"I wasn't sure if I was ever going to speak to you again."
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith just sat down together for a very candid episode of her show, Red Table Talk, where they addressed all the rumors that have been circulating across the internet about their marriage over the past few weeks.
In case you missed it, two weeks ago, singer August Alsina came forward in an interview on The Breakfast Club and alleged that he had a relationship with Jada a few years ago, with Will Smith's "blessing":
I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation. Due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership that they have spoken on several times, and not involving romanticism, he gave me his blessing.
"I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life," August said of his time with Jada. "I truly and really, really deeply loved, and have a ton of love for her. I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it."
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When August first made these claims, it seemed like Jada was intent on denying them. Page Six contacted someone they described as her "representative," who called the allegations "absolutely not true."
But Jada herself remained quiet on the rumors for many days. On July 2, she broke that silence by saying that "there's some healing that needs to happen," and teasing an upcoming episode of her show that would address the rumors head-on.
Well, all of that brings us to today, when the Red Table Talk episode dropped. Here's what we learned.
Will explained the reasoning behind their decision to split:
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.
"You know, the only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is myself," Jada said, as Will nodded.
But she said she understood why August made that comment about getting Will's blessing:
But what August was probably trying to communicate - because 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 not a homewrecker. Which he's not.
"I feel like that husband," Will joked. "Like, I'm with you at the press conference...while you tell the world about your transgressions. Like, 'I love my baby, I'm gonna stand by my baby no matter what.'" (Jada laughed at that, but clarified that she doesn't view her relationship with August as a "transgression.")
Jada wrapped up the conversation by reflecting on what she's learned from the experience, and the things she's "grateful" for now:
I think that one of the things I'm deeply grateful for, in this whole process between you and I, is that we have really gotten to that new place of unconditional love.
You can watch Will and Jada's full conversation in their special episode of Red Table Talk on Facebook Watch, or down below:
