Here’s how to self-isolate like Trixie Mattel

Still, there's a positivity to the way Mattel is looking at the COVID-19 situation. "Drag queens, we adapt," she says. "I think you need to focus on what you can control. My tours were cancelled for the year in the blink of an eye, but I can control my makeup business, my YouTube, my records." Of course, the caustic edge to her sense of humor remains intact. "Once you accept it and forget about the money you're losing, and about your lack of artistic fulfillment, [you realize] that you can just sit at home and do whatever you want," she adds dryly.

In all, Mattel is frustrated with the way Americans, generally, are dealing with quarantine — "Americans are so privileged that we can't even be burdened with the responsibility of sitting and doing nothing," she tells me — but is finding that staying inside means she can finally dedicate some hours to things she loves, but rarely has times for, like learning covers (for her fans, on her Friday evening livestreams) and playing The Sims. Below, Trixie Mattel talks about how she spends her time in COVID-19 quarantine.

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