Drag Race star Katya Zamolodchikova has been open about her dependancy struggles. (Getty)
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Katya has introduced that she’s checking into “therapy” to give attention to her sobriety.
Katya – full drag title, Katerina Petrovna Zamolodchikova – who competed on Drag Race season seven and All Stars 2, took to Instagram Reels to share a well being replace with followers on Tuesday (April 9).
“There’s a saying for the energetic alcohol or drug addict,” Katya started, talking on to her digital camera.
“The trajectory of the life course has three doable outcomes: A) jail B) establishments or C) demise. Sadly, I discover myself squarely and firmly and fairly uncomfortably within the B camp proper now.”
Katya then confirmed that any upcoming tour dates, together with ones with frequent artistic collaborator, Trixie Mattel, can be rescheduled or refunded.
“However in an effort to make issues good with you sooner or later, I gotta make issues good for me proper now,” she mentioned.
“Rescheduled dates or lack of cash will probably be rectified as swiftly and competently as doable. I gotta swiftly and competently rectify my ass proper now. Thanks a lot in your persistence and compassion.”
Touring firm Obsessed additionally shared a press release to Instagram in assist of Katya’s choice.
“With regards to our expertise, their psychological and bodily nicely being all the time has been and can stay our first precedence,” the corporate wrote. “We want Katya the perfect and ship her our unwavering love and assist as she navigates this step in her well being.
“We respect your grace as we work to reschedule reveals and give attention to supporting our expertise and buddy. With a view to respect each Katya and Trixie’s privateness right now we won’t be responding to social media feedback.”
Trixie and Katya had been gearing as much as tour their podcast, The Bald and The Stunning with Trixie and Katya, and dates in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Sacramento, California have been rescheduled for September.
Katya has been admirably open together with her struggles with substance abuse previously.
Whereas internet hosting Viceland’s The Trixie and Katya Present, Katya stepped away from the manufacturing and checked into rehab amidst psychological well being struggles in 2018. The ordeal, which included a fallout with Mattel, was later aired within the latters’s documentary, Shifting Elements.
Since then, the pair have returned for additional seasons of their YouTube sequence, UNHhhh, hosted Netflix’s Queens Who Like To Watch and began their aforementioned podcast.