“Empire” star Taraji P. Henson is defending her TV son, Jussie Smollett, after the actor was recently convicted on charges of staging a hate crime and sentenced to 150 days in jail.
On Sunday, Henson showed support for her former co-star on Instagram by posting a black square with the hashtag #FreeJussie. The Emmy and Oscar nominee — who played Cookie Lyon opposite Smollett’s Jamal Lyon in “Empire” — is among several Hollywood luminaries who have defended Smollett over the last week.
“I am not here to debate you on his innocence but we can agree that the punishment does not fit the crime,” Henson wrote in the caption of her post.
