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| Jada Pinkett Smith tells Will Smith of her 'relationship' | Jada Pinkett Smith tells Will Smith of her 'relationship' |
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| Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed on her chat show in a heart-to-heart with husband Will Smith that she did have a relationship with singer August Alsina. | |
| Speaking to Smith on her Facebook show Red Table Talk, the actress said that the relationship happened while the pair were separated. | Speaking to Smith on her Facebook show Red Table Talk, the actress said that the relationship happened while the pair were separated. |
| "We were over," she says. "From there, as time went on, I got into a different kind of entanglement with August." | "We were over," she says. "From there, as time went on, I got into a different kind of entanglement with August." |
| Mr Smith then presses her, saying "an entanglement? A relationship." | |
| "I was in a lot of pain and I was very broken," she countered. | "I was in a lot of pain and I was very broken," she countered. |
| The pair have been married since 1997, have two children together, and said they are currently back together after a split. | The pair have been married since 1997, have two children together, and said they are currently back together after a split. |
| The couple said they wanted to do the show to clear up speculation circulating in the media over an interview August Alsina recently gave to a radio morning show, The Breakfast Club. | The couple said they wanted to do the show to clear up speculation circulating in the media over an interview August Alsina recently gave to a radio morning show, The Breakfast Club. |
| The rapper said he had been in a relationship with Pinkett Smith and that Smith had given the affair his "blessing", leading to speculation that the Hollywood power couple were in an open marriage. | The rapper said he had been in a relationship with Pinkett Smith and that Smith had given the affair his "blessing", leading to speculation that the Hollywood power couple were in an open marriage. |
| "The only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is myself," Pinkett Smith said. | "The only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is myself," Pinkett Smith said. |
| "I could actually see how he would perceive it as permission because we were separated amicably and I think he also wanted to make it clear that he's also not a home-wrecker. Which he's not." | "I could actually see how he would perceive it as permission because we were separated amicably and I think he also wanted to make it clear that he's also not a home-wrecker. Which he's not." |
| She had not spoken to the rapper in years, she added. | She had not spoken to the rapper in years, she added. |
| Smith asked her what she felt she was looking for in the "interaction" with Alsina about four-and-a-half years ago. | Smith asked her what she felt she was looking for in the "interaction" with Alsina about four-and-a-half years ago. |
| "I just wanted to feel good," she replied, as her husband nodded sympathetically. "It had been so long since I had felt good." | "I just wanted to feel good," she replied, as her husband nodded sympathetically. "It had been so long since I had felt good." |
| Now the couple are back together, Pinkett Smith said they had reached a place of "unconditional love". | Now the couple are back together, Pinkett Smith said they had reached a place of "unconditional love". |
| Towards the end of the interview, Smith told her: "I'm gonna get you back first." | Towards the end of the interview, Smith told her: "I'm gonna get you back first." |
| Pinkett Smith laughed and responded: "I think you got me back! I think we're good on that." | Pinkett Smith laughed and responded: "I think you got me back! I think we're good on that." |
| At the end of the chat, the pair fist-bumped. | At the end of the chat, the pair fist-bumped. |
| "We ride together, we die together. Bad marriage for life," they said in a quote derived from Smith's Bad Boys movies. | "We ride together, we die together. Bad marriage for life," they said in a quote derived from Smith's Bad Boys movies. |