Yes, August Alsina — the singer who was one half of Jada Pinkett Smith’s romantic “entanglements” — watched Chris Rock’s comedy special. And he thought it was “funny.”
“August saw the Netflix special and he laughed,” a source told the Post. “He thought it was not only funny, but true. That was the best part for him. “
On Saturday, The Rock finally went public with his thoughts on being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, along with “Selective Outrage,” his live Netflix comedy special.
In it, Rock surmised that Smith not only made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s baldness (comparing the actress, who has alopecia, to “G.I. Jane”), but because Smith was taking it out on her. was Affair with Alcina.
“Everybody in the world calls him a bitch,” Rock said of Smith. “Everybody. everybody And who has he killed? me A n – a He knows he can beat. This is some dog-ass shit. “
The source suggested that, in Alsina’s eyes, Rock got it right.
“Many people spoke against it [Alsina]said the source. “So he was happy to see that Chris Rock was advocating the truth and not just kidding.”
As Rock said of Smith during a stand-up special: “His wife was the king of his son’s friend.”
Page Six was previously reported That Alcina, now 30, and Pinkett Smith, 51, met at the Wire Festival in London in 2015, where Smith’s children, Willow and Jayden, were performing.
The singer quickly became a friend of the family, even vacationing with the couple and their children in Hawaii the following year.
But rumors started swirling when Alcina and Pinkett Smith were photographed looking cute at the 2017 BET Awards.
The source said, “People were speculating. “And [Will and Jada] A very unique understanding. August was vindicated when he said he had a conversation with Will. It was a gift given. “
In June 2020, Alcina told Angela Yee, “breakfast club,“That he” sat down with Will and talked about the reason for the change [the Smiths’] Marriage for life partnership… He gave me his blessing.”
A few days later, Pinkett confirmed Smith had “engaged” in a discussion with Smith on her Facebook Watch series.Red table talk” – but told her husband she didn’t consider it a “crime” as the couple were on break at the time.
“I was done with your ass,” Will said at the time.
Looking at it all, the source told the Post, “[Pinkett Smith] Definitely downplayed the four year relationship. This was no confusion. And this is what made it so unfortunate. [Alsina] Didn’t drag them into an interview. It was not a scandal. It just was [Alsina] Telling your truth and taking back your life.
“He was getting really sick [the stress of the romance]. Physically ill.”
Rock believes the stress of it all got to Smith as well
“Everyone here has been cheated. None of us have interviewed the person who cheated on us on television. None of us,” Rock said during his special.
“Like, ‘Hey, I was sucking someone else’s D-K. How did that make you feel?’
Supposedly, Alsina, who appeared on VH1’s “The Surreal Life” (she’s not; turned boyfriend) left people wondering if she was gay. His brother Zhu), was friends with Jayden.
