The actor, whose character broke stereotypes by coming out as gay on the hit FOX show Empire, is sick of people asking whether he’s gay.
After a zillion different people and outlets trying to nail down the sexuality of hunky (and talented) actor Jussie Smollett (who plays Jamal Lyon, son of music mogul Lucious Lyon), he finally pulled aside Ellen DeGeneres to tell her how inspiring she’s been for him and others in the LGBT community.
Listen to him beautifully express who he is, without falling into the “is he or isn’t he” trap. The man just doesn’t want to talk about his private life, so stop asking, people!
Listen to Jussie sing “Good Enough“, which is featured on the Empire soundtrack. If you’re following the show, the scene featured in the video, where Lucious screams at Jamal for wearing his mom’s high heels, and then puts him into a trash can is devastating and exposes how kids who step outside the gender binary for boys are too often abused and shamed by their families.