circumstance. the notion that he is on a street corner, 2:00 in the morning, second coldest night of the year and there's suddenly two men that appear and assault him on the street, particularly in chicago, in that particular area in chicago, two trump supporters. >> it also seemed to have a number of beats to it that seemed like if you were writing it as a story. like an anti-trump statement. an anti-gay statement. a racist statement, a news. >> but i think part of the problem is a lot of stuff has been floated that is dem demonstrably not true. the first thing people say is why would he do this? there was the rumor that was floated out there that he was being written out of empire. fox came out immediately and said that's absolutely untrue. in fact, it's almost the opposite. was he in financial trouble? absolutely not, apparently.