When Did Jada Pinkett & August Alsina Get Together? Their ‘Entanglement’ Explained
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This power couple’s separation shocked the world, but many people might be asking: When did Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina end up together?
While promoting her new book Worthy, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she and her husband Will Smith separated in 2016 and they simply grew out of the relationship. As to why they haven’t filed for divorce, Pinkett Smith told Hoda Kotb in a preview of an hour-long primetime interview that the two are “just not being ready yet … Still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership … In regards to, how do we present that to people? We hadn’t figured that out.”
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Kotb asked about what exactly made the marriage fracture, “Why it fractured…that — that’s a lot of things,” Pinkett Smith revealed. “By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.”
She also talked about the promise she made to Smith. “I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through … whatever,” Pinkett Smith says. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”
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She echoed the same sentiment in an exclusive interview with People. “We’re still figuring it out. We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”
As for what her three kids Jaden, 25, Willow, 22, and Trey, 30 (whom Smith had with ex-wife Sheree Zampino) think of Pinkett Smith amid all of this, she said, “My children, they’re little gurus. They’ve taught me a deep sense of self-acceptance.” She continued, “They love every part of me. The level of love, unconditional love that they have for me and their dad. And it’s one thing to want to be the person that gives that unconditional love. And then there’s, to be the recipient of that.”
Here’s a full timeline of Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina’s entanglement amid the Will Smith separation.
When were Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina together?
Here’s the timeline.
March 2023: Chris Rock Jokes About Jada Pinkett Smith & August Alsina’s relationship
In Chris Rock’s Netflix special, the comedian talked about Pinkett Smith’s “entanglement” with the “No Love” singer. He mainly joked about Pinkett Smith’s husband Will Smith after the notorious Oscars Slap. “Everybody knows that had nothing to do with me. I didn’t have any entanglements,” he said, referring to the rumors between Pinkett Smith and Alsina that popped up in June 2020. “His wife was f—king her son’s friend. Now, I normally would not talk about this sh—, but for some reason, these n—s put that shit on the internet. I have no idea why two people that talented would do something that low down.”
“Mr. Alsina has not seen Chris Rock’s special at all, as he’s been busy on tour,” a rep told Entertainment Tonight. Reports of Alsina enjoying the special came after The New York Post published a story where a source claimed that the musician had seen it. “August watched the Netflix special and he laughed,” a source told The Post. “He thought it was not only funny but truthful. That was the best part for him” His rep then confirmed that it was in fact “a lie.”
July 2020: August Alsina Responds To The Red Table Talk episode
Alsina responded to the episode by posting cryptic tweets about the show. “Imagine not knowing how to mind the business that pay you. I catch all the subliminals,” Alsina wrote. “It’s always very perplexing cause I real deal be showing people genuine love. Whole time that envy eating ya lil heart.” He also criticized Keke Palmer for “covertly speaking subliminal shade” after the Hustlers star tweeted about the Red Table Talk drama in a tweet she shared on July 10: “The theme is boundaries. Everybody doesn’t need to know your business, that’s not fake it’s honoring one’s privacy.” While the Nope actress never called out Jada, Will, or August directly, some interpreted the tweet as a subliminal message to the young rapper.
The next day he tweeted, “If you have something to say, say it w/ ya CHEST kids. It’s always very perplexing cause I real deal be showing people genuine love. Whole time that envy eating ya lil heart. Anyway, NEXT!!”
July 2020: August Alsina releases “Entanglements”
To add to the drama, August Alsina released a song called “Entanglements” with Rick Ross to lament over the relationship. “That ain’t my girl, but I got they key to the crib and to the car,” as well as, “You left your man just to fuck with me and break his heart.” And to much surprise, he included entanglement in the song. “The definition of entanglement / It’s when you’re tangled in the sheets.”
July 2020: Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith talk about their relationship on Red Table Talk
Pinkett Smith later confirmed the relationship on an episode of Red Table Talk in July 2020 with her husband Will Smith. “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,” Smith said and added that he didn’t know if they would ever speak again. “From there, as time went on, I got into a different kind of entanglement with August,” she said, later admitting it was a “relationship.” “It had been so long since I felt good and it was really a joy to help heal somebody,” she said of her time with Alsina, saying that she wanted to “fix” people instead of fixing herself. “I think that that whole process with Aug really showed me that and taught me that,” she reflected.
June 2020: August Alsina Claims He Had A Relationship With Jada Pinkett Smith
In June 2020, Alsina went on The Breakfast Club and claimed that he had a relationship with the Girls Trip star for years and that her husband approved of the affair. “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,” Alsina alleged. “He gave me his blessing.”
He continued, “I really loved a person. I experienced that and I know what that feels like—and some people never get that in this lifetime. So, I know that I am completely blessed. And this conversation is difficult because…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.”
April 2019: August Alsina Hints At Jada Pinkett Smith Relationship in Music Video
August Alsina made a music video for his remix of Kehlani’s “Nunya.” In the video, his animoji texts a girl named “Koren,” which so happens to be Jada Pinkett Smith’s middle name. During the scene, he sings,
“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 / That you lost a man who loved you all along / Baby, couldn’t we just let this go?”
July 2018: August Alsina appears on Red Table Talk
August Alsina is brought on Red Table Talk to talk to Pinkett Smith about his struggles with addiction.
July 21, 2017: Jada Pinkett Smith attends BET Awards with August Alsina
Jada Pinkett Smith attended the BET Awards with August Alsina. The two posed pretty comfortably on the red carpet together.
June or July 2015: Jada Pinkett Smith meets August Alsina
At the Wireless Festival in London, England, Jada Pinkett Smith meets August Alsina for the first time. Pinkett Smith’s son Jaden was performing at the festival and the two met through him. According to Jada, she became close to Alsina in his battle with a genetic liver disease. However, after some time building an emotional connection, the pair formed a romantic bond as well.
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Jada Pinkett Smith was living what many would view as a fairy-tale of Hollywood success. But appearances can be deceiving, and as she felt more and more separated from her sense of self, emotional turmoil took hold. Sparing no detail, Worthy chronicles her life—from a rebellious youth running the Baltimore streets as an observer and participant in the drug trade, to the deep bond she shared with Tupac Shakur from the moment they met, to her move to Los Angeles and the successful career she built on her own terms, to becoming the wife of superstar Will Smith and mother to Jaden, Willow and bonus-mom to Trey . A rollercoaster from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of self-acceptance and spiritual healing, Worthy is a woman’s journey to finding herself again.
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