Drag Race UK season six star forced to quit competition after accident

A RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6 star has been forced to leave the series due to an injury, telling fellow contestants on the show that it was “not the way I wanted to leave”. 

Warning: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK spoilers ahead.

Season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK started last week and saw 12 assembled glamazons being whisked away to the set of the series. A dozen divas have started to put their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to the test for RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and British national treasures Graham Norton and Alan Carr.

But one of the drag artists has had to leave the show prematurely due to an injury. Mid-way through episode two, which arrived on 3 October, Australian drag queen Saki Yew had to leave the show due to a knee injury. 

The Melbourne, Australia-raised star – who described her drag as “Australian showgirl glamour, mixed with high-energy Filipino sass and a sprinkle of Northern wit and realness” – entered The Werk Room via crutches in episode two to tell her comrades the sad news. 

Saki said: “I hurt my knee quite bad, so it hurts to walk.” The star explained that the injury occurred after she slipped whilst “getting into the shower… and knocked my knee onto the wall”.

“I’m actually going to say goodbye to you. I’m gutted because it’s not the way I wanted to leave, but I have to be smart about this and really just look after my body.”