Billy Porter is “free of shame.” In his new memoir, Unprotected, the 52-year-old shares the darker side to his seemingly picture-perfect life as the star of FX‘s Pose and Kinky Boots on Broadway.
He told USA Today that he began unpacking the trauma he suffered, including his stepfather raping him as a boy, during the pandemic.
“I really, really, really have needed this past year to work on myself and try to become a better person,” Porter says in an interview with USA Today.