Largely gone is the “I believe him” stance that some of the principal staff for “Empire” put up in the wake of Chicago police determining that actor Jussie Smollett staged a hate-crime against himself. Now, the show’s co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels is blaming Smollett’s antics for the show’s cancelation on FOX.
Speaking with Vulture, Daniels admitted to being “beyond embarrassed” over the fact he initially supported Smollett’s claim of being attacked by two Trump supporters, who eventually turned out to be two black men that Smollett allegedly paid to stage an attack on him.
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