I haven't been following the Jussie Smolett thing that much
He was hospitalized for being attacked with bleach, right? Is he still in the hospital, is he out? Did he get actual bleach burns or was it a splash that he wiped off real fast and a couple bruises and he didn't really need to go to the hospital at all?
If I was going to put on a big hoax to get people even more angry at maga folks, and I was a famous actor, I probably wouldn't do anything potentially disfiguring to myself
I'd make some bruises or cuts in convenient locations that can be covered up when I'm acting
I wouldn't dunk my face in bleach or carve a backwards T on my cheek