The show's creators and executive producers Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brett Mahoney, Brian Grazer, Sanaa Hamri, Francie Calfo and Dennis Hammer released a joint statement confirming the news in February.
"The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us. Jussie has been an important member of our Empire family for the past five years and we care about him deeply. While these allegations are very disturbing, we are placing our trust in the legal system as the process plays out.
As a fan I'm still wit u jussie.
Who cares i won’t watch if he on it
When is people gonna understand it's not white privelege, it's class privilege. Smollet being dropped of his charges is a perfect example of this.
Bleak.
Not exonerated . Guilty.
He should be written off. Gone.... forgotten. Sick of the lies and fake apology.
I am so sick of seeing his face!!
He has to go
Pretty certain nobody wants to see him again.
You’re dead to me!
Maybe if he lies to the FBI they can then prosecute him.
This did it for me. I will never watch another episode again! Buh Bye 👋🏻 Jussie!
Knowing Hollywood, he'll probably get the role of Mary poppins.
Toast. Burnt toast.
Fade-away,EmpireFOX fading Away
Keep a very close eye on Karma,Best of luck to you?
He SHOULD be fired, but he won't be. He's gonna be seen as some hero, overcoming CPD corruption and the court of public opinion or some other fuckin bullshit like that. He's VERY privileged, he's not going to suffer anything worse than Twitter shit talking his smug ass.
Empire will get a major backlash if they bring him back.
He should not go back no one will watch it !
We should all boycott Empire..the same people fired Rosanne for a few stupid comments that she as a comedienne though were funny. This is a serious hate crime and this monster should not be back to work ever.
The real question is what is Empire’s future like if they take back this criminal?
Should be fired, no?
To bad he didn't shoot some Black person in the back. He would have been aquited of all charges and no one would complain.
Honestly, I never cared for JussieSmollett's character on EmpireFox and I don't think he's all that good of an actor. The show will be much better off without him and his character.
He will not get his job back try McDonald's
None
Fire him
It's ok to put Republicans in jail for lies but let a Hollywood democrook do it and he's freed of all charges
How are they going to drop the charges yet he still had to Forfeit his bond and do community service that means that dude is super guilty but they don't have the right evidence to charge him what a bunch of BS..fuck this guy and every1 with him
He lied and blamed Trump supporters for his socalled ass whopping lied to cops and all media and still democrooks give him get out of jail free card democrooks are great at doing that democrooks corrupt everything
Fire him
Hollywood will celebrate the breakdown of law and give him a raise.
Democrooks showing their power to get their criminals out of jail democrooks like to put Republicans in jail but make sure they free theirs liar criminals double standards
If Trump is still President then Jamal can still be the male whore he is on empire. Nobody was charged and everybody guilty EmpireFox empire
I will not be watching!!!
This POS is done.
Who really gives a damn?
Who cares?
There is a reason he wasn’t on Mighty Ducks 2 with the Olympic squad...just saying
Go away. It’s a horrible actor.
felon liar corrupt criminal
Boycott them
You will be a regular working person as is 80% of the world with the exception of athletes and actors. If you posses any athletic talents to go pro nows ur time. No one may ever hire you outside Hollywood either. Bigots usually don’t get far. You handed urself ur own sentence
Bye bye Hollywood
Regardless of a prosecutor dropping charges to not prosecute, the damage is already done in the eyes of the public. I think the changes in his life that are about to occur will be the equivalent to what any criminal justice system would impose. This guys hollywood days r over
Disgusting!
Fire this pos
The corruption is astounding. I despise Hillary, but she tried to hide what she has done. Now dems are basically saying, you can’t touch us
Not over
Police Union calls for investigation. 👍🏾
God knows👆🏾
Not dropped stop pushing this lie sealed and swept under the rug he was NOT proved innocent
Better question is, what is Empires future? BoycottEmpire .
People arr going to stop watching. Dropping charges was bs. They had all the proof, digital and paper trails. He was let go for who he is. I dont tolerate double stardards, nor do most...no matter who you are. The show will suffer if they dont drop him immediately.
The Feds can sue now, with no worry about double jeopardy. I’d say his problems just started.
Speaking of smug looks...🤔
EmpireFOX WILL BE CANCELLED ….. because US THE VIEWERS don't LIKE how this ALL WENT DOWN IF YOU not GUILTY - PROOVE IT in COURT and IF you don't have ANYTHING to HIDE , DON'T SEAL the PAPERS, right leedanielsent and 20thcenturyfox BoycottEmpire so it's JUST A MATTER of time
He gets killed off in a mugging by nuns!
Kill the character off, or people will boycott the show.
Move on trolls, documents ceased we not privy to all the facts. Let him continue in that roll and may he have a great trouble free future. Unfortunately, the world is so full of hate that he may fall victim to that.
The fbi will question him about the letter and then he’s going to lie to them about the attack.
Several Emmy’s, probably
If he's back on the set, I won't watch again this work!
The left is so damn corrupt.
Next? A new series on how to beat the legal system.
You have to compare what Roseanne said to what smollet did. Smollett is the true racist.
A staring leading role of course.
How about an episode where he hires a couple of guys to fake a racist attack?
I hope nobody decides to teach him what a real hate crime is.
Decisions likely will not be made until the Feds finish their investigation of the threat Jackass mailed to himself.
I plan on boycotting all empire sponsors
lucky he is famous and cops are corrupt to drop charges
There should be no career
Thank God 🙏🙏🙏 🙏🙏
That’s a shady deal😡😡😡😡
Hmm...Dropped...He is Still REQUIRED to Pay for It by Restitution!!...No Walk Away ♡
Run for President?
I don't care loserjussie
Charges dropped but facts remain. He perpetuated a racist fraud. There are 2 eyewitnesses, video of them purchasing products used, cell phone records etc. This is simply corruption at it peak.
A virbrator pulled out of the back door?!
None. He's done.
Well if empire was truthful in saying they support him, I’d guess he should be going back to filming and them releasing the episodes he was featured in.
He'll get his pay raise and will be back in no time. Meanwhile, it's up to the viewers to decide if he deserves any more of our attention.
(whispers to the dog: 'does anyone really care?') (dog answers: 'some might') but then we get back to listening to what really needs to be broadcast live by all networks: The best info on this subject in a long time
Im sure the FBI is not done with him
Killed off Game of Thrones style
Should be the same because he is still guilty of what he was charged with... charges dropped doesn’t mean innocent...
Probably killed off.
Don’t care. It’s over just like the Mueller report
Cancel the show who cares its on the fox network realDonaldTrump
Its not over
HEHE IM A GQY NIPPER
Charged by the FBI for federal offenses
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