“Pose” star Billy Porter and husband Adam Smith are divorcing

The couple has been married for six years.

– I can confirm that Billy Porter and her husband, Adam Smith, made the sad decision to end their marriage after six years.

Porter actor Simon Hall tells the magazine the people.

– They came to the decision as friends and together, and it was taken after much thought. He adds that they continue to love and support each other as they embark on this new chapter.

peace 2017

According to People, the couple first met at a dinner party in 2009.

In 2017, they married, just two weeks after Porter proposed to his then-girlfriend in London. In an interview with People, the star, now 53, told why it was so important for him to marry his girlfriend.

We both grew up in homes where we were referred to as an abomination. There was no place for the idea of ​​marriage – it was not something we dreamed about because there was no room for it. It was not made public, as it was very clear, that the marriage was not right for us.

He came forward as HIV positive

Actor and multi-instrumentalist Billy Porter won an Emmy Award for his role as an HIV-positive person on the HBO series “Pose.” He is also known to him Luxurious style on the red carpet.

In 2021, he said in an interview with Hollywood Reporter That he also has an HIV diagnosis in fact.

– I’m alive so I can tell the story. There’s a whole generation gone by, and I’m standing on their shoulders. I can be who I am in this room at this time because of the legacy they left me. It’s time for me to put on my adult pants and talk, he said about why he finally had the nerve to say it.