The 'Pose' star will appear alongside Elmo and friends in his legendary Christian Siriano ensemble, which he first rocked at the 2019 Academy Awards.
: “This 62-year-old grandma loves it! Billy rocks whatever he’s wearing with confidence.”
Others, however, felt differently. After “Sesame Street” announced Porter’s appearance, right-wing news outlet LifeSite News launched a petition calling for the show’s producers to scrap the episode. “Parents are fed up with the hyper-sexualization of their children, and they expect children’s programming to be a neutral zone,” read the petition, which called Porter a “drag queen” and had more than 9,800 signatures as of Friday afternoon.
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