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Jussie Smollett Gives Robin Roberts First Interview Since Alleged Racist and Homophobic Attack: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n

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Jussie Smollett sat down with Robin Roberts for his first interview since the alleged racist and homophobic attack on him in January.<\/p>\n

Good Morning America<\/em> has not released the full interview clip yet, but we\u2019ll try to replace these clips they\u2019re tweeting out with that when they do. Some clips may repeat portions of the interview.<\/p>\n

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“I look down and I see that there’s a rope around my neck.” @JussieSmollett<\/a> recounts the details of exactly what happened that night of his attack. t.co\/b5efiP0JCG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VltIlf0dYy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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“I don’t have any doubt in my mind that that’s them. Never did.” @JussieSmollett<\/a> tells @RobinRoberts<\/a> he knows the two people captured in an image by police are the same people who attacked him that night. t.co\/b5efiP0JCG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tcR4OSjfAA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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“There’s a level of pride there.” @JussieSmollett<\/a> says he waited to call<\/a> police because as a gay<\/a> man<\/a>, he did not want to be seen as “weak.” t.co\/b5efiP0JCG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zosV9Ni78H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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“I saw the rope burn around my neck, and then I smelled bleach.” @JussieSmollett<\/a> says he kept the rope and his clothes on until police got there so he could show them exactly what type of attack this was. t.co\/b5efiP0JCG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gaO1xZlAFL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Asked why he thinks he was targeted, @JussieSmollet<\/a> tells @RobinRoberts<\/a>: “I can just assume I come really really hard against 45. I come really really hard against his administration.” t.co\/3HbyU2SFxe<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xig4TV1k5O<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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“That says a lot about the place we are in our country right now.” @JussieSmollett<\/a> tells @RobinRoberts<\/a> if his attackers were of a different race other than white, he feels he would have been more supported. t.co\/b5efiP0JCG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7BzpTV91fP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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.@JussieSmollett<\/a> to @RobinRoberts<\/a> on attack: “I will never be the man<\/a> that this did not happen to. I am forever changed\u2026I do subscribe to the idea that we have the right & responsibility to make something meaningful out of the things that happen to us.” t.co\/3HbyU2SFxe<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QPeSISqOXf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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“I come really, really hard against 45. I don’t hold my tongue.” @JussieSmollett<\/a> says he believes he was targeted because of his criticism toward Pres. Trump’s administration based on what was said during the attack. t.co\/b5efiP0JCG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uaxer5iTB1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Asked why he didn’t initially hand his phone to police, @JussieSmollet<\/a> says: “I have private pictures and videos<\/a> and numbers\u2026private emails, my private songs, my private voice memos\u2026by then inaccurate false statements had already been put out there.” t.co\/3HbyU2SFxe<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4bycFHnlMp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

LATEST:\u00a0Jussie Smollett Turns Over Phone Records from Night of Alleged Attack, But Police Say They are Insufficient<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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