One of the main questions on the net ‘Is Jussie Smollett on Empire really gay in real life?’
Last week, Smollett neither confirmed or deny that he's gay.
According to the Empire co-star, Malik Yoba in an exclusive interview by Black Film, he reveals the answer to fans question:
I think that our show represents a huge opportunity to stay in the culture beyond entertainment value and there’s an intrinsic nature of you have the gay factor, right? So, obviously, Lee is gay. That was an important storyline for him. I think it’s important for people to see themselves. Even within the Black community. But if you aren’t really, really taking it off of screen and making it live you aren’t really, really taking it off of screen and making it live in the community in a significant way…like I know Jussie, he is gay, and he’s very committed to issues around the LGBT community. He and I have a very close relationship.