{"id":1961052,"date":"2025-08-14T23:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1961052"},"modified":"2025-08-14T23:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:32:25","slug":"delusional-jussie-smollett-remains-as-shameless-as-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/delusional-jussie-smollett-remains-as-shameless-as-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Delusional Jussie Smollett remains as shameless as ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-6kpnoipt3-1755208675660_720.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Don\u2019t call it a comeback. Call it another shameless and truth-challenged stab at relevancy.<\/p>\n<p>Hate-crime hoaxer extraordinaire Jussie Smollett wants to return to show biz.<\/p>\n<p>And with the unmitigated gall of O.J. Simpson claiming he\u2019s still looking for the real killer, the disgraced \u201cEmpire\u201d actor wants everyone <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/media\/jussie-smollett-calls-chicago-pd-and-rahm-emanuel-villains-while-denying-hate-crime-hoax\/\">to know who the real bad guys are<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe villains are the two people who assaulted me, the Chicago Police Department and, if I may be so brave, the mayor [Rahm Emanuel],\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/jussie-smollett-hate-crime-netflix-documentary-comeback-1236487316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smollet told Variety<\/a> in a fluff piece meant to smooth the road for his imminent reboot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jusse Smollett is trying to reboot his career with a stint on Fox\u2019s \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d and shameless, continued claims that he was the victim of a race attack and a corrupt mayor and police force. <span class=\"credit\">FOX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, the perpetual victim is sticking to his infamous story about a 2019 \u201cbeatdown\u201d \u2014\u00a0and channeling the great modern philosopher Shaggy, who once said, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t me.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Kirsten Fleming<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Smollett has a new R&amp;B album to promote and will be competing on Fox\u2019s reality show, \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d Plus, he was interviewed for the documentary \u201cThe Truth about Jussie Smollett?\u201d premiering August 22 on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>But it matters not which projects he has in the pipeline or in his past. The greatest performance of the actor\u2019s life will always be playing the role of an innocent and wronged man.<\/p>\n<p>According to Smollett,<strong> <\/strong>he was assaulted for his skin color and sexuality \u2014 and tossed to the wolves by a corrupt mayor and law enforcement attempting to shift attention from their botched handling of a police-involved fatal shooting in 2014.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In a 2019 interview with Robin Roberts, Smollett complained that some folks doubted his story about being attacked in Chicago. <span class=\"credit\">ABC News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s simply too rich for words. But shame has never been his strong suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re living in a world where the higher-ups, their main mission, in order to do all of the underhanded things that they\u2019re doing, is to distract us with the shiny object,\u201d Smollett told Variety.<\/p>\n<p>I would say he\u2019s living in a bubble of delusion if he thinks anyone is buying the baloney he\u2019s peddling.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett\u2019s concocted MAGA fantasy was truly something. He claimed to have left his Chicago apartment at 2 a.m. \u2014 during a polar vortex \u2014 to grab a delicacy from Jared Fogle\u2019s preferred sandwich shop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo said that Smollett paid them to choreograph the attack on him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Suddenly, Smollett alleged, a masked man screamed, \u201cEmpire!\u201d followed by a gay slur, another \u201cEmpire\u201d and then an anti-black slur.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker screamed \u201cThis is MAGA country\u201d and punched him in the face. Then a second man joined, and the pair worked him like a tag team on \u201cMonday Night Raw.\u201d Only after they left did Smollett realize they had placed a noose around his neck and doused him in bleach.<\/p>\n<p>The tale was so insane, he should be banned from ever touching a script with his own pen.<\/p>\n<p>Still, sympathy poured in from boldface believers. After all, it was 2019, a time when the truth mattered less than the perception of victimhood. <\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, then-Sen. Kamala Harris called it \u201can attempted modern day lynching.\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/04\/robin-roberts-gets-completely-honest-about-interview-with-jussie-smollett\/\">Robin Roberts landed an exclusive interview with Smollett<\/a> on \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d where he cried and shook his fists at the doubters. If only his attackers were \u201cMuslim or Mexican or someone black,\u201d he would have more support, dammit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Smollett was arrested less than a month after claiming he was attacked in 2019.  <span class=\"credit\">CPD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He declared himself the \u201cgay Tupac.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most sensible people smelled a rat.<\/p>\n<p>Then a pair of Nigerian-American siblings, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo \u2014\u00a0who had been extras on \u201cEmpire\u201d \u2014\u00a0were busted. During questioning, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/23\/us-news\/brothers-who-helped-jussie-smollett-stage-hate-crime-hoax-say-actor-got-sweetheart-deal\/\">brothers Osundairo said Smollett had planned<\/a> and paid for the beatdown. They even claimed there had been a dress rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett was arrested for filing a false police report. Charges were initially dropped in exchange for community service and bond forfeiture. The city of Chicago sued him for reimbursement of the money wasted investigating his hoax \u2014\u00a0and he had the stones to sue right back, claiming he was the victim of \u201cmass public ridicule and harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In his 2019 special \u201cSticks &amp; Stones,\u201d Dave Chappelle mocked Smollett\u2019s account, calling him \u201cJuicy Smollye.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was indicted again, found guilty, and his conviction was upheld on appeal. In 2024, the verdict was tossed on a technicality.<\/p>\n<p>He was not exonerated. <\/p>\n<p>Back in May, he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/25\/us-news\/jussie-smollett-post-bizarre-instagram-screed-touting-innocence-and-cushy-settlement-in-lawsuit-with-chicago\/\">soft-launched his return on instagram, writing<\/a>, \u201cThis false narrative has left a stain on my character that will not soon disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subtract the word \u201cfalse\u201d and this is the most honest statement the man has ever made.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a spotlight-craving fabulist who exploited racial tensions to increase his fame and, apparently, his \u201cEmpire\u201d paycheck\u2014 with no regard for the tax-payer resources he wasted. Or the public trust he broke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Back in May, Smollett soft-launched his return on instagram, writing, \u201cThis false narrative has left a stain on my character that will not soon disappear.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FOX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a 2019 bit about the hoax, comedian Dave Chappelle repeatedly called him \u201cJuicy Smollye\u201d the \u201cfamous French actor,\u201d while \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d put out a hilarious Lifetime movie-style spoof. In 2023, Fox News released a documentary where the Osundairo brothers recreated the choreographed fight at the scene of the crime, leaving no doubt that they were far more entertaining than Smollett.<\/p>\n<p>But America is a forgiving place. Just ask Al Sharpton, who weathered the fallout from a disgusting race and rape hoax in the 1980s \u2014\u00a0and is now treated as a respectable commentator on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>What a great country. Not that Smollett will ever admit that fact. Or the real truth about what happened that freezing night in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t call it a comeback. Call it another shameless and truth-challenged stab at relevancy. Hate-crime hoaxer extraordinaire Jussie Smollett wants to return to show biz. And with the unmitigated gall of O.J. Simpson claiming he\u2019s still looking for the real killer, the disgraced \u201cEmpire\u201d actor wants everyone to know who the real bad guys are. 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