August Alsina, an American singer and songwriter, has alleged that he had a love affair with Jada Pinkett Smith, and that Will Smith, her husband, “gave him his blessing”.
There have been rumours that Jada and Smith have been in an open marriage for years — with the former denying it.
The 27-year-old musician, however, exacerbated the speculations that he had a relationship with Jada, 48, in a recent interview with Angela Yee on ‘The Breakfast Club’.
The interview is for the singer’s new YouTube documentary ‘StateofEMERGEncy: The Rise of August Alsina’ aimed to promote his new album ‘The Product III:stateofEMERGEncy’.
During the interview, Alsina spoke about his relationship with Jada, the loss of his sister, his rare autoimmune disease, among others.
“I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation. Due to the transformation from their marriage to their life partnership that they spoken on several times, and not involving romanticism, he gave me his blessing,” he claimed.
“I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life. I truly and really, really deeply loved, and have a ton of love for her. I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it. So much so to the point that I can die right now and be OK with knowing that I truly gave myself to somebody.
“I really loved the person that I experienced that [with] and know what [that feels] like – if some people never get that in this lifetime.
“I know that I am completely blessed and this conversation is difficult because it is so much, that it would be hard for people to understand but — once it starts to affect me and my livelihood — I have to speak up about my truth.”
A representative for Pinkett, however, told Page Sixthat Alsina’s claims are “absolutely not true”.
Jada and Will have been married since 1997. The union has been blessed with two children — Jaden, 21, and 19-year-old Willow. (The Cable Lifestyle)
