August Alsina made the headlines last month when she revealed that she had a relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith when she was still married to actor Will Smith.
Pinkett addressed the rumors of the adventure in a special episode of her Facebook Watch series, “Red Table Talk,” last week, and admitted to getting into a “mess” with the 27-year-old musician while she and Smith were separated. about four years ago. .
Alsina reacted to Pinkett’s admission in a new interview with Vulture. She said that while she hasn’t sat and watched the entire episode at once, “she saw little clips floating around on Instagram … but the people around me have definitely caught my eye.”
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He also addressed the use of the word “tangle.”
“I don’t know why that word is so troublesome. I would agree [with Jada]. If you look for the definition of ‘entanglement’, it is a complex and difficult relationship, “Alsina explained.
He added: “It was exactly that. I think it’s just the language that probably caught people. But I definitely have to agree that it’s a mess. It was definitely a complicated thing, a complicated dynamic.”
During “RTT,” Pinkett also denied that Smith gave her permission for her to be with another man.
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Alsina replied: “I cannot speak for anyone else. What I said in my interview, how I said it, when I said it, is exactly what I said and exactly what I meant. That is all I can really say about it. Everything I have is my truth, and everything I have is my truth to support me. I have no reason to lie about anything. “
Pinkett said during their relationship, “It hurt a lot. It was very broken. In the process of that relationship, I definitely realized that you can’t find happiness outside of yourself.” She cited her “codependency” problems as one of the reasons she became involved with Alsina.
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She also wanted to make it clear that Alsina “is not a home destroyer,” but that she and Will “were going through a healing process in a very different way” as a couple.
“I don’t see it as a transgression at all,” Pinkett said. “Through that particular trip, I learned a lot about myself and was really able to cope with a lot of emotional immaturity. [and] emotional insecurity. “