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Tyrese Admits To Falsely Claiming Will Smith Gave Him $5M, Says He Was ‘Out Of His Mind’ On Antidepressant Meds

<p><strong>Tyrese<&sol;strong> is addressing an incident from 2017 regarding a now-deleted Instagram post where he ranted about <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chris-rock-will-smith-slap-netflix&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1p4tzmx&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MjUxMTY4MTM1LjE2NzgzOTkwNTU&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY3ODQwMzY5NC4yLjAuMTY3ODQwMzY5NC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Will Smith<&sol;a>&comma; Jada Pinkett Smith<&sol;strong>&comma; and a &dollar;5 million loan&period; The actor is now confessing that the moment was tied to a reaction to strong depression medication&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Tyrese Previously Announced That The Smiths Gave Him &dollar;5 Million To &&num;8216&semi;Stay Off The Internet&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Back in November 2017&comma; Tyrese took to Instagram to upload a photo of him and Will accompanied by a lengthy caption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He started off by proclaiming the Smiths had given him &dollar;5 million to &&num;8220&semi;keep &lbrack;the family&rsqb; afloat&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;My wife kept the news away from me &&num;8217&semi;cause I&&num;8217&semi;ve been on with lawyers all day&comma; but our family and our sister Jada Pinkett Smith and my brother Will Smith just sent us 5 million dollars to help keep us afloat&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Tyrese then proceeded to say that Will and Jada also urged him to take the incentive to &&num;8220&semi;get off and stay off the internet&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ve guys asked me to get off and stay off the internet now that my daughters legal fees will be paid&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He wrapped by noting&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The Smiths and their whole family has always shown up for the Gibsons&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"927166366297329665" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;08&sol;tyrese-will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-5-million-dollars-custody-case&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>TMZ <&sol;em><&sol;a>swiftly denounced Tyrese&&num;8217&semi;s claim&comma; noting that a source close to the Smiths acknowledged they were allegedly worried that the <em>Baby Boy <&sol;em>actor was suffering a &&num;8220&semi;mental breakdown&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; Tyrese is speaking out and addressing what prompted his puzzling upload&comma; and he says it has to do with a popular antidepressant medication&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Actor Says He Had &&num;8216&semi;The Worst Adverse Effects Ever&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>During a recent appearance on the <em>Sway&&num;8217&semi;s Universe <&sol;em>podcast&comma; Tyrese spoke of how an adverse reaction to Rexulti was the cause of the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He broke down how&comma; because he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t drink or use recreational drugs&comma; the medication left him with &&num;8220&semi;the worst adverse effects ever&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;For someone who doesn&&num;8217&semi;t use drugs&comma; you put some s&ast;&ast;t like Result in my system&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s going to have the worst adverse effects ever&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He then referenced the Will Smith situation&comma; as well as some other antics&comma; before remarking that he was actually &&num;8220&semi;out of &lbrack;his&rsqb; mind&&num;8221&semi; during that period of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At this point&comma; we should add that listed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rexulti&period;com&sol;questions-answers&num;possible-side-effects" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">side effects<&sol;a> for the drug note that people can experience &&num;8220&semi;strong unusual urges&comma;&&num;8221&semi; including—but not limited to—compulsive gambling&comma; sexual urges&comma; and binge eating&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"kzp3hXDFB64" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">What do you think about Tyrese&&num;8217&semi;s revelation&comma; and have you heard similar stories of people experiencing negative side effects from antidepressants&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"115038" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tyrese-will-smith-antidepressants&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0ff7a3bbcb"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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