"I think this is the best day of my life."
We're going back in time.
The actor, who had campaigned for Hillary Clinton in Ohio, last appeared on the show for 2016’s election special which he says was “devastating.”
The Don Cheadle hosted show opened with a sketch that made the crowd genuinely uneasy.
After offering repeated support for Smollett the past three weeks, so far Empire broadcaster Fox has been silent the past 24 hours.
The multi-camera comedy pilot centers on the son of a Chinese tech billionaire who becomes engaged to an American woman.
The film will debut on Netflix March 31 in tandem with a national screening tour.