Jussie Smollett on Heading to Reality TV With ‘Special Forces’ and What He Plans to Do Next

Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test is back for its fourth season, and along with the usual crop of reality star contestants is one rather surprising participant: Jussie Smollett.

The former Empire star — whose career largely imploded in 2019 after he claimed to be the victim of a heinous crime that was later alleged to be a staged attack — makes his return to Fox for the competition series, which follows 18 celebrities taking on a series of challenges that mirror those of military special forces training.

At a L.A. press event for the show on Tuesday, Smollett — who did interviews alongside Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Eva Marcille — told The Hollywood Reporter that he had been asked to do the show three times and was convinced after watching Kyla Pratt compete on the third season.

“It was just a way to look at yourself in the mirror and you’re just like,…