Billy Porter defends kissing Joe Biden’s hand at Juneteenth event
Joe Biden’s hand, circulated online.Although most people were happy to see the White House marking Juneteenth, some people expressed disappointment to see Porter kissing Biden’s hand.
Some suggested it looked bad to see a Black man bowing to kiss the hand of a White man in power on such an auspicious date. Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Porter, who is slated to soon play the role of James Baldwin in a forthcoming biopic, addressed those comments in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Asked about the backlash to his hand-kissing, he said, “I’m glad that you asked me that question because I don’t respond to internet mess.
My motto is I do not now, nor will I ever, adjudicate my life or humanity in sound bites on social media.“What those social media trolls didn’t know was that I had been invited to the White House that morning to sit on the dais and talk about solutions.
