Lee Daniels sets the record straight: Jussie Smollett will NOT be returning to Empire following the Chicago hate crime debacle...
This week Variety reported that Empire writers were preparing for the return of Jussie's character when Empire producer Lee Daniels corrected their report.
Jussie Smollett was charged with 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing false police reports after staging a gay and racist hate crime with his Nigerian drug connect. The charges were later inexplicably dropped [click here if you missed that].
