Jussie Smollett Is A Puzzle
Here's the biggest thing that's grabbed me about Jussie Smollett. He's 39 years old. In the accounts he's given of himself in the last two days of trial, he seems to spend his time driving around, getting stoned, and working out. You might expect this of a college sophomore, but shouldn't you have more of a life by the time you're 39? Second issue, derived also from his age. According to Wikipedia , he was a child star whose career ended about 1995, when he was 13. But In 2012, Smollett returned to acting with the leading role in Patrik-Ian Polk's LGBT-themed comedy-drama The Skinny . Also that year, he released an EP titled The Poisoned Hearts Club . He later guest-starred in The Mindy Project (2012) and Revenge (2014). In 2014, Smollett was cast as Jamal Lyon—a gay musician struggling to gain the approval of his father Lucious—opposite Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard in the Fox drama series Empire . His role was hailed as "groun...