Lee Daniels Responds To Claims Jussie’s Again On ‘Empire’
Jussie Smollett’s days on Empire are over for good, and Lee Daniels is ensuring no person is confused.
The information was confirmed on Tuesday afternoon when Daniels, the present’s co-creator, responded to a report from Selection that urged Smollett was anticipated to return for the drama’s sequence finale.
“This isn’t factual,” Daniels wrote in response to the tweet. “Jussie will NOT be returning to Empire.”
Whereas Smollett’s dismissal from the present has been rumored for months following his widespread scandal in February 2019, Daniels’ blunt Twitter response is the primary indication that he wouldn’t be again for the concluding episodes of the favored Fox sequence.
The studio beforehand stated in a press release that there have been “no plans” for the embattled actor to return as Jamal Lyon, although his contract had been prolonged to presumably entertain the choice sooner or later.
The primary indicators of Smollett’s exit got here when it was introduced that he was written out of the ultimate two episodes of its fifth season. This information got here following his February arrest for allegedly submitting a false police report the place he claimed he was the sufferer of a hate crime. Although all prices made in opposition to the actor have since been dropped, the town of Chicago is demanding he reimburse them for $130,000 in investigatory charges — a requirement he has refused to see by means of.
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