Jada Pinkett Smith spoke out on recent rumors regarding an affair with musician August Alsina on her latest episode of her Facebook Watch talk show, Red Table Talk.
She has revealed that she did have a relationship with musician August Alsina. The young musician made headlines at the beginning of July when he claimed Will Smith had given him permission to be with Pinkett Smith. Many assumed that Alsina had made it all up, especially when the couple both seemingly denied it at the time. However, over four years ago, the couple was briefly separated, which is when the relationship between Pinkett Smith and Alsina took place.
She went on to clarify that it took place during a period of separation between her and her husband. Pinkett Smith also explained that her relationship with Alsina initially started off platonically, but later blossomed into a stronger relationship at a time where she did not think she would be reuniting with her husband.
"It was about four and half, four years ago that I started a friendship with August and we actually became really, really good friends. And it all started with him just needing some help. Me wanting to help his health, his mental state. From there you and I were going through a difficult time. We basically...we broke up," the actress said to her husband who was sitting across the table from her
Pinkett Smith then acknowledged a romantic
"entanglement" with the musician, but clarified misleading headlines
that insinuated her husband granted her "permission" to engage in the
relationship.
"One thing I want clean up that
was swirling about in the press is about you giving permission...the
only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is
myself," declared Pinkett Smith during the conversation. "But what
August was probably trying to communicate—because I could actually see
how he could have perceived it as permission because we were separated
amicably—and I also think he wanted to make it clear he was not a home
wrecker, which he's not."
The Girls Trip
star continued, stating that she needed time to work on herself and her
personal happiness to eventually come to the decision to return and
continue work on her marriage with Smith. She also stated that she and
Alsina haven't been in communication with each other since her
reconciling with her husband.
"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," added Pinkett Smith.
I brought myself to the table last week but decided to hold the episode out of respect for the far more important...
Posted by Jada Pinkett Smith on Friday, July 10, 2020
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