An unconventional relationship. Jada Pinkett Smith‘s courting life made main headlines when August Alsina added himself into the narrative amid the actress’ decades-long marriage to Will Smith.
Throughout an interview in July 2020, Alsina claimed that he had beforehand been romantically concerned with Pinkett Smith — and that her husband gave his blessing.
“I completely gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I actually and actually, actually deeply love and have a ton of affection for her,” the New Orleans native stated throughout an interview with “Breakfast Membership” host Angela Yee. “I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it.”
Alsina famous that he had “actually by no means been in love” earlier than his reference to the Scream 2 star.
After initially denying the musician’s claims, Pinkett Smith later revealed that she was separated from Smith when the “entanglement” happened. “We have been over. From there, as time went on, I bought into a unique sort of entanglement with August,” the Gotham alum stated on Pink Desk Discuss that very same month, referring to her 2015 cut up from the Philadelphia native.
Smith, who joined his spouse on the speak present, recalled the couple’s resolution to half methods amid ups and downs of their marriage. “We determined we have been going to separate for a time frame and also you go determine methods to make your self completely happy and I’ll determine methods to make myself completely happy,” he shared in July 2020. “I actually felt like we could possibly be over.”
Although the pair briefly reconciled, Pinkett Smith revealed in October 2023 that she and Smith had been separated since 2016 — however try to work by their marriage.
Scroll down for a full timeline of Pinkett Smith and Alsina’s “entanglement” drama: