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Jussie Smollett cries as he gives his first interview about homophobic, racist attack ...
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Published: 08:51 EST, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 09:05 EST, 13 February 2019 | By Jennifer Smith

Posted on 02/13/2019 6:26:59 AM PST by Red Badger

Jussie Smollett has given his first interview about the shocking racist and homophobic attack he was subjected to as he walked home from a Subway in Chicago last month at 2am.

The Empire actor spoke to ABC's Robin Roberts for an interview that will air on Good Morning America on Thursday morning.

In a brief promo for the interview, he is seen tearing up after Roberts asked him if he feared for his life at any point during the attack.

It is the first time the 36-year-old himself will answer questions on camera about the incident which shocked the nation and has brought an avalanche of both sympathy and scrutiny Smollett's way.

In the initial aftermath of the attack, Smollett received an outpouring of support from celebrities and fans alike who all condemned the discrimination he was subjected to.

Chicago Police Department launched a frantic hunt for his attackers who he said shouted 'This is MAGA country!' after punching his ribs, pouring bleach on him and tying a noose around his necks.

In the weeks that followed, details of the incident have been picked over forensically.

Despite finding video of Smollett before and after the attack, police have not been able to uncover any surveillance footage of the actual incident and they have not been able to identify the suspects.

They released an initial image of two men walking near Smollett on the night of the incident at around the same time but that led to nothing.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Sans-Culotte

You do know she’s a Lesbian as well?............A two-fer........


21 posted on 02/13/2019 6:54:01 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Isn’t that how David Carradine died?


22 posted on 02/13/2019 6:58:57 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Red Badger

This just amazes me. Not so long ago, gay people wanted to not have the government prying into their private life. Now, they use that same government to promote their life “agenda”. They have opened Pandora’s box. Our private vs public life are no longer separate. This is beyond dangerous. Leftists always destroy our freedoms.


23 posted on 02/13/2019 6:59:17 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yeah, he was all Thai-ed up..................


24 posted on 02/13/2019 7:00:14 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

*sniff*...it’s horrible when most demonrats don’t believe your BS story.


25 posted on 02/13/2019 7:00:30 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Red Badger

Look at MEEEEEEE!!!!!


26 posted on 02/13/2019 7:00:35 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.S)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Lol


27 posted on 02/13/2019 7:01:28 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: gathersnomoss

It began with the CLINTONS and was CONTINUED AND MULTIPLIED UNDER THE OBAMA ADMIN.......................


28 posted on 02/13/2019 7:01:57 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
You do know she’s a Lesbian as well?............A two-fer........

LOL, I did know that, but somehow forgot that she was actually fighting the good fight for two causes with this interview. What a ...gal!

29 posted on 02/13/2019 7:02:36 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: grayboots

I wasn’t there but I definitely think he’s lying.


30 posted on 02/13/2019 7:02:49 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: Red Badger

3...2...1

I just wanted to start a national discussion on social justice (aka me)


31 posted on 02/13/2019 7:04:05 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: Fido969
Boy, no kidding.

CNN INTERVIEWER:"Jussie...were the Russians wearing MAGA hats who looked like white, male, rednecks who tied a rope around your neck and poured bleach on you while shouting "THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY" driving a car with a confederate flag bumper sticker on it?"

32 posted on 02/13/2019 7:09:13 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Red Badger

Booooo hooooo....nobody believes my lies. Sniff, sniff.


33 posted on 02/13/2019 7:10:09 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: grayboots

“Well, he is an actor afterall”

Never forget that most of the professional on-air media people are actors. Nice looking with convincing presentations, but playing back their boss’s thoughts.


34 posted on 02/13/2019 7:10:39 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Red Badger

35 posted on 02/13/2019 7:10:59 AM PST by USMC79to83
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To: Red Badger

Jussie (what a name) just keeps digging. Given how this loser has reveled in all the publicity, he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for filing a false police report.


36 posted on 02/13/2019 7:15:45 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Red Badger
"We've rounded up the usual suspects..."


37 posted on 02/13/2019 7:17:45 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: rlmorel

The least believable part of the story.......two White racists in MAGA hats walking around his neighborhood at 2 in the (well below feeezing) Chicago morning........and yelling ‘this is MAGA country’??? I hope he is held accountable for the fakery in his story. Unless the reporting of fake assaults is considered a crime and prosecuted, the fake stories/hoaxes will continue.


38 posted on 02/13/2019 7:39:17 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: Red Badger

“the incident which shocked the nation “ Really? Really?

Anyone with two brain cells could reason that two people would not be walking down the street with MAGA hats on in that neighborhood at 2:00 in freezing weather. And a noose made from clothesline? Give me a break. This guy better be arrested for a false report. I’m sure this low IQ person thought that this would be news for a while and blow over. I’m sure he never thought this through that in the end it could bite him.


39 posted on 02/13/2019 7:40:22 AM PST by Guardian Sebastian (God Bless President Trump and Keep Him Safe)
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To: Red Badger

Here’s a tissue Jussy, wipe the Vicks off your cheeks.


40 posted on 02/13/2019 7:42:26 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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