--- title: Billy Porter Makes Grandest Entrance Yet with James Corden description: Billy Porter, server of looks and no stranger to a grand entrance, made his best appearance yet on James Corden's Late Late Show. canonical: https://time.com/5681214/billy-porter-entrance-the-late-late-show-james-corden/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-19T15:35:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:20.681Z og:title: Billy Porter Makes Grandest Entrance Yet with James Corden og:description: The category is late night realness og:url: https://time.com/5681214/billy-porter-entrance-the-late-late-show-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71ad19e730182779/698a032e011682725b97e3ec/billy-porter-the-late-late-show-james-corden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Billy Porter During London Fashion Week September 2019 - Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Billy Porter Makes Grandest Entrance Yet with James Corden twitter:description: The category is late night realness twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71ad19e730182779/698a032e011682725b97e3ec/billy-porter-the-late-late-show-james-corden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is Billy Porter's Grandest Entrance Yet  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2019 3:35 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Billy Porter attends 'Roksanda S/S 2020' fashion show during London Fashion Week September 2019 London on September 16, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Billy Porter attends 'Roksanda S/S 2020' fashion show during London Fashion Week September 2019 London on September 16, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)Santiago Felipe—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2019 3:35 PM UTC [Billy Porter](https://time.com/5584938/billy-porter-met-gala-2019-look-inspiration/), _Pose_ star and the noted [server of looks](https://time.com/5537621/billy-porter-dress-oscars-2019/) (or should we say [_lewks_](https://time.com/5603960/billy-porter-tonys-2019-red-carpet/)), is no stranger to a grand entrance — just look back at his appearances at [this year’s Met Gala](https://time.com/5581241/met-gala-2019-camp-theme-explained-photos/), every awards season and fashion week. However, Porter really upped the ante with his latest entrance at _The Late Late Show With_ [_James Corden_](https://time.com/5678358/james-corden-bill-maher-fat-shaming/), where his magnificent entrance included a costume change, a musical number, and some mingling with the studio audience. In a clip from the show’s opening moments, Porter is preceded by actress [Kirsten Dunst](https://time.com/4071248/kirsten-dunst-pizza-fargo/), who enters in the usual conventional manner of Corden’s guests. Following Dunst sitting down, Porter makes his grand entrance by walking and wearing a sequined dress, glittery platform boots and a glorious golden cape, sashaying up to the stage before pivoting and returning to the entryway, where he donned a new coat and carried out a bouquet of roses, which he liberally distributed throughout the crowd. As if that wasn’t enough to make a statement, he then joined Corden’s band’s performance by playing the tambourine before being carried in on a litter, in a seeming [nod to his entrance at the Met Gala](https://time.com/5584341/billy-porter-met-gala-2019/), to the stage, where he finally took his place next to Dunst, who fittingly told him: “It’s your show now.” All future hosts should be aware, nobody does late night realness like Billy Porter. 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