Prosperdick said:

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bobbranco said:

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How much was Jussie getting paid for his Empire gig?

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Its a mystery...

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from a quick google search...

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In October 2016, it was reported that Smollett earned $20,000 per episode. The same report said the show's stars, Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, were paid $175,000 per episode.

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And somebody before me says $65,000 per episode. Must have received a pay raise already. Dude was bucking for more money.

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I posted the tweet, he obviously did get a nice bump in pay from $20K to $65K, I've not watched one second of the show but figured he was a supporting player since obviously Terrence and Taraji are the stars. I think somebody said they've done 4 seasons...so ball park I bet he's earned $2.5MM, poor thing.

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25 shows per season. In the 4th season of show.

press conference..

Hi, Im Brett said:

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press conference..

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Dats one mad black man. He was seething.

What a pathetic story......

Prosperdick said:

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ONLY $65K per episode and he was unhappy. Wow. Just wow. Poor guy was only getting paid $1.1 million a year to play make believe.

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He wanted a Ted Danson payday

Hi, Im Brett said:

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press conference..

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i didnt watch the who press conference but i did like the superintendents speech.

Aggiebrewer said:

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court ordered rehab, small fine. apology tour, book, back on tv. "brave progressive hero" celebrated by the left.

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Judging from the status updates I'm seeing from liberal gay friends on fb, there will be no celebration of Jussie except his death.

Aggiebrewer said:

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court ordered rehab, small fine. apology tour, book, back on tv. "brave progressive hero" celebrated by the left.

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I don't think the liberal gay community will welcome him back so readily.

Do not ever watch the show. No one should willingly submit themselves to watch that drivel.

The only reason I watched a few episodes was because I saw it billed as a "musical" series. I'm a sucker for musicals. The story, writing, dialogue, and half the acting was crap. The music wasn't bad per say, but altogether it stunk. The only part I would say was good was the costuming. Otherwise awful.

Hopefully Fox fires him soon.

BallerStaf2003 said:

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Aggiebrewer said:

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court ordered rehab, small fine. apology tour, book, back on tv. "brave progressive hero" celebrated by the left.

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Judging from the status updates I'm seeing from liberal gay friends on fb, there will be no celebration of Jussie except his death.

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Is it more an air of betrayal or is it more along the lines of genuine ANGER?

Zemira said:

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An icon?

Hahahaha

I actually watched a few episodes of Empires, which is probably unique since I'm white. The show was a soap opera of black stereotypes. It was painful to watch at times and how Jussie is acting is the same as the character on the show. So I don't think he is an actor, he just plays himself.

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Give Van a little credit. At least he got the "con" part right.

Anger. Lots of it.

tbirdspur2010 said:

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Zemira said:

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An icon?

Hahahaha

I actually watched a few episodes of Empires, which is probably unique since I'm white. The show was a soap opera of black stereotypes. It was painful to watch at times and how Jussie is acting is the same as the character on the show. So I don't think he is an actor, he just plays himself.

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I've never watched Empire. Couldn't have picked this dude out on the street before this stunt if my life had depended upon it. And I'm blacker than he is by several orders of magnitude lol.

"Icon." What madness.

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you think for yourself, speak out against leftist ideas, and try to improve your lot in life. By DNC standards, you are whiter than Bernie Sanders

Here are some status updates from FB from gay men:

Dear Jussie,
You are hereby banished from the Gay community for all the future pain you will cause us

Seriously. How much attention do you need? Be gone. Never show your face in the gay community again.

Yes, Jussie Smollett is an *******. The real issue here is that queer black and brown people already face a world where their calls of discrimination go unnoticed, unreported, and ignored. Jussie just made that reality even worse and that's the real travesty.

When it first happened, I discussed my, at the time, unpopular opinion of the Jussie Smollett attack with my friend Elena. Something didn't sit right with me and I was hoping to be very wrong. As it turns out, I might have been right. He has now hired a defense attorney. Dude, there are so many terrible things that will come of this. I'm still hoping that I am wrong, but it's not looking so good. Why dude, why ?!

Any Lawyer Want To Go In On A Class Action Lawsuit Against Jussie Smollett For Wasting My Life With His Nonsense...?

3,500 was the price you pay for throwing a career down the commode is just beyond me and during black history month is just hurtful. The math just doesn't add up.

Good morning Beautiful People! I will never NOT believe victims. The liars actually hurt real victims even more. Also Jussie wasn't the sole representative of "black" before this BS and he DAMN SURE isn't the sole representative now! He ****ed up HIS life not everybody black's. That being said, will not apologize for believing a victim of ANY race...what I will apologize for is how nasty I got with some people over their disbelief.
#BelieveVictims

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Zemira said:

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An icon?

Hahahaha

I actually watched a few episodes of Empires, which is probably unique since I'm white. The show was a soap opera of black stereotypes. It was painful to watch at times and how Jussie is acting is the same as the character on the show. So I don't think he is an actor, he just plays himself.

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Give Van a little credit. At least he got the "con" part right.

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I, con

bobbranco said:

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from a quick google search...

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In October 2016, it was reported that Smollett earned $20,000 per episode. The same report said the show's stars, Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, were paid $175,000 per episode.

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So this was really about income inequality, right libs?
Oh wait, the libs have disappeared just like they do on every fake hate crime thread

BallerStaf2003 said:

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You're like the fifth person to not be caught up on the thread and to bring back these posts. Try to keep up.

There is nothing wrong with withholding judgment. Move along now.

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While true somebody must read probably 40 pages to get to this reveal.

tbirdspur2010 said:

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Exactly. No one was saying withholding judgment was a problem. It was the assertion that it was "odd" that folks would call this obvious hoax for what it was when we'd literally just seen the media/leftists get out over their skis with the Covington story.

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"I'm withholding judgement, but it's weird that Trump fans aren't saying this completely made up event doesn't represent them" complete with a version of "not all Trump fans are racists, but all racists are Trump fans"

He withheld judgement, though!

Poor child makes 65,000 an episode for 18 episodes, and he lives in a crappy country. do not care what color or sexual persuasion he is-- he is is just plain greedy and thinks only of himself.

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Dear Jussie,
You are hereby banished from the Gay community for all the future pain you will cause us

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Reminds me of that scene from "Dumbo" where they all decide that he was "no longer an elephant."

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Holy hell IDK why but this hit me hard, spit out some water, eff.

tbirdspur2010 said:

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Exactly. No one was saying withholding judgment was a problem. It was the assertion that it was "odd" that folks would call this obvious hoax for what it was when we'd literally just seen the media/leftists get out over their skis with the Covington story.

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You would think they would learn and Whoopi even said something to that effect on the View (which I don't watch but saw the clip) where she said about Covington "why do we keep falling for these hoaxes" and Behar quipped "because we want to get Trump" to the audience's delight. Sickening...and they STILL don't learn.

The thing about Covington is it would take an intern less than 5 minutes to fact check the story, and s/he could have discovered Nathan Phillip's past history, other video clips which showed what really occurred, and the Black Israelites and their vicious taunts of the kids. Of course the story was just TOO good and leftist media can't help themselves.

Maybe just maybe, the media will perform a little more due diligence....ha ha ha, who am I kidding, they didn't learn a thing and never will.

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THIS IS ME HEEDING ADVICE

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In before a Ban.

smango05 said:

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Can we all agree to move on from Baller's initial statement? He's apologized several times, and admitted he was wrong.

There is so much more to make fun of.

[YOU SHOULD HEED THIS ADVICE. -STAFF]

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Maybe a warning should be put in those posts to avoid confusion.

Gee, I wonder if Kamala, Booker, Lemmon or numerous other libs will send a tweet saying "Jussie will be judged on the content of his character not the color of his skin!"

Nah, probably not.

Admittedly, I have not read all of these pages, so I'm not totally up to speed.

However, I've watched & heard the statement of the Chicago Police Superintendent, Eddie Johnson. That man appeared to me, at least, rather pissed, personally and as police superintendent. Good for him. He said some things that will not be very popular in certain circles.

I applaud his candor.

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I do think this guy needs to do at least a year in prison for this...

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Won't happen. A Chicago jury would never reach a unanimous conclusion to convict. It would be like OJ, everyone knew he did it, but the jury stacked the way it was, was never going to convict him despite the overwhelming evidence that he was guilty.