Monét X Change

Monét X Change (born February 19, 1990) is the stage name of Kevin Akeem Bertin, an American drag queen, singer, podcaster, and reality television personality. She is known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2018), on which she placed sixth and was crowned the season's Miss Congeniality, and for winning the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2018–2019) alongside Trinity the Tuck. She returned to compete in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, an all-winners season, where she placed runner-up.

She currently co-hosts the podcast Sibling Rivalry (with Bob the Drag Queen), and formerly hosted Ebony and Irony (with Lady Bunny). She also hosts the Dropout show Monét's Slumber Party.

Early life

Bertin was born in Brooklyn, New York City. At six months old, he moved to Castries, Saint Lucia, where he was adopted by his aunt and uncle. He moved back to Brooklyn when he was 10, growing up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn and attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. He later moved to The Bronx as an adult. He trained in opera performance at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Monét X Change started doing drag in 2012 in New York City. The first drag pageant she won was the sixth annual Gay Caribbean USA Pageant on September 27, 2014, representing Saint Lucia. Her drag sister is RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner, Bob The Drag Queen, and her drag mother is Honey Davenport, making her a member of the Davenport drag family.

Career

2018–2022: RuPaul's Drag Race

Monét X Change was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018. She had been an alternate for the ninth season but was not cast. She was eliminated in episode ten, placing sixth overall. She was named Miss Congeniality during the season's finale, and is the first holder of the title to have been voted by her fellow contestants. In the first episode of her season of Drag Race, Monét X Change made a dress decorated with kitchen sponges, which became a running joke throughout the rest of the series and inspired a number of Internet memes amongst fans online.

Monét X Change is a co-host of the podcast Sibling Rivalry with her drag sister Bob the Drag Queen. The first episode premiered on March 11, 2018. She appeared as a guest in an episode of What Would You Do on July 6, 2018. Monét also toured across the United States and Europe with her one-person show, "Call Me By Monét."

She appeared in a Pepsi commercial with Cardi B in February 2019. On February 15, 2019, she was inducted into the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Hall of Fame alongside Trinity the Tuck after winning RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4, becoming the first black winner of the spin-off.

In May, Monét revealed that she would be hosting her own weekly talk show called The X Change Rate.

In June 2019, Monét X Change was one of 37 drag queens to be featured on the cover of New York magazine. She was one of the inspirations for Sina Grace's character of Shade, Marvel's first drag queen superhero.

On October 22, 2019, Monét X Change was announced as part of the cast for the first season of RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race, a Drag Race spin-off where Drag Race alumni transform celebrities into drag queens, which premiered in 2020. In January 2021, she launched another podcast, Ebony and Irony, co-hosted by Lady Bunny. In February 2023, she and Bob The Drag Queen launched their line of cosmetics, BOMO Beauty.

In April 2022, Monét X Change was announced as one of the eight returning winners that would be competing in seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the first ever all-winners season of Drag Race. During the competition, Monét X Change placed in the top in three competitive episodes, before ultimately finishing as runner-up to winner Jinkx Monsoon.

2023–present: Appearances on Dropout

In July 2023, Monét X Change appeared on the Dungeons & Dragons themed show Dungeons and Drag Queens, which was also the 18th season of the actual play anthology series Dimension 20 on Dropout. She later made guest appearances on the Dropout shows Dirty Laundry and Um, Actually. In June 2024, it was announced that Monét X Change will host her own variety talk show on Dropout called Monét’s Slumber Party. The first episode premiered on July 19, 2024. In 2025, she reprised his role in the second season of Dungeons and Drag Queens.

In March 2024, she was a guest on the CBS comedy game show After Midnight.

Monét X Change is a founding member of Drag PAC, a political action committee intended to push Gen Z voters to turn out for LGBTQ+ rights for the 2024 United States presidential election.

In March 2026, Monét X Change will appear on the new web series Jeopardy! YouTube Edition as a contestant.

Music

Bertin is a classically trained opera singer with a bass voice.

Monét X Change released her first original single, "Soak It Up", on May 25, 2018, the same day as her elimination episode on Drag Race. She released her debut EP, Unapologetically, on February 22, 2019. In May 2022, Monét X Change portrayed the voice of Goldie Vandersnatch in Alaska's Drag: The Musical (Studio Cast Recording), a studio recording of a planned stage production about two rival drag bars that go head-to-head while struggling through financial troubles. In February 2023, Monét X Change starred as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Minnesota Opera's production of The Daughter of the Regiment.

Personal life

Bertin has two younger brothers from his biological mother, with whom he reconnected in his 30s. His biological father was a drug lord and was executed by a cartel.

Monét is non-binary and uses she/her and he/him pronouns out of drag.

In September 2025, Bertin announced that he is engaged to his longtime partner Andy Short.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Web series

Discography

Albums

Comedy albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

Featured singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City

External links

• on YouTube
• at IMDb
• on YouTube