Here we have an apparently fit, good-looking, talented young man with an extremely high-paying job as an actor in a popular television series and a very promising career in sight well into the future... as long as he doesn't do something astoundingly stupid and screw it all up for himself. Which he does.
Who is ever going to take a chance on hiring Jussie Smollett again? Is his career well and truly over? He was fired from his show, Empire, in (I believe) 2019 when he was arrested by the Chicago Police Department for an arm's-length long list of offences to do with his by then well-known faked "racist/homophobic" assault, and there are no acting jobs listed here on IMDb for him since that time.
It is very difficult to keep the schadenfreude at bay. One does not want to take pleasure in another's misfortune. If "misfortune" can be applied to a case where the individual has manufactured, engineered, planned and plotted the alleged "assault" on himself. Actually, it took place exactly as he planned, so I guess there's no "misfortune" involved in the event and, depending on who you're asking (other than Jussie Smollett and his gullible, blinkered supporters) no misfortune in the long follow-up after. At least not for him. Oh, except maybe he'll never work again in the entertainment industry! The point is: any "misfortune" befalling JS in this whole scenario is nobody's fault but his! He chose this for himself!
Now, on the other hand, I can see misfortune in the many wasted hours of those in the CPD who tirelessly searched for his "racist and homophobic" attackers. As if they don't have better things to do than get sucked into the lies of a narcissistic, self-centred, entitled, delusional liar who just doesn't know when to shut up!
What on earth possessed Jussie Smollett to perpetrate such nonsense? Rumours had it he was hoping to up his public image and get a higher paycheque from the Empire producers. So what's minimum wage for hard-working people doing everyday jobs? And what was JS earning for his Empire gig? Reportedly between $65,000 and $125,000 PER EPISODE!!! And that was not enough? He had to come up with a scheme where Empire would pay him MORE? What kind of a lunatic is that greedy?
As I say, difficult to not feel a little schadenfreude seeing this nitwit charged and put to trial in a NY courtroom. He should be in prison for the waste of time and money he caused the CPD who spent many hours looking for his "attackers."
Oh. Those "attackers"!!! The Osundairo brothers are worth the price of admission to watch this thing. I know it's on television, but I stand by that statement because these guys are a hoot. I believed every word they said. I loved how they backed each other up, each was respectfully quiet as the other spoke, and they seem to have a wonderful, brotherly rapport. And they were funny. I sat there thinking "I love these guys!" I know next to nothing about them, but they were terrific, believable witnesses to this very sad tale.
Well worth a watch, and a cautionary tale for anyone who might be considering doing something really, really reckless in hopes of bettering their position in life. Sometimes it's good to sit still and be grateful for what we've got. Jussie... you listening?
Who is ever going to take a chance on hiring Jussie Smollett again? Is his career well and truly over? He was fired from his show, Empire, in (I believe) 2019 when he was arrested by the Chicago Police Department for an arm's-length long list of offences to do with his by then well-known faked "racist/homophobic" assault, and there are no acting jobs listed here on IMDb for him since that time.
It is very difficult to keep the schadenfreude at bay. One does not want to take pleasure in another's misfortune. If "misfortune" can be applied to a case where the individual has manufactured, engineered, planned and plotted the alleged "assault" on himself. Actually, it took place exactly as he planned, so I guess there's no "misfortune" involved in the event and, depending on who you're asking (other than Jussie Smollett and his gullible, blinkered supporters) no misfortune in the long follow-up after. At least not for him. Oh, except maybe he'll never work again in the entertainment industry! The point is: any "misfortune" befalling JS in this whole scenario is nobody's fault but his! He chose this for himself!
Now, on the other hand, I can see misfortune in the many wasted hours of those in the CPD who tirelessly searched for his "racist and homophobic" attackers. As if they don't have better things to do than get sucked into the lies of a narcissistic, self-centred, entitled, delusional liar who just doesn't know when to shut up!
What on earth possessed Jussie Smollett to perpetrate such nonsense? Rumours had it he was hoping to up his public image and get a higher paycheque from the Empire producers. So what's minimum wage for hard-working people doing everyday jobs? And what was JS earning for his Empire gig? Reportedly between $65,000 and $125,000 PER EPISODE!!! And that was not enough? He had to come up with a scheme where Empire would pay him MORE? What kind of a lunatic is that greedy?
As I say, difficult to not feel a little schadenfreude seeing this nitwit charged and put to trial in a NY courtroom. He should be in prison for the waste of time and money he caused the CPD who spent many hours looking for his "attackers."
Oh. Those "attackers"!!! The Osundairo brothers are worth the price of admission to watch this thing. I know it's on television, but I stand by that statement because these guys are a hoot. I believed every word they said. I loved how they backed each other up, each was respectfully quiet as the other spoke, and they seem to have a wonderful, brotherly rapport. And they were funny. I sat there thinking "I love these guys!" I know next to nothing about them, but they were terrific, believable witnesses to this very sad tale.
Well worth a watch, and a cautionary tale for anyone who might be considering doing something really, really reckless in hopes of bettering their position in life. Sometimes it's good to sit still and be grateful for what we've got. Jussie... you listening?