Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté is an American drag performer and one of the contestants of the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Kornbread would later be voted Miss Congeniality by her fellow castmates.
About
The bakery is open and Kornbread is being served! This L.A. queen is a performance powerhouse with a deliciously sassy personality. She will leave you gooped, gagged and gandered, and wanting a taste of what she's cooking![7]
Drag Name Origin
"I watch these prison shows, and there was this lady on there and her husband was cheating on her, she caught him, and they were eating cornbread and she shot him at the table, but the people in the prison would not eat cornbread with her because, you know, she shot her husband, so her name was Cornbread. So I'm like, if I ever became a drag queen, Kornbread would be it. And then voilà, here I am [...]"[2]
Track Record(s)
| Statistics | USA Season 14 |
|---|---|
| Ranking: | 12th Place (Departed) (Miss Congeniality) |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 1) |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 0 |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
| Times in Bottom: | 0 |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 5 |
Memorable Quotes
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14
- "Is you hungry, 'cause bitch, I'm baked!" (entrance quote)
- "America, don't adjust your TV, I'm this fat in person."
- "They said California she thought they meant the beach."
- "I like those shoes... comfy couture." (referring to Willow Pill's shoes)
- "You should be the most comfortable when you came in here in those fluffy shoes!" (referring to Willow's entrance look)
- "Sis, just put them in your purse. You're going to have to just have to let that spirit go." (as Willow Pill's sunglasses repeatedly fall off)
- "Her name not Daya Bettica?" (asking a member of the production team in a confessional referring to incorrectly remembering Daya Betty's name)
- "Daya Bettica!" (Mispronouncing Daya Betty's name)
- "I swear for M&Ms, I have been screaming Daya Bettica at this girl all day."
- "Jasmine is, just, sweet, or, whatever. But, it's just something there that just rubs me the wrong way. It's like someone bringing a tray of cookies to the thing, and it's all these chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, and these short cookies. And then, somebody hand' you oatmeal raisin. She very oatmeal raisin." (regarding Jasmine Kennedie)
- "Y'all had a fat bitch out there runnin'! I needed a snack..." (in the Acting Challenge)
- "OUCH! My aaaaankle, my aaaaankle. My... aaaaankle." (exit line, Untucked exclusive)
- "You and Jesus have something in common - you both have twelve followers." (reading DeJa Skye in the reunion)
- "I'ma leave you with something that a great wise person once said... Oh this? Y'all this is just the Miss Congeniality look!" (when announced to be Miss Congeniality - referencing Jasmine Kennedie's entrance and exit lines)
Trivia
- Kornbread, along with Kerri Colby, Bosco, Jasmine Kennedie, and Willow Pill is one of five trans women to compete on the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, making the most amount of transgender contestants to compete on one season.
- Bosco would later come out as transgender.[8]
- During Episode 7's Untucked, which aired on February 18, 2022, Jasmine Kennedie came out as a trans woman.
- Willow Pill would later come out via Instagram on March 4, 2022, making her the 5th transgender contestant of the season.
- Coincidentally, Elise is Kornbread's middle name and Elyse is Kerri's first name out of drag.
- Kornbread is the drag daughter of Calypso Jeté Balmain,[9][10] winner of the first season of the ballroom competition Legendary as part of the House of Balmain.
- Kornbread and Calypso have been best friends for about ten years.[11]
- Along with Calypso Jeté, Kyra Jeté, and Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, the four form the Haus of Jeté.[12]
- Kornbread rose to popularity doing sketch comedy on Brandon Rogers' YouTube channel.[13]
- Kornbread also made an appearence in an episode of the Fine Brother's REACT in which she reacts to RuPaul's Drag Race with teenagers.[14]
- She was also in an episode of Jubilee's Spectrum series.[15]
- Kornbread's entrance line is a reference to how she ends each of her Instagram posts, using the same quote at the end of each caption.[16]
- Kornbread revealed in Episode 1 that during her religious upbringing, her pastor publicly shamed her for being fat and claimed there were devils inside her; in retaliation, she farted on the pastor.[17]
- Kornbread is the fourth Drag Race contestant to be sent home for medical reasons, after Eureka on Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race (due to knee injury), Veronica Green on Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (due to contracting COVID-19) and Victoria Scone on Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (due to knee injury).
- Similarly to Veronica, Kornbread is the lowest placing Maxi Challenge winner of their season, and therefore is the second Drag Race contestant to be the lowest placing Maxi Challenge winner due to a removal from the competition.
- Kornbread is currently the lowest placing challenge winner on the show, placing 12th due to her medical removal.
- She is tied with Katy Killer on Season 2 of Drag Race Thailand for lowest placing challenge winner in the franchise.
- Kornbread revealed that if she had made it to the Season 14 Snatch Game, she would have portrayed Leslie Jordan, because according to her, "he is a funny, short, Caucasian man – I’m the complete opposite! But I enjoy his mannerisms and his speech and his tone."[18]
- Trinity the Tuck later became the first queen to impersonate Leslie Jordan.
- Kornbread has a tattoo of Willow Pill on her left thigh.[19]
- On both her first and last competitive episode she featured in on Season 14 (episodes 1 and 5), Orion Story was eliminated.
- Kornbread appeared in the film Hocus Pocus 2, along with fellow Drag Race stars Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall.[20]
- On March 17, 2022, Kornbread confirmed via her Twitter account that she won't be returning to compete on Season 15 nor any All Stars (at this time). She further clarified that this wasn't her decision.[21][22]
- Kornbread is the only contestant on Season 14 to never place in the bottom and consequently never lip sync for her life.
- Kornbread is the third queen did not leave a mirror message for the remaining queens, after Anastarzia Anaquway and Victoria Scone.
- Kornbread is the first trans woman of color to win the title of Miss Congeniality on RuPaul's Drag Race.
- Kornbread states that she will do drag for three years top (as of 2022) and then focus on her musical theater acting because drag is only an outlet for her. [23]
- However, she since stated that she wouldn't be quitting drag, but that she would be additionally doing musical theater and acting gigs as Demoria rather than Kornbread and taking time to focus on her transition, saying "...but Demoria wants a check now bitch, Kornbread got hers. So, I ain't going no fucking where bitch, y'all screwed for the rest of your life, but for the next three years I'm gonna slow down for sure."[24]
- On September 25, 2022, Kornbread announced via Instagram that she had been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma, a cancer in the small intestine. She elaborated that it was in early stages and very easily treatable, adding, "I say this to let everyone know that no matter how young you are PLEASE GET REGULAR check ups. I'm glad I caught mine at this stage."[25]
- In November 2023 she announced that she had been cancer free for one year.[26]
Gallery
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14
Mini Promo
Promo Banner
Mug Promo
Mini Trailer
Lip Sync For The Crown Spinner Photoshoot
Miss Congeniality Congratulatory Post
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 Looks
Promo Look
Cast RuVeal Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
The Charisma Nerve and Talent Show Look
Signature Show-Stopping Drag Look
Zebra Print Resort Look
Leopard Evening Wear Look
Animal Print Bridal Couture Look
Night of a Thousand JLo's Look
Unaired Snatch Game Look – Leslie Jordan
Unaired Holy Couture Look
Reunion Look
Grand Finale Red Carpet Look
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 Looks
Pink Carpet Look
Miss Congeniality Successor Look
Videos
Meet The Queens S14 - Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté
Whatcha Packin’ Kornbread Jeté
The Pit Stop AS8 E5 with Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté
Filmography
TV
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 14) | Self | Contestant (Placed 12th) | [4] |
| RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked (Season 13) |
External Links
References
| Winner | Willow Pill |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd: Lady Camden • 3rd, 4th, & 5th: Angeria Paris VanMicheals • Bosco • Daya Betty |
| Other Contestants | 6th & 7th: DeJa Skye & Jorgeous • 8th: Jasmine Kennedie • 9th: Kerri Colby • 10th: Maddy Morphosis • 11th: Orion Story • 12th: Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté (Departed & Miss Congeniality) • 13th: Alyssa Hunter • 14th: June Jambalaya |
| Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Carson Kressley • Ross Mathews |
| Pit Crew | Bruno Carvalho • Bryce Eilenberg • Calixto Quan |