Lee Daniels Is Using ‘Empire’ To ‘Blow The Lid Off’ Homophobia In The Black Community

Director Lee Daniels is using his new Fox series, “Empire,” to shine a light on homophobia in the black community.

“My dad was playing cards one Sunday with his cop friends,” Daniels said in a 2013 interview with Larry King, “and I put on my mother’s red pumps and walked down the stairs…and then I got beat. He beat me severely for it.”

The Huffington Post