The Breakfast Membership
Lee Daniels is opening up on his relationship with Jussie Smollett … he says the hoax case actually made issues tough between them — however they’re again on talking phrases.
The co-creator of “Empire” touched on his relationship with Smollett in an look Monday on “The Breakfast Club,” telling Charlamagne Tha God issues are difficult with Jussie.
1/29/2019
Lee says he nonetheless does not know what to imagine by way of Jussie’s hoax hate crime case in Chicago … however he isn’t going to cancel Jussie over his felony conviction.
Jussie was starring in “Empire” when he faked being the sufferer of a hate crime in January 2019 … and Lee says Smollett was like a son to him, a minimum of again then.
3/10/22
WGN
There have been stories in 2020 claiming Lee and Jussie have been not on talking phrases, however now Lee says they’re again to texting once more.
With the strains of communication reopened, Lee says he would haven’t any concern casting Jussie in potential initiatives sooner or later … although it does not sound like a reunion is imminent.
3/16/22
Fox 32 Chicago
Within the meantime, Jussie simply completed his first gig since leaving “Empire” … directing and starring alongside Vivica A. Fox in “The Last Holiday.”
