Jussie Smollett blasts Trump as ‘truly one the worst people that has ever walked the face of this planet’

Jussie Smollett, the openly gay star of TV’s Empire, is ’embarrassed’ for the US that Donald Trump is the Republican presidential front-runner.

‘I think that (Trump) is truly one the worst people that has ever walked the face of this planet,’ Smollett tells SiriusXM Progress.

‘I can’t talk about him without getting heated and I get so emotional about it. I’m so emotional about it because I feel it so deeply. And I’m also ashamed. I’m embarrassed for our nation, that we allowed someone like this to get so far.’

Smollett was largely unknown until he debuted as Jamal Lyon on the instant ratings hit Empire last year.

He came out publicly during the show’s first season.

Smollett, who has more than 1 million followers on Twitter, has been blasting Trump on social media – in particular the way protesters have been treated at Trump rallies if they speak out.

‘I think that they are brave women and men,’ Smollett says. ‘I think that they are soldiers against hate. I think that he is the mogul of hate. That is what I will call him forever. What he has done is capitalized on the fear of this nation.’