The Cringe is Real

Why don't you come on over.. Valerie Hex joins Sam to celebrate the momentous occasion of the crowing of a new queen. That's right, Drag Race Down Under season 4 is donezo, and we have much to discuss. Before that, Sam and Val recap their top five cringe moments of the year. Who will make the list? Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , Yo...

Stunning diva Paul Mizzi returns to roast episode 7 of Drag Race Down Under Season 4 with Sam this week. The Moobs are out and all bets are off as Kita and Michelle coach the girlies to roast slender them, Rhys Nicolson. Oh and Maxi Shield drops in for a quick cig with the dolls. What a lovely time. Paul and Sam also discuss Love is Blind Habibi, Queer Eye, For The Love of DILFs Season 3 and more....

Maria Angelico is back to chat shit with Sam in the Drag Race Down Under hot seat this week! On Down Under, the dolls are asked to audition for the role of 'Tutu Much' in a confusing and frustrating challenge leaving us all with blue balls. Lazy Susan stuns in genius wet reveal look and Max cartwheels off stage right. The Wicked hate train continues and the girlies also catch up on House...

Get your ADHD diagnoses ready - hilarious writer and actor Ash Flanders joins Sam for what can only be described as a podcast journey more chaotic than Lazy Susan's edit this episode. It's halfway through the season and Nikita is Nikita-ing and Vybe is Vybing in a fa-fa-fabulous display of storytelling and culture. Oh and Peach PRC is also there. These two flaming homosexuals also discus...

This week crochet-master and total babe Phil Ferguson (aka Chilli Philly) joins Sam to kiki about Drag Race Down Under Season 4. What an iconic episode as the divas sew fierce fashions for the mainstage.. and all of of the kill it. Michelle is proud of our girls this week, and Sam and Phil cannot help themselves, also discussing Canada's Drag Race, The Traitors Canada, Australian Survivor and...

NYC diva Lemon Chiffon joins Sam in the hotseat today to take down this Snatch Game - oh sorry this I'm A Celebrity Impersonator, Snatch Me Out Of Here! This week on Down Unda - Lazy ends her winning streak, Brenda serves Bubble O' Bill and Max shows us the true duality of Drag Race. The girlies catch up and discuss the gays migration to Blue Sky as well as RuPaul's Drag Race UK Sea...

"It's me, Ellen!" - this week's is the trivia queen from The Keys and fellow pop culture nerd, Ellen. Ellen's cringe of the week is Taylor Swift getting Grammy noms, then she put's Sam's Housewives knowledge to the test with some trivia questions. It's girl groups this week on Drag Race this week as our dolls sing about 'Mr Right' and 'Mr Righ...

Sam is back to recap the season four premiere of Drag Race Down Under with beastie girl Zelda Moon! Zelda Moon is one half of the Death to Everyone Podcast (along with her sister Lazy Susan) and also a lovely human who enjoys video games and bisexual men. Sam and Zelda also discuss The Acolyte and RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is...

We did it team - Global All Stars in finally over and we have our first internationally crowned queen! Jean and Sam don't hold back in this finale extravaganza. No one is safe, especially not the story producers (or lack there of). Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube & Bluesky . 

It's an emergency off season episode as Sam is joined by the pod’s fave PhD, Michael McDermott to take a look inside the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The girls also catch-up on The Substance, Dragula Season 6, House of Villains Season 2 and more Blake Lively cringe. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube & Bluesky . 

Regular guest girly Shane Nicklos joins Sam this week to analyse these Meet The Queens promo looks and presentations to get us all worked up for a (hopefully) iconic season of Drag Race Down Under. The pair also discuss Aussie Shore, Made in Bondi and Big Brother UK. Shane's cringe of the week is the Oasis tour. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , Ti...

Oh wow. Sam and Jean return once more to recap all the chaos of Drag Race Global All Stars Season 1. The gals have much to discuss - Kween and Nelly go head to head on socials, Tessa gives us Swiss (not German) cheese and Kitty continues to gob off! Oh and Alyssa is seemingly gliding to the crown..  Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube &am...

*Gay squeal!* It's a double dose of FBoy Finale fun. Who better to take us home than the most faithful of the faithful herself Annabel Fidler! Sam and Annabel don't hold back on this season, which of course was a wild ride. From Nathan's blonde tips to the Loch Ness Monster. The pair also discuss The Traitors Canada and The Anonymous.   Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow T...

This finale was so wild, Sam needs two star-studded guest girlies to unpack it with them. First up is Bondi Vet and Real Housewife of Sydney - Dr Kate Adams! Kate and Sam discuss the highs and lows of the FBoy Australia season 2 finale, what shes been up to and The Real Housewives of Melbourne cast. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube &am...

It's another week of Jean and Sam's coverage of Global All Stars and we are spoiled with Snatch Game and a Roast! All our Christmases have come at once.. including Vanity Vain's iconically terrible tinsel look. It's the podcast smackdown of the season - U Read it Well vs The Cringe is Real. Ready to recap RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars Season 1 episodes 7 and 8. Send...

Welcome to a very special bonus episode to celebrate one whole year of The Cringe is Real. How time flies! Huge thanks to all my guests and listeners - to many more cringey years to come. To celebrate - Sam kiki's with pod regular, Aspin James. We deep dive on musicals, Chimp Crazy, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and of course The Real Housewives of Melbourne (and Sydney). Then Aspin takes...

Sam has the opportunity to have Christian Gillett in the FBoy hot seat this week! These two fags chat FBoy statuses, gay villiany and a side of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. What a treat. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube & Bluesky . 

First timer Nick Price joins Sam in the Villa this week to discuss this week's FBoy Island Australia antics. Wild accusations of party boy's result in Jack being called VANILLA! And sausages are both made and made out with. Ally gets a serve of some hard truths from Wess and his north-African dick (which we sadly never got to see). Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe...

Margarita Pizza! Jean and Sam are back to swap suitcases full of hideous farbric and touch each other's tig ol' bitties. It's the podcast smackdown of the season - U Read it Well vs The Cringe is Real. Ready to recap RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars Season 1 episodes 5 and 6. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube &amp...

Maria Angelico joins Sam in the hotseat this week to take down our favourite FBoys! Will gay Nathan prove his worth to the girlies by getting some undercover insights? Probs not. Paddy and Doug go head to head this week and the boys search high and low in the villa for the girls personal belongings. Sam and Maria also discuss Made in Bondi. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe i...

The gorgeous PhD of Queerbaiting, Michael McDermott, is back to suss out these FBoys and boy is it a DOOZY of an episode! Nathan is outed for being a swifty, Joe for being an axe-murdering woman hater and Krystal for being a sex-positive QUEEEN. The two homos also discuss being already over 'demure' and require an education on straight culture. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follo...

Jean and Sam return for their fortnightly catch-up on RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars to discuss Season 1 Episodes 3 and 4. Tessa is still T'ing up the laughs and Nehellenia with the drama - our girl Kween does not disappoint even in a bodysuit and Alyssa and Pythia stun in the ball. Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube &...

Sam is back from a mini-break at the Boy's Resort to catch up on last week’s steamy FBoy island episode with pal Fatima Sadbia. More semi's this week on the show as things get STEAMY. Nicole shows us shes DTF and Doug still doesnt know where the clit is. A bombshell is dropped as Chad spills the T on Joe's girlfiend on the outside - a classic! Sam and Fatima also discuss The Valley...

Sam returns to kiki with Rachel Echols this week in the girl's villa on this week episode of FBoy Island Australia. Undercover intruders plauge the resort, and Krystal's little black book is in overdrive as Doug learns(?) about consent for the very first time.  Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube & Bluesky . 

Jean and Sam are back to recap this week's episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars. And we are off to a sickening start. Tessa and her testes are making a splash and Alyssa get's fangirled. Who's looks and talents impressed our pair of podcast pals? Send us a Voice Mail Support the show Follow The Cringe is Real on Instagram , TikTok , YouTube & Bluesky .