I had to fight my entire life to get to the place where I could wear a dress to the Oscars,” Porter continued. “I’m not dragging Harry Styles, but… He doesn’t care, he’s just doing it because it’s the thing to do. “I was the first one doing it and now everybody is doing it,” he said. “I created the conversation (about non-binary fashion) and yet Vogue still put Harry Styles, a straight white man, in a dress on their cover for the first time.” “I feel like the fashion industry has accepted me because they have to,” he said. In an interview with British paper The Sunday Times, Porter argued there was a disconnect in the opportunities afforded to him as a Black, gay man and those given to Styles. Billy Porter calling out Harry’s Vogue Cover Everything he once stood for just comes off as manipulation of late, and clearly I’m not the only one who feels that way. Harry Styles And Olivia Wilde: Controversy, Appalling Hidden Truths, & Feminist FailsĪs long as Harry keeps that woman around who shamelessly ditched her fiancé of 7 years to date an employee, and who abandons her children constantly to follow him around the country wearing his merch like a deranged groupie, he will never not look like a hypocrite who employs deceptive marketing tactics to maintain a broad audience. However, can we really give him credit for doing something “brave” or “honest” when he ultimately pulled an extreme 180, erased and overshadowed the openness he attempted last year, and then made himself look like a shallow hypocrite by falling face first into an PR gimmick with an attention whore and pseudofeminist? Still, I would be remiss if I didn’t admit he did try to be “open” and tried to live his truth in late 2019 and early 2020 but I suppose to little avail. Curses! (**shakes fist at the heavens**) I never thought I would feel that way about Harry Styles. Fakers and liars deeply repel me, and they inhibit me from seeing anything positive about the people who exhibit these unforgivable traits. I simply cannot stomach this level of dishonesty. That being: truth is a bitch, truth is a chore, and truth hurts, so let’s hide behind yet another filthy and obnoxious lie. Harry “daring” to be open in 2019 taught him a major lesson, I daresay. Page One: Billy Porter’s Criticism of Harry Styles “The Queerbaiter” Don’t read my stuff if you’re easily offended and quick to defend celebrities who don’t know or care that we exist. Remember, my thoughts don’t have to be yours, and no this isn’t an invitation for you to tell me how wrong you think I am because I simply don’t care.ĭisclaimer: I was gonna put a disclaimer here about this post being harshly critical of Harry at some points, but then I thought, no, phuck off I’m tired of making disclaimers. I want to handle it with care and be fair, but I also want to be totally honest about what I feel and think, and not censor myself for the sake of political correctness.
Disclaimer: This is a convoluted and I hope well-nuanced exploration of a difficult subject.