Jada Pinkett-Smith And Will Smith Confirm She Had A Relationship With August Alsina
Welp, there we have it: Jada Pinkett-Smith has confirmed previously being in a relationship with singer August Alsina.
The actress finally sat herself down at her Red Table, shockingly with husband Will Smith, to set the record straight following Alsina’s first interview which sparked major controversy. As we previously reported, the 28-year-old spoke with “The Breakfast Club’s” Angela Yee and said Will gave him his “blessing” to have a relationship with Jada. Reps for both actors later denied Alsina’s claims, causing confusion.
However, in Friday’s episode of “Red Table Talk,” Jada explained that she and Will “were going through a very difficult time” and had broken up when she started a romantic relationship with Alsina. At the time, Jada thought their breakup was so bad that they “never ever thought that we would make it back.”
“Four and a half years ago… I started a friendship with August and we actually became really, really good friends,” she explained. “And it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health, his mental state. The outpouring for him from our family was initially about his health,” she said. “We found all those different resources to help pull him through and from there you and I were going through a very difficult time.”
She went on to say,
“From there as time went on I got into a different kind of entanglement with August. One thing I want to clean up… about you giving ‘permission’ which is… the only person that can give permission in that circumstance is myself,” she said. She continued, “But what August was probably trying to communicate because I could see how he could see it as permission because we were separated amicably, and I think he wanted to make it clear he’s not a homewrecker because he’s not.”
Will, who was slightly taken back by her “entanglement” comment, asked her to clarify to which she said, “Yes, it was a relationship absolutely.”
Before concluding she explained,
“Through that particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to really confront a lot of emotional immaturity, emotional insecurity and I was really able to do some really deep healing,” Pinkett Smith said. “And as I came through and started to realize certain things about you and I, he decided to break all communication with me which was totally understandable. And I let that be and hadn’t talked to him since so it is a little weird that all this stuff is coming out now since this was several [years ago].”
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