Actor Jussie Smollett, who claimed he was attacked at around 2 a.m. in Chicago by noose-wielding, racist, and homophobic Trump supporters, maintains his story is just fine, it’s the people who doubt his fantastic allegation who are the problem.

Smollett, who is both gay and black, says he is “pissed off” at the people who have questioned his claim that he is the victim of a hate crime. The skeptics don't believe the truth, the actor said in an interview with " Good Morning America," which aired Thursday. In fact, he added, they "don't even want to see the truth."

"What is it that has you so angry? Is it the attackers?" Robin Roberts asked.

"It's the attackers but it's also the attacks," Smollett responded. "At first it was a thing of like, 'Listen, if I tell the truth, then that's it, cause it's the truth.'"

He added, “Then it became a thing of like, 'Oh, how can you doubt that? Like how do you not believe that? It's the truth.' And then it became a thing like, 'Oh, it's not necessarily that you don't believe that this is the truth. You don't even want to see the truth.'"

Smollett continued, theorizing that if he had said that his assailants were Muslim or Hispanic, then the people questioning his story now would’ve likely supported him immediately.

"I have to acknowledge the lies, and the hate," he said. "It feels like if I had said it was a Muslim, or a Mexican, or someone black, I feel like the doubters would have supported me much more. A lot more. And that says a lot about the place that we are in our country right now."

"I will never be the man that this did not happen to," Smollett added. "I am forever changed. I don't subscribe to the idea everything happens for a reason, but I do subscribe to the idea that we have the right and the responsibility to make something meaningful out of the things that happen to us, good and bad."

See, this is annoying. Smollett may be the victim of a hate crime. The story is not easy to believe, but it's possible.

It’d be one thing if he were merely frustrated that so many have questioned whether he is telling the truth. But to confuse skepticism for racism? Come on. Surely — surely! — he must see that his story is a big ask.

Skeptics have questioned why two masked Trump supporters would wander downtown Chicago at 2 a.m. in subzero temperatures. For that reasonable skepticism, Smollett alleges racism. Likewise, he blames racism for critics questioning why anyone would ever describe Chicago as “MAGA country,” as the actor claims one of his attackers yelled during the alleged crime. Smollett insinuates that it's racism to question the existence of Chicago “rednecks.”

Smollett insinuates racism where skeptics have questioned why the assailants just so happened to have an “an unknown chemical substance" and rope on hand at 2 in the morning. Smollett insinuates racism where skeptics have wondered how his attackers managed to beat him, tie a rope around his neck, and pour an “unknown chemical substance" on him all in the space of 60 seconds. Smollett insinuates that racism is behind the skepticism about his story. That skepticism is mostly based on the fact that his attack went uncaptured on camera in arguably the most surveilled city in the United States. Lastly, Smollett insinuates racism where some have questioned his unwillingness to turn his phone over to investigators. That is a very weird thing for him to refuse, considering he said his manager was on the line with him at the time of the attack and could confirm his story.

Critics are not wrong to ask these questions, especially in the current climate of hoax hate crimes.

The skeptics aren’t the problem. Smollett’s story is the problem.