Billy Porter recently slammed Harry Styles and Vogue over the singer’s cover with them and explained how Billy himself was the first to promote gender-fluid fashion.
Hope this frees me : Billy Porter reveals he has been HIV positive for 14 years
Billy Porter said that he hit rock bottom in 2007 when he was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, filed for bankruptcy, and then diagnosed with HIV. Billy Porter , Reuters
Updated: May 20, 2021, 11:02 PM IST
Actor Billy Porter, in a startling revelation, has said that he has been living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) for the last 14 years. Billy said that he decided to break it to the public in hopes of freeing himself from that shame in silence .
51-year-old Billy, who made history by winning an Emmy in 2019 for his role as Pray Tell , a role where he played an HIV positive character in Pose , Billy said that he used the part as a surrogate to tell his real-life story.
Pose actor Billy Porter recently opened up about his HIV diagnosis and revealed that he tested positive back in 2007. Scroll down to read his moving announcement.