Kori King Has Confirmed That She’s In A Relationship With RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Co-Star Lydia B Kollins

Speaking at the Roscoe’s Tavern viewing party for episode eight in Chicago over the weekend, Kori revealed that the season sisters are “together” post-Drag Race…

Drag queen Kori King has confirmed that she is still dating co-star and fellow queen Lydia B Kollins after meeting on the set of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17. This is the first official Drag Race showmance in the flagship series to last through the post-season filming period.

On Friday, February 21, Kori and Jorgeous (season 14; All Stars 9) appeared as special guests at Roscoe’s Tavern viewing party for RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 episode 8. During the live-stream, co-hosts Naysha Lopez, Batty Davis, and Kara Mel D’Ville asked Kori about her relationship status with Lydia, which has become a storyline during the most recent episodes.

“Y’all are probably the actual first couple that has actually stayed together after the show,” Kara noted, and then asked: “When y’all were getting together, were you like, ‘We gotta play it cool because they may put us in the bottom together’?”

Kori replied, “You know what’s so funny? We were kind of talking to each other, and flirting, and stuff like that… but we weren’t thinking about it for the camera’s sake, which is probably why they didn’t catch as much of it. We were just in a relationship on the show, but we didn’t really play it up for the cameras. They didn’t really catch all of the nonsense that we were doing.”

“So, tell us really quick the extent of your actual relationship,” Naysha asked.

Kori answered, “Well, we’re together. Yeah. Officially.”

“Love to hear that,” Naysha added. “Now, did that happen on set, or was something that progressed after you got home?”

Kori explained, “It progressed after we got home. And then it flourished a couple of months after filming.”

“I absolutely love that,” Naysha said. “That’s fierce.”

Kori and Lydia have been teasing their relationship and bringing up how things are going between them while still appearing as competitors on Drag Race. But given all the secrecy around each queen’s placement and track record in the season, the two queens have mostly kept a low profile on social media… until Kori’s stint on Roscoe’s Tavern, that is! Neither Kori nor Lydia have secured a challenge win on season 17 thus far, so it remains to be seen how much longer fans will get to watch their romance blossom on the show.