Jussie Smollett, photo via TMZ

According to a report by TMZ, “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, 35, was brutally beaten by 2 white Trump supporters in ski masks at 2 AM in Chicago.



TMZ reported that according to sources directly connected to Smollett, he was walking to Subway to get something to eat at 2 AM when 2 white men wearing ski masks put his head in a noose, poured bleach on him and screamed, “This is MAGA country!”

According to TMZ, someone also yelled, “Aren’t you that fag*ot ‘Empire’ nig*er?”

Jussie Smollett then took himself to Northwestern Memorial where he was treated and discharged Tuesday morning, TMZ reported.

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A letter was reportedly sent to Fox Studios in Chicago with letters cut out from magazines that spelled, “You will die black f*g.” (screenshot below)



Is this a hate hoax?

The story is extraordinary and sounds unbelievable.

It is absolutely freezing in Chicago right now so Jussie Smollett was presumably wearing a beanie or a hat which would obscure his appearance.

Why on earth would two white men be hanging around with rope and bleach and just happen to run into a celebrity and recognize him at 2 AM in the streets of Chicago?

The MAGA-loving, lynching racists recognized an "Empire" star, as well as his sexual orientation? "This is MAGA country" yelled the racists in… Chicago? They were walking around with bleach and a rope and happened to run into a celebrity? — my tweet portal is whack (@HashtagGriswold) January 29, 2019

Fox issued a statement: