Actor Jussie Smollett, who hasn’t been seen on tv since he was accused of staging a hate crime in 2019, will mark his return to Fox in “Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check.”
The competitors collection, which additionally options actuality stars Teresa Giudice and Kody Brown, will observe 18 well-known faces as they face off in a collection of intense challenges utilized in real-life army trainings.
Smollett, 43, beforehand starred within the music drama “Empire” from 2015 to 2019. He left the present after claiming two males attacked him on a Chicago avenue and threw a noose round his neck whereas spewing racial and homophobic slurs.
Each males later got here ahead saying they have been employed by Smollett to stage the incident, which Smollett has denied. He was charged with submitting a false police report and disorderly conduct.
“Empire” creator Lee Daniels subsequently wrote him out of the Fox collection.
“That complete scenario was sophisticated. I nonetheless don’t know what to consider,” Daniels admitted in an interview with The Breakfast Membership final August. “Individuals say he didn’t do it, he did do it. God bless him on his journey.”
Regardless of the controversy, Daniels mentioned he’s open to working with Smollett once more on a future venture.
Expenses towards Smollett have been initially dropped after a month in trade for his completion of neighborhood service, however after one other investigation in 2020, Smollett was charged once more. The case in the end went to trial, the place the actor was discovered responsible and sentenced to 150 days in jail.
In November, the Illinois Supreme Court docket overturned Smollett’s conviction as a part of a plea deal in trade for neighborhood service and the forfeiture of his $10,000 bond. He additionally agreed to donate at the least $50,000 to Chicago’s Constructing Higher Futures Heart for the Arts to resolve the town’s lawsuit towards him.
In Might, Smollett launched a assertion saying he’s able to “transfer ahead.”
“I’ll proceed creating my artwork, combating passionately for causes I maintain pricey and defending my integrity and household with the identify of fact,” he mentioned.
Season 4 of “Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check” premieres on Fox Sept. 25.
