{"id":266379,"date":"2019-01-29T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1009572"},"modified":"2019-01-29T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T19:14:00","slug":"stars-call-for-justice-as-jussie-smollett-recovers-from-homophobic-racist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/stars-call-for-justice-as-jussie-smollett-recovers-from-homophobic-racist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Call for Justice as Jussie Smollett Recovers From Homophobic, Racist Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jussie Smollett<\/strong>‘s friends and co-stars are calling for justice.<\/p>\n

Earlier this morning, E! News learned that the 35-year-old Empire<\/em> star was the victim of a possible racially-charged assault and battery<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n

According to police, two suspects began to batter the actor and poured an unknown chemical substance on him. During the attack, one of the offenders also wrapped a rope around Jussie’s neck.<\/p>\n

While Jussie’s team is staying quiet, many close friends and co-stars are speaking out and showing their support for the actor.<\/p>\n

“I’m just now hearing the news about the senseless hate attack on my #EMPiRE Nephew @JussieSmollett,” Vivica A. Fox<\/strong> shared on Twitter<\/a>. “IM SO ANGRY AND HURT ABOUT THIS! THIS MUST STOP!! SPREAD LOVE NOT HATE! PRAYERS UP TO U NEPHEW!”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Danielle Brooks\u00a0<\/strong> added<\/a>, “They can try to break you physically, but they can’t break your spirit. To my friend @jussiesmollett , I love you King. I am praying for you and your family. This is reality. America we must do better.”<\/p>\n

They aren’t the only famous faces speaking out.\u00a0See what other stars are sharing on social media below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Sending love to Jussie and the Smollett family after this horrific attack. We support you and pray that you find peace and justice.<\/p>\n

\u2014 John Legend (@johnlegend) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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We ALL have a responsibility to rise up against the ignorance and hate out there. If you know who did this to @JussieSmollett<\/a>, REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE.<\/p>\n

\u2014 shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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This is heartbreaking and terrifying…please pay attention to what\u2019s happening here. Sending all my love to @JussieSmollett<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/YTJ6bwLDkZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zendaya (@Zendaya) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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This. Is. Vile. https:\/\/t.co\/8h6qfSmG5U<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andy Cohen (@Andy) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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I hope @JussieSmollett<\/a> is okay and I hope the @Chicago_Police<\/a> find the animals who did this to him https:\/\/t.co\/sQtEJQy2l5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m deeply horrified and saddened by the racist and homophobic attacks against @JussieSmollett<\/a>. He is a kind and profoundly talented soul whom I respect with all my heart. The terror of racism and homophobia has no place in our society, it is the most indecent way to live…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Danny Strong (@Dannystrong) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Sending my love and prayers to you @JussieSmollett<\/a> . This is unacceptable and they will be brought to justice.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Bomer (@MattBomer) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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god bless jussie may he have all the support he needs healing from this.<\/p>\n

hella speechless. no words.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kehlani (@Kehlani) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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.@JussieSmollett<\/a> is one of the fiercest people I know. This hatred won\u2019t stop his championing for a better world. If anything, it will probably motivate him more. It has me.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack\u00e9e Harry (@JackeeHarry) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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@JussieSmollett<\/a> I love you.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tika Sumpter (@iamtikasumpter) January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Chicago Police asks anyone who has information on the incident to please contact Area Central Detectives at 312-747-8382 or report it anonymously to www.cpdtip.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers are with Jussie and his family during his recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t miss E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jussie Smollett‘s friends and co-stars are calling for justice. Earlier this morning, E! News learned that the 35-year-old Empire star was the victim of a possible racially-charged assault and battery in Chicago. According to police, two suspects began to batter the actor and poured an unknown chemical substance on him. During the attack, one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-266379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 07:39:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}