Brothers who helped Jussie Smollett in vile anti-Trump hoax issue disgraced actor bombshell demand

The Nigerian brothers who were made a laughingstock aft being wrapped up successful Jussie Smollett's anti-Trump hoax person demanded the histrion yet travel clean, saying the stunt 'ruined' their lives for years.

Abel and Ola Osundairo told DailyMail.com successful an interrogation that the claims against them severed their budding acting careers backmost successful 2019, and said 'people conscionable didn't privation thing to bash with us.'

'I had agents propulsion retired from our relationship,' Abel said. 'We had friends and household asking america questions astir it, strangers accusing us.... it was each precise negative.' 

'Places wherever we tried to enactment wouldn't prosecute us, and determination were radical that conscionable didn't privation thing to bash with us.' 

The brothers recovered themselves astatine the halfway of a media firestorm 5 years agone erstwhile they accidental Smollett convinced them to signifier a bizarre stunt truthful the histrion could assertion helium was beaten and astir lynched by men wearing MAGA hats. 

But his communicative fell isolated aft cops traced the stunt to the Osundairo brothers, and portion they came cleanable and said they were trying to innocently assistance retired a friend, Smollett has maintained his innocence. 

'He won't admit his guilt, and him claiming that he's guiltless means that we're lying, and those some can't beryllium true,' Ola said. 'He needs to look it.'

They said the unusual saga years agone enveloped their lives for years - including needing to combat a bizarre and violative allegation they utilized 'whiteface' during the hoax, levied by Smollett's ain lawyer.  

Abel said helium was archetypal introduced to Smollett done a friend, and initially recovered the histrion to beryllium a benignant an 'genuine' person.  

'They were going to bent retired astatine his location and asked if I wanted to come,' helium said, adding that due to the fact that helium is besides a nonrecreational actor, Smollett would person been 'good to know.'

'We became cool,' helium continued. 'He started inviting maine retired to clubs, retired to shows, and past helium came to maine for tips for moving out.'

Despite Smollett's now-shattered reputation, Abel said helium recovered the histrion to beryllium a 'genuine guy' erstwhile they archetypal became friends.

'He was precise casual to get on with,' helium added. 'He lone changed aft the incident.' 

Speaking with Fox News, the brothers antecedently revealed that Smollett talked them into the hoax by claiming A-list celebrities' fake hoaxes often, and named Kim Kardashian's robbery successful France successful 2016 arsenic an example. 

Abel said that Smollett made the assertion astir Kardashian's robbery erstwhile they were together, 'in my car connected the mode to my house, erstwhile helium was telling maine the plan.' 

'He was telling maine that everyone successful Hollywood does this,' helium added.  

The terrifying occurrence saw Kardashian 'bound and gagged' astatine gunpoint by masked robbers posing arsenic constabulary officers portion staying astatine l'Hotel de Pourtalès, arsenic they stole $10 cardinal worthy of luxury jewelry.

The perpetrators were arrested and convicted pursuing a proceedings successful Paris, and determination is nary proposition from French authorities that the robbery was a hoax.

Despite the chaotic claim, the brothers said they saw the stunt arsenic a mode of advancing their Hollywood ambitions, arsenic good arsenic wanting to assistance retired a friend. 

But the determination had the other effect. Before the stunt, the brothers were inactive launching their acting careers, with Abel credited connected films specified arsenic 'The Worst Nightmare', and Ola connected an occurrence of Chicago PD. 

Ola said since the incident, however, 'being associated with Jussie' was a changeless hurdle successful their careers, including 'stopping each auditions' for years. 

'I had agents propulsion retired from our relationship,' Abel added. 'It was each precise affected astatine that time.' 

'Places wherever we tried to enactment wouldn't prosecute us, and determination were radical that conscionable didn't privation thing to bash with us.'

When asked if it frustrates them that Smollett is attempting to interruption backmost into Hollywood, Ola said it did not - but 'what annoys maine is that helium won't admit his guilt.' 

The brothers person gone connected to go progressive successful the boxing and combat promotion world, with Abel boasting a 6-1-0 nonrecreational boxing grounds since turning pro 2 years ago. 

When accusations Smollett was lying archetypal emerged, his lawyer claimed that the brothers whitethorn person been misidentified by Smollett arsenic achromatic men due to the fact that they could person been wearing 'whiteface' makeup. 

The attorney, Tina Glandian, went connected to constituent to a 2016 YouTube video of Abel Osundairo wherever helium is wearing achromatic make-up to execute a Joker monologue for Halloween arsenic impervious of her theory. 

Abel said the accusation was highly violative to them and their family, particularly 'given the past of blackface successful America.' 

'That would person been specified a ridiculous happening for idiosyncratic similar us,' helium said. 'But we had friends and household asking america questions astir it, strangers accusing us.' 

Following years of scrutiny, the brothers accidental Smollett has ne'er tried to interaction them, and pointed retired that the histrion 'still owes america $500.'

But contempt their past together, the brothers said that if the histrion reached out, they would instrumentality his call. 

'As a kid of God, I would person to judge his apology,' Abel said. 

'But helium would archetypal person to travel retired and admit his guilt. I could forgive him, but astatine the extremity of the time it would beryllium bully if helium admitted what truly happened to the world.' 

Now focusing connected their boxing and trying to 'turn implicit a caller leaf', the brothers enactment their broadside of the communicative to furniture earlier this twelvemonth arsenic they released a tell-all book. 

Titled 'Bigger Than Jussie: The Disturbing Need for a Modern-Day Lynching', Abel said helium felt it was the 'right clip to archer the truth.' 

'With his condemnation being overturned, radical tin present spot it, and tin spot helium is not innocent,' helium continued. 

'He'll effort thrust disconnected into the sunset and accidental he's innocent... his lawyer is present trying to marque it look similar helium was guiltless each along, and we conscionable can't let that to instrumentality place. 

'We're giving radical the means to devour the truth.'