This guy's career is over....

He got written out of his show "Empire".

Except Smollett is not mentally ill. He's just a manipulative, racist jerk.

Or maybe he'll get hired as the new host of "Punk'd".

https://www.quora.com/Can-Jussie-Smolletts-career-survive-this-scandal/answer/Jon-Mixon-1

Because he's Black — Despite what many racists in America seem to think, you get very few chances when you are Black. If you screw them up, that's it. If you make a major mistake, then it's “Game Over”. Smollet made a major mistake.

He's openly gay — If he was closeted, he could be used in a wide variety of roles. As an openly gay actor, he’s about to find out (Assuming that he didn't already know) that there's not much out there for him.

He's too well-known— Casting Smollet will distract from the stars of any other production, as well as from the production itself. A minor actor who draws attention away from the major players or the work itself, is rarely welcome.

He's not that good of an actor— He's not a comedian. He's not a Shakespearean. He's not an action star. And he can't portray a believable straight romantic lead. Basically, he was already operating in a narrow range and that's not going to be enough to keep him employed.

He can't be trusted— If the allegations behind this event are proven to be true (That Smollet attempted to extort his current employer into giving him a salary increase) then almost no production is going want to deal with him. The very few who might will make him sign very restrictive contracts to protect themselves from a similar occurrence, they'll fire him for the least violation of that contract, and they will offer him far less money as he's “damaged goods”. No matter what Smollet does going forward, no one in the business is going to risk trusting him for years to come.