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Jussie Smollett has been axed from the final two episodes of Empire, the show revealed on Friday 

The creators of Empire have cut Jussie Smollett's character from the final two episodes of its fifth season which are being currently filmed, meaning he will not return to set.  

In a statement to DailyMail.com on Friday morning, the show's creator Lee Daniels and executive producers Danny Strong, Brett Mahoney, Brian Grazer, Sanaa Hamri, Francie Calfo and Dennis Hammer said the case had taken a toll on the entire cast and crew. 

They did not reveal whether or not they believe Smollett's innocence, but said the allegations against him are 'disturbing'.  

'The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us. 

'Jussie has been an important member of our EMPIRE family for the past five years and we care about him deeply. 

'While these allegations are very disturbing, we are placing our trust in the legal system as the process plays out. 

Smollett plays Jamal Lyon in the show, one of Terrence Howard's character's sons. His character is gay, as he is, and is a singer 

'We are also aware of the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our show and to avoid further disruption on set, we have decided to remove the role of ‘Jamal’ from the final two episodes of the season,' the statement said. 

Episodes which he has already filmed will air without changes, a spokesman confirmed to DailyMail.com. 

There are nine episodes of the current season that are yet to air. 

Smollett has filmed scenes for seven of them already and they will air as planned. 

On Thursday night, he went straight to the show's set in Chicago after posting bail and apologized to his colleagues but maintained his innocence. 

Some, who have not been named, are reportedly desperate for him to be fired whereas others are standing by him. 

Chicago Police Department said yesterday it had unequivocal proof that the actor made the entire story up because he wanted to get a raise.

 

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Jussie Smollett has been axed from the final two episodes of Empire, the show revealed on Friday 

The creators of Empire have cut Jussie Smollett’s character from the final two episodes of its fifth season which are being currently filmed, meaning he will not return to set.  
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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