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So the latest updates on Jesse Smollett.

Just breaking today, apparently producers of Empire finally have said that his character

will be removed from the final two episodes of the latest season of Empire.

Hilariously, they had not said this as of last night.

He was actually headed back to the set of Empire

in Chicago following his release from police custody on Thursday. Smollett was released after posting

bail in Chicago after police charged him with staging what was originally reported as a hate

crime last month. He was originally intended to film throughout the week on the Fox series.

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