Fox renewed its hip-hop musical drama"Empire" for a sixth season on Tuesday, but the network said it has"no plans" to bring back Jussie Smollett, the embattled actor who was accused of staging a hate crime by police.
"By mutual agreement, the studio has negotiated an extension to Jussie Smollett’s option for season six, but at this time there are no plans for the character of Jamal to return to 'Empire,'" Fox Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV said in a joint statement.“We've been told that Jussie will not be on Empire in the beginning of the season but he appreciates they have extended his contract to keep Jamal’s future open," a spokesperson for the actor said.
Henson, Howard and other co-stars reportedly issued a letter to the show's producers earlier this week, begging the network to keep Smollett on board. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office said it dropped criminal charges against Smollett to focus its resources on violent crimes, a move that sparked backlash from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the police department.
See ABC News this is the kind of headline you guys ruined your reputation using. You act as if there was an actual hate crime perpetrated on him. That is not true. He faked a hate crime and refused to apologize, most people think he's getting what he deserves in lieu of no trial
Well it must have been real bad acting that cost him his job.... 🤐🤐🤐
The punishment finally fit the crime.
Juciys contract was resigned was it not? Is this another James Gunn?
James Gunn 2.0. Also, ABC you wrote 'hate crime' but I assume you mean 'hate hoax' or at LEAST 'alleged hate crime.'
Need to make sure he doesn't get any other kind of work...
Who cares....deport him to Venezuela..he can help Madura with some public relations work...
What is Empire with the homosexuality? The Jeffersons.
Looks like somebody is making shirts in honor of the fakenoose he propagated. 😆
These liberal rags have a way with words
Hate crime, should read Hate Crime HOAX!! There, fixed it for you 😎
No surprise there !
He should go to jail soon
ABC won't admit it was a hoax, because a lot their stories are too
Amid hate crime fallout?... or amid hate crime hoax?. ABC is very dishonest
Say good buy to you job biych
“Hate Crime HOAX” is what we are discussing, correct?! Missed a word you lying Fake News idiots! It’s like when you all said, “The little boy who plunged from balcony in Mall of America Recovering!” You left out Fact “5-yr old was THROWN from 3rd floor balcony!” Hate that!
You mean the hoax hate crime he orchestrated?
This is ' M A G A - C O U N T R Y '
Democrat Jussie Smollett
Don Lemon will be heartbroken
Goodbut did you see how he tried to turn it around that it wasn’t his faultonly in America is pc going too far
“Hate crime”? Seriously? abcnews is to journalism what Dr. Pepper is to medicine. FakeNewsStrikesYetAgain
Good that’s what he deserves more that Rosanne Barr🤔
HE DOESN'T DESERVE HIS JOB BACK!
Best acting he did was associated with the “attack”
CNN will give him work as hoax news director
Hate crime HOAX, not a hate crime.
Why is this still being referred to as a hate crime. Smollett’s actions and report have been thoroughly debunked as a hoax.
Correct your headline to “FAKE hate crime fallout”
Lying sack of 💩
It should read FAKE hate crime fallout... say it like it is.
You left out a key word, HOAX
What hate crime?
Hate crime HOAX fallout.
*amid hate crime HOAX fallout
Book deal!!!! “How to do a race hoax and get caught”
Good. He doesn’t deserve to be on the show anymore. He should face some repercussion for what he did.
He’ll be nominated for the nobel prize and will be on the cover of time magazine as an inspiration to freedom of speech. Watch, just watch!
But he wasn't convicted of a crime! Je's innocent. The same as the cop who killed Alton Sterling or the one who killed Philando Castile - both cops were welcomed back to work with open arms after committing murder. What am I missing?
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Good I’m glad
Good decision. Thank you for not having Jussie back to Empire.
Obama’s hero crushed Too bad So sad
Use of GIF mandated by law:
'Hate crime fallout?' What hate crime would that be?
I really wish folks would just moved on and leave this alone.
Get ready for boycotts of Network if he does
He will starring in a new Paramount Picture “Living A Lie”..
HATE CRIME HOAX FIFY
If the show comes back. The final year's episode showed that no one cares to watch this crap.
Dude is such a fraud that he should run as a republican.
Has he paid Chicago back for the money they spent investigating his false statement's
Pendejo now we know who’s in the coffin.
He’s a lefty hero now. He’s getting his own spinoff show
JussieSmollett This is what happens when you fake a hate crime to earn “hate crime sympathy”, so you can then EXPLOIT that sympathy to further your political agenda. It’s extremely disrespectful & insensitive to REAL VICTIMS of these horrific crimes. He is a despicable person.
There was no hate crime.
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