{"id":1978,"date":"2020-01-28T02:31:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=167297"},"modified":"2021-01-31T21:01:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T21:01:33","slug":"billy-porter-grammys-2020-hat-memes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/billy-porter-grammys-2020-hat-memes\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Porter&#8217;s Grammys Hat Was The Subject Of 1,000 Memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_167306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167306\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-167306\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202213322.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; JANUARY 26: Billy Porter attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2020 Grammys were over before they even began with the arrival of Billy Porter.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who has become known for his show-stopping red carpet looks &#8211; let&#8217;s not forget when he was literally carried into the Met Gala by six shirtless men &#8211;\u00a0 wore a blue crystal jumpsuit by Baja East with fringed silver boots and a matching custom hat by Sarah Sokol.<\/p>\n<p>But what really topped things off was his headwear&#8217;s fringe details, which opened and closed like curtains across his face.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167299\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-167299\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-1202156440.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; JANUARY 26: Billy Porter attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When he was asked about his hat by<em> Vanity Fair,<\/em> the <em>Pose<\/em> star joked, &#8220;The crystal curtain stays open, unless you get on my nerves and then I can shut you right out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for how the hat actually works, Porter&#8217;s stylist, Sam Ratelle, told <em>E! News<\/em> that he was carrying a remote control which opened the hat whenever the actor gave him a secret signal.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the internet quickly went into meltdown mode with memes flooding Twitter and Instagram, proving that it&#8217;s Billy Porter&#8217;s world and we&#8217;re just living in it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the cashier at the mcdonald\u2019s drive thru when i pull up  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RTLgLhwVRr\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RTLgLhwVRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; gabe bergado (@gabebergado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabebergado\/status\/1221592410767155203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me getting ready to reply, \u201cper my last email\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ug5QhXwQqd\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ug5QhXwQqd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Glueck (@kevin_glueck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevin_glueck\/status\/1221597240957001728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me: I can\u2019t go out, I\u2019m trying to save money this week<br \/>Friend: wanna go to happy hour?<br \/>Me:<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1bPdx0Fzaw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1bPdx0Fzaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; dunc city (@whduncan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whduncan\/status\/1221597434192769031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me: I hate drama <\/p>\n<p>Also me when there\u2019s drama: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sCyKFgnzZK\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/sCyKFgnzZK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbstryker\/status\/1221589044968058880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We just got to 2020 and Billy Porter is already living in 3020<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uXn1FOkiSX\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/uXn1FOkiSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clayton Cubitt (@claytoncubitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/claytoncubitt\/status\/1221608614961524736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Billy Porter opening the <br \/>ON THE RUN III TOUR 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5qZK4FJoca\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/5qZK4FJoca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; el mar (@EaGrem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EaGrem\/status\/1221616763110141952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":1979,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grammys 2020: Best Memes About Billy Porter&#039;s Remote-Controlled Hat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/billy-porter-grammys-2020-hat-memes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Billy Porter&#039;s Grammys Hat Was The Subject Of 1,000 Memes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2020 Grammys were over before they even began with the arrival of Billy Porter. 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