{"id":468072,"date":"2022-06-27T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jussie-smollett-roasted-for-bet-awards-appearance-who-let-him-in\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T15:31:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:31:44","slug":"jussie-smollett-roasted-for-bet-awards-appearance-who-let-him-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jussie-smollett-roasted-for-bet-awards-appearance-who-let-him-in\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jussie Smollett roasted for BET Awards appearance: &#8216;Who let him in?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd276ae3f2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd276ae3f2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jussie-smollett-roasted-for-bet-awards-appearance-who-let-him-in\/#%E2%80%9CJussie_Smollett_roasted_for_BET_Awards_appearance_%E2%80%98Who_let_him_in%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jussie Smollett roasted for BET Awards appearance: &#8216;Who let him in?&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Jussie Smollett roasted for BET Awards appearance: &#8216;Who let him in?'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Fallen \u201cEmpire\u201d star Jussie Smollett has defiantly declared he\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/23\/jussie-smollett-insists-hes-not-a-piece-of-s-t-says-he-gained-clarity-from-jail\/\">\u201cnot a piece of s\u2013t\u201d after \u201cgaining clarity\u201d <\/a>during his recent mini-prison stint \u2014 but many viewers of the 2022 BET Awards aren\u2019t ready to let him off the hook just yet. <\/p>\n<p>Smollett, 40, made his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonnieThaGreat\/status\/1541206356283342849\">controversial return<\/a> to the red carpet at Sunday Los Angeles\u2019 Microsoft Theater \u2014 after being sprung in March when he served only six days of his 150-day sentence in March for five counts of felony disorderly conduct at Cook County Jail in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 BET nominee for best actor was ostensibly there to hype his directorial debut with BET+ streaming flick \u201cB-Boy Blues\u201d \u2014 but he announced some other big plans, too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Freshly sprung from prison after serving six days of his 150-day sentence, Jussie Smollett was all smiles at the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-22816811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>In his first red carpet <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance since being sprung from prison after serving six days of his 150-day sentence in March, Jussie Smollett attended the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis has always been the plan, to expand my empire, so to speak,\u201d Smollett expounded to the press corps on the scene, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-10955711\/Jussie-Smollett-attends-BET-Awards-talks-expanding-Empire-Twitter-roasts-him.html\">Daily Mail reported<\/a>. \u201cTo expand the level of what I want to do. I got to direct multiple episodes of the show as well as my music videos, I directed all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And despite his high-profile fall from grace \u2014 he was convicted of paying two men\u00a0to pretend to be racist-homophobic MAGA supporters and attack him with a noose and bleach \u2014 Smollett still seems to consider himself something of a role model for the youths.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-13.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jussie Smollett attends the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-22816793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jussie-Smollett-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smollett was all smiles at the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. He promised his fans he as \u201cabsolutely\u201d going to drop some \u201cvery, very good music very soon.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for BET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut to be able to usher in just a new generation of artists of actors of this amazing talent that\u2019s out there that has so much to tell you,\u201d Smollett told reporters. \u201cThat\u2019s what is feeding me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> watch dogs weren\u2019t immediately feeling it, with thousands of people <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Jussie%20Smollett%20BET&amp;src=typed_query\">turning him into a trending topic on Twitter<\/a>, expressing everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> disbelief to outright outrage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s crazy how Jussie Smollett is out &amp; about, showing his face like that situation never happened,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thepizzapopo_\/status\/1541189496275980289\">proffered one of the more polite<\/a> commenters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWho let Jussie Smollett into the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BETAwards?src=hashtag_click\">#BETAwards<\/a>?,\u201d another Twitter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BabaBla47602512\/status\/1541190421262598145\">critic snarkeed<\/a>, spawning dozens of retweets and hundreds of likes. \u201cThis n\u2013a faked a hate crime and blamed white people for it, and got a slap on the wrist. If you got money, regardless of race, you have privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Twit wit chimed in with \u201cEveryone watching Jussie Smollett on the red carpet,\u201d a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonnieThaGreat\/status\/1541206356283342849\">post accompanied with a vintage photograph<\/a> of Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9 looking aghast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cGod, these random cuts to Jussie Smollett really make me uncomfortable,\u201d @sleepymaserati\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sleepymaserati\/status\/1541216196472750081\">commented, apparently something up the thoughts<\/a> of the broadcast\u2019s most generous viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, one outraged anti-fan got brutally down to the point: \u201cNot Jussie Smollet trying to get this black card reinstated #BETAwards #redcarpet,\u2019 viewer @iMjustkinji\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMjustkinji\/status\/1541190443664375808\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Alas, Smollett\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13268214\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1\">comeback project, \u201cB-Boy Blues\u201d <\/a>\u2014 an adaptation of James Earl Hardy\u2019s novel \u2014 is set to premiere July 9 on BET+ streaming platform. It\u2019s being billed as his feature directorial debut after helping two episodes of his prior <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, Lee Daniels\u2019 \u201cEmpire,\u201d back in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The actor-singer and former \u201cMighty Ducks\u201d child star \u2014 who starred as Jamal Lyon\u2019s on FOX\u2019s Lee Daniels hit \u201cEmpire from 2015 until he was let go amid public backlash in 2019 \u2014 also promised his fans he \u201cabsolutely\u201d intends to drop some \u201cvery, very good music very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with radio\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pPLYVNTxjus\">Sway Calloway\u2019s SiriusXM show, \u201cSway in the Morning\u201d<\/a> last week, Smollett \u2014 who is currently appealing his conviction \u2014 maintained his innocence, insisting he did not lie about the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had done this, I\u2019d be a piece of s\u2013t \u2014 and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s really questionable,\u201d Smollett told Sway, adding that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/12\/jussie-smollett-believes-race-played-a-part-in-jail-sentence\/\">being a black gay man<\/a>\u00a0makes it impossible for him to stage the attack. \u201cIf I had done something like this, it would mean that I stuck my fist in the pain of black African Americans in this country for over 400 years.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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