In this farewell episode of the Slaysian Royale podcast, host Kanishk announces that he is leaving the country to film Season 2 of Slaysian Royale. He records a special segment to thank co‑host Virginia, reflecting on how the show unexpectedly expanded from a single episode to a ten‑episode run. Kanishk surprises Virginia with a matching "Ru badge" pin—a nod to the Drag Race Asian Royale tradition of queens earning Ru badges—and explains the personal significance of the gift. Both hosts reminisce about their collaboration, the intense two‑month production period, and the deepening of their friendship. They express gratitude to fans, the Drag Race Asian Royale contestants who interacted in the comments (including Briggy D, Kitty Space, Niñas, and Brigitting), and World of Wonder for creating the original show. The episode closes with playful banter about souvenirs from India, a promise to reunite soon, and hints at future spin‑offs such as "Binge Queens" for later seasons of Slaysian Royale.
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I, at this point, am out of the country.
Yes, she's joining Slay Shen Royale Season 2.
Yes, I'm off to film. So I wanted to come on and record and then say goodbye to this fabulous podcast. And I want to take a second to thank Virginia. I want to take this moment. It's really important because when she reached out to ask me about doing this, I thought it was for just the first episode. But then immediately after, she was like, girl, next week we'll do this, next week we'll do this. And I was like, yes, I'm down. And the only regret I have is that I didn't book this flight accordingly because I thought this season would be 9 episodes. But I just want to give Virginia your flowers. This was such a beautiful experience. I have a special surprise for you. She didn't know about this. This is a surprise. So we have been watching Drag Race Asian Royale, and we've been seeing all these queens win and get their Ru badges. And I know that you've also talked about potentially joining the Filipina cast one day. So I want to give you your first official Ru badge. What does she say? Ru badgina! No, what does she say?
Big gay ru badge ya!
A big gay ru badge ya! So I wanted to present you with a pin. I got us matching pins because I was like, because I was like, we spent 10 episodes, 9 and a half, and I was like, this is gonna be your memento. So every time we think about Slay Asian Royale or moving forward, I wanted to present you with a badge.
Girl, I'm not gonna let you go unless I say something about you as well. Yeah, you were the first person in my head, and I was not mistaken because we went through this with— on a breeze. It was so easy. This would have been harder if it wasn't the kind of banter that we had together. And I must say that we had such memorable, memorable times. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for being with me on this journey. I feel like we're doing Clay Shan wrote the actual singing.
This has been so rewarding.
Yes.
Um, of course we've known each other for like over a year at this point, but this experience has really brought me closer to Virginia, I think, especially after doing GAP at the same time too. Like, girl, we've had a busy 2 months.
Thank you so much, Kanishk.
Of course. Thank you, Virginia. Thank you.
But have fun on your trip in India and bring us some boys.
Oh girl, boys. I'll bring you some other kind of souvenirs. We'll see whatever can fit in my suitcase. But we will see each other really soon. Thank you so much to our viewers. I think my favorite part of this whole experience would be when she and I would look at the comments and text each other. Like, girl, did you see what they're saying?
Yeah.
We went from having sculptures in the background to standing to sitting.
I did not expect that the Slay Shan Royal contestants themselves would actually comment Yes, we got Briggy D, we got Kitty Space, we got Niñas.
We got like, we almost a lot of them were either liking, interacting. So thank you to the fans, thank you to the queens, thank you to World of Wonder for creating this show, because with every single thing that we've talked about in our 10 episodes, it was beyond just watching drag queens competing.
Yeah, World of Wonder, you might want to consider bench queens.
Right, let's get it! That's what the comments are saying, so Once we're both on our respective Drag Race seasons, we will do Binge Queens for Slaysian Royale season 4 or 5. I also want to say congratulations to Brigitting! Mama, you did it! It was so good!
