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Jussie Smollett Won’t Be on Final Episodes of ‘Empire’ Season
NYT ^ | Feb 22, 2019 | By John Koblin

Posted on 02/22/2019 11:24:44 AM PST by Lazamataz

The producers of the Fox drama “Empire” announced Friday that Jussie Smollett’s character would not appear in the final two episodes of the show’s fifth season. The announcement came a day after Chicago police arrested him and said he staged an attack against himself in a bid for publicity.

Following his arrest and release on bail, Mr. Smollett had returned to the set of “Empire” and started filming scenes as his character Jamal Lyon, raising questions of how Fox would handle his presence going forward.

“While these allegations are very disturbing, we are placing our trust in the legal system as the process plays out,” the producers said in a statement. “We are also aware of the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our show and to avoid further disruption on set, we have decided to remove the role of ‘Jamal’ from the final two episodes of the season.”

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To: Lazamataz

looks like fox wasn’t 100% behind Jussie after all ... so much for getting raise from your hoax, Jussie: YOU’RE FIRED!


41 posted on 02/22/2019 1:03:02 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Lazamataz

Obama: “Jussuh could be my son, if I wasn’t on the down low too....”


42 posted on 02/22/2019 1:08:49 PM PST by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: Lazamataz

there is a simple solution to this

the car that Jussie’s character is riding in,
gets hit by a train


43 posted on 02/22/2019 1:23:10 PM PST by RockyTx
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To: CatOwner

“Watch him still get paid for the last two episodes.”

Legally, Fox will pay him as required. But if he was making 100K per episode or $1.8 million a year; he’s about to lose far more. He had several years remaining on a contract. FBI charges/investigation on the terrorist letter and more spells big trouble.

He’s fooked.


44 posted on 02/22/2019 2:05:35 PM PST by romanesq (For George Soros so loved the world, he gave us Obama)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I think the part of “Yorick” is a much more suitable role for him.


45 posted on 02/22/2019 2:14:13 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Lazamataz

Doubtful, they will just remember not to do his mistakes.


46 posted on 02/22/2019 2:49:45 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Nailed it!!


47 posted on 02/22/2019 3:28:37 PM PST by alabama_heart
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To: Lazamataz
watch the bastards write him outta the show by having him killed by white Trump supporters
48 posted on 02/22/2019 3:39:11 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Lazamataz

I said days ago that this would happen. Smollet’s career was over, the moment he mailed that hate hoax letter to himself. Everything that has transpired since, has been nothing but an accelerant.


49 posted on 02/22/2019 7:27:52 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: rktman
$20,000/episode

He was being paid $68,000 per episode x 18 episodes per year. That's $1.2 million dollars per year.

50 posted on 02/22/2019 7:34:41 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: tennmountainman

Yeah, Buck dat.


51 posted on 02/22/2019 7:37:00 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: Windflier

That is even more better than $0.00/episode. I have a sneaky suspicion that in the end, he/she/them/they will do just fine. Right or wrong. Mostly wrong though.


52 posted on 02/23/2019 9:03:23 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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