In a July 2010 episode of “Red Table Talk,” Jada Pinkett Smith admitted to having a fling with singer August Alsina, whom she met through her son Jaden Smith. “Four and a half years ago … I started a friendship with August and we actually became really, really good friends. And it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health, his mental state,” she noted. And while Pinkett Smith was able to help Alsina through his struggles at the time, things between the two eventually took a romantic turn. At the time, Smith and the “Red Table Talk” co-host were having difficulties in their marriage and had “decided that we were going to separate for a period of time.”
News of Pinkett Smith’s relationship with Alsina first came to light in June 2020 when the singer revealed he entered into a romantic relationship with the award-winning talk show host after getting permission from Smith himself. “I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I truly and really, really deeply love and have a ton of love for her,” Alsina shared in an interview with Angela Yee.
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While speaking on her romance with the singer, Pinkett Smith defined it as an “entanglement,” noting that it provided her with temporary emotional safety. “I just wanted to feel good. It had been so long since I felt good. And it was really a joy to just help heal somebody,” Pinkett Smith admitted.
