What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and in a new interview, August Alsina just
revealed why he could no longer stay silent about his “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett
Smith.
Alright, so last month August Alsina nearly broke the internet by revealing he had a relationship
with Jada Pinkett Smith saying that Will Smith gave his "blessing" for their extra marital
relationship.
“He gave me his blessing and I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my
life and I truly and really, really deeply loved and have a ton of love for her.”
At first, Jada’s team denied these rumors telling TMZ and Page Six that the claims were
quote "absolutely not true.”
But then, just when we thought the internet couldn’t be more shook by this story, Jada
later revealed that she’d be “bringing herself to the Red Table.”
We knew she was going to spill some tea, but we didn’t know it would be this hot.
Pun intended.
Jada and Will sat down for a historic Red Table Talk which has broken Facebook records
with around 35 million views in less than a week.
In the episode, Jada confirmed the rumors about her relationship with “Aug” to be
true and she and Will talked about her quote “entanglement” in detail.
Jada revealed that she and Will were separated around four years ago which is when she had
a relationship with August.
“You and I decided we were gonna take our space, then what happened?
Yeah and then I got into an entanglement with August, that’s what I said.
An entanglement?
Yes.
A relationship.
It was a relationship.”
And the internet couldn’t get enough of this whole situation.
It’s been talked about and meme’d countless times ever since.
Then, just after the Red Table Talk went viral, August re-entered the chat and released a
song with Rick Ross called, get this...
“Entanglements.”
There were some seriously cryptic lyrics in his song like “Shawty leanin’ on my shoulder,
got her questionin’ my willpower / Jaded by her beauty, but her reputation real solid.”
I mean, WILL power, JADED by her beauty.
We see you August.
But now, all cryptic lyrics aside, August sat down for an interview with People Magazine
and revealed why he kept the details of his romance with Jada Pinkett Smith a secret for
so long and why he finally decided to open up.
He started off by saying quote, “I really am a private person.
People have never known much about my love life because it's not important.”
But August explained that the rumors that he had an affair with Jada started to affect
his career which in turn was affecting his personal life, so he felt he could no longer
remain silent.
Things especially changed for August when he became the legal guardian to his three
nieces after their father, his brother, was tragically shot and their mother died of cancer.
August said quote, “I never really cared about what people thought of me, but my personal
life started to seep into my business life.
There were certain falsities about me, and it affected my business relationships.
I could understand why it would look like I'm reckless or disrespectful so it really
started to affect my livelihood, and I'm never okay with that.
I got three kids to look after.
Kill me, hate me, stone me, but bury me an honest man.
All I can do is tell the truth.”
August also revealed that he never intended to quote "cause trouble" for the Smiths, who
he says he still has "deep respect" for.
But he also has no regrets about sharing his truth.
August said quote, “I'm always going to be in the driver's seat of my life and control
my narrative.
I can't let anybody else do that for me.”
And despite everything that’s gone down August doesn't see his relationship with the
Smiths as broken.
He said quote, “It's just a part of life, and it's a part of the journey.
There's a lot of love there.
Sometimes truth is complicated and difficult.
But [my relationship with them isn't] broken at all.”
And in case any of you were wondering, August is in fact single right now, but he’s not
looking to date at the moment.
He’s focusing on himself and his family saying quote, “Life is still unfolding.
I've spent a lot of time in a relationship.
It's like the first time you're back on your own type thing.
There's been a lot of rebuilding within myself, a lot of healing within myself that has had
to happen.
But I'm very okay.”
Fans were loving how honest and real August was in this interview.
One person wrote quote, “He’s young yet so wise”
Another fan said quote, “the definition of a king @AugustAlsina”
This fan tweeted, “I love being a supporter of someone who DESERVES it.
@AugustAlsina will always have my support & respect simply because he earned it.
Nobody goes as hard as he does, y’all can have the overhyped celebrities.
This man is a gift from God himself.”
And we’re just glad everyone was able to tell their side of the story and there seems
to be closure and no hard feelings across the board.
If you want more on August and Jada’s entanglement, click right over here for another Clevver
News video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you think of August’s new interview.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!