The singer-songwriter August Alsina has claimed that Hollywood movie star Will Smith gave him permission to have a relationship with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Alsina has fueled speculation over his alleged relationship with Pinkett Smith in the past, not least by way of his 2019 track, 'Nunya'.
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The song includes the lyrics, "You got me feeling like it was an act, you're just an actress/Putting on a show 'cause you don't want the world to know." The music video for the song also features a shot of a text message sent by a love interest named "Koren," which is Jada Pinkett Smith's middle name.
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Now, in an interview with The Breakfast Club's Angela Yee, Alsina has claimed that he had the blessing of Will Smith to enter into a love affair with Smith's wife. He said that he and Pinkett Smith had become "very close" during a holiday in 2016.
Per Complex, he said of his decision to speak publicly about the rumors:
"Contrary to what some people may believe, I'm not a troublemaker. I don't like drama. Drama actually makes me nauseous.
"I also don't think that it's ever important for people to know what I do, who I sleep with, who I date, right? But in this instance, there are so many people who are side-eyeing me ... I've lost money, friendships, relationships behind it. And I think it's because people don't necessarily know the truth.
"But I've never done anything wrong. I love those people [the Smiths] ... They are beautiful people."
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Alsina went on to claim that his love affair with Pinkett Smith wasn't a secret affair after all. "I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation [...] He gave me his blessing," he said.
"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). I devoted myself to it. I gave my full self to it. So much so that I can die right now, and be OK knowing that I fully gave myself to somebody ... Some people never get that in this lifetime."
Alsina acknowledged that the situation might be difficult for some people to understand, but that it had started to affect his livelihood and so he had decided to speak up on the rumors.
Per Page Six, a rep for Pinkett Smith has said that Alsina's claims are "absolutely not true".
Something tells me we haven't heard the last of this...