Chris does drag 

And we're back! Four new episodes, four new adventures, and the same four plonkers in a community hall.

What I'm most flabbergasted about is hearing Gary say "thick thighs save lives" 😭😭

Hi! Letitia Delish here! So so thrilled to have been asked to have put the lovely Chris in drag for @techdif. The comments understate how truly loving, welcoming and curious Chris was. He never scoffed or laughed and was so eager to do everything to the fullest. He was funny and respectful and showed genuine interest in my work, and i cant think of a better way to kick of pride month. I had a blast being part of this project x

"We are going to have to mosaic your tits" is the best quote of the series so far

I really love how Chris went really went from "oh I fancy welding" to "oh I wanna have a go at these cool boat things" to "I AM BECOME DRAG, DESTROYER OF WORLDS". Absolutely tremendous

I don't know which surprises me more, Chris doing drag or Chris having social media

"I cant walk in these shoes and my tits are falling out!" is a sentence I did not expect to hear on the Technical Difficulties.

I love how, as soon as the topic is revealed, Gary's face just freezes for a solid minute or so in stunned silence. You know you've done it when even Gary is stunned into silence.

I like that they talk about British drag and how it differs from the cultural juggernaut that is American drag. Important history there

the way that chris went into this with such an open mind and heart is truly wonderful. queen behaviour.

‘Some go for the sort of illusion- I prefer delusion’ I love them already.

They don't fully get into it on camera, but...Chris tucked. Like, fully and effectively. The work that entails, especially since he'd have to have *someone else doing it for him,* that's a commendable level of commitment to the journey. Damn, I wish they hadn't needed to mosaic his chest because it blocked our ability to appreciate just how transformative that was. Brilliant idea to build up his shoulders with those frills and puffs to make his waist and hips appear smaller. He looked like an upturned, melting ice cream cone and I LOVE it. Tish did an amazing job giving him a full character and not just a "look".

Having worked with tish before I can confirm this is NOT the crossover I expected

matt and tom: *talking about production choices* gary: *having an awakening*

Chris the kind of guy who fits in as a lockworker in Victorian times AND a dragster in 2023. The range on this man, phew!

i lovvee how gentle and kind and accepting Chris was during the whole thing. his little corrections or little notes when the group was having a laugh and possibly taking things to a different place, really warmed my heart. Thank you Chris!

Chris was gentle, respectful, and tactful but firmly corrected the others when they were teetering a bit (as we all are want to do when we don't know better, not slacking anyone off!) was just so wholesome. A good role model for us other straight cis men who want to be better. Amazing video!

TIL that British drag and American drag are different. So your goal of educating people has been achieved! 🏳‍🌈

This is so entirely out of left field and yet entirely in character for Chris. I have never seen Gary stunned into silence.

Holy mother of the Two Sisters, Chris won. This ain't a game, but he won. For him to pull this off at this time of year, in this social climate, on that part of this blasted earth - like, how do you tuck such massive balls, seriously? This is a hell of a bar to surpass. Very excited for this round of TechDif adventures. And to all of yous everywhere, happy Pride Month!

I love how Chris touches on the loving attitude of everyone he met at 13:00, and just wanted to add that, though you knew nothing of the scene and where a complete outsider, you went in with an open heart, no prejudices and a willingness to see things from a different perspective. People can sense that, and will know that you deserve the love that they have to give. In general, thanks for being awesome Chris, abosultely love that you did this

I'm a trans woman and I've been following the TechDiff crew for years. Out of all the things you've got up to, this has to be my all-time favourite. I wasn't expecting Chris to be put in drag and showing an open mind. This is seriously amazing and I'm kinda blown out of the water. Keep up the allyship, Chris! 🦄🏳️‍🌈

As a member of the Alphabet Posse, who isn't allowed to donate blood because of aforementioned Gayness: the blood donor straight card joke was the best, probably unintended, ally joke I've heard this season. Anyways.. Happy pride yall!

The fact the Tom considers he's more probable to do drag than Chris is sending me

This is especially great because Chris always feels like such a masculine (in a positive sense) figure among the Technical Difficulties, what with his toted knowledge of industrial processes and the outdoors, and of course the excellent beard. Seeing him breach the world of alternate gender expression provides for some great contrast.

The mere _idea_ of Chris- giant, bearded, manly man looking Chris- doing drag made me squeal my head off. He looked amazing, too!! ❤

Adding onto that joke about the "heterosexual card": In certain places, a blood donor card IS a heterosexual card!

Seeing Chris do drag on June 1st is the best way to kick off pride, genuinely surprised!

really coming out of the gate swinging with "chris goes to a latex dungeon"

wait what?? chris has social media listed in the description?? I thought he doesn't do this social media nonsense??

Y'all, as a queer person, it absolutely warms my heart to hear affirming language, joy, and frankly, the love and mindful nature that went into this. I absolutely howled with laughter and was so very thankful that this went in a direction of praise and admiration. Hats off to you, lads!

From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for this episode. You four fellas and the things you do have brought me so much joy, and the laughs have got me through some tough times, but this… this is beyond. As an occasional drag creature myself it makes my heart so happy to see people trying it out, especially in such a positive and supportive space. And Chris looked STUNNING!

Genuinely never considered that drag history differed by region but it makes so much sense

today at work i had to sit there and try and ignore one of my coworkers being blatantly homophobic for about half an hour, so coming home and this being the first thing in my youtube feed has really restored my faith in the world

Heres to hoping the next run will kick off with Tom trying pole dancing to try and up the game

Just wanted to leave another comment among many of how important this video is to me as a queer person. It may have been a performance but it was certainly not performative. If 4 straight white guys from Yorkshire can be allies and do the work to learn about the history and culture of the queer community, you can too!

Now this is being an ally. Chris really impressed me with how open minded he was and how he gently challenged the others when they were going to far. This is a great way to start off Pride Month! As a long time queer fan thank you for this!

I love how Matt and Gary's first reaction to seeing Chris's outfit is just reverent amazement at his thighs.

Chris is the most fascinating person. Every thing he does and says is so unexpected. Love this video!

Tom and team, thank you SO MUCH for the incredible subtitle effort. A lot of channels don't even bother with basic human-checked ones, but the colour-coding and descriptions are a real treat. Thank you again.

Chris this is such iconic behaviour

I've never been more pleasantly surprised and also completely unsurprised in a notification before. What a perfect way to start a new series

this was honestly incredible especially at such a shitty time in the uk for trans people. thank you so much guys

It's good timing on Chris Doing Drag, because a supreme court judge in the US just deemed the Tennessee ban on doing Drag as unconstitutional. Human rights ain't dead yet

Holy shit, the coloured CC??? I can't imagine how much work that was, but its so so appreciated!!!

Watching a cis, straight man engage with drag culture with such genuine and open curiosity has been the most perfect start to pride month imagineable Also, Chris has twitter and instagram now!?!?!?

I wouldn't say I'm surprised, but I'm still happy about how positive the comments are. That was a very fun video! Can't wait for the next technical difficulties

God, this was an absolute delight to see. As someone who's never really thought about drag or what it means to people, seeing Chris and Letitia Delish just being in good company with each other and learning about drag was really insightful, and that reveal at the end was absolutely killer.

You talk about the 'heterosexual' card. In University my friends made me an 'Honourary Lesbian' card. They decided I liked Indigo Girls and plaid shirts too much to be straight. (And they were not wrong.🌈)

having watched all the way through the dichotomy of this video vs chris' last video is just a testament to how far out of his comfort zone he is willing to go.

I genuinely think this may be one of if not the most important video to come from any of you - just covering drag in such a welcoming, neutral, and genuinely passionate way - not afraid to skirt aroudn the lines of what might be too "inappropriate" or trying to make cheap jokes out of it - just genuinely appreciating and valuing the art, especially at a time where drag is being politized and persecuted so hard by some people. Thank you, Chris, and especially thank you Letitia.

I clicked the video fully thinking this was clickbait and Chris kept his rugged man trend and went drag racing, but this was so much better. Really loved seeing the behind the scenes and the brief history of drag, and Tish was amazing! Thank you and congratulations Chris, you looked awesome!

I love how Chris jumped in with both feet. I wish we'd gone more into the drag community and its origins and stuff. It was great, and i was surprised how much history there is behind it all. I was just getting into the story but it was too short. Love how open and caring these guys are! Great show folks! Delish! :-P

CHRIS DOES THIS SOCIAL MEDIA NONSENSE NOW. WHAT!!!!

As a non-binary trans person, seeing this made me really happy. Thank you for being such wonderful allies!

You know this feeling when two worlds of content you follow and watch just all of a sudden magically COME TOGETHER?? AWESOME

Just realised this is the first day of Pride Month. Perfectly timed, can't imagine that's accidental. (begone, bigots)

This comment thread is giving us all the feels

I love the cotton candy look of the outfit, it's so playful and pretty! They even matched your makeup to the colors of what you're wearing! Tish is a great artist.

I know everyone is supposed to do a different thing but I NEED to see Tom, Matt, and Gary do this.

as a non binary fan I am so so appreciative of the effort put in by all of the technical difficulties cast and crew to learn and understand the progressing world of the gender binary. As parasocial relationship-y as it sounds, knowing you four would have my back if I turned up to one of your shows (miss the live shows :[ ) dressed how I really wanted to be makes me feel so safe to interact with the community of TechDif fans

Ok but his drag look is iconic! Daisy Duke Delish looked absolutely stunning. That cotton candy look is just -chef's kiss-

Just wanna give a big shout out. As a queer person, it's really affirming to see someone I look up to trying this out!

Would it be possible to someday get a longer edit of this? I saw a couple of comments above which said it would be interesting to hear more of the conversation, and I heartily agree. The drag itself was a great hook, and fun, but the conversation was the real heart of the story, both as a factual education and an education in allyship.

Not gonna lie, was reticent to watch this at first becasue I wasn't sure how you'd frame it, I was almost expecting "Ain't a man in a dress funny", I'm very, very impressed at how wrong I was, well played all of you, happy Pride month 🏳‍🌈

This video is illegal in Texas, Tennessee, and Florida.

When Matt flew the helicopter and Chris learnt how to weld. I thought - That's so cool, I've wanted to do that for ages. When Chris gets Dragged up while having a really meaningful and insightful conversation. I thought - That's so cool, I NEVER knew I WANTED to do that. It felt like such an vulnerable, open way to attempt to understand someone else's lived experience. Is there any chance of an extended cut of the interview/transformation? I understand that it doesn't work for this format but from Chris's comments and the post from Letitia Delish it feels like a lot of really interesting stuff had to get cut.

This has to be genuinely the most wholesome comments section I have seen on this platform!

this was the best video y'all could've posted today, it got me through a truly grueling day at work. thank you all for being so respectful and interested in queer culture, it is so appreciated! you looked GREAT, chris!! good on ya for sitting through the whole making up process!

Dropped everything i was doing because of that title

I really appreciate and admire how articulate Tish is, especially when explaining the history of drag. No wonder Chris came away from this experience learning loads!

Drag makes me vaugely uncomfortable, and I wish it wouldn't, so I'm gonna watch this.

chris: "so i wanna do drag?" the producer: "oh that would be amazin, you know the fast cars and everything... im not quite sure we can get the insurance on board..." chris: "imma stop you right there"

On top of all of the other wonderful things that have been said already in the comments.... Chris when you thoughtfully and helpfully walked Gary through the fact that a dungeon is a safe place built on trust and respect.... Oh my delight was amazing. This is how one changes the world. Also, Chris, you know you're a woofy bear.... right? Grrrr woof!

Drag Chris somehow looks like a combination of all of the main Wizard of Oz characters. Yes, I like it. No, I will not be taking any questions.

I was just thinking “I wonder when they will be coming back for another round of this” because I was rewatching the previous ones

Now I want the uncensored version. Just out of curiosity.

Chris suddenly becomes ally of the year. Such a great choice from him!

Loved the video ! Given what Chris was saying during it, it seems that there were way more to see that didn't make it. Would love to see a longer/uncensored version somewhere if possible at all :)

To have dropped this on the 1st June is outstanding

I've had a crush on Chris for ages now, and the lovely way he's done this experience and how he's sharing it in awe is just... Chef's kiss!!!

This was properly fantastic, my smile muscles hurt from grinning as hard as I have been through this whole video. This was absolutely a blindside thing to do, and I love Chris for doing it. Also, I know its been said before, but this channel has the best subtitles of any channel on RU-vid, hands-down.

They say he was the least likely, yet Chris is by far the most mysterious of them. I still was very surprised, but it makes some sense in retrospect 😂

As always, the CC on this video is amazing. Huge props to the team doing those!

I cannot tell you how much it means to me that you did that and talked about it in a safe way, with respect. Thank you so, so much.

As someone who likes to consider himself an open minded person, I've always still.struggled with drag. I appreciate this on a level I can't quite phrase. Chris stepped far outside his comfort zone and dared to do something a lot of straight cis guys wouldn't dare (you'd have to get me quite drunk to even consider it). It's educational on how this all works and where it comes from and what it's like for those who do it. I feel like I understand drag more, and feel more at peace with the parts I still don't understand. Well done, Chris

Thank you so much for this episode! It says so much as to the people you all are, and means so much to me both as an artist and as a queer individual.

"The one in which Chris gets banned from Florida"

I love Tish's makeup, so striking. And to presumably do that on their own face in a mirror is incredibly impressive. Also, with that costume, Chris should have been Vanillish Delish

This was not how I was expecting to start pride month but my god am I glad it's happening

I am so disappointed that Gary didn't make the "not so much brought up as dragged up" joke at any point. But hey, TechDiffs are back! Woo! Woo! Well done, Chris.

What a start to pride month! Kudos to Chris for being very open and engaged with drag culture. Really appreciate how quick he was to respond to Gary’s knee jerk stereotyping too. Keep pushing the boundaries folks!

Everyone predicted this when we heard "The Technical Difficulties, live from a strip club! Ladies and Gentleman, it's Chris!"

I was so happy to see how excited you all were with learning about drag while simultaneously being able to somehow respectfully ridicule Chris. Beautiful.

nb trans here (they/them) and ive done drag before. Firstly Chris is surprisingly fabulous, testament to the skill in the House Delish. This was super cool, and absolutely hilarious.

What a legend, this is incredible. As an LGBTQIA+ guy and a big fan of drag, thank you so much Chris. Your attitude going into this, your commitment, it's really heartwarming. And wow you look incredible. Thanks guys, what a way to start a new series.

I NEVER clicked on a video SO FAST! This is amazing. Out of the ballpark Chris! ABSOLUTELY OUT OF THE BALLPARK!!! Major thanks to your stage mom too. They're amazing. You're amazing. ***Spoiler Alert*** The link between the queer and the kink community is so strong... it's so perfect that this was filmed in a dungeon. Man. Chris is just, so awesome for having this idea, being open to it, amplifying voices. I also had no idea how much he enjoyed acting in addition to comedy and the outdoors. Love learning more about each of you & how complex y'all are... so much more than comedian best buddies with cool jobs. (BTW, what is Chris' day job? In the years of back catalogue I've consumed, I don't ever remember it being mentioned.) And I'm with y'all... Chris is absolutely snatched in a waist-trainer! Who knew his legs were so long and curves so kickin'!!! And the close up on the makeup! Major props to Letisha Delish because HOLY SMOKES!!! It's gorgeous! The cotton candy theme is so freaking cool too. And can we talk about the name... Daisy Duke Delish... a Triple DDD threat Chris is there. Yup. It fits. Absolutely.

The whole thing was entertaining but holy I didnt expect them to be able to make Chris look so good. That reveal was something else.

I would watch you lads watching paint dry.

Thanks for being very wholesome! It was nice to get a fresh take on something I clearly did not really understand before.