Yeah, only making $1.8 million is stressful.
Via Daily Caller:
“The Hollywood Reporter” suggested in a Wednesday article that the stress of Hollywood could be the real reason “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime.
Smollett alleged that two supporters of President Donald Trump assaulted him and poured a bleach-like substance on him while shouting racist and homophobic slurs last month. He was arrested for allegedly filing a false police report earlier this month.
The article is titled, “‘I’m About to Break’: Jussie Smollett and the Pressure of Hollywood Fame.”
“The ‘Empire’ actor claimed to be the victim of a heinous crime that played perfectly into Hollywood’s worst fears about hate in America,” the lede of the article reads. “Did the pressures of childhood fame or a struggling music career play a role in causing him to concoct what police are now deeming an elaborate hoax?”