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

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• ‘EMPIRE’ ACTOR JSIE SMOLLETT REVEALS HE’S GAY ON ‘ELLEN’: ‘THERE IS NO CLOSET’
• COS BELIEVED TO HAVE LURED MEN TO THEIR DEATHS USG GAY CHAT SEBRANDON LYONS, 18, AND JERRETT JAMAL ALLEN, 26, ARE SPECTED OF MURRG AND ROBBG THEIR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 8, 2017/1:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEBY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 8, 2017 / 1:33 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COS BELIEVED TO HAVE LURED MEN TO THEIR DEATHS USG GAY CHAT SE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-08T17:33:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-08T17:33:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER NNECTG THE MURRS OF TWO VICTIMS, POLICE HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS BELIEVE THAT S BRANDON LYONS AND JERRETT JAMAL ALLEN NSPIRED TO ROB AND MURR VICTIMS G AN ONLE GAY CHAT ROOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TEXAS POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF GLENSER SOLIMAN, 45, FEBARY, AND AH VH NGUYEN, 26, WAS REPORTED MISSG MARCH. NGUYEN IS NOW PRUMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHORI VELOPED A LEAD NGUYEN'S SE AFTER NOTG THAT ALLEN HAD ED NGUYEN'S CRED RD TO MAKE UNTHORIZED PURCHAS MID-APRIL. THEY ALSO PURSUED A LEAD SOLIMAN'S MURR AFTER DISVERG THAT LYONS HAD DRIVEN SOLIMAN'S R WHOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHORTLY AFTERWARD, VTIGATORS LKED LYONS TO ALLEN—AND NNECTED THE TWO OPEN S TOGETHER.MIKE RCHIE | HARRIS COUNTY SHERRIFF'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THROUGH OUR VTIGATN, AND THROUGH THGS THAT WE HAVE DISVERED, WE REALIZED THAT THE S WERE MOST LIKELY LKED," PRIMARY VTIGATOR MIKE RCHIE SAID DURG A NEWS NFERENCE ON MONDAY, AUGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, LYONS HAS BEEN CHARGED WH THE PAL MURR OF SOLIMAN, AND ALLEN HAS BEEN CHARGED WH CRED AND B RD THEFT. THE S REPORTEDLY LIVED TOGETHER AT THE TIME OF THE VICTIMS' MURRS. ALLEN'S WHEREABOUTS ARE CURRENTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEHER OF THE VICTIMS KNEW EACH OTHER, BUT BOTH WERE ERS ON A GAY CHAT SE. THERE IS NO WORD ON WHETHER THE S' CRIM WERE RELATED TO THEIR VICTIMS' SEXUALY OR RACE: BOTH SOLIMAN AND NGUYEN WERE ASIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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

Yoba, has been reported, was termated on the show for outg gay actor and fellow “Empire” star Jsie Smollet.

The -creator of the show is crilly-acclaimed and award-wng director Daniels, who has long been openly gay. “So, obvly, Lee (Daniels, -creator) is gay.

COS BELIEVED TO HAVE LURED MEN TO THEIR DEATHS USG GAY CHAT SEBRANDON LYONS, 18, AND JERRETT JAMAL ALLEN, 26, ARE SPECTED OF MURRG AND ROBBG THEIR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 8, 2017/1:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEBY SAM MANZELLAAUGT 8, 2017 / 1:33 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COS BELIEVED TO HAVE LURED MEN TO THEIR DEATHS USG GAY CHAT SE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-08T17:33:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-08T17:33:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER NNECTG THE MURRS OF TWO VICTIMS, POLICE HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS BELIEVE THAT S BRANDON LYONS AND JERRETT JAMAL ALLEN NSPIRED TO ROB AND MURR VICTIMS G AN ONLE GAY CHAT ROOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TEXAS POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF GLENSER SOLIMAN, 45, FEBARY, AND AH VH NGUYEN, 26, WAS REPORTED MISSG MARCH. NGUYEN IS NOW PRUMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHORI VELOPED A LEAD NGUYEN'S SE AFTER NOTG THAT ALLEN HAD ED NGUYEN'S CRED RD TO MAKE UNTHORIZED PURCHAS MID-APRIL. THEY ALSO PURSUED A LEAD SOLIMAN'S MURR AFTER DISVERG THAT LYONS HAD DRIVEN SOLIMAN'S R WHOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHORTLY AFTERWARD, VTIGATORS LKED LYONS TO ALLEN—AND NNECTED THE TWO OPEN S TOGETHER.MIKE RCHIE | HARRIS COUNTY SHERRIFF'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THROUGH OUR VTIGATN, AND THROUGH THGS THAT WE HAVE DISVERED, WE REALIZED THAT THE S WERE MOST LIKELY LKED," PRIMARY VTIGATOR MIKE RCHIE SAID DURG A NEWS NFERENCE ON MONDAY, AUGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, LYONS HAS BEEN CHARGED WH THE PAL MURR OF SOLIMAN, AND ALLEN HAS BEEN CHARGED WH CRED AND B RD THEFT. THE S REPORTEDLY LIVED TOGETHER AT THE TIME OF THE VICTIMS' MURRS. ALLEN'S WHEREABOUTS ARE CURRENTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEHER OF THE VICTIMS KNEW EACH OTHER, BUT BOTH WERE ERS ON A GAY CHAT SE. THERE IS NO WORD ON WHETHER THE S' CRIM WERE RELATED TO THEIR VICTIMS' SEXUALY OR RACE: BOTH SOLIMAN AND NGUYEN WERE ASIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

But if you aren’t really, really takg off of screen and makg live the muny a signifint way … like I know Jsie, he is gay, and he’s very mted to issu around the LGBT muny. But he did give clu whout actually utterg the words “I’m gay.