{"id":397224,"date":"2019-02-25T20:41:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post\/"},"modified":"2019-02-25T20:41:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T19:41:08","slug":"prison-planet-com-jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Jussie Smollett may have got \u2018hoax homophobic attack plot\u2019 from Empire creator\u2019s Instagram post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/8497333\/jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post\/\"><strong>The Sun<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\"><strong>JUSSIE Smollett may have got his \u201choax homophobic attack plot\u201d idea from an Instagram post the creator of his series Empire launched weeks before.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smollett may have tried to play on Daniel\u2019s emotions in the hopes of becoming an \u201cLGBT hero\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/23\/jussie-smollett-lee-daniels-gay-cousin-hoax-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a> reported, citing anonymous sources.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-container oembed-instagram lazyloaded\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bsd9ZFPgoj0\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12&amp;wp=620&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk&amp;rp=%2Fnews%2F8497333%2Fjussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A167497%7D\" width=\"640\" height=\"1056\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lee Daniels, 59, posted a heartfelt video on January 10, after his cousin was assaulted because he is gay.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels, who uses the handle theoriginalbigdaddy, told his \u201cgay brothers and sisters\u201d it was \u201cOK to be who you are\u201d and \u201cinevitably right will be done\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/8497333\/jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, February 25, 2019  at  7:13 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/jussie-smollett-may-have-got-hoax-homophobic-attack-plot-from-empire-creators-instagram-post.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SunFebruary 25, 2019 JUSSIE Smollett may have got his \u201choax homophobic attack plot\u201d idea from an Instagram post the creator of his series Empire launched weeks before. 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