Billy Porter Shares Update After Near-Fatal Sepsis Battle

Billy Porter feels good to be back. 

After a minor infection turned into a terrifying sepsis ordeal that left the Pose star in a coma, he shared how it felt to be back in his element nearly a year later. 

“I was on my death bed for three days in a coma on an ECMO machine,” Porter told E! News’ Keltie Knight in an exclusive interview at Christian Siriano’s NYFW show Sept. 10. “Coming out of that, I’m a whole new person. I feel like I was always on the right path but even more so now.”

Indeed, Porter—who sat front row at the show alongside Brandy, Evan Rachel Wood and Tiffany Haddish—emphasized he’s putting all ten toes down into the strut he calls life. 

“The things I believe in,” he explained. “How I show up, it’s even more grounded.”

Despite the terrifying near-death experience, Porter admitted it felt “overwhelming” to receive such support and love throughout his year of recovery.