What’s up y’all, it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News, and fans think Will
Smith has seemingly responded to August Alsina’s release of his song “Entanglement” after
Jada’s major truthbomb in the best way possible.
If you haven’t seen Will Smith’s latest Instagram post that perfectly sums up the
year 2020 in a nutshell, you might want to do so because it is a whole entire mood.
And in case you haven’t been keeping up to date with the Smiths and their latest antics,
I’ll do my best to catch you up really quick.
All of this started a few weeks ago when rapper August Alsina, who also happens to be friends
with Will and Jada’s son Jaden, revealed during an interview with The Breakfast Club’s
Angela Yee that he and Jada DID have an affair, and that they were given Will’s blessing
to do so.
He said QUOTE, “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.”
Jada’s team was quick to deny the rumors at first, revealing to TMZ that the claims
were “absolutely not true,” but shortly after denying them, Jada revealed in a tweet
that, “There’s some healing that needs to happen… so I’m bringing myself to the
Red Table.”
She and Will later sat down during a shocking Red Table Talk session where she confirmed
the rumors about her relationship… or should I say, “entanglement” with August, which
she recalled happened while she and Will were secretly separated.
The relationship happened about four years ago, and it appeared that Will was still having
a hard time grasping the entire concept.
“You and I decided we were gonna take our space, and then what happened?”
“Yeah, and then I got into an entanglement with August.
That’s what I said.”
“An entanglement?”
“Yes.
Yes!”
“A relationship?”
“Yes!
It was a relationship, absolutely.”
But with years of therapy and working toward rebuilding their relationship with themselves
and each other, Will and Jada have overcome those obstacles and are continuing to move
forward together.
Just after the Red Table Talk went viral, August inserted himself back into the mix
and released a new song with Rick Ross called, YOU GUESSED IT, “Entanglements.”
Some of the cryptic song lyrics read, “Shawty leanin’ on my shoulder, got her questionin’
my willpower / Jaded by her beauty, but her reputation real solid.”
Another lyric read, “Mornin’ down the hallway, I can tell you how I feel about it
/ Caught up in the Matrix, and I doubt if I can get up out it.”
Fans caught on to the words, “Willpower,” “Jaded” and the Matrix reference as Jada
starred in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions in the early 2000s and is set
to reprise her role in the next sequel The Matrix 4.
Although August seemed to be mocking Jada’s use of the term ‘entanglements,’ he previously
opened up to Vulture, unsure about why the term is such an issue, saying, “I would
agree [with Jada].
If you look up the definition of ‘entanglement,’ it is a complex and difficult relationship.
It was exactly that.”
So basically on top of everything else 2020 has bestowed upon us, this song about a private
incident that went public after four years, was apparently the icing on the cake for Will
as he shared a video to Instagram mocking his dramatic year.
In the clip, Will is attempting to help a friend standing on a roof above him to throw
down a boxed computer.
After the friend assures Will that he’s got it under control, he turns his head for
two seconds when the computer comes crashing down…
“Hey, Just toss it Jazz.
No, we got people here to do that.
Nah, I’m a team player, I’m a part of the team.
Just toss it.
Jazz come on just toss it, I can help, just toss it.
Forget it.
Okay”
He captioned the video quote, Me: 2020.
AND if that ain’t a straight-up 2020 MOOD, then you must've been living under a rock
for the past 6 months.
Although it’s not an official response to August putting out his song, fans who have
heard it are sharing sympathy for Will who didn’t deserve any of what happened between
him and Jada.
One user wrote, “All jokes aside, seeing Will Smith in pain breaks my heart.”
Others aren’t taking lightly the fact that Will’s crying face during Red Table Talk
became a worldwide meme, like this user who pointed out QUOTE, “I feel like the fact
that Will Smith crying became a worldwide meme highlights how far we are from taking
men’s mental health seriously.”
Another fan wrote, “I am so tired of seeing the memes of poor Will Smith trying to hold
himself together after facing Jada.
He is hurting and people just take his pain as a joke, and the media laughs at him.
He may be a celebrity but he is a human first.”
Clearly we, as a society, have a long way to go as we continue to spread awareness about
mental health, so the next time you decide to repost a meme or retweet a message that
may not be someone’s actual intent, maybe think twice and take the high road.
For all the details on what went down between Jada and August, you can click right over
here to watch another Clevver video.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Will’s post down in the comments.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, see you next time!