Jussie Smollett seen reading Matthew Perry’s autobiography – detailing his lifelong battle with addiction – after Empire star entered an ‘outpatient rehab facility’ for his own substance abuse issues

Jussie Smollett read Matthew Perry's harrowing memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which chronicles the late star's lifelong battle with addiction after she reportedly entered an outpatient rehab facility in mid-October.

As he sat outside a coffee shop in Studio City, California, on Tuesday afternoon, the 41-year-old disgraced actor, who lost his appeal earlier this month following his conviction for staging an anti-gay, racist attack on himself, appeared engrossed in Perry's pronunciations. autobiography.

Smollett is in an unknown location, according to an outpatient clinic TMZ.

'Jussie has had an extremely difficult time in recent years. He has been quietly working very hard for some time and we are proud of him for taking these necessary steps.” a spokesperson for the actor said in a statement.

It is unknown what exactly Smollett is going to rehab for, but testimony at his last trial indicated heavy drug use.

Focused: As he sat outside a coffee shop in Studio City, California, on Tuesday afternoon, the 41-year-old disgraced actor, who lost his appeal earlier this month following his conviction for orchestrating an anti-gay, racist attack on himself, appeared in seized in Perry's autobiography