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Tracy Morgan Mocks Jussie Smollett’s Story of Assault on Tonight Show

April 2, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Jussie Smollett Photo Credit: FOX

Tracy Morgan took a few shots at Jussie Smollett on The Tonight Show, questioning why the Empire star chose such an unbelievable story for his alleged attack. You can see video below of Morgan on Jimmy Fallon’s show, making some jokes about Smollett’s allegation that two racists attacked him and put a noose around his neck.

Morgan joked that he was set to star on Empire, saying, “Contractually, they gave me millions of dollars — contractually, all I gotta do is not fake a hate crime…Jussie!”

When asked if he buys Smollett’s story, Morgan said, “Nah, man! Come on. First of all, racist people don’t be jumping nobody in a polar vortex…you know, racists don’t be watching Empire, man. It’s too cold, they say, ‘We be racists in the spring.’ Cause it was like ten seconds of footage, then he disappeared around two seconds, then he reappears with the noose around his neck still holding his Subway sandwich. He didn’t let that Subway sandwich go.”

Smollett was charged with sixteen felony counts of filing a false police report, though the charges were controversially dropped late last month.