August Alsina's relationship with the Smith family
American singer August Alsina is claiming he was once romantically involved with Jada Pinkett Smith.
In an interview with The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee, he alleged that Will Smith gave him his blessing.
According to Page Six, Jada's son Jaden introduced her to the American artist in 2015.
The family became close with August, and he even went with them on holidays to Hawaii the following year.
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"I don’t like drama"
August addressed his alleged romance with Jada during his recent chat with The Breakfast Club.
He began, "Contrary to what people may believe, I am not a troublemaker."
"I don’t like drama. Drama actually makes me nauseous."
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The singer continued, "And I also don’t think that it is ever important for people to know what I do, who I sleep with, who I date…"
"But in this instance it is very different because as I said, there are so many people that are side-eyeing me, looking at me questionable."
"I have lost money, friendships, relationships behind it and I think it is because people don’t necessarily know the truth."
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He insisted, "But I have never done anything wrong."
August spoke very highly of the Smith family in his interview, admitting, "I love those people literally like my family."
"I don’t have a bad thing to say about them. They are beautiful people."
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"He gave me his blessing"
August claimed that Will Smith gave him his blessing to embark on a romance with Jada.
He said, "I actually sat down with Will [Smith] and had a conversation due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership…"
"He gave me his blessing."
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He continued, "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."
"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 okay with knowing that I truly gave myself to somebody."
"And I really loved a person, I experienced that and I know what that feels like - and some people never get that in this lifetime."
"I know that I am completely blessed and this conversation is difficult because it is so much, that it would be hard for people to understand but - once it starts to affect me and my livelihood - I have to speak up about my truth."
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"...I am only responsible for myself"
Interviewer Angela asked, "Is it disappointing that she never addressed it to you, because like you said, you lost out on opportunities?"
August replied, "I really can’t even get into the thought of that because I am only responsible for myself, right."
"And I am only responsible for, you know. What I do."
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August continued, "When I am repressing and suppressing things and it starts to affect me, I have to address it."
"I just always stay solid because I never want to be the person to start confusion."
Watch the full interview below:
Page Six reached out to Jada’s representative, who insisted that this story is, 'Absolutely not true!!'
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Will told The Sun Online that the accusations are, 'wrong.'
