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Dayna McAlpine

Irn Bru fans 'horrified' as RuPaul's Drag Race star boils it in kettle as sore throat remedy

Police Scotland, we'd like to report a crime against Irn Bru.

Glasgow was graced with the presence of drag icon and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winner Trixie Mattel as thousands flocked to the SEC Armadillo to watch her perform her live show on April 24.

However, in the run up to her show, Trixie (real name Brian Firkus) was suffering from laryngitis, but no self-respecting Scottish person could have expected how they would deal with it.

In an Instagram video entitled 'Scotland I’ve chosen violence (I have laryngitis and I’m desperate)', an out-of-drag Trixie pours a can of our national fizzy drink into a hotel kettle before boiling and drinking it.

Yes, really.

The video has since amassed a whopping 108k likes but the comments section, as expected, is full of unhappy Scots - including some well-known Glaswegian faces.

Lawrence Chaney, star and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season two wrote "Not this", while fellow Scottish drag star Morgan McMichaels penned "BLASPHEMOUS !!! Somebody get her a LEMSIP for Christ sake ….. I’m gonna give you a wee Glesga kiss when I see ya next."

Meanwhile, one fan of the star commented: "SCREAMS IN HAGGIS."

"I’m phoning the police x", added another.

As for the final result? "It tasted like hot wet flat orange bubble gum", Trixie added in a follow up comment.

We're unsure if we'll ever recover from this.

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