Famous American actor Billy Porter stunned with recognition.

Thus, the repeated Emmy winner, who will play the fairy godmother in the new Cinderella, admitted that he has been living with HIV for 14 years..

The artist shared the shocking news in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter and noticed that he was hiding his diagnosis out of shame that this could happen to him..

He received a positive HIV test in 2007, during an examination of a suspicious rash, and all this time his mother did not know about the diagnosis..

" I tried to live and build a career, but I was not sure if I would succeed if the wrong people found out about it.. For them, this would be another reason for discrimination.. I feel healthier now than ever.

No more stigma - let's get it over with. I lived with a feeling of shame for a long time, I think he will haunt me for a long time. I am sure that now this diagnosis is the first that people will remember when talking about me.. But I don't care. I am much more than this diagnosis. If you do not want to work with me because of your HIV status, you simply are not worth me, "

Now the shocking artist takes medications that allow him to lead a normal life, and visits a doctor every three months..