Billy Porter Talks the Importance of Telling Queer Stories Beyond Coming Out | The View

Porter tells “The View” about producing and starring in the new film “Our Son,” and why he says his new album “Black Mona Lisa” is the first time he’s been able to be his “full self” in his music.
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[@KevinETaylor]

I have gotten to interview Billy and got to meet him after his BLACK MONA LISA show @ The Beacon in NYC and he has been such a delight! I AM EXCITED FOR THIS NEW MOVIE! Looks soooooo good.

[@teresaabrown8077]

Well Deserved🎉🎉 Congratulations You truly are so Talented and Stylish

[@Greggory1987]

I love Billy Porter and have so for 25+ years!

[@valeriereed5401]

I believe Billy Porter's version love is on the way is on the movie The First Wives Club.

[@mistatwo27]

Yep... In 1996!

[@SavvyandMommy]

Billy Porter makes my heart so happy! What a phenomenal human being. Thank you for the gift of you Billy!

[@AstinzWorld]

LOVE YOU BILLY!!! ❣

[@megankenworthy6345]

I cried when I watched this movie. I am going through a tough divorce and Billy was speaking my exact thougts.

[@WOWitsANT]

I used to be a fan of Billy. Especially his work in theatre until I met him at an event my work was hosting during pride. The evening was miserable because he was the MEANEST and most condescending person I’ve ever come across. Literally the type to snap his finger at you to get your attention and not look up at you when asking a question. And that’s just the beginning. Sadly I’ve heard since then that it’s very normal behavior from him.

[@bobjomes3350]

Say your truth boo

[@javiruiz8365]

😳😳😳

[@RedSpade37]

It's unfortunate, for sure. This isn't the first time I've heard stuff like this about him, sadly. He's such a good actor, but it's disappointing to keep hearing stories like these about him. I hope things change, somehow.

[@shabbyLaw]

Doesn't surprise me if this this true

[@mikewhite4560]

Billy a D I V A?????

[@tasiamurbano7283]

I like when he said it’s not just about coming out because after that we live full lives.

[@truthisinfinite]

Keep On Keeping On Billy👍

[@biggmonie]

Gay custody battle?? I'm here for it!

[@vladimirrurik4579]

Whoopi Girl: I feel the same exact way.

[@user-hp8nn1py6t]

I just know his album is one of the best albums I have listened to the last few years.

[@janjr165]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, “I F*CKING LOVE BILLY PORTER!!!” ☃️🎄🙏🏾🥰❤️

[@avatarkyoshi3405]

Black Mona Lisa!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

Billy ❤❤

[@LSD77777]

What in the 1997 Diane Keaton is this hair?

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

you sent me lol omgaaash looool

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

I came back 4 days later to find this comment and laugh again. If I could "like" it again, I would lol People need to go watch "father of the bride" with diane keaton and they'll see... it's so dang true lol. Looove me some billy but I definitely like his long braids better haha.

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

I had to come back again to read this comment haha I don't know why but it takes me out every time lol Normally Billy looks great, but this isn't it lol

[@LSD77777]

@user-pq2nv7lt8n haha

[@mofogs]

be this BILLY in everyone's face!!!

[@heavenlyvilla8681]

I saw the trailer.. the movie looks awesome, heart wrenching. I will definitely be watching, especially cos Im curious... was that lawyer Taika Waititi?

[@gwenjones1878]

I love Billy who he is & honest

[@ShalamarEntertainmentGroupLLC]

When Ms.Porter said “this is MY MINISTRY, MY CALLING, it’s all I care about!!” I felt THAT!!!💜✊🏾😘

[@sheldoncole7276]

This was a cool segment

[@YouTubeBBQ]

Sick🤒

[@richardc8795]

Sickening!

[@Cbrownn04]

What a world we live in

[@darkskinss]

Whoopi seems so uncomfortable. Catch how she is looking at Billy during his talking pieces. She probably thinks he looks a fool.

[@antoniodre982]

Love love love you Billy🫶🏾🤎

[@sheldoncole7276]

I bet Billy wouldn't like you I know I don't 😂😂😂😂

[@sheldoncole7276]

I'm don't know that much about Billy and it seems like a lot of people don't like him and it's something about him I don't like but I bet he wouldn't like you tho 😂😂😂😂

[@amyreynolds3619]

I love seeing him in You Need to calm down by Taylor Swift.

[@johns6177]

I agree more queer stories should be told about things other than coming out or struggling with sexuality.

[@iadiramorales68]

For all the negative humans here, it takes one to know one, his not the only one going through the pandemic waves 🌊 of hate, bitterness, anger, frustration, dissatisfaction, complaining, whinny humans this days. Sending love ❤ to all negative people ❤

[@richardc8795]

Whiny

[@iadiramorales68]

@@richardc8795 Happy Holidays

[@acrylichoof]

Lol gurllll he has always been a nightmare. Pandemic or no pandemic.

[@batgurrl]

Billy Porter is the epitome of Fabulous- acting and performing talent plus Physical presentation and the way he expresses himself. I thoroughly enjoyed the way he shared the positivity of his Bus Travel with Whoopi

[@acrylichoof]

Hahahaha

[@ZEREEUSLY]

That's a spectacle.

[@danaterrell3099]

Love Billy Porter. dana t.

[@josevazquez8745]

Like him in an episode of law and order svu

[@kingcobrarules8117]

12th visit this year! LOVE IT!

[@grayndrob]

The world may celebrate it, but a sin is a sin. Jesus is still saving folks. God Bless.

[@richardc8795]

Perhaps, just worry about your own sins. Everything else is none of your business.

[@sheldoncole7276]

Lol cool segment even though never mind 😂😂😂😂

[@lashendawest7509]

We love billy porter

[@angelacastro3247]

❤❤❤❤

[@corey5991]

But Luke Evans is fine though.

[@sheldoncole7276]

Oh yeah he good looking

[@MosesAceCrawford]

Thank you Billy 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚔️🔥🔥🔥🫂🎬 #Pose

[@AnnStephens196]

I want him to get a stylist so bad.

[@acrylichoof]

He thinks he looks good tho hahahaha

[@AnnStephens196]

@@acrylichoof I think he got white people styling him.

[@acrylichoof]

@freddiebell2665 his "stylists" are black. Mwahaha that's all on the chocolates. Deal with it playa 😎

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

@ZEREEUSLY actually it seems like you’re the one with much to learn. You know absolutely nothing about my relationship with Billy Porter or anyone else on this earth. And as far as who you like or dislike is none of my business or concern. I read comments about someone I’ve met personally, didn’t agree with what I read and retorted on it. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@richardc8795]

Seems like you have some issues to resolve.

[@theycallmejodamo]

“We can heal trauma through art”. Yet I’ve heard so many people around him and interviews straight from him that make it seem like he hasn’t healed a lot of his own trauma… Just an observation 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@ABSG7]

Is it me or is he always screaming?

[@jvarious8665]

It’s you.

[@hunterjr666]

Wasn't he on last week?

[@Logan-dn6uv]

❤❤

[@nitaj3735]

This might be the O for Billy's EGOT!!!❤

[@stevereed8786]

The Norman Bates Wig hat is just too much to process on any level. Fashion is not his strong suit.

[@galfisher2499]

THANK YOU 🙏 he looks like a freak and everyone’s just like 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@oiseauNoir]

I'm not a fan of him, but I love the "Children ", song.

[@glenbateman4483]

If he’s been in biz that long why is he wearing a finger hut bedspread for an out fit ? Library is open reading is fundamental

[@richardc8795]

You must’ve forgotten. He went broke during the actor/writer strike.

[@JW-xk7yq]

Love Billy Porter! Too fabulous. Please invite BP as a guest host. "...healing trauma through art."

[@indrataylor3149]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@thewizboy]

The View loves men like this smh

[@salyol7]

Only one Mona Lisa, I really like Billy so genuine and kind

[@rafalkamiski7373]

There is a reason for goldfish in bowl. There is a reason for "that". Ppl like to watch a goldfish above crt TV and at IT.

[@babajush]

Whoopi was not having her 😂

[@kevinharris3993]

Billy Porter is a phenomenal actor and singer. However, his appearances lately take from the great work that he produces.

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

I respectfully disagree. His appearances are a reflection of his personality. He’s no different than Harry Styles, Timothee Chalamet, Elton John and a host of other White entertainers who wind up being lauded on magazine covers for their creative expressions.

[@naylas3908]

He always looks fabulous!

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

@@bluewolfphoenixrising1879 Billy Porter looks amazing whether he’s your taste or not! So glad he doesn’t listen to people like you!

[@Tomj2023]

This guy has dark energy I can’t quite take to him

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

Maybe it’s a projection of your own energy reflecting back to you. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ZEREEUSLY]

​@ediorfitzgerald1478 that doesn't make sense.

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

@ZEREEUSLY it makes more sense than saying a person has dark energy through a TV screen. That’s ridiculous.

[@ZEREEUSLY]

@ediorfitzgerald1478 you have so much to learn. Once you do, you'll be shocked at the people you end up dis liking... and even better, who you'll end up loving.

[@sheldoncole7276]

I kind of agree 👍

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

Romans 10:9💕

[@cc-vn7qp]

His energy rubs me the wrong way. It was gross that they tried to push his storyline beyond the women in Pose. It’s always the same speech with him about representation and la di da and all his acting is so forced, in my opinion.

[@Marybaxterburnesha]

I’ve worked with this man on several occasions and he is beyond a condescending diva. I can’t stand him.

[@richardc8795]

So don’t work with him

[@user-eh8yz6ko3t]

Only in a movie could someone like Billy Porter get with Luke Evan

[@javiruiz8365]

Facts

[@cristianmendoza1442]

Amen lol

[@galfisher2499]

Thought the same thing 😂😂

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

I respectfully disagree.

[@naylas3908]

Nonsense. There are quite a lot of gay couples like this.

[@Paul-qd7vj]

All you haters , get down from the mountain where your polishings your halos..... especially those mentioning "sin" and being "saved" Guess what people"us" gays dont need to be "saved" anymore than you do.... love is usually more helpful.... thats all ❤.. I do think he is over the top buy hey he is doing great things out in the world....

[@DavidBryant]

Homosexuality is willful sin and an abomination. The wages of sin is DEATH, not heaven.

[@kelvinstrange679]

I like Billy. but he needs a better stylist.

[@jeefarias721]

HERES HOW POLITICIANS WORK ..THEY PAY PEOPLE TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT THEM TO SAY RIGHT WHOPPER ! JOY CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH ! YALL ARE RIDICULOUS

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

@richardc8795 by your comment it’s obvious that you have issues to resolve yourself! Take the plank out of your own eye before you worry about the splinter in mine.

[@gandhiangles3213]

Same deal with Dolly Parton. She is another “nice” person in public.Had the misfortune of seeing her at Disney World.My family and I walked by a recording studio she was in. We had special access to areas not accessible to the public. I understand she was working. However,instead of smiling & waving, she looked at us with disgust & abruptly yanked the blinds closed. She’s a phony.

[@richardc8795]

Maybe she didn’t like you peeking through her blinds 🤷

[@gandhiangles3213]

@@richardc8795 We weren’t “peaking through her blinds.” There was a long walkway(similar at an airport). There are recording studios.As I previously stated we were given special access as a relative worked in management at Disney. There were people recording in the other studios that didn’t act in an abrupt manner as she displayed.

[@markusaurelius777]

@@gandhiangles3213 Disney is full of creeps and weirdos.

[@williamhartz8707]

Poor Billy- in August he was whining how he had to sell his multimillion million dollar home on Long Island due to the writers’ strike.

[@AnnStephens196]

He prolly be lying

[@judeesee894]

We don’t need any more “queer” stories. We’ve had enough.

[@richardc8795]

Who’s “we”? “We” need and require an abundant amount of diverse stories

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

@@richardc8795 Thanks Richard. That person is on their own. I too love hearing diverse stories.

[@richardc8795]

@@user-pq2nv7lt8n 😉

[@David-pm9mn]

Billy needs to take a big bite out of some humble pie. Hard to see much good in this man.

[@keydanclaine9000]

I dont think Sarah liked Billy she kept making faces like she wanted him to be quiet lmao 😂😂😭

[@leonwilliams6906]

That’s not a ministry

[@2Registerscythe6]

Billy Porter aka Whitney Houston

[@maxrockthefox7803]

I rather cringe myself to death

[@richardc8795]

Awwww.. so you won’t see Christmas? Too bad for you.

[@jeefarias721]

🔥 PREACH ABOUT UNITY SINCE THE VIEW LIKE TO SEGREGATE THE BLACK COMMUNITY . IF YOU DONT SAY YOU'RE BLACK OR REPRESENT THE BLACK COMMUNITY YOU AINT BLACK ..ITS SIMPLE MA'AM SIR

[@disgruntledpelican5660]

Billy Porter is an important voice, but also a very spiteful and petulant person too. Don’t care very much for his comments towards the women on Pose and Harry Styles.

[@javiruiz8365]

He is not my favorite at all!

[@ravenbird4012]

Agreed

[@galfisher2499]

Could you please tell me more about the Pose women? I never heard about that.

[@disgruntledpelican5660]

@@galfisher2499 basically when the women didn’t get nominated for any awards but he did, Porter said that their time to shine just wasn’t there yet. It was just very callous considering how important trans representation is needed right now.

[@galfisher2499]

@@disgruntledpelican5660 got it! Thank you for sharing, had no idea that happened. Big fan of Pose.

[@Dracul972]

I wonder why Billy forces himself to put long hairs on and so much visible make-up like that, that is not an obligation, everybody knows Billy is gay, no need to overdo it my dear !

[@AsianMuscleFans]

I know people who have had to work with him over the years. No one likes him. He is a rude, out of touch, diva.

[@WOWitsANT]

Just commented on this very subject. He’s the worst.

[@sheldoncole7276]

Oh wow I knew it was something about him that I didn't like

[@acrylichoof]

Children have nightmares of that face 😂😂😂😂 lawd have mercy 😅

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

he has a handsome face, it's just his hair right now that's not giving.

[@jeefarias721]

Stop promoting child transitioning ....its called puberty !

[@growjoyfullyhomestead]

🤮

[@TWINS10984]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@like4real212]

His white side came today lol

[@VeritasOphanious]

Looks like the ladies looked bored

[@eneobande7433]

Billy, you look crazy and not in a good way..can somebody tell him the truth

[@richardc8795]

Get a mirror, start there.

[@pauleliehere]

Yes sunny, a trans couple, sure 💀💀 6:09

[@tiboregoldberger6817]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned the mass shooting Of 50 GAY Man By Arab Muslim Palestinians Descent Florida gay nightclub as the United States urged dozens of United Nations member states to drop their opposition to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. 0:29

[@raymondkeller9826]

Loves himself too much! It's Trump syndrome 2.3

[@winstonvidal2904]

Fake nice when he his on the view.😏

[@BillBarr4President]

Imagine letting this bloke around your kids.

[@naylas3908]

They would have so much fun!

[@robertmiller5516]

They would be safer then they would be in church!!

[@willjones1355]

He look a mess

[@corey5991]

🙄🤦🏽‍♂️💀

[@sheldoncole7276]

What 😂😂😂😂

[@sheldoncole7276]

What's wrong 😂😂😂😂

[@galfisher2499]

I imagine he’s commenting on how Billy looks like someone you wouldn’t leave your son around…

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

@galfisher2499 there’s nothing ugly about Billy Porter, racist 🐷.

[@user-no8xd6gj6y]

If he wants to be a diva he needs to calm down a little cat like Mariah … I don’t know her, darling.. he gives angry lady at Walmart customer service vibes

[@like4real212]

He looks crazy lol it's a kikik he could've done better it's to much craycray

[@aaronrobinson48]

to much gay shyt real men getting tired of this

[@TheFredos14]

The war in Israel getting worse. The lord may be coming soon. Jesus saves - Repent for sins - Ask for guidance from the holy spirit. If it doesn't feel right dont do it. - Follow his commandments. - Pray for peace, faith, and to guard your heart and mind.

[@douglasvitrano]

AMEN AMEN AMEN!!

[@acrylichoof]

There's no war in "Israel". There's a genocide in Palestine being committed by the so-called Jewish state of Israel

[@MichaelHeir]

and how is this relevant to this video cause it’s not

[@abernathymonsoon4638]

In the name of LUCIFER, suck it.

[@simonreynoso7611]

Freak

[@doubleipa9527]

Never heard of this guy. What is he?

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

who. He's s human

[@Blacklist324]

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