RuPaul's Drag Race is currently on its fifth season of All Stars with some favourite queens returning for a second shot at the crown.

And although fans have been desperate for Courtney Act to return to the show since she was a runner-up on season 6 in 2014, it doesn't look likely she'll be entering the werk room again.

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The Celebrity Big Brother winner told Radio Times: "I love All Stars and I love Drag Race but I feel like I've worked so hard at getting my career to where it's at that handing over my image to the Drag Race producers is not something I'm willing to do."

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She added: "They haven't asked me anyway."

Courtney previously admitted she and winner Bianca Del Rio broke some of the Drag Race rules during their time on the show.

She explained that queens aren't allowed to talk to each other off camera to keep the drama for the show.

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But on the bus ride from the hotel to the studio, the pair persuaded showrunners to let them discuss an unrelated topic.

"Then we would sit in the back of the bus and put Darienne [Lake] up front with a topic like volcanoes, then Darienne would jabber away with the others girls and the driver, who made sure we didn't talk about anything else," Courtney said.

"But Bianca and I sat in the back like the naughty kids talking, 'Oh then this happened and this happened and she said this and tomorrow I think this will happen.' That was always funny."

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 5 airs on Fridays on VH1 in the US, and streams on Netflix in the UK.

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Catherine is an Evening News Editor at Digital Spy, and was the site's News Editor between 2018 and 2024. Prior to that, she worked at OK! Online, and has interviewed a slew of celebrities across her career in entertainment news, including Tom Hanks, Cheryl and Noel Fielding. Catherine also has specialist knowledge in all things drag, interviewing a huge portion of RuPaul’s Drag Race stars, and getting her own drag makeover for Channel 4's show Drag SOS.  LinkedIn