{"id":305934,"date":"2024-08-20T02:18:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lee-daniels-says-jussie-smollett-relationship-is-complicated-would-cast-him"},"modified":"2024-08-20T02:18:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:18:45","slug":"lee-daniels-says-jussie-smollett-relationship-is-complicated-would-cast-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lee-daniels-says-jussie-smollett-relationship-is-complicated-would-cast-him","title":{"rendered":"Lee Daniels Says Jussie Smollett Relationship Is Difficult, Would Forged Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"39.3722910217\">\n<section id=\"cb-55f1f8ce250401e0807e6e54f70f2164\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d586c07d-888c-4052-86d7-2f70a370da61-819415302-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d586c07d-888c-4052-86d7-2f70a370da61-819415302-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chicago\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d7\/16by9\/2024\/08\/19\/d763a5a908ba4bfc83a178eb39d9d436_md.jpg\" alt=\"081924-lee-daniels-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">The Breakfast Club<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-55f1f8ce250401e0807e6e54f70f2164--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-43e6424d3748855b48f5a6cad984ceb7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"23.7919075145\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lee-daniels\/\"><strong>Lee Daniels<\/strong><\/a> is opening up on his relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jussie-smollet\/\"><strong>Jussie Smollett<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; he says the hoax case really made things difficult between them &#8212; but they&#8217;re back on speaking terms.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-43e6424d3748855b48f5a6cad984ceb7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-01e09307c2c0c4ee908e2b83b6ca2e00\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.955801105\">\n<p>The co-creator of &#8220;Empire&#8221; touched on his relationship with Smollett in an appearance Monday on &#8220;The Breakfast Club,&#8221; telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlamagne-tha-god\/\"><strong>Charlamagne Tha God<\/strong><\/a> things are complicated with Jussie.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-01e09307c2c0c4ee908e2b83b6ca2e00--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e059b4eab907665b120adce22e28e666\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ac6fb5a8-665e-5922-8829-bb1f6fbd5fc2-274309095-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ac6fb5a8-665e-5922-8829-bb1f6fbd5fc2-274309095-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1d\/16by9\/2019\/06\/24\/1d2b5fc6f0185b0baa6ce082ec781682_md.jpg\" alt=\"062419_jussie_smollett_noose_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n           <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">1\/29\/2019<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e059b4eab907665b120adce22e28e666--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a3eac69643ae3544e12f0badef057161\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.8520710059\">\n<p>Lee says he still doesn&#8217;t know what to believe in terms of Jussie&#8217;s hoax hate crime case in Chicago &#8230; but he&#8217;s not going to cancel Jussie over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/10\/jussie-smollett-sentencing-hoax-crime-trial-chicago-attack\/\"><strong>criminal conviction<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a3eac69643ae3544e12f0badef057161--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bcc457a5e0ed34a49b79305bae1d9a68\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"23.3067484663\">\n<p>Jussie was starring in &#8220;Empire&#8221; when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/18\/jussie-smollett-rehearse-attack-brothers-law-enforcement\/\"><strong>faked being the victim<\/strong><\/a> of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/01\/29\/empire-star-jussie-smollett-attacked-hospitalized-homophobic-hate-crime\/\"><strong>hate crime<\/strong><\/a> in January 2019 &#8230; and Lee says Smollett was like a son to him, at least back then.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bcc457a5e0ed34a49b79305bae1d9a68--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9bd62411dc5e680a101f6dde045780ae\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d3cc3db1-b21c-4cfd-bbc0-6dfff46b5d00-686086195-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d3cc3db1-b21c-4cfd-bbc0-6dfff46b5d00-686086195-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d4\/16by9\/2022\/03\/11\/d48d256cc3de471e9ef871963869ef60_md.jpg\" alt=\"031022-jussie-smollet-kal-v2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n           <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">3\/10\/22<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">WGN<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9bd62411dc5e680a101f6dde045780ae--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-994368cf3d5b51eb922aa120622f8068\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>There were reports in 2020 claiming Lee and Jussie were no longer on speaking terms, but now Lee says they&#8217;re back to texting again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-994368cf3d5b51eb922aa120622f8068--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-efa575255cb724b90670449dac83b594\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>With the lines of communication reopened, Lee says he would have no issue casting Jussie in potential projects in the future &#8230; though it doesn&#8217;t sound like a reunion is imminent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-efa575255cb724b90670449dac83b594--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34a053ee71ce822d30e8f7dbfe714400\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-87abe96a-af66-4bb8-a173-f825b07a5aef-954886821-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-87abe96a-af66-4bb8-a173-f825b07a5aef-954886821-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/11\/16by9\/2022\/03\/17\/11372cd8be24465084cef9878d6e49d3_md.jpg\" alt=\"031622_jussie_smollett_release_kal_1\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n           <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">3\/16\/22<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox 32 Chicago<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-34a053ee71ce822d30e8f7dbfe714400--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5287fabfe1cd23c7f67940726a203617\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.4527027027\">\n<p>In the meantime, Jussie just finished his first gig since leaving &#8220;Empire&#8221; 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Fox<\/strong><\/a> in &#8220;The Last Holiday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5287fabfe1cd23c7f67940726a203617--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/08\/19\/empire-lee-daniels-jussie-smollett-relationship\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content The Breakfast Club Lee Daniels is opening up on his relationship with Jussie Smollett &#8230; he says the hoax case really made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}