Jussie Smollett: Withdraws from Reality Show
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline
3.9 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Jussie Smollett, hate crime hoaxer, chosen for Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4. It's a reality competition show on Fox where stars undergo military-style training and extreme challenges. This appearance marks Smollett's return to the network and public life following the fallout from his 2019 hate crime allegations. Now, Smollett has had to withdraw from the reality competition on medical grounds.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.7 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.1 | Oh, my stars. |
| 0:14.7 | Does it never end with this poser, this felon. Oh, my stars. Jesse Smollett, remember him? The race hoaxer who claimed he was |
| 0:31.6 | attacked because he is black and gay. And when police arrived at his luxury apartment, he still had a rope around his neck. It was all a lie. Oh, my stars. He's getting rewarded. Special forces, the world's |
| 0:49.8 | toughest test, unveils its celebrity contestants, competing in the fourth season of the quasi-military |
| 0:59.4 | training reality show. Oh, my stars. With Smollett wisecracking on Instagram, it was at this moment |
| 1:10.4 | I said, I should have just done the masked singer. |
| 1:14.5 | Nancy, Jesse Smollett became the fourth celebrity to drop out of season four of Special |
| 1:19.4 | Forces World's Toughest Test. |
| 1:21.8 | The stars were dropped into a simulated war zone for a challenge and charged with finding |
| 1:26.9 | and extracting fallen comrades. |
| 1:29.4 | When the team reported back to base camp, Jesse Smilett suffered a painful cough and had to be |
| 1:36.8 | medically discharged. Well, okay, I say quite often, I've seen it all. But now, I really have seen it all. |
| 1:46.3 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 1:47.5 | This is crime stories. |
| 1:48.5 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 1:51.5 | The disgraced race hoaxer swore. |
| 1:56.6 | He was attacked by two MAGA supporters who actually turned out to be his personal trainers, |
| 2:04.9 | the Osendero brothers. |
| 2:06.9 | They swear under oath. |
| 2:08.5 | He hired them to pour bleach on him and put a noose around his neck to bolster his celebrity profile and get a raise. Remember, he was a star |
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