Rhys Nicholson: ‘Get a hobby – don’t become a full-blown racist’

The comedian and Drag Race Down Under judge on Harry Styles, not having the legs for short shorts, and why sleep is the most expensive beauty product You’re back on the judging panel of Drag Race Down Under vs The World. What do you think gives Australian queens the edge? I think our drag tends not to focus as much on female impersonation. It’s about building a character. People like Lazy Susan, who’s on the judging panel this year, is one of my favourites because there’s no illusion about this being a man in women’s clothing, but there’s creativity to it. I think Australian drag is about creating art, as opposed to creating a woman. You’re also on The Traitors Australia soon. Is there a reality TV show you haven’t been on that you’d like to? Doing Traitors actually taught me that I don’t think I want to be a contestant again, because I’m used to knowing what’s going on. In Drag Race, I know what’s going on all the time and I’m in on everything, but being on Traitors was like Oh my god! What would I do? Maybe that UK show Hunted – where you’re on the run. I’d just go to Daylesford and hang out in a house for a few weeks. Put on a wig or something.