Fox’s Greg Gutfeld: Jussie Smollett is ‘Kind of a Victim’

“I can’t believe I’m going to say this,” Five co-host Greg Gutfeld said during Thursday evening’s broadcast.

Naturally, this qualifier caught our attention — as Gutfeld frequently makes provocative statements without any such warning. But here, during a discussion about the Jussie Smollett case, came the heads-up.

So just what was his take?

“I do believe that he is kind of a victim.”

Now that’s an opinion which hasn’t been offered by many in the media since Smolett was charged with filing a false police report on Wednesday night.

Gutfeld went on to explain his reasoning:

This is entirely preventable. This could have been prevented if the media divorced itself from its activist sensibilities. Since [President Donald] Trump‘s been elected, they’ve been informed by an anti-Trump bias that makes [the attack Smollett claimed] plausible. He knew he could fool the media.

Gutfeld did not absolve Smollett completely — comparing him to anti-Trump celebrities such as Tom Arnold, Alyssa Milano, and Kathy Griffin.

Watch above, via Fox News.

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