Last month there were rumors that Jussie Smollett might return for the series finale of Empire after the popular Fox drama was canceled in the wake of Jussie's hate crime hoax scandal [click here if you missed that].
Not so fast...
The president of entertainment at Fox confirmed to TVLine,
“We’re not going to bring Jussie back to the show. There were a number of factors that went into the decision to not bring him back. There were many points of view about if he should come back or if he shouldn’t. As hard as a decision as that was, for us — and when I say us I mean the network, the studio and the producers — it felt like it was in the best interests of the show and the cast."
