Jussie Smollett returned to the spotlight Sunday at the BET Awards in Los Angeles.
The former Empire star stepped onto the red carpet wearing a tan suit paired with a white shirt, several gold necklaces, and black stud earrings.
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After posing for photos in the 90 degree heat outside the Microsoft theater, Smollett stopped to talk to Entertainment Tonight, and told ET host Kevin Frazier it’s “wonderful” to work his way back into Hollywood.
Smollett’s directorial debut B-Boy Blues premiered June 9 on BET+. The drama is an adaptation of James Earl Hardy’s best-selling novel by the same name, and follows the same-sex love story between a college educated journalist from Brooklyn and a homeboy-bike messenger from Harlem.
The actor has slowly been returning to public life since he was released from the Cook County Jail in Chicago on March 16, pending the appeal of his conviction for lying to police about an alleged hate crime attack, in which he said he was beaten and doused with bleach by two masked men who yelled racial and homophobic slurs and said, “This is MAGA country.”
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In his first interview since being found guilty of felony disorderly conduct in December 2021, the 40-year-old star sat down with SiriusXM‘s “Sway in the Morning” show on June 21.
During the interview, Smollett insisted he did not stage his 2019 attack and also confirmed that he spent time in a psych ward while jailed.
“I was there for six and a half days. I fasted for six and a half days,” he said, adding that fasting helped clear his mind. “I have never in my life, at least in my adult life, been as clear of mind as I was for those six and a half days… I was fasting until I found out whether or not I was gonna be in there for those five and a half months. I just wanted to know what my life was about to look like.”
He clarified that he was not confined to a straitjacket or held in restraints.
“Lord knows I wanted to get out. I was in a f–ing psych ward… I was sleeping on a restraint bed but I wasn’t restrained,” he said.
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STAR?? More like LIAR, FAILURE, RACIST, CRIMINAL or POS (he called himself that, not me)!!!
Amen.
Forget about the criminal Juicy Smollett, the real news is racist BET, Black Entertainment TV. There is no way in hell Americans would permit WET, White Entertainment TV, so why is racist BET permitted to promote racism?
Did they give him the standing O?
Shut up
Juicy is a liar, a fraud, a loser, a narcissist and a crappy actor. Hollywood and he/she/it (you pick the pronoun) are perfect each other. .
The fact BET allowed this racist hate monger to attend shows just how racist they and blacks are. There is nothing more racist than a liberal black in America…
He’s going to go to jail. After he gets out, THEN we’ll see if he has a future in Hollyweird. A lot of those people fell for his charade. They might not be so charitable in the future.
Trump lied about the election and 6 police officers died and he will be invited to lead the world. This guy paid someone to beat him up and you think he should not be invited to a party.
6 police officers died where?
Only one person died, a patriotic military veteran was murdered by the police. Get your facts straight.
She got what she deserved. She busted through to get inside to possibly hurt or kill any number of people. What, does everyone think that the Police should have said something like “Excuse me m’am, can we help you with something? Are you armed? Could you please show us some identification?” It was a MOB, coming after the Representatives of our great nation. She died doing a very stupid thing. I am shocked that more were not killed trying to seditiously take over our duly elected officials.
LOL- a person who stormed the US Capitol to try to overthrow the US election results being confirmed inside that day, was shot and killed by police.
fixed it for ya. now go back to watching newsmax.
Stupid cow was climbing through broken window invading the Senate chambers with a mob of goons shouting about lynching the Vice President. Security told her to stop multiple times. She didn’t and keep on coming. They shot her – finally. The only problem with that day is 2 or 3 hundred other violent TrumpTrash terrorists weren’t also shot as they smashed through the doors of the capital – we’d all have been a lot better off and other terrorists would know what happens when you attack the United States Capital trying to overthrow an election an the United States Government.
Bless your ignorant heart.
6 police officers really. now who is the one lying.
Are you hellucinating again, 6 officers died, where?
Can you please name those 6.
Because I was only aware of one, and he had a heart attack because he was fat and out of shape.
Two people died as a direct result of the 06 January 2021 protest, a female (Ashli Babbit) by being murdered by a Capitol official, and another woman outside the building suffering a heart attack after being trampled, both were protestors, two Capitol police officers died after the protest due to heart attacks, that have not been reported as being directly related to the protests. No Capitol Police officers, or officials, or elected representatives, or staff members were even injured, never mind killed…..One person, a protestor died by suicide after being held in jail, in reportedly horrendous conditions, for over a year. Get your facts correct before spewing, please.
Really?? that’s what you’ve been FED and BELIEVE??? WOW.
If your account is TRUE, why not more people dead? Why didn’t he keep shooting and re-loading, and shooting more???
Answer is: He killed ASHLEY without just cause.
You are a special kind of STUPID, and the reason why we are where we are as a country.
It’s called …. Black Privilege
BET Awards?….Jussie must be up as a nominee for Best Fictional Assault in a Fictional Story category. I’m sure he’s going to win.
Ed…I agree. Mene…..check your facts.
Lord knows Smollett needs to be restrained.
Silly goose!
Where’s his noose?
Whaaaaaaaaat!!??? ??
Smollett should be blacklisted (no pun intended) by both the black and gay communities for the damage he has done to both their causes.
Instead, he is welcomed at the BET awards. Do they know how bad the optics look on this?
It’s bad enough that organizations like BLM totally ignore the problems within their own society and try to blame whites, police and guns for everything.
most blacks are just plain ignorant liars & thieves
All these angry YTs commenting. Drudgereport.com must have linked here again since they are obsessed w/ Jessie bc he exposed what they are all thinking
I would like to see JS get roasted, live!
LOL, my only interest in this article was to see how many others could be interested in this loser. 25 comments at this point – that surprised me, until I read that half don’t have anything to do with Juicy Fruit.
Holy hell, crawl in a while and you know what… Dude you’re a joke to humanity. Done.
Hey juicy, we’re all waiting for you to be the person you were born to be. McDonald’s is always hiring, whenever you ready. You messed it up for all your former people ( they cancelled you too, accept it). Just bow out, as you should. Dumbass
Juicy Smollier is a liar who owes the Chicago PD a whole lot of money.
And ex President Trump is a liar who owes America a whole lot of money.
And AshIi Babbitt got what she deserved, and anyone who believes in conspiracy lies deserves the same fate as her.