Jada Pinkett Smith: Actor and wife of Will Smith denies having 'affair' with August Alsina
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a new interview on The Breakfast Club, Alsina said Smith, 51, approved the relationship due to their marriage’s “transformation” into what he described as a non-romantic ”life partnership”. In response to the claims, Pinkett Smith’s representatives said that Alsina’s claims are “absolutely not true”. ”I had never been in love in that way,” he added, stating: “It pushed me into being another person.” Smith married Pinkett after divorcing actor Sheree Zampino in 1995. open image in gallery Jada Pinkett Smith said rumours of a secret relationship with August Alsina are ‘absolutely untrue’ Rumours that the couple have an open relationship began circulating after Pinkett Smith told The Huffington Post in 2013: “Will is his own man. open image in gallery August Alsina pictured with Jada Pinkett Smith in 2017 During the interview, Alsina said that he “loves Pinkett Smith’s family” like his own, and that the negativity he received in consequence of rumours about their alleged affair bothered him.