Malik sets the record straight about allegedly outing his Empire Co star Jamal Lyon..
It all went down when Malik mentioned this statement in a interview:
"I think that our show represents a huge opportunity to stay in the culture beyond entertainment value and there's an intrinsic nature of you have the gay factor, right? So, obviously, Lee (Daniels, co-creator) is gay. That was an important storyline for him. I think it's important for people to see themselves. Even within the Black community. But if you aren't really, really taking it off of screen and making it live in the community in a significant way ... like I know Jussie, he is gay, and he's very committed to issues around the LGBT community. He and I have a very close relationship."
USA Today reports, In a statement sent to USA TODAY via his publicist, Yoba denied that he outed Smollett and said that his comments were about Jamal, not Jussie.
"I was misquoted in the article. My reference to Jussie was only about his character and storyline on Empire."
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