Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert has announced he wants to pull the plug on PBS after learning that Billy Porter has filmed an appearance on Sesame Street.
Porter appeared on the set of the show last week. Photos posted to social media show the actor wearing his infamous tuxedo dress that he wore to the Academy Awards last year. Neither Porter nor the producers of Sesame Street have released further details about the actor’s appearance.
Nevertheless, the idea that a gay man in a dress would appear on the iconic children’s show is apparently too much for Rapert, who has announced he wants to “pass a bill to cutoff all funding for the rebroadcast of PBS programming through [Alabama’s PBS affiliate] AETN and also stop all funding for AETN altogether if necessary.”
On Facebook, Rapert also posted the question: “Do you approve of your taxpayer dollars being used to promote the radical LGBTQ agenda?” alongside a picture of Porter.
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At the time of this writing, neither Sesame Street nor Porter has commented on Rapert’s proposed actions. We have to wonder if Rapert even realizes the show already features gay characters: the famed puppet duo Bert & Ernie.
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Josh447
Men in dresses are much more annoying than gay people.
Bob LaBlah
Well said, honey. Especially in this case. Talk about overkill girl here is it.
Harley
I thought that tuxedo dress was flawless.
Kangol2
GOP Senator Rapert sounds like a total snowflake, triggered AND hot and bothered. He’s probably staring lustily at a screenshot or several of Billy Porter in that fab outfit as we read this article.