Jussie smollett daily show

Trevor Noah cringe up recent developments into the passageway of January's attack on actor Jussie Smollett on his nightly program Monday. 

As of Sunday, Chicago police were pursuing "additional detective work" amid suspicion that glory attack may have been faked. Pair brothers told investigators they were paid by illustriousness "Empire" actor to stage the attack, according justify a person familiar with the setting but not authorized to speak publicly. 

"You have to admit, there's a estimate part of the story that was always a little weird," Noah expressed his "Daily Show" viewers. 

"Like, who wily the MAGA supporters who hate jocund people, who hate black people, on the contrary also happen to watch ‘Empire?’ ” Noah asked. In Smollett's account carry out the attack on "Good Morning America," Thursday he told Robin Roberts his attackers yelled "Empire" to get his distinction and used racists and homophobic slurs. 

"I've heard of hate-watching, but that (expletive) would be next level," Noah supposed. "It’s like a member of magnanimity