Bianca Del Rio Doesn't Hold Back! | Melissa Rivers Group Text

For all my episodes I prepare copious notes and questions to try and get to know my guests, but from the moment the tape started rolling on my interview with drag queen and comedian Bianca Del Rio, I tossed them aside and let her do all the talking. Full of unbridled energy and raunchy jokes, Bianca told me all about getting ready for her 60-city “Dead Inside” comedy tour (tickets on sale at www.thebiancadelrio.com). Bianca sounds off on the current state of drag, the power of saying “yes,” her unique road rituals, and surviving in a world obsessed with cancel culture.
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[@edwardh8853]

One of my favorite episodes of In Bed with Joan was with Bianca 😆 love this podcast!

[@anitatimmons9525]

I know I watched it last night again I could watch that episode every day. When Joan could not stop laughing was the best along with the crew member in the background non/stop laughing was epic.

[@RaymondHng]

@@anitatimmons9525 She paid the highest compliment: "You come back any time!"

[@anitatimmons9525]

@@RaymondHng Thank You

[@Mkaela90]

Same

[@RaymondHng]

@@anitatimmons9525 The Bianco Del Rio episode was just re-uploaded.

[@Billbob0327]

“Send me the lamp your mother stole” I just died! OMG Bianca I freaking love you 🥰

[@arnomeyer9712]

I saw Joan live once and she tossed the potted plants from the stage to the audience and told them to take it home "I paid for this! Take it all!"

[@tigergreg8]

I saw that on YT, that was hilarious. She had such a way of saying and doing things.

[@RM-eg1ed]

I saw that show as well. My stomach ACHED for days afterwards from laughing so hard. She perfected “going in”.

[@VetsrisAuguste]

Is Bianca Del Rio actually some kind of overlapping reincarnation of Joan Rivers? Hearing Mellissa draw all these parallels between the two is uncanny.

[@miraza.]

kindred spirits is how i would look at it

[@Danielle-ty8mx]

reincarnation implies she’s somehow younger

[@Jm649]

The spirit of Joan possessed bianca and the two now live as one 👽👻😂

[@helloNeptune70]

​@@Jm649😂😂😂

[@Billbob0327]

@@Danielle-ty8mx implying she’s younger- makes it all the more suitable lol 😅

[@damiancopello2160]

I love when Bianca goes on press tours before her actual tour. It's a great opportunity to see her cackle along with a lot of amazing people, like Melissa!

[@bobbymkd457]

Bianca is the true legacy of Joan! 🤗❤️

[@duanegodfrey197]

Melissa looks so beautiful, Bianca hasn’t aged…. She looks amazing 🎉

[@flenif2247]

And she never will!! Lol

[@jasonmarsh1841]

Oh my heart. This is amazing and it is a reunion long awaited. I’m so happy y’all got to reunite. Joan is smiling from heaven or hell. Where ever she is. She is missed and not forgotten

[@JoshyJosh]

This was OBVIOUSLY funny but did anyone else get teary eyed when Melissa told Bianca she sounded just like her mother?? Hit me hard and I don't know why 😢

[@bodelaire6395]

No, are you on hormones maybe?

[@Cincelia]

I think Melissa grew up with the classic insult comics all around her especially with someone like Joan Rivers as her mother and Don Rickles as a family friend and Bianca is the only one I can think of who has that quick witty but never malicious style and I think its so nice to know that Bianca did an interview with Joan before❤

[@RaymondHng]

We all miss Joan.

[@TheLesliecomstock]

Bianca is absolutely brilliant. Such a quick mind.

[@tigergreg8]

I've always said that too. Bianca is probably the most intelligent performer in her genre.

[@astrogallus]

Yes! 100%!! "I'm a cross of Joan Crawford and Bozo The Clown." 🤣

[@jaimiepaquin4262]

My favorite Group Text yet. Please make B a regular! Love you Melissa!

[@flenif2247]

I doubt B has the time!

[@AKayt-nm2yc]

Criminal that I wasn't following Melissa and I'm sorry!! This made me so happy ❤❤ Bianca = Icon

[@mikeyc4525]

Melissa, I love you, I loved your mother, and I more than love Bianca. I so enjoy watching and listening to Bianca. Some people are good at what they do, and are meant to do what they do.

[@marwingillett1452]

I laughed so much on Bianca’s episode of in bed with Joan. Seeing this made my heart happy

[@AlexssandroMeneses]

I've heard about Bianca Del Rio before but,i never knew she was so funny.

[@raymonddigiacomo3072]

This is one of my favorite Bianca interviews since In Bed With Joan (which in an internet classic; I re-watch it every few months). A perfect match!

[@Taurus_Dragon]

Bianca Del Rio will always be my number 1 favorite from Drag Race. She has given me the best laughs.

[@angeliquegrijalva4208]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnayalachef]

Melissa, you made me laugh with your questions and friendly ease. Great show!

[@pakese30]

I love how Bianca is so damn truthful, like she says, she may not be saving the world but she’s definitely making it for so many of us an easier and funnier place to be, for at least some of the time at least.

[@shelleysilver6597]

Bianca is the Guest I’ve been waiting for.🙌🖤 This is Absolutely Fabulous. You are such a Great interviewer, Melissa. 😍😘 And Bianca is the Funniest Clown. 😂🤡

[@yannisstath]

Melissa is so damn good. a classic Bianca meet up

[@Hernower]

If some where to carry with Joan's legacy definitely Bianca is the person to carry that torch

[@perham44]

I feel so blessed that me and my husband are as obsessed as Bianca with Forensic Files and as annoyed with Unsolved Mysteries as she is.

[@josuetorres2394]

MY FIRST TIME SEEING MELISSA INTERVIEW AND I LOVED IT.BIANCA DEL RIO SHES HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂❤

[@susanjon8119]

The universe is out there let's explore it together with Bianca Del Rio and Melissa

[@Gqdancer]

Ms. BLANCA DEL RIO : I admire how confident and honest you are. Keep the good work. WE NEED this more in everyday lives. Honest and compassionate is a difficult combo; but is needed. YOU ARE GOOD. 🙏

[@davidjameslopez]

Your Mom's old interview are so legendary ❤ God Bless her Who has her joke collection? and does Cooper has the Minni Coop ?

[@031594tc]

I still watch Bianca’s In Bed With Joan episode from time to time. 2024!

[@alanbarbalena8779]

She’s a great interviewer. I love her and loved her mom!

[@Zhvianna]

Just bought tickets to see her on tour, Bianca is truly one of the funniest comedians out there right now! Made my bf watch hurricane Bianca last night and he loved it lmao can’t wait to see you in west palm!

[@tonicutrone8640]

Wonderful interview. Melissa. I adore Bianca and yes she and your Mom are a lot alike. A great interview.

[@flenif2247]

This is the most down to earth ive seen Melissa be!! She usually has a snobby air about her. Good interview. She should do interviews for a magazine on the regular

[@simonlewis4781]

Love every minute of this. Hilarious,

[@d.e.t4147]

I love you two together! Bianca is so quick and smart and entertaining. ❤

[@DBDdavid]

I think being with Roy would be like having your own free private uncensored show and that would be really lucky, incredible, and amazing.

[@brinsonopinion]

This 40 minutes flew by, loved it!

[@MelissaRiversOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lorencarlin2087]

Loved this! Thanks for making me laugh for a bit the both of you!

[@graphiquejack]

Is Larry A really Lady Bunny? 🤣

[@sunmarsh]

Love this new makeup look on you, Bianca. Open-casket realness.

[@Zweigenhaft9]

Wait is the remodeled pizza hut Trixie's bar?? Lmfaooo

[@brite1217]

So true! Just call ppl by their names and be respectful and we wouldn’t have to worry about all the correct terms.

[@leonardogarrido]

It's time for Bianca to have a talk show in prime time tv. The first guest should be Sofia Vergara . 10 years ago I typed in the Joan and Melissa show in Be with Joan "Bianca could replace Joan, if she dies " and I got a lot of negative negativity, that I had to delete. I won't delete this one because this video proves what I said 10 years ago

[@rafaelalopezpagan6821]

love this, great interviewer and great entertainer that really looked up to the best Joan Rivers, so that Melissa continues her mother and mentor’s profession is wholesome

[@donniehagy5125]

I fell in love with Bianca when I first saw her on Season 6. She has not changed and I love her for continuing to be real. One person I would love to meet--even if she did read me for filth!

[@Craiiigy77]

LOVED this chat!! I have always loved the "in bed with joan" episode you all did , from years ago. PS; Im now searching "Forensic Files" to deep dive on 🤣

[@Delricks]

The questions were so good !!!! Loving the podcast

[@cathypowers9946]

I absolutely love Bianca Del Rio! I will miss her on pit stop hope she comes back. She does have a Joan Rivers essence and I love it.

[@Ibuddy66]

It's what I love about comedy is that it provides a place to laugh at the absolutely obsurd thoughts that fly through ALL of our heads every day. We all have them. Literally every single one of us! Comedy is that safe space to let it out knowing we don't actually mean this crap and it's just the absurdity of life and us as humans. I think the issue around comics lately comes more from the fact that to see and experience comedy we used to have to go to the club to see it. We entered their space. But today, we turn on the TV and watch it forgetting that we are watching a recording of them in their space and in that safe space to laugh. We act like they're in our actual home but they're not. As if they just walked up to us on the street unprovoked and just started saying crap. It's not a Ted Talk or documentary either. In the words of Joan, "These are just jokes, you assholes!"

[@susanbrennan5511]

Watched the cosmopolitan video a few nights back. I saw she was doing a tour. Nah she isn’t coming to RVA. That place is nowhere. Got my ticket for next Friday night. Thank you Bianca for realizing that transplants from New York would want to see you. In Richmond Virginia. I’m so looking forward to this

[@diegoaguiar670]

LOVED this interview! Bianca is so smart and so deserving of her success! I wish she would come to Prague ❤

[@zsuzsa456]

Melissa! Thank you👏👏👏 Bianca never disapoints! Like when she was on your Mom's show! ♥ I laughed till my sides hurt! Thanks again, please don't wait for 10yrs,! 😍 Great show!!!!

[@eddiegustafson484]

Greetings from Palm Springs. Love you both!

[@rickyparquette4717]

What a great interview. Melissa looks absolutely gorgeous. Can’t wait to see Bianca’s tour this year.

[@TinaTia-eq2kh]

Bianca is hilarious!!! LMAO

[@user-yh5wk8uw8f]

its so good to see you melissa i had no idea you had a pod until today!

[@AlexRodriguez-ht1zl]

I say the same thing at my job. “Time to put on the monkey suit.”

[@dolorescampanale2076]

Great show keep it up your great

[@MelissaRiversOfficial]

Much appreciated!

[@banzand]

Awwwwww, this is so great! 🥹

[@cazfarri]

Also, Melissa has excellent radio/newscaster voice. It's got that thing.

[@p.w.e.2374]

Bianca's retort "Salina is dead!!!!!!!!!" was one of the funniest heckler quips ever. Search for it.

[@angeliquegrijalva4208]

😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 i KNOW which clip you are talking about !!!!!

[@annika_panicka]

Lol! I find "Forensic Files" comforting as well. I have a picture of Peter Thomas, the original FF narrator, on my phone. Not me with him (I think he passed the year I started watching the show [2016])-just a silver foxy portrait of him in his 80s. Remember, the cases they discussed focused on f*cked up crimes and the new (at the time) ways they were solved-things that are obvious to us now. But-agreed-those fools didn't know how to commit crimes since they did get caught. That hot glue chamber intrigues me...

[@triffus]

Sad you don't have more subs. This is an amazing interview. :)

[@janetsimpson4799]

1st one here ,just love Brancaster love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MykRaffy]

Reboot fashion police with u and bianca del rio plsss ❤

[@ChristianStran]

I love this!!!

[@branniechan4338]

Bianca is iconic

[@warrengray8611]

This was really fun

[@1fnfigi]

Fabulous the both of you ❤❤❤❤

[@lordmartin2933]

FABULOUS! LOVE YOU BOTH XXXXXXXXXX

[@heathcwalker]

I love MTG. I think yall would get along fabulously.

[@MoonDoggieAngel13]

You are such a smart interviewer. Skills like Howard Stern. If you go on other podcasts as a guest, hope you'd consider I've Had It

[@DeborahStephens-bt5nnGhost]

What Bianca says is words of wisdom in my book of saved pearls.

[@mckatelynchristensen]

I miss Joan. She was the best.

[@betaboy1380]

In a world of PC, Bianca is refreshing.

[@MrPaulMassa]

the makeup is amazing

[@AtenRa]

The soul of Joan possessed this devil goddess and now we have Bioanca del Rivers.

[@seanalexandermedia]

love her so much

[@mral8145]

Marvellous interview and he’s right! You may not always like every aspect of an act, but if I liked 9/10th, then I focus on the 9th rather than the 1th! 😂. I know the 1th isn’t correct, but I’ve had to add that in for the 1th of readers that don’t get it! 😛😉😘

[@asaabrahamagulnik574]

Heard it was Akron, Ohio; I remember it in her act

[@atrocchia]

I love the eye make-up.

[@dannyrowland9805]

I loved Joan she was my all time favorite Comedian. Bianca is my favorite now love her

[@tigergreg8]

The definite difference with Del Rio is, His/Her intelligence. That's what is boils down too. That quick wit, crazy good answers, and obvious brain in His/Her head. Plus, Bianca may have a crazy act, but it's done in a way that Bianca I believe wouldn't go tooooo far. Maybe a bit, but I think He/her (I don't want to be wrong here, forget it) would draw back if it was way too hurtful to someone. Look at Paulina P. the SuperModel, She's very intelligent, went far with her career, very out spoken, but well respected, Got blitzed by her husband when he died, but that was his issue, not hers.

[@williamrod8908]

Brilliant

[@user-fb4sb1zi8g]

I met Joan twice and we all miss her so much! The world needs Joan’s politically incorrect humor so bad right now. So sick of the thinkskinned people who are always looking for ways to feel offended. And I’m sick of comedians and others in Hollywood and in everyday life, backing down to the cry babies.

[@cazfarri]

Melissa, you got it. From your momma.

[@jerryburg2333]

Great Episode! And add me to the list of people who love the Bianca episode of In Bed With Joan Rivers…Bianca, I’m coming to see you in St. Paul MN…spent $$$ on meet and greet tickets… can’t wait!

[@davidjameslopez]

Your mother was a true legendary Hollywood Glam the celebrities today would never compare!

[@HBADGERBRAD]

That fake backdrop behind Bianca is hilarious. She owns two cups and one bowl 🥣! Sitting snuggled up to a cheap fridge. LMFGAO 🤣😂😅 and no nails!

[@patcummings6950]

Bianca is flying high today. 😂..

[@snarkyenigma9219]

Roy is being his humble self ... even after DR season 35, Bianca Del Rio will be on another level. To quote a certain RHONY housewife; "She's up here ... they're down there". BTW, many of is love MTG and BDR ... one is not exclusive of the other. Since you brought up politics, thank you for not playing the "the world is coming for drag queens" victimology (that is ruining the current season of DR) ... we love and respect our raunchy drag queens (in after hours gay bars); not in kid's f-ing classrooms.

[@icecreamfanatic55]

Although I don’t agree with the whole “going to hell” statement. You make me laugh Bianca!

[@1bipolares]

27:35 to 29:40 it's the main reason why I love her comedy❤

[@georggswan8133]

Do it again again soon

[@misshunti]

i want bianca del rio on traitors season 3!

[@thomaskirby1057]

God I love you two

[@angeliquegrijalva4208]

LOVE BIANCA❤❤❤❤❤

[@MelissaRae1975]

Listenting to her was LIKE listening to Joan Rivers when he spoke about work ethic.

[@ROA1988]

Love Bianca.

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

oy !! we miss Joan