After Jussie Smollett claimed to be a victim of a hate crime earlier this year, "Empire" co-creator Lee Daniels strongly supported the actor.
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“I’m beyond embarrassed. I think that when it happened, I had a flash of me running from bullies,” Daniels told Vulture. “I had a flash of my whole life, of my childhood, my youth, getting beaten."
Smollett portrayed Jamal Lyon on "Empire," a character Daniels developed based on his own life. Daniels admitted it would feel like a "huge betrayal" if it turns out that Smollett "did it, was guilty, and all of [the police investigation was] accurate.”
However, the Oscar-nominated director still maintains that Smollett's story may not have been a hoax.
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