Jussie Smollett is taking in Matthew Perry‘s memoir whereas he continues to hunt assist for substance abuse … some attention-grabbing studying materials throughout a rocky time in his life.
The previous “Empire” star was photographed Monday in Studio Metropolis, CA — the place he was sitting by himself and browsing the pages of Perry’s 2022 NYT Bestseller, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir” … which detailed the late actor’s struggles with addiction.
Jussie had a laptop computer with him as effectively, and he was additionally noticed utilizing his cellphone throughout this outing … nevertheless it looks like he was largely preoccupied with going by means of the memoir.
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After all, Jussie himself is in rehab for the time being … this after checking himself into an outpatient remedy facility in October.
His substance use was touched on fairly a bit all through his legal trial in Chicago — which, BTW, has come again to rear its ugly head.
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Bear in mind, he just lately lost his appeal after being convicted for lying to cops concerning the hate crime assault he claimed was carried out on him … and the remainder of his jail sentence looms.
No phrase on when, precisely, he might need to give up himself to the authorities to renew his 150 days — however assuming he continues to battle this … it might be some time. Within the meantime, he is absorbing phrases of knowledge.
