It is making me wonder who put him up to it. OTOH the affair does not seem to be the work of criminal masterminds.
I think his manager put it up to it. Remember the two of them donned gloves to open a piece of mail. And they knew there was something terrible inside why?
Apparently, Smollett’s take on ‘Empire’ is $65,000 per episode. What ‘Empire’ was discussing at the conclusion of production in 2018...was decreasing the number of episodes that he would appear in (18 are produced each year...I don’t know what the norm was for him to appear). So this would have probably added up to three less episode appearances, thus equaling a $195k less on salary. For the agent, and Smollett...it would have been a bitter pill to swallow.
My take is that the agent talked about some type of public situations, and Smollett decided to go to the extreme, and hoax this thing to keep his episode count at the max. Agent had to be in on the scheme, is at fault as well.
‘Empire’ now? You are stuck with a drama-queen and people laughing behind the scenes at his ‘game’. I don’t see him coming back to the show, and if Chicago cops have their say...he’ll do at least six months in jail.
Yeah, a guy who makes his living playing to the camera somehow failed to get his fake drama in front of the intended camera.