United Kingdom, Aug. 20 -- Jussie Smollett felt "extremely emasculated" after his hate crime scandal.

The Empire star has alleged he was the victim of a hate crime in 2019, but got sentenced to 150 days in jail in March 2022 after being found guilty of lying about being a victim of a racist and homophobic attack and making a false police report.

His convictions were overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court after his legal team lodged an appeal.

The 43-year-old actor felt like he was being "eulogised" online in the immediate aftermath of his original allegations.

In Netflix's upcoming documentary The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, he said: "I felt like I had died, and I was alive to see - and what people were saying was so kind, but it ...