Five years afterJussie Smolletts alleged hate crime hoax,Lee Danielsis open to working with the actor again.
Id cast him in something, said Daniels on iHeart RadiosThe Breakfast Club.
He was a son to me.
‘Empire’ creator has said he’s open to working with Jussie Smollett again after the actor’s 2019 alleged hate crime hoax.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for AFI/Derek White/Getty Images
And he also represented me.
And he also represented the movement that I tried to start, which I didnt know I was starting.
I was so worried about getting everything right that I didnt know what was happening in the zeitgeist.
Terrence Howard, Trai Byers, Jussie Smollett and Bryshere Y. Gray onEmpire. (Chuck Hodes/Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection)
That whole situation was complicated, said Daniels.
I still dont know what to believe.
Honestly, I dont know what to believe.
People say he didnt do it, he did do it.
God bless him on his journey.
