From ridicule to full on condemnation, ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett has seen the general public go from an outpouring of support to an outpouring of outrage following his arrest for allegedly staging his highly publicized hate attack.
Ahead of his official trial (if it gets that far), the 36-year-old’s undoubtedly already been convicted in the “court of public opinion” – a truth his co-star, Terrence Howard, isn’t exactly fond of. Howard, who plays Smollett’s father on the hit FOX series, recently took to Instagram to show support for the embattled actor and was met with a fiery backlash for doing so…
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All your lil homies got you… We love the hell outta you ♥️.
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Furious commenters weighed in, prompting Terrence to say:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)“Sorry you feel that way but that’s the only Jussie that I know,” he replied. “The Jussie I know could never even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly. His innocence or judgment is not for any of us to decide. Stay in your lane and my lane is empathy and love and compassion for someone that I’ve called my son for 5 years.”
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He went on to state:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)“It’s God’s job to judge and it is ours to love and hope, especially for those that we claim to have loved. There’s nothing more harmful than a fake friend! Real talk.”
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Whats-A-Name said the same thing about Bill Cosby.
I always said caucasian folks have been lying on everyone for so many year’s, I’m DONE!!??♂️
Terrance a REAL one ‼️#LOYALTY
I’m surprised TGJ hasn’t posted that tmz found out that Jussie didn’t write that check
3500 for training to get abs in 5 weeks for a music video? Really? Come on, u are smarter than that.
What of the video of the two guys buying ski masks and red hats?
this whole story is messy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48V0GCP9Xl4