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Jussie Smollett’s career comeback was not walking around the park after the 2019 race hoax scandal.
In addition to the new Netflix documentary, 43-year-old Smollett will be appearing in the upcoming Fox reality show, Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.
Brand expert Eric Schiffer said only Fox News Digital Smollett’s new gig appears to prove that not only is healing his career, but also takes the right steps to change his public perception by many as “the biggest con man of all time.”
Jussy Smollett convicted after being overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court
Jussie Smollett returns the TV in “Special Forces: The World’s Most Strict Test.” (Pete Dad/Fox)
In the fourth season of Fox’s Ultimate Celebrity Social Experiment, Smollett joins many stars who take on tough challenges while training from a playbook of Morocco’s actual special forces selection process.
All recruits on the show, according to the show’s summary, “we need to learn the art of getting used to being uncomfortable, as we face training challenges across the country’s vast desert terrain.”
“It’s a good choice for him because he goes through hardships and pain… I think it’s actually a good choice for him, strategically,” Schiffer said.
“For most people, he is considered the biggest con man of all time. He was seen as the con man who tried to use race to promote the love of his brand. It was a huge failure… He landed him in the Mac septic tank, made up of.
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“For most people, he is considered the biggest con man of all time.”
“He struggles, and those who don’t like him will probably enjoy his suffering. And those who don’t know him but may know the story may identify in his journey on the show. But it’s a good re-entry point, that makes a lot of sense.”
Smollett, 43, endures some of the toughest and toughest challenges as a participant in Season 4 of Fox’s Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test. (Pete Dad/Fox)
Smollett competes with spotlight veterans, including “Sister Wife” star Cody Brown, Brittany Cartwright from “Vanderpump Rules,” Olympic gymnast Sean Johnson East and “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Teresa Giudice Daughter Gear Judith and former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel give a few examples.
Schiffer believes Smollett’s next adventure into the real world will provide him with the opportunity to show “his humanity” in front of new viewers.
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He may also acknowledge “a piece of pain he experienced in his life that the audience may care about because he has already identified in his journey on the show,” Schiffer said. “It’s an opportunity to not only bring back some fans, but also build some new fans if he handles it on the show. So it’s purely positive.
“It can’t get that bad for him, meaning he goes into a show where he is seen as a huge American fraud artist based on how most people see him.
Illinois Supreme Court has been overturned Smollett’s hate crime hoax The conviction was found in November, 10 months after he filed a petition asking the High Court to intervene in the legal drama.
Jussie Smollett was charged in February 2019 with disorderly conduct and filing a false police report after being accused of adjusting a false hate crime. (Chicago Police Station via Getty Images)
Smollett, a black and gay man, reported to Chicago police that he was the victim of the crime. Racist and homophobic attacks In January 2019, two men wearing ski masks.
“It can’t get that bad for him, meaning he goes into a show where he is seen as a huge American fraud artist based on how most people see him.
Manhunt for the attacker soon became Smollett’s investigation, and his arrest on subsequent charges made him coordinate the attack and lied to the police about it.
Schiffer said Smollett is unwilling as he takes steps to regain his place in the spotlight.
The judge sentenced Jussy Smollett to 150 days in prison in 2022. (Cook County Sheriff’s Office via the AP)
“It opens the door. Many of these producers don’t want to go first because the degree of radioactiveness does not want to affect other decision makers,” Schiffer said of Smollett, who appears in “Special Forces.”
Sources told Fox News Digital Smollett that he would return to his craft after the hoax was a symbol of his dedication.
“Jussy is back in art with the purpose and passion that some of us have always loved him, bringing heart and soul to every note, every role, every story,” the insider said.
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“It’s Jussy Smollett, whom many of us have been waiting for to come out of that chapter. It’s time to turn the pages.”
The charges against Smollett have been originally removed. The “Empire” star was convicted of five felony counts after special prosecutor Kim Fox called for a new investigation. I was declared 150 days At the county jail. He was also sentenced to 30 months of felony probation and ordered to pay the city of Chicago with a fine of $120,106 and $25,000.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in November that the special prosecutor’s decision to retry Smollett on the charges violated his rights and his conviction was overturned. (Nuccio Dinuzzo)
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the special prosecutor’s decision to buy Smollett in November violated his rights and overturned his conviction.
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“Today, we will resolve questions about the state’s responsibility to respect the agreement with the defendant,” Smollett’s attorney Mark Geragos told Fox News Digital at the time. “We believe that a second prosecution based on these circumstances is a due process violation, and therefore reverses the defendant’s conviction.”
“This was not a fact-based prosecution, but rather an obsessive persecution, and such procedures did not exist in our criminal justice system,” Smollett’s lawyer, Neny Uche, told Fox News Digital in a statement. “In the end, we are pleased that the rule of law was a major winner today. We are grateful to the Illinois Supreme Court for restoring Illinois’ orders to jurisdiction in criminal law.”
