this is leslie jordan reporting in for duty.what are y'all doing? this is awful. >> frequent commiserating instagram posts boosted his following from 50,000, to almost 6 million. >> it is still march. how many days in march? >> had a fantastic pandemic from what i could tell, between instagram and books, albums. >> give me a good pandemic, honey, and i flourish. well, well. >> jordan played beverly leslie on the 17 episodes of nbc sitcom, "will & grace." >> a fun little character. be gay as a goose, not admit it. have a sidekick benji my buys associate, if case you're asking. >> karen walker, i thought i smelled begin and regret. [laughter]. >> the show debuted in 1998 at a time when gay characters were barely represented on tv. >> when we look back over it all, "will & grace" would be the turning point. people were allowing these four characters in their living room. some being the first gay person that ever walked into the living room. we walked. we loved. and progress was made. >> you write in this amazing book, how y'all doi