Billy Porter Embraces His Music Moment With ‘Black Mona Lisa’: ‘The World Was Not Ready for This in 1997’

Authentically over-the-top and attention whoring?

I don't think 'authentic' is the word he was looking for.

May the holy monkeys descend from the rocks and fling their shit upon you, and their igniting grease fires consume ye.

I am surprised he doesn't have a broken arm for patting himself on the back

He takes himself really, really seriously.

All responses to Billy Porter threads should just be MARY!

Another thread about him?

Embraces or throttles?

“That painting is always relevant and that’s my goal for my legacy”

That KWEEN needs a good, hefty dose of SHUT THE FUCK UP

Do we really need to hear about every single fabulous fart that comes out of this guy?

Stop trying to block Billy's digestive JOY, R10.

Aside from Lainey Gossip and her readers, who is a fan of this twat? Anyone, aside from himself?

His LEGACY!

MARY!

Does he do nothing all day but give interviews all day long, and blather on about how fantastic he is, but the world won't give him credit?

Do these news outlets actually contact him for interviews, or does he spend his days cold calling entertainment magazines and websites?

Hello? Rolling Stone? This is Billy Porter, yes, THE Billy Porter. Do you have a writer who would like to hear the story of how I became the first man in history to suck a cock? YES, I invented gay sex - but no one will give me credit, and now everyone is doing it! The world NEEDS to hear my story!

He's so damn humorless.

Take away the black, take away the gay, and what you're left with is basically... Tina Louise!

R16 - that's an insult to Tina Louise, who actually had a good career on Broadway and other things before Gilligan's Island.

From what I've seen, he's been remarkably lucky to basically play 2 over-the-top gay, black characters - not exactly a stretch for him.

It's the scene-stealing clothes and behavior (none of which are new or unique - a man in a SKIRT!!!) with a complete lack of humility or awareness that is so off-putting - particularly for a man of his age.

Then he pulled out his "This is what HIV looks like" PR piece a couple of years ago - after having it for 14 years. Like he's so brave when he hid it for 14 fucking years. Again - NOTHING new or noteworthy.

Who finds this man entertaining or even someone to emulate or respect? I can't. He could have left good alone, but NO - he wanted ALL the spotlight and just goes too far.

Tina Louise without the glamorous wardrobe.

Narcissists gonna narc

Something tells me "the world" is going to give this disc a hard pass.

Then he can play the victim yet again.

[quote]The World Was Not Ready for This in 1997

We're not ready for it in 2023.

R21 - the world was ready for it back in 1997 - the correct phrasing would be "the world didn't want this" in 1997 and it doesn't want it in 2023 either.

But any slow sales will be blamed on racism and homophobia and people not 'getting him'.

The Black Mona Lisa? This guy?

Mona Lisa is an enigma, a mystery. Clueless of him to appropriate that name.

[quote]“That painting is always relevant and that’s my goal for my legacy”

If by "relevant", she means being a nobody who shows up uninvited to red carpets while wearing a dress and begging for attention, then yes...legacy goal achieved.

[quote] Do we really need to hear about every single fabulous fart that comes out of this guy?

Yes! He is a Datalounge Icon aka a Datalounge Penyata. He lives so that members of Datalounge can project their personal disappointment, shame, loathing and insecurity onto him. It feeds him...and clearly he's in no mood to sit down and shut up.