Almost immediately after what he told cops was a violent, anti-gay and racist attack, “Empire” star Jussie Smollett insisted on going on TV to tell his story, The Post has learned. Smollett was “adamant” that he wanted to appear on ABC’s Good Morning America, said one source with knowledge of the GMA booking decision.
Smollett's case took a dark turn Saturday night, when Chicago police told Fox that they now believe Smollett paid two pals to fake the crime. “When Kim Kardashian was the victim of that horrific burglary in Paris, she closed down, she gave no interviews for months." “But Jussie was adamant; he wanted TV right away. He simply could not wait to villify Pres Trump. He raised his voice, saying, ‘I need to do this right now. I’m a black gay man and people need to know what happened to me. I want to tell my story.’ He wanted media right away.”
During his Feb. 14 appearance, Smollett tearfully told GMA's Robin Roberts about being beaten about the head and berated with racist and homophobic insults. Threatened by the two strangers he said were white,shouting "This is MAGA country n-----er."
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Did Smollet's publicist believe his whacked-out story, or was he in on the scheme to vilify Trump?