August Alsina has reportedly given Chris Rock's new Netflix special a watch and he's only got positive words to say about it.
Back in 2020, Alsina became a hot talking point online after it was revealed that he had an "affair" with Will Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
During an episode of the family's Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk, Pinkett Smith opened up about the so-called "entanglement," telling her husband, as well as her children, that she embarked on a relationship with the 30-year-old rapper while she and Smith were "separated amicably" - which was a detail that was not disclosed at the time.
"We decided that we were going to separate for a period of time and you go figure out how to make yourself happy and I’ll figure out how to make myself happy," Pinkett Smith said during the famous episode. "From there, as time went on, I got into a different kind of entanglement with August."
Alsina claimed during an interview with The Breakfast Club prior to the episode that Smith had approved of the relationship before it even began.
"I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership that they’ve spoken on several times and it not involving romanticism," Alsina told Angela Yee in 2020. "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."
However, Pinkett Smith denied that her husband gave Alsina "permission" to date her, adding that "the only person who could give permission in that particular circumstance was myself."
"What August was probably trying to communicate – because I could see how he would perceive it as permission, because we were separated amicably – I think he wanted to make it clear that he’s not a 'homewrecker'. Which he’s not," she confirmed.
Now, just over two years later, Chris Rock has re-sparked the conversation surrounding the bombshell revelation via his latest comedy show on Netflix.
The 58-year-old used the "entanglement" as ammunition against the family during his stint, stating that he "didn’t have any" himself.
"His wife was f****** her son’s friend," Rock said on Saturday 4 March. "Now, I normally would not talk about this s***. But for some reason [they] put that s*** on the internet... We [have] all been cheated on. Everybody in here’s been cheated on.
"None of us have ever been interviewed by the person that cheated on us on television."
He added: "She hurt him way more than he hurt me, OK?"
"Everybody in the world called him a b****," Rock said of Smith. "Everybody. Everybody. And who’s he hit? Me. A n**** he know he could beat. That is some b****-a** s***."
Rock, who seemingly has his own beef with Pinkett Smith's husband, was referring to the shocking Oscars slap from March last year, which also took up a massive portion of the stand-up show - for obvious reasons.
Check out the moment Smith slapped Rock at the Oscars:Despite being the butt of the joke a few times, according to a source, Alsina was totally fine about it. In fact, he even hinted that Rock wasn't far off the mark about the entire fiasco.
Speaking to the New York Post, the insider said: "August watched the Netflix special and he laughed. He thought it was not only funny but truthful. That was the best part for him."
They continued: "A lot of people spoke out against [Alsina], so he was happy to see that Chris Rock seemed to be advocating for the truth and not just making a joke," before adding that the artist was "vindicated" when he said he had a conversation with Smith.
"It was a blessing given," they concluded.
Rock's comedy special, Selective Outrage, is now available to watch on Netflix.
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