'The Worst Experience': Drag Race's Salina EsTitties Recalls Working With JLo On The Super Bowl, Feeling Body-Shamed And Experiencing 'Hazing’

Salina EsTitties and JLo side by side
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Jennifer Lopez is a global superstar, who has spend decades entertaining the masses as a pop star and actress. That includes her iconic Super Bowl performance with Shakira, which broke the internet back in 2020 and inspired a documentary (streaming with a Netflix subscription). It turns out that RuPaul's Drag Race star Salina EsTitties was one of JLo's backup dancers, but she recalled allegedly feeling body shamed and hazed while rehearsing for the Big Game.

Drag Race is one of the best reality shows on the air, and Salina is about to compete for the second time on All Stars 11 (streaming with a Paramount+ subscription). She recently appeared on the TikTok of fellow Ru Girl Mistress Isabelle Brooks, and shared a rough story about rehearsing for JLo's Super Bowl Show. As she claimed:

The second day of rehearsal I get there, and she asks me to take off my shirt. I was like 'Bitch, just me?' I take off my shirt, she makes this face. Followed by 'Guys, I need you to elevate yourself. I need you to go to the gym and take care of yourself.' I'm like bitch, we got three months, I'm gonna snatch it back. Just give me a second. But she then made us rehearse for the 9 hours shirtless. So as I'm dancing I'm jiggling the f--k out of the entire 9 hours. It was like a hazing. I was like 'Why am I here? Why am I doing this to myself?’

Yikes. In addition to being a famous Drag Queen, Salina EsTitties is also an accomplished dancer out of drag as Jason De Puy. That was the case when he was hired by JLo's team for the Big Game, but he didn't exactly get a warm welcome when the rehearsal process began. On top of being called and asked to take off his shirt on Day 2, he clearly felt uncomfortable having to rehearse the full day shirtless... especially after reportedly being called out by the "Let's Get Loud" singer.

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Despite this very memorable incident, that didn't stop Salina from getting through the full 3-months of rehearsal before finally getting the chance to dance during that iconic Super Bowl performance. She admits it was a bucket list moment, but when asked by MIB if she'd work with Lopez again, the two-time Drag Race contestant said:

Would I work with her again? No. I was asked to come back for another gig, and I said no. The worst experience I've ever had.

Well, she certainly didn't mince her words there. While Salina claimed she's still a big fan of Shakira, this experience seemingly soured her view of the "Waiting for Tonight" icon. You can see her recount the story to Mistress Isabelle Brooks below:

Salina EsTitties is competing on Season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, which airs new episodes Fridays on Paramount+ as part of the 2026 TV schedule. As for JLo, he's attached to a number of exciting projects on the 2026 movie release list and beyond.

Corey Chichizola
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Corey was born and raised in New Jersey. Graduated with degrees theater and literature from Ramapo College of New Jersey. After working in administrative theater for a year in New York, he started as the Weekend Editor at CinemaBlend. He's since been able to work himself up to reviews, phoners, and press junkets-- and is now able to appear on camera with some of his favorite actors... just not as he would have predicted as a kid. He's particularly proud of covering horror franchises like Scream and Halloween, as well as movie musicals like West Side Story. Favorite interviews include Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more. 

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