{"id":1104373,"date":"2021-12-09T22:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T03:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1104373"},"modified":"2021-12-09T22:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T03:28:35","slug":"hollywood-celebrities-who-backed-jussie-smollett-silent-after-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebrities-who-backed-jussie-smollett-silent-after-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Celebrities Who Backed Jussie Smollett Silent After Guilty Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-celebrities-who-backed-jussie-smollett-silent-after-guilty-verdict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1104373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/celebssmollett2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Hollywood celebrities who fully-backed convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett have been silent, as of this reporting, in the wake of Thursday\u2019s guilty verdict in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a media that says it\u2019s a debate that whether or not what happened to Jussie Smollett is a hate crime. It\u2019s absurd. It\u2019s not a fucking&nbsp;debate,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/17\/ellen-page-late-show-interview-blaming-trump-and-pence-for-jussie-smolett-hate-hoax-has-18-million-views\/\"> exclaimed<\/a> actress Ellen Page (now Elliot) in 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ellen Page Calls Out Hateful Leadership\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ec12JKkrhOo?start=407&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a racist hate crime and is disgusting and shameful to our country,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry\/status\/1090337590958448641?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> pop singer Katy Perry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9692307692308\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Standing with and sending love to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> today\u2026 this is a racist hate crime and is disgusting and shameful to our country \ud83d\ude14<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeLoveJussie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeLoveJussie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KATY PERRY (@katyperry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry\/status\/1090337590958448641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHomophobia existed before Trump, but there is no question that since he has injected his hatred into the American bloodstream, we are less decent, less human,&amp; less loving,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/17\/15-celebrities-who-blamed-trump-deplorables-for-hoax-attack-on-jussie-smollett\/\"> tweeted<\/a> director Rob Reiner, who also deleted his post as the evidenced piled on against Smollett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHIS is why we have to have zero tolerance against homophobia and racism. Jussie\u2019s life matters,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/17\/15-celebrities-who-blamed-trump-deplorables-for-hoax-attack-on-jussie-smollett\/\">exclaimed<\/a> actress Olivia Munn in a now-deleted tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVILLAINY, RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA,\u201d lamented singer Cher in a tweet that she never deleted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.05\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jussie Smollett,\u2019Empire&#8217; Actor, Reportedly Attacked In Possible Hate Crime.NPR. VILLAINY, RACISM,HOMOPHOBIA,    PROMOTED BY MOST INFAMOUS IN \ud83c\udf0e,IS THE POISON THAT KILLS\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8.WHITE ONLY IS NOT RIGHT.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 IS PPL OF COLOR.\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffbGOP GOES DOWN WITH SHIP djt<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/egSweOPhlO\">https:\/\/t.co\/egSweOPhlO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cher (@cher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cher\/status\/1090463098224500736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis wanted America to \u201ctake this racist and homophobic act of violence very personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.02\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OMG!! THIS is why the LGBTQ community continue to fight to be seen and PROTECTED against hate!<\/p>\n<p>We ALL have to take this racist and homophobic act of violence very personally! My arms are around you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jussiesmollett<\/a>. You are loved! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bprDZ3Luah\">https:\/\/t.co\/bprDZ3Luah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Viola Davis (@violadavis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violadavis\/status\/1090335099525234689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><i>The&nbsp;Office&nbsp;<\/i>star Mindy Kaling was \u201cdisgusted and horrified\u201d when the news broke.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.326315789474\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am disgusted and horrified to hear of the homophobic and racial attack on Jussie Smollett last night. Unfortunately, these hateful attacks happen way too often. We must call out and hold those accountable. Sending love to you, Jussie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mindykaling\/status\/1090348980007886849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Scandal&nbsp;<\/em>star Kerry Washington called for \u201cjustice for Jussie.\u201d Well\u2026.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.803738317757\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DEAR GOD! Prayers and justice for Jussie Smollett.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kerry washington (@kerrywashington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerrywashington\/status\/1090310169542615042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even as proof of Smollett\u2019s guilt became readily apparent, some celebrities, especially his&nbsp;<em>Empire,&nbsp;<\/em>remained in the actor\u2019s corner, bitterly clinging to the hope that two racist Trump supporters attacked him at 2 AM on a cold Chicago winter\u2019s night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one could be that hurtful? To stage this? Right? To fuck with all of us by playing into our weaknesses &amp; make it even harder for victims to come forward?! No one could choose to be that hurtful? Right?! RIGHT?\u201d a perplexed Alyssa Milano asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.326219512195\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If that man staged his own attack he is wrong in so many ways. <\/p>\n<p>No one could be that hurtful? To stage this? Right?<\/p>\n<p>To fuck with all of us by playing into our weaknesses &amp; make it even harder for victims to come forward?! No one could choose to be that hurtful? Right?! RIGHT?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssa_Milano\/status\/1097319146532962304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUntil I can see some definitive proof\u2013which I haven\u2019t seen yet\u2013then, you know, I gotta go with him until I see otherwise,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/03\/05\/queen-latifah-i-believe-jussie-smollett-until-i-see-definitive-proof-of-hoax\/\">said <\/a>Queen Latifah.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch&nbsp;below:&nbsp;<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While <em>Blackish<\/em>&nbsp;star Anthony Anderson did not defend Smollett, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/03\/29\/naacp-host-anthony-anderson-happy-system-worked-for-jussie-smollett\/\">he did celebrate<\/a> the prospect of him winning an NAACP image award after corrupt prosecutors in Chicago abruptly dropped the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not my place or any other person\u2019s place to judge him or whatnot, but I\u2019m glad [that] he\u2019s nominated\u2026I hope he wins because I\u2019d be interested to hear his speech,\u201d said Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country deserves better than the kind of morally bankrupt people who have taken our democracy hostage and condone hate crimes. Sending love to Jussie,\u201d opined Molly Ringwald.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeartbroken and furious reading about the attack on [Smollett]. I want Trump and all MAGA lunatics to burn in Hell,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/17\/15-celebrities-who-blamed-trump-deplorables-for-hoax-attack-on-jussie-smollett\/\"> tweeted<\/a> comedian Billy Eichner, who deleted the post shortly after news of Smollett\u2019s hoax came to light.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a jury convicted disgraced actor Jussie Smollett for five counts of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report after he hired two brothers from Nigeria to stage a fake hate crime against him. The class 4 felony carries a maximum sentence of up to 3 years in prison for each count, though experts believe he will likely get probation and be sentenced to community service if convicted. Smollett was acquitted of just one count of disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, none of the celebrities above have issued a statement about Smollett\u2019s guilty verdict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood celebrities who fully-backed convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett have been silent, as of this reporting, in the wake of Thursday\u2019s guilty verdict in Chicago. \u201cWe have a media &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}