What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and the internet was shook when Jada Pinkett-Smith
admitted to having an "entanglement" with August Alsina on Red Table Talk, but many
fans were left wondering how she and Will Smith’s kids Willow and Jaden, feel about
all of public entanglement discussion.
Alright, so just in case you’ve been living under a rock, over the past couple weeks the
internet has been completely captivated by all the August Alsina/Jada Pinkett Smith tea.
It all started when August’s interview with The Breakfast Club's Angela Yee was posted
on YouTube on June 30th.
In the interview August cleared up the rumors about his relationship with Jada 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.”
August also went on and spoke about his relationship with Jada saying that he came to the Smith
family during a dark time in his life, but he was able to give himself fully to his relationship
with Jada.
August said quote “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.”
At first, Jada’s team allegedly denied these rumors telling TMZ and Page Six that the claims
were quote "absolutely not true.”
Then Jada later revealed that she’d be “bringing herself to the Red Table.”
And boy did she deliver.
Jada and Will sat down for a now iconic Red Table Talk which has broken Facebook records
with around 32 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 “entanglement” in detail.
They revealed that they were separated around four years ago which is when Jada had a relationship
with August.
And the whole conversation has been meme’d and reposted countless times since the episode
aired.
“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 while the internet had plenty to say about the entanglement, many people wondered how
Will and Jada’s kids, Willow and Jaden, feel about all this drama.
Many people on Twitter were pointing out that Jaden actually introduced August to the family,
which definitely could’ve complicated things.
At first a source told Us Weekly that quote, “The Smiths as a family are really glad
they addressed this and put everything out in the open.”
Us Weekly’s source also said the situation was “blown out of proportion,” saying
that quote, “At the end of the day, what hasn’t changed is the love that Will and
Jada have for each other, and the deep love that their children have for them.
They are an extremely close family, famous or not.”
But now, People Magazine is adding that Will and Jada actually didn't allow their kids
to see that they were having relationship issues to begin with.
While Willow and Jaden are grown now, the source revealed to People that Will and Jada
always made sure to keep their problems out of their kids' lives when they were younger.
The insider said quote, “The kids have always been a uniting factor for them.
And it was never chaotic in the house.
They shielded a lot of what they were going through from their kids.
In bad times Jada would just be gone a lot."
This source also reiterates that Will and Jada's relationship is similar to other regular
couples, the only difference is that they're famous and go through stuff like this in the
public eye.
And while the August Alsina interview escalated all this drama, this isn’t the first time
Will and Jada have dealt with the internet flipping out about their marriage.
They’ve been shutting down rumors for decades from claims that they’re in an open relationship
to even speculation that they’re swingers.
“The craziest rumor, that Will and I are swingers, that’s the craziest one.
It’s constant.
And I'm like yo I wish.”
But while Will and Jada may seem to have somewhat of an untraditional marriage, hey it works
for them, so who are we to judge?
The source concluded by saying quote, “From the beginning, their issues haven’t been
any different than most other couples.
They’re two different people trying to make it, and on top of it there’s this huge spotlight
on them.
Up until now they’ve done a great job of being able to keep their issues private.
But their problems aren’t unique.
They got together pretty young and they’ve grown and changed and adapted.
They learn more about each other every day.”
And it really doesn’t seem like Willow or Jaden have been bothered by any of this drama
at all.
They have continued to post about their own projects and haven’t publicly addressed
anything about this scandal.
And as for August, he’s continuing to post about his new album and documentary now that
everyone knows the truth.
If you want more on August’s interview with Angela Yee and what else he said about his
relationship with Jada, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And feel free to share your thoughts on all of this down in the comments below and let
us know what you thought about that Red Table Talk.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!