Billy Eichner‘s big breakthrough came from the frantic and funny Billy On The Street, a series in which he was known for shouting furiously at anyone and everyone who crossed his path.
Well, he channeled some of that Billy On The Street energy last night on stage at MTV’s Video Music Awards when we was brought out to introduce a musical performance form Panic! At The Disco.
Never has that exclamation mark felt so appropriate.
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Looking fantastic in a sheer black top (running around New York yelling at strangers is great cardio), Eichner kicked things off by hyping up his highly anticipated movie, Bros. Despite having a mic in hand, the star began to yell at full volume about his history-making flick.
He reminded everyone that it’s the “first gay rom-com ever made by a major studio” and “the first where every role is played by an openly LGBTQ actor.” And the crowd went wild.
And things only got louder from there as Eichner began to spin his movie plug into a tirade against the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade—and threatened to do the same for same-sex marriage.
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— Video Music Awards (@vmas) August 29, 2022
“And I need you all there in theaters on September 30 because we need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas…” he shouted, pausing for applause and to catch his breath. “… And all the homophobes on the Supreme Court that we want gay love stories and we support LGBTQ people!”
The guy sure knows how to promote a movie!
“And we are not letting them drag us back into the last century!,” he continued in his outside voice. “Because they are in the past, and Bros is in the future!”
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In other words, heading to the movie theater to see Bros is a form of activism!
We joke, but it was great to have someone take to that stage and call out the hateful, regressive decisions of the Supreme Court so directly. Especially in a VMAs show that otherwise made time for things like an uncomfortable Johnny Depp cameo and otherwise existed in a weird moral grey area.
With Bros hitting theaters just a little over a month away, we imagine this is just the first of many impassioned press stops Eichner will be making, and we’re eager to see him keep up the momentum. We just hope he remembers to get some vocal rest every now and again.
Bros hits theaters on September 30. You can watch its official trailer below.
GayEGO
I will betcha Clarence Thomas hides in the closet to have his fun!
Bengali
I don’t think Clarence has a legal marriage. He’s married to a Sasquatch and i don’t think that’s legit.
MISTERJETT
clarence is not the only one he could have named. for instance that Florida governor desantis. there are so many i can’t name them all here, but they know who they are.
Just.my.opinion
I agree with him, but I still find Billy Eichner obnoxious. I just can’t help it.
Cam
When the right wing troll account is trying to rehab one of it’s screenames, it will come in, tepidly “agree” that some bigot is bad, before attacking an out of the closet LGBTQ person.
Ronbo
Cam, can anyone have an opinion different from yours and NOT be your paranoid “screename” bad guy? Your demands seem an awful lot like how tRump behaves. Are you intentionally emulating tRump trying to build a gay wall to divide regular gays from your klan of extremist gays? The world is full of variety – trying to eliminate the variety seems rather Republican and conservative.
Celebrate that we are everywhere and anywhere, rather than hating us for being somewhat different. Hate is not our family value – it’s tRump’s.
ondaboat0069
Promo looks boring and bitchy. Count me out
Rock Star
I think this looks like a fun movie, so there.
CNY1983
not my thing, and not because of bowen yang.
but good luck to it.
Jimmynj
Clarence Thomas is a repugnant creature and his horse faced wife is as equally repugnant. He has not business being on the Supreme Court and she belongs in prison for her attempts to overthrow a free and fair election.
Ronbo
THIS!
Although calling his wife “horse faced” is a unnecessary. Ginny’s truly repugnant from the inside out.
alexpof
seems like he basically shouts and screams all the time whether he is “acting”, conducting or giving and interwiew