‘Empire’ actor Jsie Smollett reveals he’s gay on ‘Ellen’: ‘There is no closet’

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• 'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
• ‘EMPIRE’ ACTOR JSIE SMOLLETT REVEALS HE’S GAY ON ‘ELLEN’: ‘THERE IS NO CLOSET’
• EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
• SOMEONE HE WAS WH OUTED TERREL CARTER AS GAY!
• IS TERRELL CARTER GAY?
• IS EMPIRE 'TOO GAY'? 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• IS HAKEEM FROM EMPIRE GAY?

'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY

The actor Jsie Smollett claimed he was attacked and beaten by two masked men shoutg racist and homophobic slurs bee he was “dissatisfied wh his salary” on the TV show Empire, Chigo police have said. He said the actor also sent a racist and homophobic threateng letter to himself at the Fox stud lot Chigo, where Empire is actor, who is gay, hand himself to police on Thursday morng after he was charged wh felony disorrly nduct on Wednday for makg a false police report.

”Smollett, who plays a gay character the h Fox show, had said he was attacked as he was walkg home at 2am om a downtown Subway sandwich shop. Actor and sger Jsie Smollett is one of the breakout stars of Fox's h drama Empire, and while much of the buzz surroundg him has foced on his talents, there's also been plenty said about his the show, he plays Jamal Lyon, a gay sger and the middle son of Luc (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P.

Henson) battlg his father's real life, Smollett's sexualy has been a topic of nversatn, and now he's settg the rerd an terview wh Ellen DeGener nducted backstage at Ellen, he nfirmed that he is gay and explaed why he's never felt the need to discs his personal life. "Until his nversatn wh DeGener, Smollett nsistently refed to discs his sexualy terviews, tellg Sway on his rad show a few weeks ago that fans shouldn't assume that he's gay. "The 31-year-old "Empire" star me out on "The Ellen DeGener Show" after his character om the h Fox seri revealed he's gay.

‘EMPIRE’ ACTOR JSIE SMOLLETT REVEALS HE’S GAY ON ‘ELLEN’: ‘THERE IS NO CLOSET’

"WITH A JUICY BLEND OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND OUTRAGEOUSNESS, 'EMPIRE' HAS BECOME THE BREAKOUT HIT OF 2015Jsie Smollett discs his role on ‘Empire’ and how he had to dn seven tim before landg the role of Jamal Lyon, who me out as gay a recent episo. Smollett also revealed he's gay real life. "Followg the episo when his character me out, Smollett received hate onle, but didn't ter him om movg forward wh the storyle or revealg he's also gay real life.

EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET

Rather than jt flailg agast his father's homophobia and retreatg to the fort of his keyboard, Jamal summoned his anger to a missn statement: He pledged to take over his father's pany. First, and I fear we've unrsold this our last two reps, how spectacular is that a work TV show picts not only a gay man of lor, but a gay man of lor the hetero-domated world of hip-hop?

SOMEONE HE WAS WH OUTED TERREL CARTER AS GAY!

Lee Daniels and his team may have unrled Luc's homophobia too hard so far, havg him nsistently refer to Jamal as female and sist homosexualy is a choice egregly bluntly, but 's probably (and sadly) realistic—and mak Jamal's assertn that he is a gay man, emphasis on both of those scriptors, all the more valuable.

In the film, he plays a gay character, jt as he is real life. In 2009, however, the actor was outed as gay by someone he was datg.

IS TERRELL CARTER GAY?

Carter’s homosexualy was nfirmed by the imag, nfirmg that the mors about his beg gay were ’s fily revenge was exposed by an ex-loverTerrell Carter Depicts A Gay Man’s Role EmpireCarter is currently sgle and pletely foced on his reerCarter’s fily revenge was exposed by an ex-loverAfter his sexualy was revealed, the actor was photographed wh mol Kton Karter at a party Ccnati.

IS EMPIRE 'TOO GAY'? 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Terrell Carter Depicts A Gay Man’s Role EmpireTerrell Carter appeared as a gut star the season 3 fale of the popular seri “Empire” before beg st as a regular season 4. Y, Terrell Carter is gay. Is Terrell Carter Gay?

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Empire has always been the kd of show that gets people talkg, but last night's episo sparked an tertg backlash on Twter by those who're mad at the h seri' gay story chatter started after a sexy scene which Jamal (Jsie Smollett) and D-Major (Tobias Tvilln) hooked Empire fans were not at all happy about the man-on-man actn, and didn't hate to say so on social media:Jsie himself uldn't rist jumpg on Twter to ment on the hate, seemg both amed and annoyed by the backlash:It's unfortunate that 2016, many people's tolerance for sex on TV still don't extend to those outsi the straight muny. But rpect to Lee Daniels's h seri for ntug to ph the envelope for the sake of both entertament and our pellg terview wh Smollett, who aims to make "a homophobe a hypocre" wh his art, above.

Image source, Getty ImagUS actor Jsie Smollett lied to police when he claimed to have been the victim of a racist, homophobic asslt, a Chigo jury has trial this week, Smollett, 39, stood by nials that he staged the hoax attack agast himself. Smollett, who is black and gay, told police he was set upon by two assailants who shouted slurs, yelled a Tmp slogan, dumped a "chemil substance" on him, and tied a noose around his neck while he was walkg late at night Chigo.

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After returng om New York, when masked men hurled racist and homophobic slurs before beatg him. The 36-year-old actor, who is black and gay also said his attackers poured what he believed was bleach over him and put a noose around his neck the upsle neighborhood of Streeterville.