Joel Kim Booster Responds to Billy Eichner's Comments About LGBTQ+ Movies

“Oh woof. I’ve been in the desert for 10 days with no phone so I’m not entirely sure what happened, but I feel like I should say: Billy was my first comedy boss, is my friend and has supported me in countless ways in the process of making Fire Island and ultimately our movies have very little to do with each other,” he wrote.

“It seems like he was pretty inarticulate in his excitement about his movie getting a theatrical release, which is really f–king cool and something I’m sure the studio and his publicist is making him constantly talk about. God knows I’ve said plenty of dumb shit without a publicist’s help. I’m so proud of my movie and all the people who helped make it happen and am so grateful it was accessible to so many people on streaming, and don’t see it as any less valuable because of that,” he continued.

“That being said, I’m also excited to see Bros on the big screen and wish Billy nothing but the best. I truly hope you can enjoy both or neither of our movies without pitting them against each other (even though that is obviously a very fun thing to do and basically what gay Twitter was created for). I’ve spoken to Billy and we’re cool, and I’m way too busy reading my 769 unread text messages and writing jokes about Burning Man to focus on this, so that’s a wrap for me. Thank you to everyone for being so supportive, that’s really cool.”

Find out more about what Billy said, and what he clarified afterward.