Terrence Howard comes forward to make a statement concerning co-star's arrest

Empire actor Terrence Howard on Saturday offered help for embarrassment tormented co-star Jussie Smollett, who was accused a week ago of recording a bogus police report in which he professed to be the victim of a supposed wrongdoing.

“All your lil homies got you… We love the hell outta you,” Howard writes in an Instagram post on Saturday that highlighted a video of Smollett stimulating an infant.

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Terrence Howard assumes the job of anecdotal music head honcho Lucious Lyon and the dad of Smollett’s character Jamal Lyon in Empire, a TV show on Fox that appeared in 2015. Following Smollett’s arrest last week, Fox declared Smollett’s character had been cut from the last two episodes of the period.

Chicago police say Smollett, 36, paid two siblings to arrange an assault against him a month ago trying to support his open profile since he was dissatisfied with his Empire pay.

Smollett had told police that two men assaulted him amid the early morning long stretches of 29 January. He said they folded a rope over his neck, yelled homophobic and racist slurs at him and poured dye on him. He additionally said they let him know, “this is MAGA country,” alluding to President Donald Trump’s 2016 “Make America Great Again” crusade motto.

Police presently state Smollett manufactured his story, and a few fans pummeled Howard for his proceeding with help of the on-screen character. In any case, the star of the 2004 film “Crash” reacted by approaching faultfinders to save their judgment.

“Sorry you feel that way however that is the only Jussie I know,” Howard says. “The Jussie I know could never even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly. His innocence or judgment is not for any of us to decide.”

“Stay in your lane and my lane is empathy and love and compassion for someone I’ve called my son for five years. It’s God’s job to judge and it’s ours to love and hope, especially for those that we claim to have loved.”

This story first appeared on the Huffpost website.