Fox’s ‘Empire’ Slashes Smollett Role in Wake of Attack Scandal

TMZ: Jussie Smollett’s “Empire” screen time is getting slashed in the wake of a growing sentiment that he staged the so-called “attack.” Production sources says that Smollett was supposed to have nine scenes and a big musical number in the second to the last episode, but five of his scenes have been cut, and his musical number has been 86’d.