Award-winning actor Billy Porter has sparked controversy during a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, where he remarked that 'black people have replaced the Jews' while discussing his new leading role on Broadway.
The 55-year-old actor and singer appeared on the network's morning segment on Monday to promote his role as the Emcee in the Broadway revival of the 1966 musical Cabaret.
Cabaret is a dark, provocative classic set in 1930s Berlin that explores the fate of a seedy nightclub and its patrons as the shadow of Nazism begins to fall over the city.
However, for the first time, this new revival will feature three Black actors in its leading roles - a historic casting choice Porter confirmed on Monday.
'This is the first time in the 60-year history that all three of those characters have been African-American in a commercial production,' he said.
