Detox (drag queen)

Detox Icunt
Detox performing "Chow Down" in March 2013
Born	Matthew Sanderson (1985-06-03) June 3, 1985 (age 31) Orlando, Florida U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California U.S.
Other names	Detox
Occupation	Drag performer
Years active	2012-present

Detox Icunt, the stage name of Matthew Sanderson, is an American drag performer and recording artist. Detox was a fixture in the Southern California drag scene before gaining prominence on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Matthew Sanderson was born with his twin brother Michael to Tom and Patty Sanderson. He also has a sister, Heather. He attended Manatee High School before his family moved to North Carolina, where he graduated from South View High School in 2003. Sanderson started performing in drag while still a teenager in Florida. His drag mother was Florida performer Mizz Kori, who first put Detox into drag in an Orlando nightclub. Soon after his high school graduation, he moved to West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

In 2009, Sanderson was in a car accident that required his forehead to be reconstructed.

Detox has appeared in music videos with Ke$ha and Rihanna and is a member of Chad Michaels' Dreamgirls Revue, the longest-running female-impersonation show in California. He is also a member of the band Tranzkuntinental. The band was started by Charlie Paulson and Xander Smith and features drag queens Kelly Mantle, Rhea Litré, Vicky Vox, and Willam Belli.

Detox modeled as part of the Tranimal Master Class Workshop at the Machine Project. The event was photographed by Austin Young.

In 2011, Detox acted in Showgirls in Drag, a live adaptation of Showgirls. The production was directed by Stephen Guarino and played at the Dragonfly nightclub in Hollywood.

In March 2012, Willam Belli released "Chow Down," a parody of "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips. The song featured Detox and Vicky Vox, who co-wrote the parody's lyrics.