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Tell The Truth: Malik Yoba Speaks On Whether Or Not #Empire Star Jussie Smollett Is Gay IRL

Malik Yoba Confirms Whether Or Not Jussie Smollett Is Gay The instant success of the hit new drama series “ Empire”  can be much attributed to director Lee Daniels not being afraid to touch on a variety of controversial issues affecting the African-American community today, and one of the show’s most compelling story lines is that of Jussie Smollett’s character Jamal. On the show, Jussie’s character Jamal is a multi-talented musician struggling with how to assert his sexuality to the world amid constant criticism of his lifestyle from his father Lucious Lyon, but recent comments Jussie made when asked about his sexuality in real life during an interview has some fans wondering if his art really does imitate his life. When asked whether or not he’s gay in real life during a recent interview on the Sway in The Morning   radio show, Jussie had this to say in response: “I’m not willing to confirm or deny anything. I live my life. I don’t hide anything, I just don’t choose to talk about my personal life.” Hmmmm. However, while Jussie is seemingly opting to keep it in the closet, his fellow “Empire” cast member Malik Yoba gave a much more straight-forwad answer to the burning question of his talented friend’s real-life sexuality. Hit the flip to read what he had to say.

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Tell The Truth: Malik Yoba Speaks On Whether Or Not #Empire Star Jussie Smollett Is Gay IRL

Cookie On Fleek: Taraji Henson Responds To Outrage Over ‘Empire’ Stereotypes – “I’m Glad You’re Mad!”

Taraji P. Henson Covers Uptown Magazine And Talks Empire Stereotypes ‘Empire’ leading lady Taraji P. Henson is steaming up the pages of Uptown Magazine’s latest issue and talkin’ that talk in the process. Uptown recently caught up with the oscar-award winning actress for a quick sit down and she dished on all things ‘Empire,” including some of the backlash the show has received for honing in on African-American stereotypes. Check out some of what she had to say below. via Uptown Magazine On Black Actors Having to Take Turns in Hollywood: It feels good that there’s not just one black person. I don’t like that we get fixated on one or two at a time, or three at a time. If you look at Caucasian Hollywood, every year there’s a handful of new faces you’ve never seen before, then after that, they got five movies coming out and they’re introducing you to more talent. So I’m just so happy to see what’s happening on television right now. We have options and that’s how it should be. On “Empire” Being Stereotypical: That’s what art is supposed to do: expose this sh*t. You know, we’re dealing with subject matter that’s not really dealt with…so let’s lift the carpet up and deal with this dirt. It’s not like we bashed Barack Obama and the show went off. No, Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) jumped in his [son’s] a**. That’s real life stuff. So I’m glad you’re mad.” On Her Future Success: I’ve come a long way from ‘Aye, that’s that girl from Baby Boy’ to now people know how to pronounce my name. But I’m just scratching the surface. For whatever reason, God gave me this life, and I’m not gon’ f**k it up. We’ll definitely be tuning in to see more Cookie tonight on ‘Empire!’ Will you?

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Cookie On Fleek: Taraji Henson Responds To Outrage Over ‘Empire’ Stereotypes – “I’m Glad You’re Mad!”