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- 'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
- JSIE SMOLLETT: ‘I AM A GAY MAN. I AM A GAY MAN. I AM A GAY MAN’
- JSIE SMOLLETT ‘HAD SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH ALLEGED ATTACKER’ AND ‘MET HIM AT GAY CHIGO BATHHOE’
- JSIE SMOLLETT ADDRS GAY RUMORS, SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY: “THERE’S NEVER BEEN A CLOSET”
- JAKE SMOLLETT’S BGRAPHY: SIBLGS, WIFE, NET WORTH, FAY. GAY?
- PROSECUTN RTS AFTER BROTHERS TTIFY JSIE SMOLLETT DIRECTED THEM TO RRY OUT A FAKE RACIST AND ANTI-GAY ATTACK
'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
Jsie Smollett, who starred on the TV show Empire took the wns stand Monday at his trial on charg of stagg a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lyg to Chigo police about . * is smollet gay *
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.
JSIE SMOLLETT: ‘I AM A GAY MAN. I AM A GAY MAN. I AM A GAY MAN’
Earlier this week, "Empire" actor Jsie Smollett nfirmed that he's gay a backstage terview wh Ellen DeGener, sayg, "There's never been a closet that I've been ." Smollett told Variety that the reactn sce that moment has been great. * is smollet gay *
"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. EntertamentJsie Smollett, who starred on the TV show Empire took the wns stand Monday at his trial on charg of stagg a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lyg to Chigo police about .
Smollett is acced of lyg to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack downtown Chigo nearly three years ago.
(Charl Rex Arbogast/The Associated Prs)Jsie Smollett took the wns stand Monday at his trial on charg of stagg a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lyg to Chigo police about actor who starred on the TV show Empire is expected to share his acunt of what happened January 2019 an attempt to refute damagg ttimony om two brothers who ttified last week. They said Smollett, who is gay and Black, orchtrated the hoax to get publicy, givg them $100 US for suppli and stctg them to place a noose around his neck and yell homophobic slurs.
JSIE SMOLLETT ‘HAD SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH ALLEGED ATTACKER’ AND ‘MET HIM AT GAY CHIGO BATHHOE’
* is smollet gay *
They suggted that after the brothers, Abimbola and Olabgo Osundairo, were qutned by police about the alleged attack, they asked Smollett for $1 ln each to not ttify agast him at rts se at Smollett trial after star wnsJsie Smollett lawyer tells urt he's 'a real victim' of racist and homophobic attackSmollett's lawyers also have argued that Chigo police shed to judgment when they brought charg agast Smollett, and suggted a third person may have been volved the the wns stand Monday, Smollett told the jury how he grew up a close-kn fay of six children and started performg as a child actor before gettg more to said he "me to terms" wh his sexualy his early 20s, when he got volved chary anizatns, cludg a group that fights AIDS the Black said he dned for the Empire role of a sger who is gay bee he had never seen a Black man portrayed that way.
JSIE SMOLLETT ADDRS GAY RUMORS, SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY: “THERE’S NEVER BEEN A CLOSET”
Empire actor Jsie Smollett has announced to Ellen DeGener that he is gay — whout actually sayg . Earlier this week, “Empire” actor Jsie Smollett nfirmed that he’s gay a backstage terview wh Ellen DeGener, sayg, “There’s never been a closet that I’ve been .
Smollett’s character on “Empire, ” Jamal Lyon, who is also gay, explor the issu associated wh beg homosexual, cludg his tense relatnship wh his father. “I am a gay man wh an extremely open heart. If I had to label myself, I would label myself as a gay man, ” the Empire actor, 31, told OUT’s Shana Naomi Krochmal.
Smollett, whose Empire character, Jamal Lyon, is gay, ially addrsed the mors durg an appearance on The Ellen DeGener Show last March. Why the f–k do you have to tell them that you’re gay? It do not mean that homosexualy is not very real.
JAKE SMOLLETT’S BGRAPHY: SIBLGS, WIFE, NET WORTH, FAY. GAY?
But what I’m sayg is, I am a gay man. I am a gay man.
DISGRACED Empire star Jsie Smollett and one of his alleged "attackers" Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo may have vised a gay Chigo bathhoe together, acrdg to reports. Now appears Smollett, who is openly gay, may have had a "sexual relatnship" wh Abel, Page Six reports.
It’s known as a bathhoe where a lot of affluent black gay men hang out. Abel and his brother Ola have nied they are gay, and sued Smollett's lawyers last year for suatg that there was a sexual relatnship between the actor and one of the brothers. The brothers have told police the money was for the fake attack, which clud the pair "shoutg racist and homophobic slurs, dog him wh a chemil and drapg a noose around his neck, " prosecutors say.
PROSECUTN RTS AFTER BROTHERS TTIFY JSIE SMOLLETT DIRECTED THEM TO RRY OUT A FAKE RACIST AND ANTI-GAY ATTACK
Disgraced ‘Empire’ star Jsie Smollett pleads not guilty to new felony lyg charg after ‘anti-gay hoax attack. After his on-screen alter ego Jamal Lyon ed mic to e out publicly as gay on a recent episo of Fox’s h hip-hop drama, fans began to speculate about Smollett’s own sexualy. “You’re not a victim of a racial hate crime, you’re not a victim of a homophobic hate crime.
Smollett, 39, was found guilty December on five unts of felony disorrly nduct for makg false reports about what he said was an anti-gay and anti-Black hate crime.
The actor, who is Black and gay, told Chigo police that on a igid night January 2019 two unknown men attacked him, yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him, poured bleach on him and wrapped a noose around his neck.