Exclusive: Billy Porter wants to clarify about the 'shade' he was throwing at RuPaul.
star made history as the first openly gay black man to win in a lead actor category as he"You know, I'm so grateful to live long enough to see the day where a queer black man can stand up in front of the world and say, 'I'm here. I'm not going nowhere. So get used to it,'" Porter told ET's Kevin Frazier backstage after taking home the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
The 50-year-old actor used his acceptance speech to open up about the importance of self-acceptance. That's what he focused on after his win when asked about Madonna and"Child, please! I'm not even thinking about her. I love Madonna. I'm not thinking about her. This is about us now. This is about us," he shared."Season two was about the reclamation of all of that stuff. There's no hard feelings. Madonna has been an LGBTQ ally. We love, we love, we love Madonna.
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