I spent a lot of time watching a lot of my friends not make it to 30. I spent a lot of time in those hospital rooms on the other side, on the healthy side. “ I called on the memory of the people I lost, specifically,” Porter says. The episode was especially meaningful for Porter as someone who witnessed friends die from AIDS at a young age. While there he encounters the ghosts of his past and ultimately resolves it’s “not my time” to pass on.
In Episode 6, titled “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” Pray Tell collapses from the effects of AZT and goes to the hospital to recover. SEE Will Billy Porter (‘Pose’) be the first to achieve this Emmys feat since Bryan Cranston a decade ago? It’s life-altering.” Watch the full video interview with Porter above. “ I’m so grateful to have lived long enough to see the day where I can be a part of this. “As a 50-year-old queer man who came out in the ‘80s, there’s no context for ‘Pose.’ There was no context to dream about a character like Pray Tell,” Porter states in an exclusive new interview with Gold Derby. As such, Porter is breaking ground in ways he did not witness in media growing up. He also performed his very first sex scene at the age of 49 a few episodes later. Billy Porter came upon some new challenges while playing emcee Pray Tell on Season 2 of FX’s “ Pose.” The reigning Emmy-winning actor saw his character confront his own mortality during an extended stay at the hospital in an episode that hit close to home.
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