Were motives to be taken into account for criminal activity and given leniency as a result, anyone could be acquitted of practically any crime.
It worked for Hillary Clinton. She should be in prison.
Posted on 02/26/2019 8:08:59 AM PST by Red Badger
If "Empire" money was Jussie Smollett's motivation to allegedly stage an attack, he certainly never showed his cards to the people who could actually make it happen.
"Empire" production sources tell TMZ ... none of the brass -- producers or EPs -- heard even a whisper from Jussie grousing he was underpaid. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Jussie staged the "attack" to raise his profile and get more per episode.
Our sources say, if Jussie was upset about his salary, he kept it to himself. He was in the middle of a long-term contract and the executives, who are in a position to bust the deal or sweeten the pot, say neither Jussie nor his reps ever asked.
Jussie was pulling in a reported $125,000 per episode. We're told that's on par with actor Bryshere Y. Gray, who plays his brother, Hakeem. Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard reportedly make $250,000 an episode.
We're told Jussie's main focus recently was the release of new music. He was upset his first album didn't do well and was stressed out over the debuts of his new songs and music videos.
Good point.
Were motives to be taken into account for criminal activity and given leniency as a result, anyone could be acquitted of practically any crime.
It worked for Hillary Clinton. She should be in prison.
Who does he get his ideas for excuses from? Hillary Clinton?
He must read the WaPo for clues...................
They are right. It wasn’t.
It was to help his BFF KAMALALALALALALALA Harris get her Civil Rights Box Checked.................”””
But-—Kamala can NEVER get her NATURAL BORN CITIZEN box checked off.
She is NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT . NOT EVER.
Neither was Obozo.
No one will dare bring it up.......................
Yes, but Jussie was also getting the ‘gay, black’ per diem payment.”””
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner....
Other reports say he was pulling in about half that, 65k per episode, far less than Terrence and Taraji.
Conflict over air time and story lines may also be part of the mix.
There wasn't one single reason why he did it.
Politics and hatred of Trump are definitely involved.
But if he really wanted to help Kamala Harris's bill, was this really a sensible way of doing that?
He and the other actors on the show certainly could have gotten airtime to promote the bill without staging a fake hate crime.
Like many Hollowoodies, Smollett has a lot of “issues”. The boy ain’t right in the head.
They could have written it in as an episode or two or three!....................
His actions exactly mimic those of my late brother’s, who was professionally diagnosed as a ‘sociopath’ at age 13 in 1969................
Smollett was going for the money,
a higher profile,
pity party acceptance by guilty white liberals,
and ‘acceptance’ into the pantheon of modern ‘civil rights’ heroes.
And yeah, the extra attention would have brought more cash... too...
“He’s a sociopath, plain and simple.”
There was a hint of that during his TV interview the other day. Seemed “off” and smarmy.
My brother, a REAL SOCIOPATH, was exactly so.....................
I guarantee you he did not expect the ‘welcome’ he got from the other cast members when he returned to the set.
Even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, he STILL TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM HE WAS AN INNOCENT LAMB.
They were not buying it.
He made fools of all of them, and endangered their careers as well.
He did not and does not care. Only HE matters to him.....................
“He made fools of all of them, and endangered their careers as well.”
Hmmm... I didn’t consider that aspect. Really, if the “Empire” brand is smeared because of this — and how could it not be? — all of them take a hit.
Note: this topic is from 2/26/2019. Thanks Red Badger.
...He was in the middle of a long-term contract and the executives, who are in a position to bust the deal or sweeten the pot... Jussie was pulling in a reported $125,000 per episode. We're told that's on par with actor Bryshere Y. Gray, who plays his brother, Hakeem. Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard reportedly make $250,000 an episode.
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