ela jussi smollett admits he's noten leaving "empire." were out that were going around after empire season finale when jussi smollett smo wrote on twitter he enjoyed e his time on "empire" and it a was time for him to work onwo o music and movies.ov he was shot in the episodepi many people thought he wasn'tt e going to be on the show anymore.to anym he tried to explain himself athm a video he posted on twitterwitt with hashtag anagoge nowhere. fellow "empire" star gaby sidr i bay was with him and tol his timing was wrong. wrong >> first of all, i said i thoroughly own joy my time att "empire" fox which is true. i said i love you all, which i do. do i said time to go make aak record and some movies, whichiei i am. >> okay. so we got that all cleared up.lr and after the season finale aired jussi smollett wrote onllo twitter and that's all folks.ol. thanks for rolling with us wh this season and see you in season three come september. seb love y'all.love >> can we say promotional protil stunt. >> absolutely. >> watch the finale. >> anyway. >>

jussie smollett tweeted out early this morning, i thorly enjoyed my time with empire. love you all truth. time to make a record and some movies. hmm. >> right. >> considering what happened to his character last night, fans are worried tomorrow night at 10:30 watch our empire wrap as we look ahead to the season finale next wednesday. alex holley and quincy harris have peek behind the scenes an look back at the plot twists. >> scary moments on this street when the road opens up right under this car. left dangling by only two whee wheels. why the scary sight actually turned out to be lucky. >>> and mcdonald's announces a major change to the menu. what it's getting rid of at certain spots tha1 underline ♪ >>> police in evesham township, new jersey, need your help finding that guy right there. authorities say he could be the man who stole more than $8,000 worth of vinyl records from music store in marlton. $8,000 worth of vinyl records. they say he started stealing all of that in december of last year. so if you know who he is, give police a call. >>> do night in your money

lucio jussie smollett who plays jamal sent fans -- felt certain way wy that their favorite characternzy witw one little sweet.weet. here's a bunch of words missingi from this scrip.crip. the actor seemingly confirmedon that he is moving on from therom hit fox show to make music andia movies.movies jussie has gone radio silent ono social mode ya since that tweet. hopefully this is just a is jt publicity stunt.tu >> yeah. i hope so too. t >> he enjoyed his time on empi empire. >> he wanting to make music andd movies.moes >> david caruso, dope do it. remember him. him >> david caruso. cus >> he was -- i forget the hit th she he was on doing well he quii because he thought he can do better.bett >> you remember him but youembei don't remember the show. >> csi miami. mmi he bounded back when he finallye did come back.mek. >> it happened with gray'sh gy' anatomy a couple of people thata left gray's anatomy never to be heard from before.e >> grays toes anatomy is doingod well. >> he bounded back knightight nicely.ly people were like dude you just murdered your career.areer. >> if i'm jussie

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on last night's episode, jamal, played by jussie smollett, was rumors are flying that we won't see him again on the show. after it aired, jussie tweeted: "i've thoroughly enjoyed my time with empire. i love you all. truth. time 2 make a record & some movies." but some other reports say that he'll be back. is jussie playing us? we'll find out >> reporter:it's michael strahan's last day of work with kelly ripa on their show "live with kelly and michael" before he leaves for good morning america. kelly was spotted leaving her house this morning wearing a jacket that said "freedom" on the back. subtle choice. >> reporter:do you want yet another reason to love john legend? after people criticized his wife chrissy teigen for going out on the town post baby, he decided to draw attention to gender bias with the following tweet: "funny there's no dad shaming. when both of us go out to dinner, shame both of us so chrissy doesn't have to take it all. we'll split it." yup, that's why they call him legend. >> reporter:that's it for the htl daily wrap. return to index of >> pam: our sports director

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lyi jussi smollett admits he's not n leaving "empire."goingwg around after the season finale f when smollett wrote on twitternt that he enjoyed his time with w "empire" and that it was time for him to work on movies and music. he was slot in the episode and people thought he wasn't goingho to be on the show anymore. he tried to explain hims with the #i ain't going't g nowhere.noer fellow "empire" star gaby wasab with him and told him hisim timing was wrong.timing was wro >> first of all i said i i thoroughly enjoyed my time at "empire" fox which is true.ch it i said i love you all. which i do. i said time to go make a goak record and some movies, whichs, i am. >> now, after the season finale aired jussi smollettsimo wrote on twitter and that's a all folks, thanks for rolling with us this season. s see you in season three come september. love y'all. >>> there is cleared. >>> okay, well the hit var>>iety talk show the real features bold outspoken hosts who unapologetically say whatallyayw women are actually thinking tnk and viewers are all

es you might know from herght kn fo appearance alongside jussie jus smollett on empire performing pmthing sheueringh touches. she joins us now by phone tooneo talk about what is brin bringinr to the metro area tomorrow andro good morning to you, estelle.st >> good morning.morng what's happening?what's happenig >> we are doing great here.e do so good to have you here on gooo day. so you have been one busy ladyad we're talking music, acting alln of your awards.wards. how do you keep it altogether? >> you just keep moving. literally you keep moving.ing. been working releasing recordsnc and doing tv and everything. ery so it's been busy and then justj happy to be working. >> indeed.>> indeed and of course you've been on ben empire which we just saw a clipi of you and jussie singing.e sin what was that experience like? everyone is like what is itt is like? is it hard? it's like le exciting. >> it's exciting and it's prette easy. you get wrapped up like do youro best on the show and then it'sn kind of over in a minute. a min does that make sense? y yeah. yeah. >> it was very easy. eas i'm