Billy Porter
@theebillyporter
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3x Tony + Grammy, Emmy, & Drama Desk winning actor, director, singer, dancer, writer, advocate. Interview requests: Slate PR. Tap link for music, books, events
Joined May 2009
We here bitches!!!! Ya’ll said CAMP!.
Kween @theebillyporter in all her glory wearing custom @TheBlondsNY & custom @giuseppezanotti boots with jewelry by @OscarHeymanBros, #andreoli, @johnhardy & @MORDEKAI. #theMetGala2019 #MetGala2019
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When you come to the Oscars, you must dress up. Thanks @CSiriano for creating this custom couture masterpiece. @OscarHeymanBros you have outdone yourselves with your iconic jewels. Style by @sammyratelle Grooming by Anna Bernabe. @TheAcademy #AcademyAwards2019 #oscars #oscars2019
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Happy Pride Sweeties! Thank you @CSiriano for this fabulous custom gown! Taste the rainbow!!! #pride 🌈 Jewels by @OscarHeymanBros Style by @sammyratelle Glam by @LaSonyaGunter
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I told you bitches I was the new supreme! 😂.
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😂😂😂.
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Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it. Vogue!.
.@theebillyporter kicked off the #Oscars 2020 red carpet in this dramatic Giles Deacon look. See more of tonight's arrivals:
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This is what it's all about for me. Visibility. I am inspired by people like you, who are free & fearless! Thank you for being so fierce!.
Every time @theebillyporter slays a carpet a million gay boys everywhere gain the strength to have the talk with their moms because they are READY TO LIVE. WE ARE AMONGST A LIVING ICON - PAY HOMAGE #metgala.
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This Cinderella is a classic fairytale for a new generation. To be able to play this genderless, fabulous fairy godmother - what a gift. Thank you @CBSNews for sitting down with me and catching up about the role❤️
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Tonight’s @goldenglobes lewk. Spring is coming children! . Wearing custom couture by @RandiRahm . Iconic Gardenia Lapel Pins and Ballerina Ring by @OscarHeymanBros . Shoes by @gucci . Tights: @WolfordFashion . Style by: Sam Ratelle / @rrrcreative .Grooming: Anna Bernabe
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THERE ARE NO WORDS. I am SPEECHLESS. R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman. You’ve inspired a generation of young black youth to discover their roots & reminded us all that we are ROYALTY! Thank you for leaving your mark & making a real difference. #ChadwickBoseman #WakandaForever
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I heard there were some #Oscars2020 afterparties. You know I had to do a quick ball change in to this custom @CSiriano beauty & get to all the fun. Hat by @sokolmillinery. Bag by @thesepinklips designer of @Pat_Field ART fashion. Style by @sammyratelle Photo by @Santiagofelipe 💅🏿
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My friend @taylorswift13 asked me to be in her new music video for her song “You Need To Calm Down". I simply can’t calm down with excitement until we all watch its premiere tomorrow Monday June 17th at 8:15AM EST on @GMA and 7:00AM EST on @YouTube. #taylorswift
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Welcome to the #academyawards2020. Let the fashion games begin! Wearing @gilesgilesgiles custom couture. Jewels by Atelier @swarovski. Custom shoes by @jimmychoo. Creative Direction and Style by @sammyratelle. #oscars2020 #oscarsredcarpet ✨
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We can't calm down because @taylorswift13's album is about to drop so make sure y'all pre order NOW! #lover.
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We sho are!!!! 🌈.
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Hey y'all! You gotta wash your hands, kids! Follow the @WHO guidelines and spend 40-60 seconds scrubbing off all those germs. And keep your little asses at home so we can stop this virus and get back to living! Love you all! Stay safe & stay healthy! #SafeHands #COVID19
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Happy Birthday to my amazing mother, Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter Ford. My light, my strength, my role model. I love you. ❤️
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#Transgender is trending just in time for Muva #MarshaPJohnson's Birthday tomorrow. Remembering this strong and beautiful pioneer. ✨🌹✊
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When our corrupt President’s (@realDonaldTrump) corrupt son (@DonaldJTrumpJr) uses your fierce #Grammy look to try and throw shade. @taylorswift13 @CNN #donaldtrumpjr #trump #donaldtrump . Me:
Politician’s kids are off limits. even 50 year old Corrupt Hunter Biden. Me: .
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Today is a very important day. It’s #NationalComingOutDay. Our stories matter. Representation matters. Let’s raise a glass to our beautiful #LGBTQ family. #ComingOutDay 🌈
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When you are an ICON like the incomparable Glenn Close, you don’t only bring the lewks; you bring AWL the looks. Thank you for gracing us with your brilliance. #oscars2019 #AcademyAwards19
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We came to teach the children, that if you wanna get paid, you gotta WERK. Style by @sammyratelle!.
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Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia - check on your absentee ballot now.
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Y'all, "Kinky Boots" opened on Broadway 7 years ago today! What a life-changing night that was! 👠❤️
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The Category Is: Old Testament Realness. Creative Direction and Styling for all by @sammyratelle .Make-Up by: @lasonyagunter⠀.Custom Look: @theblondsny⠀.Custom Shoes: @giuseppezanotti⠀.Jewelry by: @oscarheyman #andreoli @johnhardyjewlery @mordekaiofficial ⠀.#MetGala2019
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She’s a jet settin’ bitch! Rolling out of the @CondeNast 2020 Summit after being interviewed by #annawintour of @voguemagazine in head-to-toe @ThomBrowneNY Fall 2019. Thank you for having me. It was all a dream. Style by @sammyratelle .Grooming by @lasonyagunter
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#Grateful ✨✨✨.
A guiding voice on and off the ballroom floor. Congratulations are in order for @theebillyporter on his Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for #PoseFX
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Happy #Emmys2019 ya’ll. Ready to slay this carpet in custom @MichaelKors Collection styled by @sammyratelle. Hat by Stephen Jones Millinery. Jewels by @OscarHeymanBros nails by @CNDWorld 📸 by @Santiagofelipe #EmmyAwards #Emmys
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Y’all. We have got to do better. Please. Praying for these families and these babies.
At least six children, aged 6 to 14, were shot and killed over the Fourth of July weekend while doing everyday things — riding in mom's car, walking in a mall and playing in a yard with their cousins.
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Y’all I was in the grocery store when I heard the good news! I have no words! Thank you all! Thank you, @AndyLefkowitz and @broadwaycom for covering this.
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It’s raining in LA and it’s cold Betches!!!.
los riesgos de la #AlfombraRojaE morirse de frío. como le pasa a @theebillyporter .love him @EonlineLatino #Oscars
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To the man who continues to teach me what real love looks like every moment of everyday. Thank you for loving me so hard. I love you so much. Happy Anniversary, my love Adam ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #HappyAnniversary #ILoveYou #TrueLove #BillyPorter #ItsOurAnniversary
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"You know I'm still standing better than I ever did. Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid. " 🎶 Still gagged that I got to open the 92nd Annual #Oscars alongside the brilliant @JanelleMonae with one of my favorite @eltonofficial songs! 📷: @GettyImages
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Can you say: Dream come true!! Thank you @Essence!.
At every stage of his 30-year career, @TheeBillyPorter has challenged norms. Today is no different. Billy is encouraging discussions that bring about a reckoning—from protests to the murders of trans women. Tap the 🔗 for more of our Jul/Aug 2020 issue.
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I had the most wonderful time working with @taylorswift13. It was truly special. We must all come together and unite for equality no matter what! Happy Pride everyone! #PrideInLondon 🌈❤️.
We spoke to @theebillyporter ahead of his performance at Pride in London and he told us what it was like working on @taylorswift13's music video. 😍. #BillyPorter #TaylorSwift #PrideInLondon
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Get on my nerves, and the curtain closes! 😂 Living for my lewk styled by @sammyratelle with a custom design by @scottstudenberg of @bajaeast and featuring a custom hat by @sokolmillinery & mechanically engineered by @SM00TH_TECH.
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Reminder: We should be able to wear WHATEVER WE WANT! Thank you @garage_magazine / @evanrosskatz for highlighting our look from last night’s #Oscars19 Styling by @sammyratelle #AcademyAwards2019 .
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Women’s rights are under attack right now. I’m an advocate for all who are disenfranchised. None of us are free until we’re all free! Thanks for the coverage @THR/@ingridschmidt_. Follow the link below for the whole story! ❤️.
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Y'all, my mother, Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter Ford, just turned 75! She is the strongest human being I know. 🎂 Happy Birthday, Mommy!
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Happy Pride!!! How are you celebrating this year? ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎
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Thank you for supporting gender fluidity @VancityReynolds! You would look incredible in it! @TLRD.
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Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press for your consideration. I am so grateful to have lived long enough to see this day. LGBTQ people of color have always been here - and now we're front and center. Praise the LORD!!! @poseonfx @fxnetworks #poseonfx
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Y’all, talk about iconic. I was tickled to meet @elmo and the gang at @sesamestreet!.
An iconic day with an iconic person ♥️ Thanks for visiting Sesame Street, @theebillyporter! #Season51
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The industry never thought I'd come this far. I was faced with constant rejection because of my sexual orientation and natural flamboyance. I come to remind you, to be here for YOU. So be as gay as you want! Be ALL that you can be! Thank you, @Queerty. 😘.
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The Category Is: DENIM. Have you picked up your copy of @gaytimesmag June issue with moi in the cover children? It’s almost summer. I was feeling denimish in #forbiddendenimeries. 📸: @JohnNovotny . Styling: @sammyratelle . #gaytimes #billyporter #janetmock #posefx
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The Category Is: @PoseOnFX Season II NYC Premiere Realness. Thank you @FrancisLibiran8 for this stunning custom couture piece you sent all the way from The Philippines. I feel like a Matador Kween! Coming for all the bullies and killing them with love and slayage. 🖤 #posefx
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Congrats to my friend and my sister, @MjRodriguez7. From stage to screen honey! You are HERstoric! #posefx
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She's a COVERGIRL @outmagazine - thank you for including me in your OUT 100 list. I am honored. Run to the newsstands children and grab your copy! .
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And also thank you @vogue for your continued support. I said it once and I will say it again,I’m not a drag queen, I’m a man in a dress. Swipe up for the full story 😘.
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MY GURL TAYLOR IS FIERCE YALL! I'm so happy I got to be apart of @taylorswift13 music video "You Need To Calm Down" which is nominated for 10 @vmas! I am so honored to have been included amongst all of the fierce kweens who slayed. @THR #youneedtocalmdown.
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Today, I will reflect on what my ancestors endured so that I can stand here today proud & free. Today I will celebrate the historical significance of the date & acknowledge it as an important part of our ongoing movement towards equality & peace for all Black people. #juneteenth
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Can I get an amen up in here?.
If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else? @theebillyporter's #LoveYourself is streaming now 💚.
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Flying Free 🦋 wearing @HoganMcLaughlin styled by @sammyratelle. Jewels by @lynn_ban. Custom boots by @coach. Nails by @CNDWorld. 📸 @GettyImages #CriticsChoiceAwards2020 #CriticsChoiceAwards #billyporter #posefx
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Name a better duo! Love you @MjRodriguez7 See y’all tonight @poseonfx #Season3 #Premiere #TheFinalSeason #PrayTell #Blanca
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We're going back to where is all began!! Tonight's episode was directed by Sarah Paulson aka the queen of AHS. You better be watching tonight at 10PM EST!!! #AHS
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THIS IS EVERYTHING HUNTIES. Thank you to the magnificent @mrrpmurphy @fxnetworks our @poseonfx cast & crew & all of you who have supported us this far. We will continue to tell stories that challenge us as humans and inspire us to be better people. #PoseFx #season2 #PoseSeason2
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Soon everyone is going to know her name. ✨✨✨ Watch the First Look of #CinderellaMovie. Coming to .@PrimeVideo September 3. @Cinderella #FabG #MagicHasNoGender
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Ya’ll ready for tonight’s #MetGala2019?!!! I’m about to get into my custom look. Stay tuned for our entrance at 5:45PM EST!.
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It's time to reflect on the people who have inspired us. I am grateful for the ongoing work @barackobama & @MichelleObama do to make our world a better place. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of The @obamafoundation Summit. #ObamaFoundation
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Thrilled to announce I will be joining this year's annual @Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. Catch us on your screens Nov. 28 at 9AM EST on the @TODAYshow. #MACYSPARADE
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We need to remember our history. It literally was a plague. Everybody died. We're still mourning. We still have PTSD. We still have HIV & Aids around - and we need to end it FAST. #endhiv #endhivstigma.
POSE!!!!! @PoseOnFX @theebillyporter Lord have mercy!!! This AIDS episode is an educational thesis to unravel.
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This year’s #pridemonth honors the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, otherwise known as the Stonewall Uprising, in which members of the LGBTQ community fought back against harassment in Greenwich Village in June 1969. You deserve to be here. Happy Pride My Children.🌈
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The Category Is: METALLIC SPRING. @Bergdorfs, ya’ll need to give me my own @MichaelKors window honey so I can let all these children know all about this couture. IT. IS. EVERYTHING. #nyfw #AllAccessKors .Style by @sammyratelle
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It's always been a dream to do carpool karaoke with @JKCorden, so you KNOW I had belt out when he asked me to do it at @thetonyawards. Check out this bonus of me singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" the #TonyAwards2019 stage during commercial break!
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Floating into this week like. ✨✨✨. #CinderellaMovie is coming to @PrimeVideo this Friday, September 3.
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"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." #HarrietTubman #MotivationMonday
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I had the best time stomping for my girl @taylorswift13 in her new music video “You Need To Calm Down” out now worldwide on @YouTube. My new summer jam! #taylorswift #youneedtocalmdown.Style: @sammyratelle for @rrrcreative Agency .Grooming: @LaSonyaGunter.
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