Watch: Baga Chipz and the Actuality Examine agony queens discuss hiding their sexuality in school

As a runner up on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Baga Chipz was assured, cocky and undoubtedly very certain of herself, nevertheless it hasn’t all the time been like that for the drag queen.

Talking on Actuality Examine, the previous Movie star Masterchef contestant opened up about her faculty days and the difficulties in being homosexual at her secondary faculty.

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“You simply could not come out,” she revealed. “It was actually scary time at my faculty and it was actually, actually tough.

“I do know it sounds unhealthy, however I do not know in different faculties, however in my faculty particularly, you’d get your head kicked in, actually, if you happen to had been completely different. After I was in school it was about surviving, you already know what I imply?”

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To slot in, Chipz received tattoos “to look exhausting”, smoked and performed up with the lecturers. There was additionally one very unhealthy struggle, that left her with a scar on her brow.

“I’ve received slightly scar there – that was from preventing in class,” she instructed her fellow drag queen agony aunts, Vinegar Strokes and Blu Hydrangea.

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“I knocked the man out, however I am the one who received scarred for all times, as a result of I head-butted somebody! I do know it sounds tough. I’ve by no means, ever, ever, ever been bodily since secondary faculty – it was mainly survival.”

Baga Chipz revealed on Actuality Examine how she needed to resort to preventing to maintain herself protected in school (Picture: Getty Photographs)

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She continued: “This child was actually banging my head off the blackboard, and I used to be like ‘Come on then!’ I might by no means act like that now, however me performing like that made me survive.”

Whereas she doesn’t have fond reminiscences of her time in school, Chipz believes going by all that stress has made her a stronger particular person now – which has helped her cope with trolls on social media.

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“Take a look at me now, I am a foul bitch!” she exclaimed. “It is made me stronger and that is why I’ve this thick pores and skin.

“I’ve had individuals on-line name me all types and my mentality is they do not know. They’re all a bunch of saddos!”

One other factor Chipz hated in school had been precise classes, as a result of they had been so “boring”, however she mentioned she now loves studying.

“Now I am like, ‘Oh my God, I like it all!’,” she revealed. “I completely love studying. I really like Countdown. I really like historical past programmes.”

For those who, or somebody you already know, is being bullied in school, you’ll be able to name the Nationwide Bullying Helpline without cost on 0300 323 0169.

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