Wendy Williams Suggests Jussie Smollett Should Quit ‘Empire’ Despite Hate Crime Charges Being Dropped

Wendy Williams believes Jussie Smollett’s career will take a hit, despite prosecutors dropping all charges against him on March 26. The talk show host says he’ll be judged for the rest of his life,’ and she thinks his situation caused a ‘divide on the ‘Empire’ set.

Although prosecutors dropped all charges — 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct — against Jussie Smollett, 36, in his hate crime attack case, Wendy Williams, 54, doesn’t believe he’s off the hook just yet. The talk show host thinks the Empire actor will be scrutinized for the rest of his life after he was accused of stage a racial attack in Chicago on January 29.  “He’s the luckiest man in the world for not going to jail,” Wendy, who declared Smollett as guilty since the start of his legal situation.

“Jussie will be judged for the rest of his life,” Wendy told her studio audience on March 27. “I venture to say, even if he does get acting roles, they’re probably not going to be productions. They’re just going to throw him in stuff that he’ll be forced to take because he’ll need money.”

Although she has doubts about his future acting career, Wendy managed to find the silver lining in Smollett’s situation. “Jussie’s thing with the law has definitely benefitted in terms of everyone’s talking about you, you’re the lead story on everything,” Wendy, who recently made headlines of her own after admitting she’s been living in a sober house, said. “If I were him I’d quit [Empire]. Let him just walk away and not make the staff and crew and my fellow actors suffer, because everyone’s divided on the set. It makes for a nasty situation when a nasty situation is going on.”

Smollett’s Chicago Based-attorney, Ronald Safer confirmed to HollywoodLife that all charges against the actor were dropped on March 26. Smollett addressed the media after an emergency hearing in Chicago on Wednesday, where he admitted that he’s been “truthful on every level” throughout the investigation.

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