Lee Daniels’ tweet didn’t beat around the bush in debunking the claim that Jussie Smollett will be written into the upcoming sixth season of Empire.
He could have simply stopped at stating that the report of his return is “not factual,” which would have left room for interpretation that Smollett will be back but the writing process simply hasn’t started yet.
Instead, Daniels just went ahead and confirmed that Smollett won’t be back.