‘Pain & Anger:’ ‘Empire’ Creator Finally Admits Truth About Smollett
By Gabriel Hays | March 21, 2019 4:54 PM EDT
Empire creator Lee Daniels is finally backing off his defense of the boy-who-cried-MAGA, Jussie Smollett, and has admitted the “frustration†he and his colleagues have felt since the hate-hoaxer’s criminal charges. Took you long enough, man.
Daniels’ show still has yet to finish airing this season, so in an effort to smooth over the controversy surrounding Smollett, the creator took to Instagram to post a candid response to the fallout.
Going through his morning routine, Lee Daniels’ mind turned towards the massive PR backlash facing his show. “The past few weeks have been a freakin’ rollercoaster,†he admitted, adding that “me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and sadness and really don’t know how to deal with it.†Well, finally admitting that Smollett’s crimes have sent negative ripples throughout the broadcast universe and have been a detriment to civil dialogue is certainly a good start.
Daniels continued by distancing himself and the FOX drama from Smollett’s racist actions, claiming, “This is not what the show is made for. The show was made to bring America together … to talk about the atrocities that are happening right now in the streets.â€
Daniels had defended Smollett throughout every whacked out and fabricated twist of his story until the bitter end, when Smollett was hit with 16 charges. The director’s January 29 social media speech furthered the falsehood that the fraudster was some sort of race relations martyr.
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