Billy Porter is attacking Harry Styles over that 2020 Vogue cover… again

He's still hungry, for attention.

He makes it so hard to like him.

Does he ever shut the fuck up?

It really is hard to pick between the two of them—if the questions is, "Who has the worst fashion sense?"

[quote]It really is hard to pick between the two of them

It's not that hard, I'm not a HS fan, but Billy needs to keep that trap closed for at least 5 seconds.

Hey Billy, how's it feel to want?

Billy Porter is an embarrassment to the gay community.

I guess only white dataloungers are allowed to criticize Styles!

Why do so many black people get a pass on their abject raw and vile racism? Why? This is what it’s about. This evil black queen loathes white people. It has nothing to do with her “community”. She’s seething that some trendy young pop tart got an attention platform that she wanted.

Me me me me me me me me me!!!!

Me?

Yes, meeeeeeee!!!!!!

R9 this has literally nothing to do with white or black. You’re slow.

He literally thinks HE created cross dressing. Again, black delusion. Can nobody he knows teach him so that he doesn’t embarrass himself or his ”community” so badly?

Doesn’t/Didn’t Billy have a white husband?

He probably covers his ears, r12.

It’s so funny that Porter had no idea how to respond when Anna Wintour asked him what she should do differently, and that Porter tells that story.

R12 that has nothing to do with race. Your obsession with race can’t be projected onto others

R11 "literally" Oh, dear!

R17 the “oh, dear” of this thread is you trying to make this a racial thing when it’s a gay/straight thing.

Why is this homeless woman always complaining?

Yeah, its not racial at all and I agree with him. Harry Styles is the Justin Timberlake of his generation, in 20 years everyone will look back and wonder "what the fuck we're we thinking?"

[quote]Why do so many black people get a pass on their abject raw and vile racism?

R9 because the guilt-ridden white 'progressives' currently in charge of the U.S. media/entertainment industry are self-loathing and don't see bigotry against whites as racist.

Run along seething black queen R16/R20. You’ve been slithering all over the place lately with your racist bullshit and you can’t handle it that somebody’s given it back to you. Be gone ashy! And don’t come back.

R18 That was my first post in this thread!

R22 only r20 said nothing racist. But you did. It’s so weird how you say racist shit and then accuse others of saying racist shit when it’s just you.

R23 SWITCHING ACCOUNTS DOES NOT CHANGE THAT I KNOW ITS YOU. The sooner you come to terms with this the sooner you will help yourself and stop digging your grave

Is he trying to distract from the stories about him having to sell his house due to the strike? Unlikely, since he put that out there.

Is he lashing out in anger over having to sell his house, and Harry is his unfortunate victim?

Is he just an attention whore seeking attention?

Combination of the above?

Inquiring minds want to know.

R25 Seek help. I have one account. I actually don't even disagree with you, but good luck.

[quote] [R9] this has literally nothing to do with white or black. You’re slow.

You clearly didn't even BOTHER to read the linked article, did you? Porter made this about race, not r9.

This is what Porter says at the link:

[quote][He’s] straight and white," Billy said (via Insider). "That’s why he’s on the cover. Non-binary blah blah blah blah. No. It doesn’t feel good to me.

R28 no. He made it about sexuality. He said it’s not not Harry’s fault he’s cute and white etc. but he’s using the gay community to advance his career. YOU clearly couldn’t understand. As usual.

[quote] "That bitch [i.e. Anna Wintour!] said to me at the end, 'How can we do better?'" he [i.e. Billy Porter] recalled. "And I was so taken off guard that I didn't say what I should have said."

Obviously he had no interest in having a conversation since he didn't think anything through beforehand or have any idea how to respond to an honest question. He just wanted to scream at her.

Of course that magazine would choose a British skinny white boy over a 50 something year old black man for its first male cover. Maybe Lady Porter is upset the Emmys were moved until January of next year and he won't wear his see thru thong until then. Because it's all about expression or some other bullshit. Like it's not about the money, money, money.

I have r12 blocked. You should too! Defacto needs to be blocked on ALL of his VPN IPs.

[quote] R28 no. He made it about sexuality.

Uh-huh. Which must be why he also specifically mentioned Harry Styles's race. Because he made it only about sexuality.

At this point you're convincing absolutely no one, you realize, no matter how often you keep posting and posting your talking points.

Jesus fucking Christ, that was 3 years ago! Get over it, you sad queen!

I’m exhausted.

I miss Jussie. At least he was fun when seeking attention.

[quote]Nearly a year after the cover was published, Billy gave his own take on Harry's styling, which included dresses and skirts. "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," he told The Sunday Times.

Because Harry Styles was the biggest pop star in the WORLD and in his twenties. Billy you were a busted-looking, middle-aged niche performer whose biggest credit was a cable show ten people watched. Of course Vogue was going to put Harry Styles on the cover instead of your old, attention-whoring niche ass.

And I'm saying this as a person who's not a fan of Harry Styles, but from a purely business standpoint the reasons he got the cover of Vogue are very obvious.

What puzzles me most is what Billy Porter honestly thinks is going to happen now, after still loudly complaining about this so many years later when everyone else has moved on, and by referring to Anna Wintour as "that bitch" after she agreed to meet with him and asked him how Vogue could do better. Does he really think anyone at all is going to want to work with him after this?

I never understand people who burn all their bridges. But I guess to him there's no such thing as negative attention.

That is one annoying transvestite.

What will be his reaction when Lil Nas X gets a cover?

Billy will not be mollified until he is on the cover of Vogue (US, British, Italian, French, Nigerian editions), Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Popular Mechanics promoting his upcoming biopics of James Baldwin, Paul Robeson, Jim Brown, and Maya Angelou.

[quote] I created the conversation about non-binary fashion

Mick Jagger, David Bowie, The New York Dolls, Boy George, Annie Lennox, and so many others would like a word with you, Billy.

Has Billy ever heard of Sylvester?

Don't forget Milton Berle!

Everything in entertainment has a dollar value associated with it. If Ebony or Jet had the choice between putting Harry Styles in a dress on its cover or Billy Porter in a dress on the cover. Ebony and Jet would go with Harry Styles, they'd probably pair him with a black model, but Harry Styles sells more magazines. Billy, age aside, has a very niche audience. If he had broad appeal, he wouldn't be selling his house.

Pissing off Anna Wintour is not a wise career move. She has a lot of power and influence.

Ugh, how did I forget Sylvester?

And then there's Marsha!

Billy Porter have seats. Who made you the arbiter of dress wearing. And I like Billy. Isn’t he appropriating women culture. Even the original queenie Mary’s. Have seats bitch. Vogue is about popularity and style.

R38 Often people discriminated and used and abused against lead to mental illness and complexes. Complexes that cannot be cured without therapy. And funny thing is my therapist is transitioning in to a woman.

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And I'll also add Billy Porter may be a little delusional thinking he started the conversation about cross dressing men or whatever, but Harry Styles is still overrated like a mutherfucker. Lenny Kravitz was doing the shit 30 years ago and was way sexier

Tired old queen

His Twitter account t has a pinned video of him at the top - Him embarrassing himself by entering the Met Gala, (Anna Wintour’s Met Gala), on a couch dressed as, I think, Cleopatra. This was at least four years ago I think.

But, he’s just SO angry at the white establishment. And Anna Wintour is a “bitch” to him. This is what happens when you give a racist black drag queen a job and the public compliments him on his work and he’s decorated for it…. This is what he does. I hope he’s destroyed. He’s black so, that likely won’t happen. Which will only create more disdain within America’s non-black communities.

He really has a victim complex.

Anna really is a bitch, though.

R56 And she is OUR bitch.

r54 is a race-baiting troll and continues to make this about race when it's not a racial dispute

Someone should inform Billy Porter that the majority of transvestites are actually straight men, so all this "my community" stuff should be considered carefully.

If only Harry Styles had immediately said, "I wouldn't DREAM of caring what that crusty old buzzard Billy Porter thinks about ANYTHING! Why would I?"

[quote] This evil black queen loathes white people.

??? Does that include her white ex-husband?

You should have been thinking of ME when you did that thing that has nothing to do with me at all!

[quote]...and by referring to Anna Wintour as "that bitch" after she agreed to meet with him and asked him how Vogue could do better.

Darling, she was not the first to call her that nor shall she be the last.

Bitch thinks she's a big star. As if.

Billys mouth runneth over...

The reason why I don’t rock with his criticism is because I hate people who bash allies. There are so many God awful people in the world and in Hollywood THIS is how you waste your energy? Did Ms. porter think he would be the first male on the cover of Vogue. Have some diplomacy and a reality check.

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[quote][He’s] straight and white," Billy said (via Insider). "That’s why he’s on the cover. Non-binary blah blah blah blah. No. It doesn’t feel good to me.

I'm surprised the Ts didn't go after him for BLATANTLY DISMISSING non-binary people.

Billy is one of "THOSE" gays. Full of bitterness and grievances.

I want CNN to host a town hall with Billy Porter and Tonya Pinkins.

“ I lost my house!!!! How does that make you feel?”

I agree with him.

Billy Porter’s point about Harry being straight and white is that Harry’s cover was hyped up as groundbreaking for having a “queer male” on the cover.

Harry isn’t queer at all. And Billy’s point is there’s just nothing groundbreaking about putting a straight white male pop star on a magazine cover.

Harry IS appropriating gay culture to sell records. There’s no question about that. Him and Bad Bunny.

And the funniest part is it’s played up for straight women who have always been drawn to flamboyant male singers! Going back to the “long haired men” of the 60’s to Bowie and Prince to 80’s hair metal to even 2000’s emo with the long hair and eyeliner and nail polish in the 2000’s. It’s all straight men appealing to women.

So I agree with Billy Porter here.

R66 No no no.

That’s not how the world works.

Because you’ve got straight male singers cosplaying as “queer people”.

You can probably count on one hand how many openly gay men have had #1 songs in the US.

I don’t get how it’s progressive to let straight people take over queer identity in mainstream media.

It’s homophobia. It’s the equivalent of blackface.

And it’s something a lot of black artists suffer from with their work. When black people make R&B, it sells. When white people make R&B or hip-hop, it goes through the roof.

Thing is white gays haven’t learned their lesson of this yet cause they don’t understand it.

R71 What is 'gay culture' now, love?

R72 Oh, sorry did not notice 'queer identity'.

Billy Porter is as annoying and whiny as Viola Davis

Has anyone heard anything about what he's like to actually work with? Is he this big of a diva on the set?

Broadway is still open. If Billy was such a "star" why aren't they begging for his return? There is a reason for that.

R77 Cunt.

R42 And Benny Hill!

R79 And Les Dawson. And Dick Emery.

[quote]Non-binary blah blah blah blah.

I'm with Billy on this one.

The husband was a saint to put up with Billy for 6 years.

Who the fuck is stupid enough to attack Gay Friendly Disney? At least Billy had a chance to get some tiny roles. But bitch had to run off at the mouth about Iger?...Idiot. He is becoming the Leon Talley of 2023.

[quote] "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," he told The Sunday Times.

Oh Billy, you didn't create shit honey. STFU.

R71, Harry Styles isn't appropriating gay culture, he's using something vague called "queer culture" which is open to "edgy" straight people who "play" with gender norms.

More to the point, a man wearing a dress isn't "gay culture". Furthermore, Gucci has (or had, now that Michele has been thrown out?) a long-term marketing collaboration with Styles.

What's his problem? There's prolly some smaller trailers in the park and he can rent one of them.

[quote] Oh Billy, you didn't create shit honey. STFU.

Fashion-wise, he did kind of start the conversation. The first time he showed up on a prestige red carpet in a dress Datalounge went ape-shit. Lots of people on the fringe were doing it but no Tony and Emmy award winners. Even RuPaul wears mens clothes in the light of day.

His commercial profile went through the roof with all the attention and commentary. People who took no notice of him before knew him after he wore gowns. Datalounge and other queers were resoundingly negative but negative energy is energy too.

Only someone who refers to gay men as "queers" would say something like "Fashion-wise, he did kind of start the conversation" about Billy Porter.

"People who took no notice of him before knew him after he wore gowns." - In other words, he is completely uninteresting and the only way he can get people to notice him is to do something attention-grabbing like where a dress, or attack Harry Styles and Anna Wintour.

Is this a Styles problem or an anyone BUT Porter problem? First idiotic token on the cover of Vogue isn't something I'd want to be on my resume.

GURL BYE

[quote]“ I lost my house!!!! How does that make you feel?”

You'll find it Billy! Well, unless it's really tiny.

Men have been wearing skirts centuries before Billy Porter did

Not entirely related, but I have noticed that the gay men of color who have the biggest problem with white men always seem to be partnered with white men. I have no idea why this is, but it’s true. I’ve seen this in my personal life time and again with my network of gay friends. The gay black and Latino men who incessantly scream “white privilege” have white husbands.

Roxann Gay also has a white wife.

Bitch thinks she's such a big star she should be on the cover of Vogue. Bitch please. God, the ego on that one.

Let's sign that guy up for a big project right away! He sounds like a dream to work with, and he's still so fresh and sexy!

I’ve never been a theater guy and very ignorant to that world. But when I discovered Billy Porter on America. Horror Story I thought he was so cool and fun. I really loved him for a few years. Then he got nasty, cruel and racist .I first noticed it when Gayle King interviewed him one morning on CBS during COVID. It was via phone. When she asked how he was doing he said “Oh I’m just out here in Long Island living my best white woman life” - King laughed but she also squirmed. I thought it was hilarious but as the interview went on, he was just really pompous, he said a couple of things that seemed to be a little racist and I remember thinking that some “white woman” must have made him mad. But he just got more and more nasty and I’ve gradually grown to detest him; and for nothing more than his own nasty words and personality. And I really hate that because I really liked the man.

R43 Billy has never heard of anyone but himself.

Imagine thinking that you invented/own the concept of cross-dressing

100.

I bet Anna can't wait to invite Billy to another Met gala after he just called her a "bitch" to the press.

Fags!

Both of them.

[quote] Only someone who refers to gay men as "queers" would say something like "Fashion-wise, he did kind of start the conversation" about Billy Porter.

"Queers" was a typo it should have been "queens."

[quote] "People who took no notice of him before knew him after he wore gowns." - In other words, he is completely uninteresting and the only way he can get people to notice him is to do something attention-grabbing like where a dress, or attack Harry Styles and Anna Wintour.

Dear, that's what we ALL do.

The first and only time I’ve seen him outside of DL is when I saw those god awful previews for Cinderella where he played a nonbinary fairy god mother.

On a separate note, sorry, but if you’re a man, putting on women’s clothes doesn’t make you a different “gender,” it just makes you a cross dresser.

[quote]“ I lost my house!!!! How does that make you feel?”

It doesn't. I have several houses and I've managed to hold on to them and not lose them.

Someone needs to inform Billy that Little Richard did it more than half a century ago when it was truly shocking — and did it better.

He's actually right.

r107: Hi, Billy!

I don't know him.

This is hate speech, and deplorable behavior to treat a fellow artist.

Miss Porter is kind of entertaining if i'm being honest

Girls, girls, you’re both overrated af.

That ni*ga need to give it a rest. She EXHAUSTING.

Let’s see one is a global superstar who sells out stadiums and arenas the world over and can bring your magazine tens of millions of free publicity and advertising revenue.

The other was on a critically acclaimed but low rated show about drag queens, and wore a cool tuxedo dress to the Oscar’s once, who while very talented get more unlikeable and annoying by the day.

I can only manage a B in my economics class and could tell you answer to this one.

R113. Fuck off you aren’t black and I know it. You are just a piece of shit.

His ex must be thrilled to no longer have to hear this bitching. Can we divorce him?

That tired and exhausting queen needs to spend more time selling his home, I think.

[quote]Not entirely related, but I have noticed that the gay men of color who have the biggest problem with white men always seem to be partnered with white men. I have no idea why this is, but it’s true. I’ve seen this in my personal life time and again with my network of gay friends. The gay black and Latino men who incessantly scream “white privilege” have white husbands.

I hate having to even tangentially defend Billy Porter, but one doesn't have anything to do with the other. More than a handful of "racists" have fucked or are in a relationship with/married to women/men of color. Political/social beliefs and attraction are two different things.

[quote] The gay black and Latino men who incessantly scream “white privilege” have white husbands.

Actually, having a white partner allows you to see "white privilege" for real. Thankfully, the relationship is with one person not the entire race.

[quote] Not entirely related, but I have noticed that the gay men of color who have the biggest problem with white men always seem to be partnered with white men. I have no idea why this is, but it’s true. I’ve seen this in my personal life time and again with my network of gay friends. The gay black and Latino men who incessantly scream “white privilege” have white husbands.

R93 THIS. We've been saying this forever here. Seen it all my life too. The ones that rant and rave about "white, cis, gay men" all want or end up with... white, cis, gay men.

Billy's 'community' has spoken.

[quote]Not entirely related, but I have noticed that the gay men of color who have the biggest problem with white men always seem to be partnered with white men.

White men love me!

Jealousy is a sickness

Because they're obsessed with them, r120.

Billy, jealousy is an ugly thing…….and so are you in anything backless!

R93 R120 And the white men who date them can still be racists.

Well they have to have something in common with their boyfriends, R126.

I was going to mention that you should own your inventions. Like Billy invented crossdressing just like how I invented wigs.

He needs to get a fucking job. If anyone will hire him.

Billy, the fact that you don't get that it's all about the $$ is amazing. You know who buys magazines with Harry on the cover? A bazillion teen girls. You know what they don't buy? Magazines with a random gay man in a dress. See the difference?

Billy Porter: "I started the discussion..."

David Bowie: "Hold my beer."

[quote] “Harry Styles, I apologize to you for having your name in my mouth,” he said. “It’s not about you. The conversation is not about you.”

I love this quote for so many reasons:

1) In ostensibly apologizing, Billy is insulting him YET AGAIN by saying he's not in the conversation; and

2) Billy's ego was wounded because Anna and the VOGUE editors, by leaving him off the cover, to his fragile mind told him in effect told him the conversation was not about HIM.

There is no narcissist quite like a toxic narcissist.

[quote] Billy, the fact that you don't get that it's all about the $$ is amazing. You know who buys magazines with Harry on the cover? A bazillion teen girls. You know what they don't buy? Magazines with a random gay man in a dress. See the difference?

But this is all about me, and my needs, and how important I am! How can you not see that? You must be a bitch like Anna Wintour.

R118 see Clarence and Ginni Thomas. Perhaps the best example of all.

Dishonorable mention to Bill Maher.

Billy Porter declaring Harry Styles to be a "straight white man" is VIOLENCE.

You don't know Harry's heart, Billy. You don't get to label Harry. Harry might be a hetero-romantic pansexual. Harry might be a gender-conforming non-binary. Harry might be an undefined queer. Harry might be a gender dysmorphic bi-genitalian pansexuale. Harry might be a white witch from Io. Only Harry gets to declare Harry's identity, Billy. You declaring it for Harry is akin to genocide!

Billy should consider transitioning to STFU.

He bashed America in that article too.

Has Billy ever heard of Divine?

Yes, I have heard of The Divine Miss Porter!

Why does anyone put up with Billy Porter?

I think he and his career are about to find out.

Billy Porter would be fat if he didn’t have the monster. I know I’m awful but check vids of him from the early 90s. He had fat genes. Sorry not sorry. He shouldn’t be so disrespectful and should not have called Anna a bitch.

Give it a rest, Wilma!

Team Harry and Anna.

Divine and Boy George made a huge difference. A lot of little kids had posters of Boy George on their walls in the 80s. Girls would wear a scarf in their hair like he did.

Watching this 40-year-old video of Boy George on Letterman’s late night show, I’m reminded of how likeable and gracious Boy George is.

Billy Porter could learn a thing or two. He’s neither of those things.

He’s doing a good job at burning his career into the ground.

It’s been three years since Harry was on the cover. Give it a fucking rest, bitch. No one cares. And you should stop seething about it.

I also dislike harry styles. This guy got his start in a boy band. I will never take him seriously as a musician or anything else.

R149, the more stupid tattoos he gets and the more bizarre outfits he wears, the more I can't stand him. He's just riding a wave.

That said, Porter seems like a cunt from hell.

And don't get me started on Sam Smith.

Every photo of him looks like someone "zoomed out" on his eyes but the rest of him stayed the same size.

I dislike the manufactured Harry Styles character too, but Billy Porter's accusations are complete nonsense.

Was he great in Kinky Boots? I have only seen him in an episode of SVU (amateurish) and the 4 or 5 episodes of Pose I saw (flat, outperformed by the likeable MJ Rodriguez).

He is so…how you say…extra?

It's a good idea for Billy to keep harping on this, because it might convince Anna Wintour to use her time machine to go back and put that toothpaste back into the tube.

He’s setting an absolute bonfire to his career. Who would be willing work with someone that keeps griping, even years later about things?

Well wtf did he think they'd put on the cover? Him? Sam Smith?

Is Sam Smith popular in the way Boy George was, ie, music magazine covers and posters, or whatever the equivalent is now?

Billy Porter is a pathetic stereotype.

That's not quite the same as being a trailblazer, is it, you greedy, needy egomange boor.

Sorry.

Need a dictionary?

I'm sorry, who is this again?

[quote]Is Sam Smith popular in the way Boy George was, ie, music magazine covers and posters, or whatever the equivalent is now?

No. Boy George was a complete sensation and a popular talk show guest, as well as having many hit singles.

Sam Smith is just a fat man in ill-fitting dresses.

[quote]"You’re using my community — or your people are using my community — to elevate you."

Who elected her to gatekeep community membership?

How inclusive.

I saw Boy George walking through Piccadilly Circus the other week! He actually looked good - quite slim and healthy. He was wearing makeup, one of those bowler-type hats, mainly black clothes, thick-soled designer trainers.

Go back to where you come from, darkie.

Not funny r164.

R163 How dare you open your foul mouth to me, Negress.

Imagine being Billy Porter, someone who has never in his whole life EVER considered saying NOTHING!

Feeling his [italic]soupçon[/italic] of fame slipping away must be terrifying to him, as he considers himself so primary to every topic there is.

Someone needs to hold a seance to bring Sylvester back so he can viciously slap ms. Porter with one of his fabulous fans.

Sylvester was the real deal.

Billy is banned from all future Met Galas.

Meanwhile Harry remains true to his motto of never complain, never explain. Wise beyond his 29 years.

He is sexually frustrated because he wants to fuck Harry. That is all and as crazy and femme as Harry is he is not gay.

Harry has this weird vibe, like he'd either be completely useless sexually, or he'd give you the fuck of your life.

Harry and Bad Bunny tapped into a vein of energy just like Prince had, and would be best not to explain or shame it. I agree they are sexy because they are mostly unattainable to the gay guy, that’s what feeds the attraction.

R171 Harry would let a hot guy blow him. Def not an old borderline fugly hag like Billy tho.

I think Harry has messed around with guys and some people think he was dating his hot personal trainer, Brad Gould, as he took the guy everywhere with him - even to the BRITS earlier this year. Now Harry is dating Canadian actress Taylor Russell and it looks like Brad has moved to LA.

I think if Harry shoved all eight inches of rock hard cock into his face, Billy would sing a different tune.

I'm not a Porter fan at all...and I'm a bit of a Harry fan.... but Billy Porter is Right. Its like how Elvis was crowned King when he himself admitted he learned from a different community. And its still happening.

R176 spell tnuc backwards.

R175 First of all, thank you, generous. Second of all, Billy who? Oh, him. Nope.

Nearly all the Vogue cover stars are under 35 and very attractive. Billy is much too old and ugly.

Billy wishes he was Harry Styles, it's jealousy

Jealousy leads to unhappiness.

LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!