in "Drag Race" herstory to take the time to speak to the queens one on one, and really get on their level.
These days, everybody does it but, unsurprisingly given her groundbreaking rise, Gaga was the one who started the trend.
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