Monét X Change[2] (born February 19, 1990)[3] is the stage name of Kevin Akeem Bertin, a Saint Lucian-American drag queen, singer, podcaster, and reality television personality. She is known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2018), on which she placed sixth and was crowned the season's Miss Congeniality, and for winning the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2018–2019) alongside Trinity the Tuck. She returned to compete in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, an all-winners season, where she placed runner-up.

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Monét X Change in 2022
Born
Kevin Akeem Bertin[1]

(1990-02-19) February 19, 1990 (age 34)
Citizenship
  • United States
  • St. Lucia
EducationRider University
Occupations
  • Drag queen
  • singer
  • television personality
  • talk show host
  • podcaster
Television
Musical career
InstrumentVocals
LabelsThe Randall House
Websitemonetxchange.com
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She currently co-hosts the podcasts Sibling Rivalry (with Bob the Drag Queen) and Ebony and Irony (with Lady Bunny). She also hosts the Dropout show "Monét's Slumber Party."

Early life

Bertin was born in Brooklyn, New York City.[4] At six months old, she moved to Castries, Saint Lucia,[5] and then back to Brooklyn when she was 10. She attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan.[6] She later moved to The Bronx as an adult.[7] She trained in opera performance at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.[8]

The first drag pageant Monét X Change won was the sixth annual Gay Caribbean USA Pageant on September 27, 2014, representing Saint Lucia.[9][10] Her drag sister is RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner, Bob The Drag Queen,[11] and her drag mother is Honey Davenport, making her a member of the Davenport drag family.[12][13]

Career

2018–2022: RuPaul's Drag Race

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Monét X Change performing in 2019, after competing on season 10 of Drag Race

Monét X Change was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018.[14] She was eliminated in episode ten, placing sixth overall.[15][16][17] She was named Miss Congeniality during the season's finale, and is the first holder of the title to have been voted by her fellow contestants.[18] In the first episode of her season of Drag Race, Monét X Change made a dress decorated with kitchen sponges, which became a running joke throughout the rest of the series and inspired a number of Internet memes amongst fans online.[19]

Monét X Change is a co-host of the podcast Sibling Rivalry with her drag sister Bob the Drag Queen.[20][21] The first episode premiered on March 11, 2018.[22] She appeared as a guest in an episode of What Would You Do on July 6, 2018.[23][24] Monét also toured across the United States and Europe with her one-woman show, "Call Me By Monét."[25]

She appeared in a Pepsi commercial with Cardi B in February 2019.[26][27] On February 15, 2019, she was inducted into the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Hall of Fame alongside Trinity the Tuck after winning RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4, becoming the first black winner of the spin-off.[28][29]

In May, Monet revealed that she would be hosting her own weekly talk show called "The X Change Rate".[30]

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Monét X Change with fellow All Stars season 7 competitor Jinkx Monsoon in 2022

In June 2019, Monét X Change was one of 37 drag queens to be featured on the cover of New York magazine.[31] Monét X Change was one of the Inspirations for Sina Grace's character of Shade, Marvel's first drag queen superhero.[32][33]

On October 22, 2019, Monét X Change was announced as part of the cast for the first season of RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race, a Drag Race spin-off where Drag Race alumni transform celebrities into Drag Queens, which will premiere in 2020.[34][35] In January 2021, she launched another podcast, Ebony and Irony, co-hosted by Lady Bunny.[36][13] In February 2023, she and Bob The Drag Queen launched their line of cosmetics, BOMO Beauty.[13]

In April 2022, Monét X Change was announced as one of the eight returning winners that would be competing in seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the first ever all-winners season of Drag Race.[37] During the competition, Monét X Change placed in the top in three competitive episodes,[38][39][40] before ultimately finishing as runner-up to winner Jinkx Monsoon.[41]

2023–present: Appearances on Dropout

In July 2023, Monét X Change appeared on the show Dimension 20 on the streaming service Dropout where she and other drag queens played a campaign of Dungeons & Dragons.[42] She later made guest appearances on the Dropout shows Dirty Laundry and Um, Actually. In March 2024, she was a guest on the CBS comedy game show After Midnight.

In June 2024, it was announced that Monét X Change will host her own variety talk show on Dropout called Monét’s Slumber Party. The first episode premiered on July 19, 2024.[43]

Monét X Change is a founding member of Drag PAC, a political action committee intended to push Gen Z voters to turn out for LGBTQ+ rights for the 2024 United States presidential election.[44]

Music

Bertin is a classically trained opera singer with a bass voice.[9]

Monét X Change released her first original single, "Soak It Up", on May 25, 2018, the same day as her elimination episode on Drag Race.[45] She released her debut EP, Unapologetically, on February 22, 2019.[46] In May 2022, Monét X Change portrayed the voice of Goldie Vandersnatch in Alaska's Drag: The Musical (Studio Cast Recording), a studio recording of a planned stage production about two rival drag bars that go head-to-head while struggling through financial troubles.[47] In February 2023, Monét X Change starred as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Minnesota Opera's production of The Daughter of the Regiment.[48]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 A Queen for the People Herself Documentary by Bob the Drag Queen
2019 The World of Madame X[49] Drag Queen Short film by Madonna
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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2017 Dating My Mother Drag Queen Television Film
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 10) Herself Contestant,

6th Place (Miss Congeniality)

[14]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
What Would You Do? (season 14) Guest [23]
2018–2019 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 4) Contestant, Winner [28]
2019–2022 The View Guest [50][51]
2019 Brunch with Tiffany Guest [52]
RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 11) Guest [53]
2020 RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (season 1) Mentor [34]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 5) Guest ("Lipsync Assassin") [54]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 2)
Lovecraft Country Drag Queen;Episode: "Strange Case" [55]
2021 The Sherry Vine Variety Show Herself Guest appearance [56]
CBS This Morning Guest [57]
The Bachelorette (season 17) Guest [58]
KVVU-TV Guest [59]
2022 Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness Netflix original [60]
Close Enough Margo (voice) HBO Max original [61]
The Kelly Clarkson Show Herself Guest [62]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 7) Contestant,

Runner-up

[37]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 4) [63]
Countdown to All Stars 7: You're a Winner Baby VH1 special [64]
Trixie Motel Guest [65]
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (season 2) "Queen Supreme Mentor" [66]
Huluween Dragstravaganza Hulu original [67]
Dr. Jackie: Unlicensed Therapist OUTtv original [68]
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World Guest judge [69]
2023 The Simpsons Episode: "My Life as a Vlog" [70]
2024 Everybody Still Hates Chris Titney Houston Episode: "Everybody Still Hates Bullies" [71]
TBD Survival of the Thickest Herself Guest [72]
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Theatre

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Year Title Role Theatre Ref(s)
2020 Death Drop Summer Raines Garrick Theatre [73]
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Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2017 Daniel's Desk Herself Episode 1 Guest [74]
2018 Monét's Herstory X Change Host [75]
Queen to Queen Guest, with Miz Cracker [76]
Countdown to the Crown Season 10 [77]
Cosmo Queens Season Three, episode Nine [78]
2018–2019 Fashion Photo RuView Special guest, Two episodes [79][80]
2019 Review with a Jew Guest, All Stars 4 Episode 3 [81]
Ask Me Another Podcast; guest [82]
Monét XPosé Host [83]
Camp Confessions Guest, Episode 34 [84]
2019–2021 The X Change Rate Host, Executive Producer [85]
2019 Detailz Guest [86]
2020 The Pit Stop Guest; 2 episodes [87][88]
Bob Live! Guest [89]
Werq the World Featured queen [90]
Pepp Talks Guest [91]
2021 I Like to Watch UK Guest; 3 episodes [92][93]
Macbeth Three Witches Play on Podcast Production [94]
Ugh! You're So Good! Herself Podcast; guest [95]
Hive Minds are Better Than One Herself Guest [96]
Drag Tots Error Message Season 2 [97]
2022 The Pit Stop Herself Season 14 Host [98]
The Plant Based Way with Monét Herself Host [99]
Around the Table Herself Guest [100]
BuzzFeed Celeb Herself Guest [101]
Friendship Test Herself Guest [102]
Drip Or Drop? Herself Guest [103]
Portrait of a Queen Herself Guest [104]
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Herself Podcast; Guest [105]
2023 Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd Herself Podcast; Guest [106]
Dimension 20 Troyánn Player in the Dungeons and Drag Queens campaign [42]
Glam Slam Herself Host [107]
2024 Monét's Slumber Party Herself Host [43]
Monét Talks Herself Host [108]
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Discography

Albums

Comedy albums

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Fist of Glory
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Extended plays

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Title Details Peak chart positions
US Heat
[109]
US Indie
[110]
Unapologetically 1825
Unapologetically: Live Acoustic Session
Grey Rainbow, Vol. 1
Track listing
  1. "Grey Rainbow"
  2. "U on U"
  3. "Too Bad"
  4. "Like What I Like"
  5. "Rotation (feat. London Hill)"
  6. "Streetlight"
  7. "Brayla's Rainbow"
  8. "Body"
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Singles

As lead artist

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Title Year Album
"Soak It Up"
(solo or featuring Bob the Drag Queen)
2018 non-album single
"There for You" 2019
Unapologetically
"March" 2020 non-album singles
"Love Like This"[111] 2021
"Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni"[112] 2022
"The Big Opening"
(with Ginger Minj and the cast of Huluween Dragstravaganza)
"Body" 2024 Grey Rainbow, Vol.1
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"Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical"[113]
(RuPaul featuring Aquaria, Eureka, Kameron Michaels, Miz Cracker, Monét X Change, and The Vixen)
2018 non-album singles
"Errybody Say Love"[114]
(RuPaul featuring Naomi Smalls, Monique Heart, Farrah Moan, and Monét X Change)
"Super Queen (Cast Version)"[115]
(RuPaul featuring Naomi Smalls, Monique Heart, Monét X Change, and Trinity the Tuck)
2019
"Legends" (Cast Version)
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)[116]
2022
"Titanic" (MSTR)
(The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)[117]
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Music videos

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Year Title Artist Ref(s)
2016 "Fantasy" Acid Betty [118]
2018 "Strange Fruit" Herself [119]
"Soak It Up" Herself
2019 "Unapologetically: The Visual EP" Herself
"God Control" Madonna [120]
2020 "Mask, Glove, Soap, Scrubs" Todrick Hall [121]
"March" Herself [122]
2021 "Love Like This" Herself [123]
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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 WOWIE Awards Best Podcast Sibling Rivalry Nominated
2021 Queerty Awards Podcast Nominated [124]
2022 Nominated [125]
WOWIE Awards Best Podcast Nominated [126][127]
Best TV Moment The Bachelorette (with Shea Couleé) Nominated
2023 Queerty Awards Podcast Sibling Rivalry Won [128]
GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Podcast Won [129]
Webby Awards Podcasts - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (People's Voice) Won [130]
2024 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Podcast Nominated [131]
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See also

References

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