Malik Yoba, who plays Vernon Turner on the hit FOX series Empire, in his interview with Black Film were he revealed Jussie Smollett is, gay in real life.
“I think that our show represents a huge opportunity to
stay in the culture beyond entertainment value and there’s an intrinsic
nature of you have the gay factor, right? So, obviously, Lee is gay.
That was an important storyline for him. I think it’s important for
people to see themselves. Even within the Black community. But if you
aren’t really, really taking it off of screen and making it live in the
community in a significant way…like I know Jussie, he is gay, and he’s
very committed to issues around the LGBT community. He and I have a very
close relationship.”
Jussie makes it his business to keep his
personal life private.
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