Hello and welcome to another episode of I Way with Jimmy Lidjamount. Thank you for joining me again. I hope you're well. I myself am fine.

I am concerned. I'm a little bit freaked out because last week I told you I dared to say this out loud.

I said that I was starting to find great comfort as a socially anxious person in lockdown and that I was ill almost even.

No, I fully admitted to the fact that I was afraid of being unleashed back out into the world because I'm I am a socially inept person who just prefers stinking alone in my underpants.

I didn't see it coming that a couple of days after I said that it would be announced by the mayor of LA where I am currently living that he's extending lockdown here for another three months at least.

I'm so very much so be careful what you wish for, but also not that I think I have this kind of power. I would still like to formally apologize for even saying that out loud for putting that out into the universe.

If I have in any way jinxed us, I'm sorry because I really thought it was going to be over soon and been keeping me up at night worrying I've had anything to do with it.

Obviously, I never wanted this for anyone else just me personally because you know I'm a sort of naturally lonely twat.

Anyway, for those of you who are now still in lockdown for longer than you'd anticipated, I hope that you have coping mechanisms, I hope you have support systems, I hope you have some sort of access to some sort of therapy.

I hope you have good good carbs around you and and and batteries.

You must have batteries for all of your sex toys. These are the sort of thoughts that I have day to day.

I'm particularly happy to have today's guest on especially at this point in lockdown because he's a very strong and inspiring and motivational human being.

He is the actor, singer, writer, director and Broadway star, fashion icon, Billy Porter.

I'm so lucky that he made time to chat with me. His story is just remarkable and he's lived such a long and full and interesting and textured life, which he tells me all about in great detail.

I did not remember and this is my mistake to trigger warning last week's episode with Roxanne Gay where we discussed briefly some graphic sexual violence.

But I'm into remember to do that today. Billy and I again very briefly discuss something abusive that happened to him in his childhood that might be triggering for anyone.

So if you are someone who has is sensitive around those sort of issues, then I would warn you to maybe step away from this episode.

But outside of that, it is just a joyous, funny and inspiring galvanizing, just treat over chat.

I really feel changed since speaking to him. He goes off from one point and I'm on a five minute motivational rant at me about the work that we have to do as human beings to better our own lives and how we must take control.

And his words have just stuck with me and I find myself more motivated and driven than I have seen myself in years.

So I hope this episode has the same impact on you and I hope you fall in love with Billy the way that I did.

He really is just such a special star and we're so lucky to have someone like him be able to share such a remarkable story with such strength and clarity.

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