VIDEO : Jussie Smollett Speaks Publicly

Less than a week after reportedly surviving a racist and homophobic attack, ?Empire? star Jussie Smollett took the stage in his first performance since the incident. ?I?m not fully healed yet, but I?m going to, and I?m going to stand strong with you all,? he told the crowd as it erupted in cheers. He gets emotional, saying he?s ?not fully healed? but he will be. pic.concours-twitter.htm">twitter.com/OZ3LZqKeRQ ? Zulekha Nathoo (@ZulekhaNathoo) February 3, 2019 According to police, Smollett was accosted last Tuesday in Chicago by two masked men shouting homophobic and racial slurs.