Billy Porter won't be making a splash at the 2026 Met Gala. The Pose actor was asked in a recent interview whether he would attend the upcoming event and explained why he wouldn't be on the iconic steps on the first Monday in May. Billy Porter is famous for his fashion sense. By: ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA "No, I'm not going," Porter told a shocked Bevy Smith on her SiriusXM show Bevelations. "I have not been invited. I haven't been invited back since 2019. That's the only time I've ever gone, and the only time I've ever been invited, and I was invited by Ryan Murphy that year.