There has been a buzz in the air even louder than 45 commuting sentences, and Epstein's cohort has been sleeping in paper wrappings since her arrest. Yep, Jada Pinkett-Smith was dating August Alsina while separated from her husband, Will Smith. So what is the big deal? Let's look...
One thing this couple never does is share their personal business with the masses. What you see on Twitter or Instagram are their personal views about the life they live — individually, apart, together or however. The Smiths have been a Hollywood power couple for more than 25 years and still going. And then this story. So what happened?
Everyone is trying to answer that question.
Forget COVID-19 or that second stimulus check (my elected officials better vote for that), people are really buzzing about this interlude. How is it that an "entanglement" (Jada's words, not mine) that happened about four years ago is now a hot topic in every social distancing party or COVID-19 testing facility? Here's my guess — take a drink, because this is going to go down several rabbit holes. Let's go!
August Alsina is very junior to Jada Pinkett-Smith. His emotional maturity had not fully developed. He was about 22–23 to Jada's full bloom of womanhood (I will never disclose another woman's age, as she has a right to share that herself). Everything she did with him, there was a sense of awe, I imagine. August, with his stardom rising, was just beginning to come into the world and discover himself when fame dropped a nasty curveball at him. He was dealing with his own health and well-being issues. Hence, when he was receiving support from the Smiths, of course he would develop an Oedipus complex for Jada. That does not mean his emotions were not real. They were — to him — and he was not fully mature (the human brain doesn't finish maturing until 25; Google it). The complexity of those circumstances during that period was tough to handle, and yet he managed in front of the world. That shows some true grit right there. Some people break down when their Starbucks order is wrong (I'm not saying who).
Then there is Jada, who admitted that she was not as full of confidence as she thought herself to have. She and Will were possibly divorcing, and the separation was 100% REAL. And in front of the world, she had to push herself to be the star versus just being the woman in obscurity who might shop herself into debt or eat herself into oblivion. Jada Pinkett-Smith had to navigate whether she would still be using a hyphenated last name or not. She was looking at the grief and loss of what she thought she'd lost in her relationship while navigating her blossoming woman years. Add, on top of that, the lack of self-confidence and co-dependency she stated she was dealing with — all she was left with was wanting to feel good. Who wouldn't?
Yet none of that answers the question: why now? I believe the answer is this. Are you ready?
WHO CARES? It could have been now or 100 years from now; none of it would make a real difference in fighting off this coronavirus, which is claiming lives like the woman in the BINGO hall knocking that dabber mallet (yes, it is a thing). What it did provide for many is a break from the doom and gloom of a failing economy, loss of lives, and the abysmal summer we are in right now. Yet for a brief shimmering moment, this bit of juice gave all of us a glimmer of days past, when a spot of "tea" made you say "Dayum Gina! Glad that wasn't me."
