[1] He has been a close friend of fellow Canada's Drag Race contestant Jermaine Aranha, better known as Anastarzia Anaquway, ever since they first met at a ball.
[3] For the first time in the history of the entire RuPaul's Drag Race franchise, the runway was presented with no comedic interjections from the judging panel, and was framed by brief fades to black upon both her entrance to and exit from the stage.
[4] After a poor showing in the "Roast of Brooke Lynn Hytes" episode, she was eliminated from the competition after giving a bizarre Lip Sync for Your Life performance; disliking the song and feeling checked out of the competition, she spent most of the lip sync stalking and hovering over opponent Gia Metric like an "annoying bird".
In the same year, she raised allegations of racially insensitive behaviour among several Drag Race queens on Twitter, although the most widely publicized allegation was that first season CDR competitor and Drag Race Belgique host Rita Baga had once done a blackface number impersonating actress and singer Amber Riley.
[8] Justin Baird and his friend Jermaine Aranha competed as a team on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada.