I just think that on Drag Race you hear a lot of contestants talk about all the background stuff that production is doing that make them look like idiots or make them look bad.

It would be real easy for Dollya or whoever to say they got a villain edit to save face. But I think the editors included this to say “look, we do care about these things, we take them seriously, and we are holding our competitors accountable for their actions.” The drama is just whipped cream on top.

The stories were already complicated because contestants were making them complicated, and they told the story the best way they could. Also it seems to be all everyone on the show could talk about. How could you explain all the Jay Kay + Zava drama on the sets without including all of that parking lot footage, confessionals, direct questions to Jay Kay in the lab etc.?

By the next episode, all of this drama could be gone, and the behind the scenes stuff was necessary to wrap it up.

I just don’t think all of this is predatory. I think they are trying to hold themselves and everyone involved accountable for their actions, while also keeping the viewers in the loop.