Jussie Smollett Hits Back At Doubters As He Details Brutal Attack

Jussie Smollett Hits Back At Doubters As He Details Brutal Attack

Jussie Smollett sat down with good morning America's Robin Roberts for his 1st televised interview — that aired on Thursday morning — since telling police that he was viciously attacked by two men in Chicago last month.

"I'm pissed off. It's the attackers, however it is also the attacks," he told Roberts, also explaining that he was frustrated by those who didn't believe this story. "Like, you know, at first it was the thing of like, listen, if I tell the truth then that's because it's the truth. Then it became a thing of, like, how can you doubt that? How can you not believe that? It's the truth."

Added Smollett: "Then it became a issue of, like, it's not necessarily that you don't believe that this is the truth. You don't even want to see the truth."

"It feels like if I had said it was a Muslim, or a Mexican, or someone black, I feel like the doubters would have supported me much more. A lot more," the Empire star aforementioned of his attackers. "And that says a lot about the place that we are in our country right now."

Smollett's interview with Roberts comes two weeks after he told Chicago police that two men assaulted him as he was exiting a restaurant in the 300 block of East North Water Street. Smollett said that the assailants shouted, "Make America Great Again" slogans, as well as racist and homophobic slurs, at him. According to a police report, a chemical substance was poured on Smollett's face and a rope was placed around his neck.