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Perry appeared on NBC’s Today and was asked by co-host Hoda Kotb to comment on Smollett because “[y]ou kinda weighed in early on Twitter” and that the account of what took place “started off one way and then the way police say — they’re describing it now as a hoax.”
He admitted that he wished a case involving two men named Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos had received more coverage, but then pivoted to defending Smollett because “he's adamant that he's telling the truth” and thus “he's not the type of person that would ever do that, so it's pretty — it’s pretty confusing.”