By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia
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6 View commentsThe new season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under is set to screen on Stan next month.
And ahead of the season two premiere, Drag Race stars Art Simone and Rhys Nicholson have dispelled rumours that RuPaul never actually stepped foot onto the Down Under set.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the popular drag queen and comedian Nicholson confirmed that host RuPaul, 61, was there in person.
Drag Race stars Art Simone (left) and Rhys Nicholson (right) have dispelled rumours that RuPaul never actually stepped foot onto the Down Under set
'The most annoying thing to have come out where the show should be filmed is people thinking that RuPaul wasn't there,' Nicholson laughed.
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'Ru was there!' he repeated, before joking that they had to look at a tennis ball on a stick and actually greenscreenMichelle Visage in.
When asked if the series should have been filmed in Australia instead of Auckland, Melbourne-based Simone said: 'I do think it should have been filmed in Australia.'
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, popular drag queen and comedian Nicholson confirmed that host RuPaul, 61, was there in person. RuPaul pictured on the show
'The most annoying thing to have come out where the show should be filmed is people thinking that RuPaul wasn't there,' Nicholson laughed. RuPaul pictured in February
'I had to fly to New Zealand, go in quarantine and then film,' Simone complained.
Nicholson agreed, 'I had to do five [separate] quarantines.'
Both stars said that they weren't surprised by the show's success around the world.
'It went crazy ... It made a big splash across the entire world and now there's a season two coming,' added Simone.
When asked if the series should have been filmed in Australia instead of Auckland, Melbourne-based Simone said: 'I do think it should have been filmed in Australia'
It comes after viewers flooded Twitter and Reddit with their suspicions and ignited a bizarre theory that RuPaul didn't actually film the show in person and recorded their scenes remotely on a green screen.
'I feel like RuPaul isn't actually there,' one user wrote. 'It could be the weird camera angles that are making me question him actually being there, but especially through the walkthrough, Ru usually goes around the room and talks to the queens.
'We didn't really see any shots of the queens and RuPaul during the snatch game. Does anyone agree or am I being delusional?'
Another user agreed, and added: 'I think the quality of production is in question here. Everything just seems… off.'
'I thought it was just me! Something seems so weirdly off about the way they're shooting this show compared to US/UK versions,' a third said.
Watch RuPauls' Drag Race Down Under exclusively on Stan in Australia. The new season premieres July 30.
Watch RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under exclusively on Stan in Australia
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