Empire co-creator Lee Daniels says "I can’t judge" Jussie Smollett: "He is like my son"

Extra

“The cast is upset, it is a sad time and we are slowly healing,” Daniels tells Extra of Smollett's hate-crime controversy. He adds: “What I am learning right now is I can’t judge, that that judgment is for that man wearing that black coat with gavel and God. I can only support him because he is like my son, he is my son, so I am with him, I can only support him and give him compassion.”