Photo Courtesy of Instagram/@JussieSmollet

Jussie Smollett allegedly paid the brothers $4,000 to stage his racist and homophobic assault in Chicago, according to CBS Chicago.

The “Empire” star paid $3,500 to bodybuilding brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo before they left for Nigeria the day of the Jan. 29 attack, and promised another $500 upon their return to the USA, sources told CBS Chicago.

The brothers told cops that the alleged attack in Chicago was supposed to happen before Jan. 29 and that they rehearse it in the days leading up to the attack.

Smollett, 36, also allegedly paid for the rope, which was purchased from the Crafty Beaver Hardware Store in the Ravenswood neighborhood the weekend of Jan. 25.

CBS Chicago also said one of the brothers held the rope and poured bleach on Smollett during the 2 a.m. attack, while the other donned a red hat and shouted racist and homophobic slurs at him.

This whole situation is so awkward. The longer this goes out the more bad it looks for Jussie Smollett. It went from two white males with MAGA hats pouring bleach on him and tying a noose around his neck to two Nigerians that were previously on Empire staged an attack.

If this is true this might be a career ending move by Jussie Smollett. Also rumors are going around saying he did it because his character in Empire was going to get killed off. Well, that’s television business. Most shows don’t make it out of 2 or 3 season. Empire has been blessed with five seasons. This would be selfish as hell if this is true. It also doesn’t help the LGBT community or the culture.