Amid charges that he orchestrated a fake “racist and homophobic” hate crime against himself in order to further his career, a past interview with embattled former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett has resurfaced as a potential clue about his motivations in allegedly staging the hoax.
The Hollywood Reporter drew attention this week to some loaded comments by Smollett published in a piece by Billboard about seven months before the infamous January 29 “hate crime attack” that captured the nation’s attention.
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