Billy Porter has dismissed critics of his decision to wear his 2019 Oscars dress during his forthcoming appearance on Sesame Street, telling them: “If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.”
A petition to have the episode axed also circulated, accusing the series of trying to “sexualise children using drag queens”.
Rapert ranted on Facebook: “Do you approve of your taxpayer dollars being used to promote the radical LGBTQ agenda?”
“We are demanding the producers of Sesame Street stop this attack on children and their innocence,” said Gualberto Garcia Jones, president of the Personhood Alliance.