The Untold Truth Of Trixie Mattel

In an essay written for Playboy, Trixie Mattel once asserted of her youth, "I was by far the poorest kid in school (maybe even the entire state)." Before drag as an art form became mainstream and popular, she would also only get paid $40 a gig when she first started out, telling Rolling Stone, "Not even the guys in the gay bar wanted to talk to you because drag queens were weird."

However, thanks to her unprecedented success as one of the most prominent "RuPaul's Drag Race" alums, Trixie is now the second-richest drag queen in the world, behind only RuPaul herself, according to Slice. Meanwhile, Celebrity Net Worth estimates that the star is valued at around $10 million. That's likely thanks to a number of lucrative endeavors, such as her television deals, music career, books, tours, motel, bar, and ownership of the popular makeup brand Trixie Cosmetics.

Has all of her success changed the "Queen of the Universe" judge? Well, on a money-focused episode of "UNHhhh," she joked, "The only reason money helps me sleep at night is because instead of a bed, I have just a big stack of money ... Just to align my spine, I put rolls of Sacagawea coins between my knees." In all seriousness, she told Milwaukee Magazine, that it was nice to now live comfortably. "I would, back in the day, save money just to buy tights and lipstick. And I can buy those things now."

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