‘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. 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. “No, (fans shouldn’t assume I’m gay), but ’s also fair, and I don’t see a problem wh that and I don’t really re, ” Smollet said a recent rad terview wh DJ Sway Febary. “This is not a gay black show.

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

"EW had an exclive first listen to "You're So Betiful, " the brand new track om the Lyons' gay son Jamal (Jsie Smollett), who's on urse to be mic's next big mic thg.

' "Could Jamal/Jsie have the bt gay pop/R&B love song of all time on his hands? News flash: Empire's Jamal (Jsie Smollett) is gay.

But Empire never lets viewers fet that Jamal is gay, bee Jamal has que the active romantic Luc' Amnia Is Jt What the Show NeedJamal, and his thrivg sex life, is propaganda.