Jada Pinkett Smith’s ex-fling August Alsina thought Chris Rock’s jokes on his explosive Netflix special were ‘funny and truthful’, a source told The New York Post.
In July 2020 Pinkett Smith, 51, admitted she did have an affair with singer Alsina, 30, while married to Smith during a bombshell tell-all confessional – with Rock’s new show, Selective Outrage, tearing into Will and Jada‘s relationship in the wake of the infamous Oscars slap.
A source told the publication: ‘August watched the Netflix special and he laughed. He thought it was not only funny but truthful. That was the best part for him.
‘A lot of people spoke out against [Alsina]. So he was happy to see that Chris Rock seemed to be advocating for the truth and not just making a joke.’
Chris‘s long-awaited public response to being slapped by Smith after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – has been met with high praise – with some calling it the ‘best brutal takedown’ in history.
Before: Jada Pinkett Smith’s ex-fling August Alsina thought Chris Rock’s jokes on his explosive Netflix special were ‘funny and truthful’, a source told The New York Post (pictured with Jada in 2017)
Slap: Rock’s new show, Selective Outrage saw the comic tear into Will and Jada ‘s relationship in the wake of the infamous Oscars slap (pictured)
Bringing Jada up in the show, he addressed her affair and his frustration that he was the one who ‘bore the brunt’ of the couple’s marital troubles.
‘Will Smith practices selective outrage,’ Rock said, giving a nod to the special’s title.
‘Everybody that really knows knows I had nothing to do with that. I didn’t have any entanglements…She hurt him way more than he hurt me.’
He even brought up the fact that Pinkett Smith only confessed to having an affair while interviewing her husband and noted: ‘His wife was f****** her son’s friend.’
Bill Bellamy and Jeff Dye defended Rock’s right to make jokes about Smith, with the former saying on TMZ Live: ‘It was a personal thing that happened to him. I don’t think he was being malicious, he was just pushing the envelope.’
Dye added: ‘Anyone who is upset for Chris Rock doing jokes is insane… they should be lucky he didn’t press charges and then drop a special.’
The actress first publicly revealed her affair when she sat down with her husband for an intimate conversation on her Facebook show, Red Table Talk, where she revealed how the relationship took place.
Jada said she developed a friendship with August four years prior, but revealed she and Will were going through a ‘difficult time’ and had ‘basically broken up’.
The shocking confessional comes after both actors initially denied August’s claims that Will gave him his blessing to have a relationship with Jada.
Jada began explaining the couple met August through their son Jaden and recalled the singer, who would have been 23 at the time, was ‘really sick’.
Response: Bringing Jada up in the show, he addressed her affair and his frustration that he was the one who ‘bore the brunt’ of the couple’s marital troubles
Back on: Jada and Will have since repaired their relationship and have ‘really gotten to that new place of unconditional love’ (pictured November 2022)
Jade said: ‘And it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health, his mental state.
‘The outpouring for him from our family was initially about his health,’ she said. ‘We found all those different resources to help pull him through and from there you and I were going through a very difficult time.’
Following Jada’s confession Will admitted: ‘I was done with you,’ while Jada added that they decided to separate for a ‘period of time’.
‘And then what did you do, Jada?’ Will asked, urging his wife to keep talking.
‘As time went on, I got into a different type of entanglement with August,’ Jada explained.
The mother-of-two went on to respond to August’s claim that Will gave her ‘permission’ to have an affair.
‘The only person that can give permission in that circumstance is myself,’ she insisted.
‘But what August was probably trying to communicate because I could see how he could see it as permission because we were separated amicably, and I think he wanted to make it clear he’s not a home wrecker, because he’s not.’
When Will pushed Jada to clarify what she meant by ‘entanglement’ she responded, ‘It was a relationship, absolutely.’
Jada continued: ‘I was in a lot of pain, and I was very broken. In the process of that relationship I definitely realized that you can’t find happiness outside yourself.’
August told The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee that he was in love with Jada and said: ‘I sat down with Will [Smith] and had a conversation due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership… he gave me his blessing.’
Jada and Will have since repaired their relationship and have ‘really gotten to that new place of unconditional love’.
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