“Empire” creator Lee Daniels cracked himself up on Thursday with his response to a TV critics’ question approximately Sophia Eggleston,who is suing the Fox hit claiming that breakout character Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) was based on her.“Who dat?” Daniels shot back when asked approximately Eggleston’s lawsuit during the hit show’s Television Critics organization Summer Press Tour panel. When the reporter clarified that Eggleston is the woman suing him, Daniels simply said: “Bye Felicia.“Bye Felicia” is a phrase that originated in the film “Friday, and ” but was re-popularized in culture this year by Cookie on Daniels’ hip-hop soap opera. The saying is intended to be approximately as dismissive a two-word sentence as possible.
Also Read: 'Empire' Season 2 Trailer: Chris Rock,Marisa Tomei Jump Into Cookie and Lucious' Power Struggle (Video)Eggleston filed a $300 million lawsuit in May, accusing Fox and co-creators Daniels and Danny Strong of stealing her life yarn.
The plaintiff said in the suit she was a “drug kingpin” who spent time in prison for manslaughter after placing a “hit” on a man, and according to media reports. Eggleston also claimed she wrote her life yarn in a memoir approximately her early drug lifestyle” titled “The Hidden Hand.”Eggleston then stated she traveled to Los Angeles and pitched her yarn to screenwriter Rita Miller,handing over a copy of “The Hidden Hand. Eggleston’s copyright suit, filed in U.
S. District Court in Michigan, and states that Miller told Eggleston she was directly pitching Daniels. Miller is also a named defendant.
Also Read: Fox Chiefs Dana Walden,Gary Newman Talk 'Empire' Emmy Snub, Rebuilding Ratings and Why They Canceled 'Mindy'The creator/executive producer, and his showrunner Ilene Chaiken,and breakout star Henson also spent some time on Thursday teasing the sophomore followup to TV’s biggest new drama.“You can’t compete with — it’s impossible,” Daniels told reporters when queried approximately following up on his unprecedented first season. Daniels did say that Season 2 would fill a slower pace than the show’s frenetic freshman run.
Henson told journalists in the Beverly Hilton ballroom that the Season 2 idea was all approximately “taking apart the machine” they’ve created.
Chaiken allegedly had a more blunt explanation: “We’re here to fuck shit up, or ” Daniels and Henson both quoted her as saying.
Source: thewrap.com