The Moment Billy Porter Learned About The Power Of A Star Entrance | The Graham Norton Show

Billy Porter shares the story of how not being the main role in Oliver Twist was secretly a blessing.
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[@a.kenneth3521]

Absolutely true - the ‘lead’ is usually boring. I adore Billy Porter. Such a fabulous person!

[@NellieKAdaba]

👍🏿

[@kbob9625]

Right. They kind of need to be because the audience needs to be able to put themselves in their shoes. It’s why leading men in Hollywood is so constricted and why they all look alike. Same with some leading ladies. It’s the character actors who play the funny, weird, etc character and the ones people tend to remember.

[@kn7615]

"You can't have a testimony without a test." ~ the exquisite Billie Porter ... pure heaven; we are so lucky to have him among us, sharing his Light

[@samkutcher]

i just wish i could be his friend, he genuinely feels like the coolest person on earth

[@keshavleitan7800]

Well done boy, you just earned +20 social credit points

[@kay-dc8495]

Can't deny that Billy is funny af

[@fredericwild734]

I CAN!

[@lloydhargreaves3916]

Absolutely

[@keshavleitan7800]

No

[@ErgoDog]

Just ew.

[@KCC1956]

To who,a bunch of perverts

[@h0lly_blue]

Billy was one of the guests during the initial Zoom lockdown shows so it's great to finally see him in the studio

[@t.e.burgos3263]

Billy Porter is an amazing ray of light.

[@ellieisanerd]

Love Billy's eye makeup! And Billy of course.

[@JoeHuman]

Seeing this makes me want a LITTLE RICHARD movie with Billy Porter and Donald Glover playing him at 2 different ages like Paul Dano & John Cusack did for that BRIAN WILSON biopic.

[@rondamorris3550]

Oh he could play the Hell out of Little Richard! 😍

[@colossus112785]

Honestly I can see him playing Little Richard

[@slc2553]

YES

[@CooperDianeBob]

Dont think little Richard would've approve

[@oughtssought1198]

Little Richard's career was his biopic, with him playing the star nobody could do it better; nor near as good

[@rob-time]

I love Billy Porter cause he is FABULOUS!!!

[@suzawilo]

Billy's jacket is gorgeous 😍

[@eileennovak1656]

Now I understand. Slay it, Billy.

[@Phobos_Nyx]

Billy is an absolute legend!

[@carleneromain8940]

There’s no one I mean NO ONE like the incredible Billy Porter ….legend!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for sharing love 😍❤️🙏🏾

[@MikeRiderOOO]

THEE Billy Porter!

[@MultiBigbird01]

My inner girly-girl is squealing over billy's monochrome lilac outfit.

[@JanetFrancis]

Billy Porter is GOAT🐐

[@NH-tb2sm]

I love Billy Porter!!

[@jayrlbd8355]

Fagin is 100% the best part - I got the role as a cute, blonde 11 year old girl, but I acted the hell out of it - best part ever!!

[@firsttimeisawjupiter1031]

I love Billie. He's just so fab

[@justinmacosky9083]

This is one of the BEST Graham Norton Show moments!

[@sparkle4051]

He is so funny. I like listening to his stories.

[@tfgrrl2042]

Love this man sooooo much!

[@colleen31]

One of the funniest shows ever!!!😁😁❤❤

[@WilldoAldone]

This is the first time I've heard Billy Porter, he sounds and has mannerisms exactly like Little Richard.

[@LeezPgh]

Oh wow. Didn’t know Billy was from Pittsburgh. Cool.

[@cyndigooch1162]

I realise that I don't even know Billy Porter, yet I love the personality on the screen, not to mention his style, if that makes sense! I want to add that I was Cinderella in a school play when I was a child and seemed to have stayed in the role due to the bullying I've experienced over the years and no "princes" saved me either. ☺

[@Studycase3000]

There are few on screen small to large that I would truly see as a possible life long friend. Billy Porter is first on that list. My love for a man I never met, let it shine-let it shine!

[@mothintofllame]

billy porter is a pittsburgher?? hell yeah!

[@magdeleenvaneersel7315]

Wish I had that kind of audacity when I was thirteen - or now, for that matter!

[@leilaikusura4904]

You CAN and you will. Coz its your birthright hunnie💖💖

[@magdeleenvaneersel7315]

​@@leilaikusura4904 Oh that's such a kind thing to say! Thank you so much! 💞

[@leilaikusura4904]

@@magdeleenvaneersel7315 you are welcome. I feel like we all deserve love and appreciation even from strangers online. Have a great rest of 2021, may your wishes and dreams come true!💖💜❤💕

[@magdeleenvaneersel7315]

@@leilaikusura4904 You are so, so right. Much love to you and a bunch of 🌸💮🏵🌹🌻🌼! 😁

[@redangel169]

Billy is amazing 👏

[@hassanmagdy4065]

The way he narrates is just.........

[@88jl]

"Now that's how you make an entrance" - Billy Porter

[@rasempress9724]

Loved him in the new adaptation of Cinderella..loved him

[@keshavleitan7800]

Im sorry but it's supposed to be a fairy Godmother not a Godfather

[@rasempress9724]

@@keshavleitan7800 well, the performance was short n sweet…didn’t ruin the movie ….seeing that the story is make believe’ in the first place, didn’t stop anything…..geez….

[@keshavleitan7800]

@@rasempress9724 what

[@lindabent7135]

"Now, that's how you make an entrance" . I love that version of Cinderella because it caters for tweens and teenagers, as well as every other age group, but it's hip, it's cool and they will relate to it. But, Ever After: A Cinderella story is my favourite. It's more like the book.

[@reyjenetapia2559]

He is always so stunning when making a entrance

[@bettysmith4641]

Great guest tonight!

[@pyndzel8117]

Omg this look on him! Gorgeous!

[@donnamariedemaio]

Billy Porter, THAT is a great story!

[@bg9217]

What a great story Billy. We ❤️ you girl. Love the look!!!

[@tamarareid6170]

Billy Porter's outfit giving me so much lifeeeeee

[@gianellicapone8740]

Now he's the first banana.😀

[@bryan7938]

He’s awesome 👍

[@cherylrainey7512]

With all his singing talent he should go tour. I would definitely be there.

[@JimmyGrl09]

Love it!!!

[@celestialanger7102]

This beautiful beautiful soul must be protected at all costs.

[@terriseverson3873]

?

[@bhavyathakur6417]

he is so wholesome, I love it ❤️

[@L-mo]

I love Billy's style.

[@ErgoDog]

All his characters are just him in real life

[@siletamus2016]

The laughter

[@znycelondon5313]

Love this awesome person………..💋

[@kimingay6244]

love it the purple

[@2legit64]

Billy Porter and Graham Norton, does it get any better? I think not!

[@taliaphlogiston5801]

Awesome!

[@GitanAnimex]

He knows how to tell a story

[@darrenyoung3102]

Super charismatic

[@fablabi3962]

Billy is fire

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Wow

[@samprimera5545]

Loved him in broken hearts club

[@sassyk3906]

😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣Billy Porter

[@itsjemmabond]

You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two is a great song though. As is the line "Shut up and drink your gin!"

[@no1nestandsalone387]

He’s as big of a character as RuPaul and I love him for it!

[@dianamontesdeoca4056]

💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@annabellecreed9538]

💜☕👍

[@no1nestandsalone387]

Definitely a star entrance when he did that tribute to Bette Midler! Riding on a seashell! Lol

[@peterbarnard5028]

don't no who this man is but he must play little richard

[@Tulkas219]

I confess I have no idea who Billy is, but he seems to be a real character! What should I know him from?

[@michellefox6709]

Pose, new Cinderella film

[@fromthefountofyouth]

He played Pray Tell in "Pose"(about the 80s and early 90s NYC ballroom scene). I think you'll love it.

[@Tulkas219]

Michelle and Akinlabi, thanks for your replies! I'll check those out. :)

[@michellefox6709]

@@Tulkas219 Pose is worth a look. Billy has an autobiography coming out. Big Broadway star.

[@okadiputrabali]

He won Tony Awards for Best Actor as Lola in Kinky Boots, the Broadway show written & produced by Cindy Lauper.

[@elisavieira737]

😁😍

[@ScooterSkillsYolo]

Can they get the couch back already cmon nowwww

[@samprimera5545]

Billy didn't want the lead because Oliver was the title character.Im reminded of a song called For What It's Worth.Its in the movie Forrest Gump and I think it's a staple really in EVERY Vietnam movie you watch. Anyhoo,NOWHERE in the song does it say For What It's Worth.Lol. "It's time we stopped hey whats that sound Everybody look what's goin down"

[@theboyjames3065]

I saw a schoolfriend the other day, I was Bob Cratchitt and she played my wife in the school play. I introduced her to my boyfriend 🤣

[@browngyrllove7916]

Hey Billy if you see this..where did you get that gorgeous lavender coat?! Holla at me.. I need it in my life 💜 !

[@dastan7447]

hehe

[@archangel3433]

For GOD so Loved the world that He Gave His One and Only Begotten Son JESUS CHRIST, so that anyone who Believes in Him will not perish but have Eternal Life (John 3:16)

[@Lumibear.]

I miss the jellyfish chandeliers.

[@lalalalaname5845]

Sorry but Andie MacDowell could not tell a story to save her life but BILLY PORTER. And so gracious and charming and stylish to boot.

[@afallin]

He's he purple raining?

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀

[@sweiland75]

You and every other person who has said the same thing.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

@@sweiland75 check again... haha

[@cudak888]

Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of finding this lousy spam comment from S1L3NT G4M3R in every comment thread of The Graham Norton show 👀?

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

@@cudak888 Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀

[@e_G_o_05]

I wonder where Eric Pierson is now???

[@AsifAAli]

He was in Cinderella(2021). Great energy; unfortunately, the movie sucked! 😌

[@charless.sturdivant]

🌈😂

[@donandygore6690]

Always had that air🙄 about him I surmise 🤷‍♂️.. remember when hE arrogantly criticized Harry styles Vogue cover...? 🤔 but quickly apologized..... RelaX Billy 🙄

[@eyekandy3000]

Why won’t he get his bottom teeth done? He got the dough

[@sassyk3906]

Exactly 🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@PorywacZenek1234]

He is giving Me Monique's Heart vibe, period. 👑

[@victoriapreston5419]

When the heck is Jammie Dornan going to be on???

[@JesusSaves4Ever777]

Oke

[@engledelaffety4380]

Fagan is a far more interesting character

[@ahmedsallam1179]

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@metalmaniak2011]

Hey Jeff Bezos, is there any free seat in yr space ship? I cant stay in earth anymore.

[@getrealdave9975]

This guy is way too much. Too American, too over the top - just too much. Not enjoyable.

[@fromthefountofyouth]

Well, he's supposed to be the tangine in an otherwise bland serving. As part of the whole, you appreciate the flavour and the kick but alone, it can be a bit too overpowering.

[@cynthiajones4332]

Norton lovers if you die today will you go to heaven? Have you ever lied, stolen, hated, used God's name as a curse word (O-M-G)? According to God's law, you're guilty, your headed for hell, ignorance will not be an excuse... But wait, God loves you, he made a way out for you, God's son Jesus died paying for your sin. God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not die but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Love Y'all

[@DensilGrant]

Whats funny about him just loud and no point to anything he's saying.

[@frenchtoast7742]

There is a point . You just don’t get him and his personality.

[@keshavleitan7800]

He may be funny but his personality is weird..