Billy Porter 'I have to sell my house because of the strikes'

Hasn't he invested any of his money? he's been working for years! Perhaps he can sell his priceless pearls and jewels.

Lots of bored publicists out there.

Maybe he should sell that ridiculous ‘get-up’ he has on. We all know he has more clown suits like that one in his house.

He should sell all of his clothes first.

Not all of them, R4. I'm not interested in what's under there.

[quote]Hasn't he invested any of his money?

Popeye's and escorts just aren't returning dividends as they used too.

If you need to sell your house after three months of not working, you are living so far outside your means that it's a wonder you didn't have to get a visitors visa.

Now, if you're selling because you think the real estate market is slow and you believe you'd need to sell at the 1 year mark, so are putting it on the market now, then you're prudent.

Is there a question which one of these applies to Porter?

"he’s dressed to the nines in silver and copper-striped kaftan and six-inch-heeled, knee-high Rick Owens platform boots."

A fucking Kaftan!

I need more attentionnnnmmmmmmmmmnnnn!

She so full of shit.

MORE ATTENTION, PLEASE!

The poors are so tiresome.

I wonder what all the photographers and editors think when for some evil reason they are forced to deal with a Billy Porter photo shoot. He never EVER EVER looks glamorous. It must be such a grisly gig for everyone involved.

Don't get me wrong, I know not all actors are rich, not even close. But that quickly? Or is he simply trying to smartly get out ahead of the curve and have some cash in hand if things don't get sorted out quickly? Or is it all BS and he just wants attention?

Maybe the real reason he's broke is the divorce.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah he's divorcing. He's probably been blowing money left and right for the last couple of years because he had a husband to fall back on.

What a narcissistic bitch. Stay in London, you fucking POS. Because you'll never get the "O" in EGOT. And your husband is lucky he made it out alive. Now fuck off.

But he IS James Baldwin, R17.

Good but they’ll probably have to burn the house down due to you trashing it and your meth labs

"The stage and screen legend"?

In his own mind.

R12 I thought that was Jennifer Hudson for a moment. 😂

[quote]The stage and screen legend

No.

Stage and screen LEGEND? Oh, my sides!

He is a legend. Also, I don’t think he’s broke as much as thinking long term. And needing attention

He's NOT a legend.

Typical new money Queen spending all his money on a bunch of luxury goods and ephemeral crap. Zero substance, just a dumb facade.

Maybe he can move into the Big Brother house and be best pals with Frankie Grande

Didn't he literally just wrap up his Black Mona Lisa Tour - Part I?

Must not have done so well.

Bow down, bitches - BOW DOWN.

Squeezing out a tear. Nah, it's stuck.

Being exhausting isn’t a good investment. At least long term.

I was gonna go to work but there were the strikes

(ohh, ohh)

I just got a new promotion but there were the strikes

(la da da da da)

Now I'm selling dope and I know why

(why man?)

Because of the strikes

Because of the strikes

Because of the strikes

She should get a part time job, to pay her mortgage. I could see her working in the plus size women’s department at Macy’s.

In 2019 or 2020 Billy and the husband bought a house in Bellport together after renting elsewhere in the Hamptons. Neither can probably afford to buy out the other so they have to sell. They probably have a rented apartment in the city, at least this is the only house I can find him ever mentioning in the media.

Bitch got nowhere to live...

Billy Porter homeless? FINALLY some good news from this strike!!

I've known Billy a long time and she spends like crazy. Once said to me while swinging the hoop earrings and gesticulating "Bitch that shit goes in my one hand and right out the other" referring to money of course. He once begged me in tears to let him have $200.00, he was overdrawn at the bank.

Holy Shit, why have I never seen the video at R35 before! The Nineties were a trip!

What a strange interview. Seems the reporter’s only response to somebody who sounds high at breakfast time is to go: yaaasss kween.

Song at R35 👍🏻👏

You SELL that house, Gurl!!

Boo Hoo, Molly Maid is hiring english speakers gurl , hop to it toots !!!

Doesn't he have a rich friend he could guilt into giving him the money?

[quote]The stage and screen legend talks to Craig McLean about his trailblazing career,

LOL!!

He’s not having to sell shit due to a strike. He’s a stupid drag queen that likely still brings his pat to check cashing centers. He burns through everything and I’m guessing the husband kept them afloat while this stupid queen played dress up and flounced around New York like he was some serious screen legend.

It's back to working the car wash with this gurl!

Billy Porter doesn't have any tv offers pending at all! What shows might he be talking about? He's been doing his kooky stage show, or at least he was. I doubt he's selling enough tickets to go on with it!

Billy's "Pose" hype was a MOMENT and the show cratered after barely 25 episodes, which in the old days would have been exactly ONE season. The fact that he was surrounded by some of the worst scripts and lousiest acting on television didn't help, did it?

Who does Billy Porter think he is, Eartha Kitt?

[quote]Billy Porter doesn't have any tv offers pending at all! What shows might he be talking about? He's been doing his kooky stage show, or at least he was. I doubt he's selling enough tickets to go on with it!

Billy's tour was selling deeply discounted tickets on Goldstar, the ticketing service for when you need to get warm bodies into seats cheap.

R34 Bellport is a neat area.

Love the man.

It sounds like an excuse to sell while he can. I wonder if they factored pity into the asking price.

She live above her means. Poor dear

[quote]Once said to me while swinging the hoop earrings and gesticulating

DWTS is calling, Billy.

The character at R53 was appropriate for the actor, and well done and amusing sometimes. Billy Porter could be a better entertainer if he let go of the ego more often.

This echos a heartfelt concern post circulated on social media that a well-known pop artist was in financial ruin.

Someone had assembled photos of him over the years, and in every photo he was wearing diverse and fabulous jewelry and large-logo luxury brands.

Concern turned to indifference.

He ought to sell that getup to the Liberace Museum.

Billy could do a tv movie "The Jennifer Lewis Story" and get a lot of press!

[quote] Billy Porter could be a better entertainer if he let go of the ego more often.

It's like asking Chrissy Metz to put down the pork chop.

He could always do Kinky Boots at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre.

Boo fucking hoo.

He has become uglier and uglier as he has aged.

Could not finish his autobiography…so narcissistic and overbearing…I deleted it from my Kindle.

I was going to say, it wasn't that long ago that he was on Gayle King's Morning Show starring Gayle King that he was hawking that book. Did he make no money off of that?

Not sure r64. But he should have let someone else write it. His tremendous ego skewered the story. Everyone else was wrong and he was right ALL THE TIME…

[quote] “Write something good about me. Make me sound intelligent, and thin, and important,” he instructs.

I LOVE Billy!!! He is completely unbothered by you broke hoes!

[quote] If you need to sell your house after three months of not working, you are living so far outside your means that it's a wonder you didn't have to get a visitors visa.

Yes, bitch!!! When you are ON STRIKE and have NO money coming in, you have NO means. You'd better hope the Old Whore's Union keeps those pension pennies coming, Ho!

[quote] Didn't he literally just wrap up his Black Mona Lisa Tour - Part I?

[quote] Must not have done so well.

The show was FABULOUS! The style and presentation of the show was top-notch and not cheap. He is a born entertainer. However, the venues he played were too big. So he played to Ben Platt-capacity audiences. He could have lost some revenue there.

R35, you is truly evil for plucking my fav 90s house track out of oblivion and posting it here just to shade Billy.

[quote] 'I have to sell my house because of the strikes'

Tough shit William or Bill or Billy or Billie or whatever the hell you are

He is probably bored shitless out there by himself and longs to move back to Manhattan. It’s a good occasion to position himself as a victim/heroine.

That said, he could be good in “Baldwin”.

Will no one think of the children?

“Black Mona Lisa”

This means absolutely nothing. It refers back to nothing. The Mona Lisa has nothing to do, are in common with this embarrassing old gay man.

Do you think he’d been running around with this name in his head since childhood and he just knew it sounded really fierce and edgy and was waiting to use it his whole life? The only thing he seems to do is dress up in vampy women’s clothing and “pose” for photos.

Union-hating DL queens are the fucking worst. You work for our enemies.

There’s probably a mortgage on the property.

Well, he could always become a contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race. He already has the look and the disposition...

BUMP

Oh honey. Sell that house that's probably too much for you, sell all the crap you don't need & downsize. The rest of us peons would have to do that, also if we didn't have money coming in.

FYI: Most people in LA don't have more than 3 months' salary bubble liquid in the bank.

R71-Sure. If he could really act.

Honey, buy an RV.

What is "house"?

More coverage. The strike has been going for a month, not months. How can he be in a position that he has to sell it already and seemingly needs it to be sold quickly?

Not exhausting at all. 😓 says no one.

I wonder if even his mother finds him too needy.

Yeah what paycheck has been lost to Billy because of this strike? Why is he living month to month?

Starved me out? He really really needs to Go Fuck Himself.

[quote] Someone had assembled photos of him over the years, and in every photo he was wearing diverse and fabulous jewelry and large-logo luxury brands.

Billy Porter’s disturbing and off putting fashion style apparently doesn’t come cheap.

Large logo luxury brands? Seriously a black person wearing large logo luxury brands? As rare as hens teeth!

So sad, too bad, Miss Billy.

[quote][bold]diverse [/bold]and fabulous [bold]jewelry[/bold]

When I did it, you all called me a racist!

Ms. Porter should have managed her finances more reasonably and lived within her means.

R91. Is that some sort of racist, nonbinary, pansexual, trans, gender dysmorphia criticism against my community who has never been represented until I came along?

R92 No, Ms. Porter. It's just my way of saying you're a complete fuck-up.

I just saw this bitch living it up on Sitges two weeks ago.

I am surprised he is broke. Wasn’t he on TV shows? He’s too old to be living on the edge.

[quote] Not exhausting at all. 😓 says no one.

I'm more exhausted by y'all. Claiming to be exhausted with Billy but blowing up threads and living for his every utterance.

Please, don't start an OnlyFans!

[quote] I am surprised he is broke. Wasn’t he on TV shows? He’s too old to be living on the edge.

He's not Datalounge-broke. He is crying poor publicly because he is in the midst of a divorce and wants to be on record as struggling. The reality is he is fine but doesn't want to have to give his ex HALF of all his heels, handbags, gowns and "jewelries."

McDonald’s is hiring.

100!

Oh God, you'd think to listen to him he was going back to being a fucking sharecropper in Mississippi

[quote]McDonald’s is hiring.

But Burger King is not.

He can't sell all those high-quality pearl necklaces in OP's photo?

Miss Thing, Miss Thing, Miss Thing, Miss Thing

She had to pawn her diamond ring

And went on down to Burger King

But found they weren't hiring.

Those are probably just costume jewelry r103. Like Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar gown that was supposed to be made with real pearls but when the gown was stolen one of the thieves pulled one of the beads off took it to a jeweler and it turned out it was a a real pearl but a glass bead.

Billy should be like Bette Davis in "The Star" and go get a job at Bullock's Wilshire!

Someone actually married him?

You mean to tell me this Bozo (who I assumed is a millionaire) is ALREADY homeless a few months into the strike? He doesn't have enough money saved up where he could work with his accountant to live modestly but comfortably for a year AT THE LEAST? Can't he rent out the home temporarily to generate income? Is there no stage work? A new podcast? Endorsements somewhere? A loan that can be taken out on the home or against future wages for projects he's already signed off on?

None of this makes any sense! 🤷🏽‍♂️

My dearest Billie;

A little mayo slathered on that ham saves a lady at the oddest of times.

Poor, destitute Billy could clean houses until his ship comes in.

(There's always a way.)

Poor Miss Porter. All

No emergency fund, Billy?

Billy is Woman King 2!

Billy and ex husband.

I anxiously await Billy's Poshmark live auction!

Are we supposed to feel bad for these actors? Because I don’t. You are an actor, so that’s all you can do. Get another job. So sorry to take you away from your red carpets and expensive parties. And your pat on your back ceremonies.

He must’ve spent a small fortune on the ridiculous shit that he wears on the red carpet.

Those outfits looked like arts and crafts projects made with hot glue guns.

His outfits were made by drag queens and theater friends and he blew thousands on them. At his core , he’s a poor drag queen who achieved some level fame, mostly for being a gay minstrel. Sadly, he’s not an educated man or very smart and clearly has no idea how to handle money. He’s Ru Paul with more talent but an abundance of ignorance .

The ex husband is kinda cute. What do we know about him? Who has had him?

[quote] Sadly, he’s not an educated man...

Well, he did graduate from Carnegie Mellon, but I get your point. Being bad with money is a classic self-sabotage tell. It works as a great overall excuse for mayhem and victimhood.

He can always come back to the plantation and pick cotton wearing his fagotry and pearls.

It’s going to drag on much longer than anyone thinks, and if I were Billy, I’d be more concerned about losing my health insurance and a person living with HIV. This standoff will redefine the next 30 years of entertainment.

Putting the focus on executive pay is misguided, the industry needs a third neutral party to evaluate terms and conditions because both parties are being unreasonable and overreaching. The corporations need to disclose current and future contracts and agree not to create shady “workarounds” later. They also need to create a marketplace for “duds”, where shelved or unpopular productions could be resold or redesigned and keep existing agreements intact rather than cutting them to the wind. Recycling and repurposing content becomes a huge power play in the future.

At issue is none of the streaming platforms are retaining substantial numbers. The idea of “royalties” must die. Instead, each production should be treated more like a self contained business or trust, paying dividends and entering licensing agreements yet separate from either party.

AI should and will likely be used dynamically to reinvigorate old media, THIS is why royalties and old contracts won’t work and an all-encompassing solution needs to redefine the industry as we know it. I don’t see AI as developing media itself.

I’m not surprised at all.

Who are his fans? To me he’s a public figure with a lot of overhead to pay.

It was likely the ex husband’s largesse of a deposit needs to be repaid and marital assets unwound, and he’s LOATHE to admit this publicly.

This proves my strategy is working

I’m sure he felt super ‘empowered’ when he revealed his HIV status, it’s a very easy thing to do when you feel emboldened and powerful. But now I’m guessing he wants to kick himself in the teeth for running his mouth like that. It’s one thing to be all poz-proud when you have a husband and feel famous. It’s quite another with you’re on the ropes and have 99 other problems you’re trying to deal with. He’s an iconic idiot and simpleton and I hope he finds his way out of it, and maybe comes out of it a little more gracious.

I bet the husband owns the house and is selling it to close the door on some really bad choices.

Billy is just making things up to save face.

Sadly it doesn't seem to be working.

He has to sell his house because he’s getting divorced and bitch is getting half his assets.

R129, chances are very good that Porter's "husband" is worth much more and is more successful than Billy.

The husband/ex-husband in Adam Smith and is co-owner of "Native Ken" eyewear which he apparently bought into in recent years. According to his LinkedIn page, he's also the owner/designer for "The Smith Society" that makes "evolutionary swimwear" which really must be seen to be believed. I now GET why he was once attracted to Billy Porter. His mens swimwear make those International Male designs look like a 1970s Sears catalogue. Mr Smith clearly appreciates the black male form as you can see on his website. But those sissy-boy bathing suits? MARY!!! (His site may need it's on thread actually.)

Not sure if he's loaded but he definitely seems to have it together and have a sense of business and responsibility. And as others have said, I'm not getting the impression that Porter talks a lot and that the husband likely floated a lot of his extravagance. Even more sad considering that Billy Porter is over a decade older than his entrepreneurial and business-savvy husband.

[quote]...the industry needs a third neutral party to evaluate terms and conditions because both parties are being unreasonable and overreaching.

Aha! Another braindead "both sides" moron is gracing us with his brilliant take on things! I guess being paid for your work enough to have health insurance is "unreasonable"! Who knew?

David Zaslav made over half a million dollars a day last year! Don't give me your stupid "it's not about executive pay" bullshit! You're not a SAG-AFTRA member and you clearly know NOTHING!

What the fuck are you going on about R132? Are you the same asshole who's going from thread to fucking thread screaming about people being MAGATS and racists? I've seen your psychotic "both sides moron" in multiple threads now and you need to be red tagged for making the site miserable and nearly dysfunctional. Now fuck off and take your medication, vile shit stirring, tin-hat cunt.

Billy could be an insufferable waiter with an overdose of bitchy attitude..

(And then get fired.)

R131, Racerback Cabana Thong is something Sam Smith would wear.

The nearly ruched spandex above the junk is simply divoone.

Billy always has that same (resting bitch) face.

Isn't that pretty much the definition of resting bitch face?

R133, you've seen nothing, and you know nothing.

Simmah Down Now!

He should never have dropped out of Clown College.

Racerback Cabana thong emphasizes the hips of fat shores.

I meant “whores” :)

Damn. I got excited about the Smith Society fashions but alas, no caftans.

Billy once showed up as a hanger-on with a group of nobodies to a New Year's Eve party at Doris Roberts place on Central Park South. He was the biggest bitch in the room in a room full of celebs. Nobody wanted to talk to him, so he left. Nobody cared.

Bitch, please.

R104 Okay. Normally I hate your guts. But THAT was funny.

He can always sell that Emmy he didn’t deserve.

R144, A bigger bitch than Doris Roberts?

This guy exhausts me. So overexposed. Please go away for 5 years, Billy. We have had sufficient.

The things she has to do to make a buck

“ICON Jack Mizrahi”

“ICON Dashawn Wesley”

LOL! WHO?!

r150, thanks for the find, they had me until "Great fun"!

Is Billy a "they?"

It is an IT, r153.

r135, I absolutely LOVE THAT TANKINI!!!

H., buy me one of those!!

The suit looks as if it hurts your giblets.