SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 5 of “ The Masked Singer ,” “ Barbie Night,” which aired October 23 on Fox. Check mate. “Orange Is the New Black” star Laverne Cox was the next celebrity to be eliminated on “The Masked Singer,” revealed on Wednesday’s episode to be the celebrity under the Chess Piece costume.
None of the panelists got it right. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg said it was Serena Williams. Ken Jeong though it was Issa Rae.
Robin Thicke named Misty Copeland. Rita Ora said it was Tyra Banks. “As a kid, I was a rich target for others to tease.
It seemed like every piece of me was something others could poke at,” Cox-as-Chess-Piece said in her “Masked Singer” voiceover. “And on top of that, I loved Barbie. But the part that hurt was that I wasn’t allowed to play with her.
The criticism and scrutiny continued over the years and made me question everything I love about myself. So, I had to take control of my own board. And the one thing that helped me heal was the one thing I was missing all along: Barbie.
I started buying them for myself and realized it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. Even decades later. And now, they even modeled one after me.
Barbie can be anything. She made me and every woman feel like we can be anything too. So tonight, I’m here to celebrate all of us.
Every woman out there.” Cox sang Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” for her performance on this week’s episode. “Barbie Night”.