Jussie smollett is gay

This just in! Actors Jussie Smollett and boyfriend Jabari Redd are engaged. Both men shared a series of photos on their respective Instagram accounts. They show Smollett, who turned 43 on Saturday. Empire actor Jussie Smollett's performed for the first time since his attack telling fans he'll always stand for love. On stage, before singing, he fought back tears as he told fans: "I had to be here tonight, y'all. I can't let [them] win.

On the show, he plays Jamal Lyon, a gay singer and the middle son of Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) battling his father's homophobia. In real life, Smollett's sexuality. Actor and singer Jussie Smollett is one of the breakout stars of Fox's hit drama Empire , and while much of the buzz surrounding him has focused on his talents, there's also been plenty said about his sexuality. Henson battling his father's homophobia. In real life, Smollett's sexuality has been a topic of conversation, and now he's setting the record straight.

Jussie Smollett is headed down the aisle! On Friday, the year-old actor revealed in an Instagram post that he proposed to his boyfriend, actor Jabari Redd, who promptly accepted. Empire actor Jussie Smollett's performed for the first time since his attack telling fans he'll always stand for love. On stage, before singing, he fought back tears as he told fans: "I had to be here tonight, y'all. I can't let [them] win.

Jussie Smollett popped the question to his boyfriend Jabari Redd, seven months after the Empire alum’s conviction for allegedly staging a hate crime was overturned by an Illinois Supreme Court. The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned a conviction against actor Jussie Smollett , who prosecutors accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in in Chicago. Smollett, who is black and gay, was convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct in He had claimed two men targeted him in a hate-crime, yelling racial slurs and putting a noose around his neck while he was walking down the street near his apartment.

This just in! Actors Jussie Smollett and boyfriend Jabari Redd are engaged. Both men shared a series of photos on their respective Instagram accounts. They show Smollett, who turned 43 on Saturday. Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of staging a hate crime hoax, has had his conviction overturned five years after he was first arrested. He was found guilty of five charges in December over his false reports of being attacked in Chicago in Now judges in Illinois have ruled that trial breached his rights and reversed the decision.

Smollett's co-star Malik Yoba made headlines last week when several media outlets and fans accused him of inadvertently outing the actor during an interview with In a statement to. Actor says he has never been in the closet about his sexuality. The actor spoke with Ellen DeGeneres in a rare one-on-one backstage after taping an appearance on the show. There's never been a closet that I've been in.

During a guest appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Jussie Smollett, the actor who plays Lucious Lyon’s gay son Jamal on Fox’s hit drama “Empire” came out publicly as a gay man. Jussie Smollett was blunt, emotional and defiantly determined on Saturday night at a southern California concert some urged him not to play. The concert had been planned long before the incident, and his family members and others had urged him to postpone it. I will only stand for love.

Jussie Smollett has had a whirlwind of a year. Just over a year ago, the Empire star was living a relatively quiet life, but when he was thrust into instant fame after the Fox show premiered, he. .