Their relationship is “complicated,” he says.
Lee Danielsis open to working with and casting actorJussie Smollettagain.
The producer/director said so Monday in an appearance on iHeartRadio’sThe Breakfast Clubfor his new filmThe Deliverance.
Jussie Smollett and Lee Daniels talk ‘Empire’ in 2017.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty
“He was a son to me.
And he also represented me.
He waswritten outof the show’s final season.
(Smollett is gay and Black.)
While those initialcharges were dropped, theywere refiled.
Two brothers later allegedlytold policethat he paid them to fake the attack to drum up publicity.
“Look, it’s complicated,” the director said.
“It’s so complicated, guys.
It’s so complicated.
Life is so complicated.”
He said he was unsure of what had happened.
“I still don’t know what to believe.
Honestly, I don’t know what to believe,” he said.
“People say he didn’t do it, he did do it.
God bless him on his journey.”
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, he commented on his ongoing appeal.
“And then they’ll figure it out.
They’ll figure it out because I can’t sit here forever trying to explain.”
