Jussie Smollett Continues to Cry Wolf

[ivn]

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett sits down with Entertainment Tonight as part of his flailing redemption tour.

Jussie Smollett has a message to critics who say he doesn’t deserve a second chance in Hollywood. https://t.co/93X5vVnjyb
- Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) October 4, 2024

Comments

[skeetertuskin]

Is there a chance that he’s actually telling the truth? I haven’t followed the case closely, I vaguely remember two brothers who sold him drugs being involved who claimed he hired them. Could they have been lying in order to save their asses/cut a plea deal or is there a clear paper trail?

[acidosaur]

iirc there's a check stub signed by Smollet with an amount signed over to those brothers, which he said was for 'personal training'. but it doesn't make sense that he would then accuse them of racially aggravated assault to protect them...

[xtinkerbellax]

When it came out that he knew the guys, that was the time to come clean or at least pivot the story to minimize blowback best as possible and stick to the new narrative. The way he handled it made it so much worse than it probably needed to be.

[skeetertuskin]

but if he was buying drugs from them, which he sort of admits to in this interview, then it would align with why he would lie to protect himself (not them) and accuse them of hate crime/assault instead of coming clean about it being a drug deal gone wrong. I just don't believe those brothers and their version of events. it's a well known fact that the Chicago police department is corrupt and rampant with racism, homophobia and transphobia so it's not so far-fetched to think that prosecution offered the brothers a plea deal if they testified against Jussie and we all know how those plea deals are concocted.

[just444]

such a weird story

[slaughtermatic]

I think its an impossible situation, because what he dud was so despicable it doesnt really help to speak the truth. I dont see how you comen back from this. his only chance is cinvincing a few willing believers its all a conspiracy. no he doesnt believe it himself, hes a bullshitter.

[andisprohi]

Bro, you were cooked at "I was going out for Subway at 2 AM in a blizzard." 🤣

[mellawe]

he deserved punishment for this stupid story alone. If you fake a hate crime at least put some thoughts into it and make it sound realistic.

[frejasface]

He didn't even drop the sandwich!

[frankthesheep]

Did the brothers end up going to jail?

[delfintaka]

I don't think so. They are actually milking the incident slightly, doing interviews, even "reenactments!"

They did publicly apologize.

Eta: i do not follow this closely, and do not have time to double check now, so if some has different into, they are probably correct.