Jada Pinkett Smith has admitted that she had an affair with singer August Alsina while she was married to Will Smith.
The 48-year-old sat down with her husband for an intimate chat on her Facebook show Red Table Talk and revealed that she developed a friendship with August about four years ago.
She said around the same time, the married couple was going through a 'difficult time' and they were 'essentially broken,' she writes. Dailymail.
The bombshell revelation comes after both actors denied August's claims that Will Smith gave him his blessing to have a relationship with Jada.
On Friday's episode, the Hollywood couple sat across from each other as they decided to confess directly to each other.
Jada began explaining that she and August met through their son Jaden and recalled that the Louisiana-born singer, who was 23 at the time, was 'really sick.'
"And it all started with him just needing help, wanting to help his health, his mental state," Jada confessed.
"Over time, I got into a different kind of cheating with Augustine," Jada explained when asked by Smith.
The mother of two continued to respond to August's claim that Will gave them permission to have an affair.
"The only person who can give permission in this circumstance is yourself," she insisted.
"But what August was probably trying to communicate because I saw how he could see it as permission because we parted amicably, and I think he wanted to make it clear that he's not a home inspector because he's not," the wife of the famous actor and rapper further confessed.
When Will pushed Jada to clarify what she meant by 'entanglement' she replied: "It was a relationship, absolutely."
Jada continued: 'I had a lot of pain and a lot of separation. In the process of that relationship I finally realized that you can't find happiness outside of yourself.'
She explained that the couple was going through a recovery process.
The "Set It Off" star wondered if her actions were down to her independence issues and that she had to 'fix people' because of her past traumas.
While Will made it known that he is the cool husband and stands by his wife after her 'transgressions' amid harsh media scrutiny, Jada admitted that she doesn't see her relationship with August 'as a major transgression.'
"Through this particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to confront a lot of emotional immaturity, emotional insecurities, and I was really able to do some really deep healing," Jada said.
This clarification from the couple comes after August Alsina told the show "The Club Club" on June 30 that he was in love with Jada and said: "I sat down with Will [Smith] and had a conversation about the transformation from their marriage to a life partnership ... he gave me his blessing."
August said they became very close, and vacationed together with family in Hawaii a year later, and they even attended the 2017 BET Awards together.
“I devoted myself, I gave my whole self to her, so much so that I could die and be okay with knowing that I really gave to someone. And I really loved a person very much, I experienced it and I know what it looks like, and some people never get that feeling in this life," said August. /Telegraph/
