Posted on 06/22/2022 4:57:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Jussie Smollett starved himself in prison.
The 40-year-old actor - who was convicted of lying about being a victim of a racist and homophobic attack back in 2019 and initially sentenced to 150 days in jail in 2021 but was freed after just six days behind bars - admitted that during his brief time behind bars he "fasted" for almost a week in order to achieve a "clear mind."
He said: "I was there for six and a half days. I fasted for six and a half days. I was fasting because that's what we do in my family. Like we fast for clarity... I have never in my life, at least in my adult life, been as clear of mind as I was for those six and a half days... I was fasting until I found out whether or not I was gonna be in there for those five and a half months. I just wanted to know what my life was about to look like.!
The 'Empire' star - who was found to have paid two men to attack him before being found guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct - went on to protest his innocence and claimed that the prison system is "not meant" for self-improvement.
Speaking on SiriusXM's 'Sway in the Morning' show, he added: "As I'm sitting there, I'm like, 'I know that I didn’t do this', but you’d have to be a different kind of person to really search and try to find the redemption in this. That place is not meant for redemption. That place is not meant to make you come out better than when you were in.
"There's something about being in there and having no choice but to surrender -- not to the system, not to a judge or a bunch of old white men, ironically explaining to you about the history of hate crimes and lynching. And you're sitting there and being like, ‘What? Who the f*** are you?’ But you're surrendering to yourself and you're surrendering to - you're just left there with you, your thoughts, and these walls."
Monkeypox.
In the Southside of Chicago no less.
At 0200 hours.
When it’s -10 degrees.
Don’t worry about him, knowing Jussie he probably paid some Nigerians to skip a few meals for him.
The assailants were used to it, coming as they do from the frigid, ice-covered steppes of Nigeria...
Any bets on whether he lost any weight. I bet not.
Is he dead?
One can hope.
Aye, a harsh climate it is.
Dr. Oz can suck it. He is free to skip breakfast, I don’t care. As for me, it’s normally just black coffee and possibly a piece of cheese, but sometimes I want eight fried eggs and a pound of bacon. Different strokes for different folks.
I can see his next endeavor will be to write a self help book on how to get clarity of mind through fasting. Lots of interviews from family members.
He’s still alive...
You don’t “starve” in six days. After the first 24 hours, your body goes into “economy mode”, shifting from burning glucose for energy to burning ketones. It is correct to say that the change in body chemistry does lead to much more focused thinking, but as long as sufficient water is consumed, there is little problem with toxic buildup of nitrogenous by-products. The body begins to burn, not the fat, but the muscle tissue of the body. Fat burn comes along much later in the fasting cycle, as emaciation begins to show.
When coming off a fast, consume a high-protein, low-carb diet, or all the fat will just come back on FIRST.
I’m in favor of him continuing out of prison.
Obviously he didn’t starve himself enough to improve the gene pool.
Unsuccessfully, it seems...
Yup, sounds more credible all the time. And the two black guys who claimed to be hired by Juicy need to be charged with perjury then, as well as the camera that recorded them there.
All is forgotten because of Juneteenth.
He’s a real Bobby Sands.
He already just cain’t wait to turn someone in for owning firearms, you watch.
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