It’s a lot of fun to go back and watch actor Jussie Smollett’s interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” from February, wherein he recounts his alleged “attack” by two white Trump supporters, if only because it’s like looking at a real-life pathological liar in the eyes from a safe distance.

At one point in the interview, Smollett enthusiastically recalls how he “fought back” against this attackers and that it should serve as inspiration for young LGBT people. “I want them to see that I fought back,” he says about his hopes that police would recover video footage of the late-night encounter. “And I want a little gay boy who might watch this to see that I fought f–king back. … They ran off, I didn’t.”