And ‘Pose’ just really made me have to look at all of it and really ask myself, ‘Do you want to heal and tell a different story or do you want to be in the same quagmire of shame for the rest of your life?'” I think what ‘Pose’ has done is bring to light the unprocessed grief and trauma of an entire generation of people… There’s a lot of guilt - survivor’s guilt - that does nobody good, that must be addressed. “I’m 51-years-old, I lived through the AIDS crisis. “It’s hard to talk about process when in fact the process for me has been living it,” says the actor, who revealed his own HIV-positive status last month. Knowing his character’s fate so early on may have given Porter time to process how he would shoot Pray Tell’s final moments, but he didn’t want - nor need - to dwell on many of the particulars.
Prey tell or pray tell series#
They had a real understanding about where they wanted the show to go early on, so I knew that ultimately whenever, however long the series went, at the end I would not be making it,” Porter tells Variety on the latest episode of the “Awards Circuit” podcast. “I knew in Season 1 that ultimately Pray Tell wasn’t going to make it and Blanca would. This sacrifice resulted in Pray Tell’s death. But when Ricky revealed his own health was deteriorating, Pray Tell pretended he had extra meds but really just gave Ricky his.
Prey tell or pray tell trial#
The ballroom emcee and father figure had quite the journey in the final season, returning to his hometown to make peace with his family and revisit his first love, restarting things with Ricky (Dyllón Burnside) and getting into a clinical trial for new AIDS drugs.
The role also helped the actor break historic ground: When Porter won the lead drama actor Emmy in 2019, for the first season of the period piece, he became only the fifth Black actor and the first openly gay actor to take that trophy.īut unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and “Pose” signed off with a shortened third season that Pray Tell didn’t survive. On FX’s “Pose,” Billy Porter’s character Pray Tell was a beacon of light and love for his friends and chosen family within the ballroom community. SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the series finale of “ Pose.”
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