Celebs react to Jussie Smollett fees getting dropped

The Jussie Smollett saga has been divisive from the start, ever because the Empire star stated he was a sufferer of a racial and homophobic assault. On Tuesday, prosecutors dropped all fees in opposition to the actor for allegedly staging his personal hate crime, an announcement that left some feeling vindicated and others confused.

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Kathy Griffin made a pitch to Empire creator Lee Daniels to “let Jussie return, however have his character confront a brand new character who did what he allegedly did.”

Director Ava DuVernay and Questlove had been fast to chime in, seemingly proud of the choice.

George Takei used the case as a reminder to not bounce to conclusions earlier than “we have now all of the details.”

The Empire writers are delighted with the result.

Smollett’s bosses at 20th Century Fox Tv and Fox Leisure are happy as properly, telling Yahoo Leisure in an announcement, “Jussie Smollett has at all times maintained his innocence and we’re gratified that each one fees in opposition to him have been dismissed.”

However not everyone seems to be feeling so jovial — particularly over on the Chicago Police Division. In a joint press convention on Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expressed shock over the Cook dinner County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace’s determination to drop all fees, sustaining they doubt Smollett’s innocence. Donald Trump Jr. believes the actor is responsible, as properly.

President Trump‘s eldest son was shocked to search out himself agreeing with Emanuel.

“What’s this sort of privilege referred to as???” he tweeted, calling the state of affairs “disgusting.”

The Smollett case shortly took on a political narrative after he stated his two attackers yelled, “That is MAGA nation,” in the course of the assault. (MAGA stands President Trump’s marketing campaign slogan “Make America Nice Once more.”) It’s no shock, then, that conservative commentator Ann Coulter was fast to react to Tuesday’s information.

And conservative actor James Woods actually didn’t maintain again when weighing in on the matter.