Who is Trixie Mattel? Netizens compare Nikocado Avocado's new look post 'social experiment' weight loss to drag queen

YouTuber Nicholas Perry, also known as Nikocado Avocado, who is well-known for his extreme mukbang videos, recently shocked fans when he revealed his 17-stone (approximately 238-pound) weight loss. On September 7, 2024, after a seven-month break, he posted a video showcasing his sudden transformation.

In his recently released YouTube video, titled Two Steps Ahead, Nikocado Avocado addressed his weight loss and said:

"Two steps ahead, I am always two steps ahead. This has been the greatest social experiment of my entire life."

Soon several screenshots from this video began circulating across social media with many comparing Perry with famous drag queen Trixie Mattel.

Trixie Mattel, whose actual name is Brian Michael Firkus is an American singer, actor, and drag queen. She gained popularity after participating in the 7th season of RuPaul's Drag Race, a reality television competition, and getting the sixth rank.

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Nikocado Avocado has been compared with drag queen Trixie Mattel

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Trixie Mattel is an American drag queen, television personality, and singer-songwriter. She went on to win RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' third season in 2018.

Mattel appeared alongside fellow season 7 participant Katya Zamolodchikova in a special edition of WOWPresents' Fashion Photo Review in October 2015. After that, Trixie and Katya started hosting a web series on the WOWPresents YouTube channel called UNHhhh.

Later, from 2017 to 2018, they starred on Viceland's The Trixie & Katya Show. The show ran for one season before the two returned to UNHhhh.

The two hosted the Netflix web series I Like to Watch (2019–present). To date, Trixie has put out four studio albums: Barbara (2020), One Stone (2018), Two Birds (2017), and The Blonde & Pink Albums (2022). Moreover, in 2023, Trixie Mattel made her Stagecoach country music festival debut

Trixie launched her own cosmetics line, Trixie Cosmetics, at the beginning of 2019. She was further ranked fourth on the list of The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America published by New York Magazine.

After releasing their humorous self-help parody book Trixie and Katya Guide to Modern Womanhood in 2020, the drag queens became the first to appear on the New York Times bestseller list. They also started a podcast The Bald and the Beautiful.

On June 5, 2022, the television series Trixie Motel made its debut. The plot revolved around Trixie's renovation of a dilapidated Palm Springs motel. The second season of Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home premiered in June 2024.

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Meanwhile YouTuber Nikocado Avocado went viral for his massive weight transformation. In his Two Steps Ahead video uploaded on September 7, Nikocado said:

"Today I woke up from a very long dream. And I also woke up having lost 250lbs off of my body. Yet just yesterday, people were calling me fat and sick and boring and irrelevant.”

Netizens compare Nikocado Avocado's new look to Trixie Mattel. (Image via X / @1weew1rb)

Netizens compare Nikocado Avocado's new look to Trixie Mattel. (Image via X / @emotionalpilot)

Netizens compare Nikocado Avocado's new look to Trixie Mattel. (Image via X / @kiwiopinions)

Nikocado Avocado also went after the critics who persisted in insulting and intimidating him for his weight and videos. It turned out that he was uploading his old videos while working on his transformation.

The YouTuber disclosed on his second channel that he hadn't shot a single video in nearly two years. Three months ago, her uploaded a video to his second account, and seven months ago, he last submitted a video to his primary channel.

Now, once Nikocado Avocado's new look went public, netizens started comparing him with Trixie. Nevertheless, he has not said anything about the comparison as of yet.