August Alsina is set to be in the reboot of the Vh1 reality show "The Surreal Life," which documented him living in a house with celebrities including Tamar Braxton, Dennis Rodman, Frankie Muñiz, and Stormy Daniels.
August told Entertainment Tonight during an exclusive interview that he turned down offers to join the show 10 times. He then explained that it was partly due to the scandal surrounding his "entanglement" with Jada Pinkett Smith.
August stated, "I would say that going into it, that probably was one of the factors for me that I felt like, 'Hmm, do I really want to do this?' because I didn't want to go into a situation where people would grab for low-hanging fruit."
However, August changed his mind when the network explained that it would allow audiences to see him in a different light, "There was one side of me not wanting to do it, trying to protect myself, and then the other side of it was, well, it gave me the opportunity to allow people to see and experience me and my authentic energy as opposed to the narrative that had been kind of clouding over my life for quite a while."
When it comes to Will and Jada, August revealed that he has "absolutely zero" contact with the Smiths. He added, "I can only be responsible for myself. I can only be responsible for my own actions and hold myself accountable for what I do, what I say and what I know to be true for myself. To be honest with you, I’m not necessarily surprised about anybody’s actions these days. Everybody has the right to say, reveal whatever they decide -- I’m not the police of that."
Source: Entertainment Tonight
