Since they keep saying it, it almost feels like “I expected her to suck, but she was okay” is a narrative they’re trying to push.

I thought their critiques of her panto dame runway were better. I agreed with Graham that her makeup was a little subdued: - In her head, she thought she looked like Lawrence Chaney. - But she had makeup dysmorphia. She looked in the mirror and thought “omg look what I’ve done! It’s so crazy!” And it’s like no, that’s not that crazy. But for her, it’s mad.

I thought something they didn’t give her props for though was how she performed being a panto dame on the runway. She camped it up and presented a character a lot more than Ellie did imo (who relied more narrowly on her clothing and makeup to tell the story).