Wayne Brady says Billy Porter helped him by telling him to ‘shut up’

Wayne Brady will be forever grateful for the “beautiful conversation of pep” that his boyfriend Billy Porter gave him when he was going through a difficult period of his life.

The host and actor of the game game show at the Emmy Emmy opened the moment Laid Star encouraged him to resume his role as fabulous Drag Queen Lola in the winning musical of Tony Boots And refused to let Brady talk about the occasion.

“We were sitting behind the scenes, and I will never forget Billy to have said that – then thank you, Billy, if you ever see that,” said Brady during a recent visit to the Monet speaks with monet x change podcast. “It was at this moment that I was not in a very good place in my life. I felt very trapped. I felt trapped – and it will seem if the first world, so I do not want to see this out of its context by someone who publishes it on Shade Room or some S — – [but] I was trapped by the success of certain things. »»

Brady explained that at the time, he thought he had become better known in the world as a presenter of CBS ‘ Let’s make an agreement And that it meant that it would not be considered for other projects outside the traditional sphere games game.

“‘People just see me like this thing now, and people speak Who line [Is It Anyway?] All the time. I have all these other things I do, blah, blah, blah, I am trapped, I cannot do these other projects, “he confessed, recalling his low moment.” I just lost my voice because of Let’s make an agreement… I was really dark. I was in a very dark and dark place. “”

In an effort to cheer up, Brady came out and saw Boots – A production he loved and for which he had previously auditioned – and spent a little time with Porter.

“I’m sitting behind the scenes talking to Billy, and he’s like” you know, they are looking for someone [to replace me]And I think you should do it ”, “recalls Brady.” I got it. I said to myself: ‘No, guy, I mean, I would love – the role is incredible – but I can’t do that. No one will accept that I do it. I’m just the game of the game. Now I do Myself the game guy – I was the Who line Guy, then I was on sitcoms, and I can’t even have the dreams I want because blah, blah, blah, pity, pity me. ‘”

But wearing was not interested in launching a party of pity on him. “He’s like, ‘Wayne Brady, shut up … I’m telling you, [you] need to do [this]”” Said Brady. “Billy just gave me this beautiful speech of encouragement. I was in tears. I said,” You know what? Let me see. “”

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Later, he asked his agent to examine the casting opportunity and was surprised to discover that it was in fact the fastest call of all time “before production was fully on board.

“Advance fast, they ask me to go out, and they hadn’t heard me, but they made me sing slightly,” recalls Brady, explaining that he really auditioned. “They were like,” hey, it is not a hearing, but what happens if you came to a room with a piano and you met the creatives and sung these songs? “”

And the rest, as Brady noted, is the story. After all his sorrow, the 53 -year -old actor resumed the role of Lola to wear in March 2015 and remained in the production of Broadway for a whole year before his possible departure in March 2016.

However, it was not the last time he put the six -inch dazzling heels of the Drag Queen. Brady returned like Lola for a limited -term commitment to Boots In 2018, taking up the part of Harrison Ghee.

Listen to Brady, remember the conversation of Pep which changed the life of carrying in the podcast above.