Billy Porter talked big, and now he’s suffering “the repercussions.”
14.08.2023 - 10:05 / nme.com
Billy Porter has reopened the discussion around Harry Styles‘ 2020 Vogue cover, insisting that it was “using” his LGBTQ+ community after the former One Direction star appeared on the iconic title in a dress.Back in December 2020, Styles made history as US Vogue’s first-ever male solo cover star where he was pictured wearing a Gucci dress and skirt.Porter, however, felt that Styles was not the right figure to represent the magazine’s inclusive message. Expressing his objection to the cover, the singer, actor and broadway star told The Times: “I created the conversation [about non-binary fashion] and yet Vogue still put Harry Styles, a straight white man, in a dress on their cover for the first time.Harry Styles photographed by Tyler Mitchell and styled by Camilla Nickerson for Vogue US, December Issue 2020.
This makes him the first man to grace the cover of American Vogue solo. – I pic.twitter.com/b9MPmL4haO— IMONATION (@THEIMONATION) November 13, 2020Porter later extended a public apology to Styles during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, saying: “Harry Styles, I apologise to you for having your name in my mouth.“It’s not about you.
The conversation is not about you.”The Pose star said that the conversation is “deeper than that”, explaining that “it is about the systems of oppression and erasure of people of colour who contribute to the culture”.Now, Porter has elaborated on his feelings around the Vogue cover, telling The Telegraph in a new interview that Styles secured the honour of being the title’s first male cover because he’s “white and he’s straight”.Porter emphasised that his problem isn’t with Styles personally, having sent him flowers “as an apology” after he first spoke out. “It’s not Harry
.Billy Porter talked big, and now he’s suffering “the repercussions.”
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Harry Styles became 's first-ever solo male cover star — notably in a dress — the milestone remains a point of contention for Billy Porter. In a new interview with, Porter — who has become an icon of gender-bending style — once again calls out the historic cover and the people responsible for it, including Editor-in-Chief Anna WintourAt a Q&A with Wintour in front of Condé Nast staff months before the cover's release, she asked him an unexpected question, Porter recalls to. “That b**ch said to me at the end, ‘How can we do better?’ And I was so taken off guard that I didn’t say what I should have said," he tells.
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McKinley Franklin editor Billy Porter is sharing his distaste with Harry Styles’ 2020 Vogue cover. In an interview with The Telegraph, Porter explained that he felt Styles landed the first male cover because he’s “white and he’s straight.” “It doesn’t feel good to me. You’re using my community — or your people are using my community — to elevate you.
Billy Porter still has a bone to pick with Harry Styles and Anna Wintour for that Vogue cover!
Billy Porter is taking aim at Anna Wintour and Harry Styles following the cover of Vogue magazine where the “Watermelon Sugar” singer was featured wearing a dress.
Billy Porter is taking aim at Harry Styles once again.
Billy Porter still has a bone to pick with Harry Styles and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Evening Standard in London, Porter lightened the mood by humorously talking about the separation. “The whole world knows I’m getting a divorce. Y’all want to talk about my divorce and Ricky Martin’s at the same time?” Earlier this summer, Martin also announced that he and his husband of several years are going their separate ways.
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Billy Porter has said that he will have to sell his house due to the ongoing strikes in Hollywood.The actor, singer and stage star – known for TV series Pose, 2021’s Cinderella musical movie starring Camila Cabello and his Tony-winning Broadway career – said that that ongoing actors’ and writers’ strikes in Hollywood has created financial uncertainty.Porter said that he plans to “join the picket lines” upon his return to the US, adding in an interview with the Evening Standard that he was “enraged” by shortcomings relating to streaming and demands for a living wage. “I have to sell my house,” he said.“And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work],” Porter added of the actors’ strike.
. And he is. But show business work can be inconsistent, and with housing prices as high as they are in Los Angeles, even those at Porter's level can sometimes feel pinched.
actors and entertainers are striking in Hollywood and around the country with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) as they demand a rise in pay and residuals in the streaming era.And while the strikes may have a positive outcome in store for actors, Porter is already dealing with the negatives of the situation.“I have to sell my house. I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work],” the “Pose” star, 53, told the Evening Standard.“The life of an artist, until you make f–k-you money, which I haven’t made yet, is still check-to-check,” he added.Porter, who played ballroom emcee Pray Tell in “Pose” from 2018 to 2021, revealed he was gearing up to work on a couple of upcoming projects in September.However, due to the strike, “none of that is happening,” according to Porter.“So to the person who said, ‘We’re going to starve them out until they have to sell their apartments’ — you’ve already starved me out,” Porter told the outlet.The actor’s comments come after it was reported that film execs were willing to “allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” according to Deadline.The newly-single Porter also slammed Disney CEO Bob Iger who said actors’ expectations of treatment are “just not realistic.”“The business has evolved,” Porter said, referring to the streaming era of film and TV.“So the contract has to evolve and change, period.
Add Billy Porter to the list of thousands financially affected by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, following the revelation that the actor will have to sell his house, at an extremely precarious moment for entertainment workers.