JADA Pinkett Smith has been accused of "destroying" August Alsina, despite her claims that she was attempting to help him during a difficult time.

A week after August dropped the bombshell revelation that he had been "in love" with the 48-year-old actress and that her husband Will Smith had given the pair "permission", Jada confirmed the romantic relationship but insisted that it took place during a break from her marriage to 51-year-old Will.

However, a Hollywood actress who is reportedly close friends with the Smith family has alleged to Page Six that Jada left August "devastated and hurt."

She said: "You can look at August and see that there’s a certain amount of pain that he is feeling, and you can hear in his words that he’s trying to speak his truth while still protecting the Smiths.

“Jada [previously] said she was mentoring him… what kind of mentoring was she giving him where he felt he gave his all to a relationship that has left him devastated and hurt?"

The actress concluded: "You did not help him, you helped destroy him."

August, 27, formed a friendship with the family in 2015 through Jada and Will's son Jaden, and he even accompanied the famous clan on a vacation to Hawaii in 2016 and attended the 2017 BET Awards with Jada.

In a recent interview with Angela Yee, the singer claimed that Will gave the pair his "blessing", and that he had told August their marriage had transformed to a "life partnership."

He added: "I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I truly and really, really deeply love and have a ton of love for her."

However, Jada said that "it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health and mental state."

Who is August Alsina?

August is 27 years old and from New Orleans.

As a singer-songwriter, he is most known for his hit I Luv This S*** with Trinidad James.

He began singing aged 14 and started uploading covers to YouTube.

His music falls into the hip hop and R&B genres.

August had a troubled childhood as both his dad and stepdad were addicted to crack cocaine, then he later got kicked out of home by his mum.

He's been open about his own health issues in recent years.

In 2014 he collapsed on stage and a few years later revealed he has an autoimmune disease that attacks his liver, causing him health scares.

Speaking directly to Will in the heart-to-heart chat on her Red Table Talk series, Jada shared: "The outpouring for him from our family was initially about his health.

"We found all those different resources to help pull him through and, from there, you and I were going through a very difficult time."

Will added: "I was done with your a**, marriages have that though," to which Jada said: "We broke up."

Pushing her to continue, Will asked: "And then what did you do, Jada?"

She replied: "As time went on I got into a different kind of entanglement with August."

When Will asked what she meant by entanglement his wife told him: "It was a relationship, absolutely."

Discussing the "blessing" claim Jada said on Friday's show: "The only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is myself.

"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 also not a home-wrecker. Which he's not."

The Sun has contacted reps for Jada for comment.

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