{"id":420769,"date":"2026-05-01T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/420769\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:24:14","slug":"drag-race-star-katya-sparks-concern-with-hospital-photo-im-in-body-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/420769\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Drag Race&#8217; star Katya sparks concern with hospital photo: &#8216;I&#8217;m in body jail&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season 7 and All Stars 2 contestant Katya Zamolodchikova shocked fans by sending out an update on Wednesday night seemingly from a hospital bed, giving a thumbs up while wearing a nasogastric tube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGirl, I\u2019m in body jail,\u201d Katya wrote, adding the hashtag #hellonearth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She then sent out a second tweet an hour later that said, \u201cEveryone gets sick. (Almost) everybody gets old. And every one dies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several people on the Drag Race subreddit noticed that Katya\u2019s second tweet mirrored Buddhist principles, including the first <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.namchak.org\/community\/blog\/four-noble-truths-of-buddhism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Noble Truth;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Noble Truth<\/a> \u2014 the Truth of Suffering \u2014 as well as the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/buddhisms-five-remembrances-are-wake-up-calls-for-us-all\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Five Remembrances;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Five Remembrances<\/a>, the first three of which are reminders that we all grow old, we all get sick, and we all die. Several people, of course, sent well wishes to the beloved queen, while many people also commented that her tweets had made them nervous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou\u2019re not allowed to do that last one just yet diva,\u201d one person wrote, while another added, \u201ccan u pls not tweet this from the hospital, you\u2019re scaring me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several fans in a <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/rupaulsdragrace\/comments\/1szjpl8\/katya_posting_on_twitter_from_the_hospital\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Reddit thread;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reddit thread<\/a> about Katya\u2019s post shared screenshots from past times that Katya and All Stars 3 winner Trixie Mattel have spoken frankly \u2014 and comically \u2014 about death, including on an episode of their Netflix show in which they react to the streaming giant\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one episode about the Reality Check series about America\u2019s Next Top Model, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/miss-j-alexander-antm-stroke-tyra-banks-paralyzed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Miss J Alexander;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miss J Alexander<\/a> is talking about her stroke, prompting an emotional Mattel to say: \u201cYou can never die,\u201d to which Katya replies, \u201cIf you die before me, bitch, I will drag you out of hell to murder you myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; YouTube <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9HcqfPwDgo8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:www.youtube.com;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">www.youtube.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There\u2019s a saying for the active alcohol or drug addict,\u201d Katya said at the time. \u201cThe trajectory of the life course has three possible outcomes: A) jail, B) institutions, or C) death. Unfortunately, I find myself squarely and firmly and quite uncomfortably in the B camp right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aside from her many comedic ventures with Trixie Mattel, Katya also hosts the Grindr-backed podcast <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/20doVaH3S6wQmmIreP7m7x\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Who\u2019s the Asshole?;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Who\u2019s the Asshole?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Out: <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/news\/katya-drag-race\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:&#039;Drag Race&#039; star Katya sparks concern with hospital photo: &#039;I&#039;m in body jail&#039;;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8216;Drag Race&#8217; star Katya sparks concern with hospital photo: &#8216;I&#8217;m in body jail&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season 7 and All Stars 2 contestant Katya Zamolodchikova shocked fans by sending out an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,21422,85,46,198093,55108,55740],"class_list":["post-420769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-hospital-bed","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-katya-zamolodchikova","tag-rupauls-drag-race","tag-trixie-mattel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}