Chris Rock once asked Jada Pinkett Smith out amid rumors that she and Will Smith were getting divorced, according to the Red Table Talk host.

The actor told People in an interview published on Wednesday that the comedian had reached out to her in the summer of 2016 following rumors swirling around at the time that she and Smith were ending their marriage.

I think every summer, all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce. And this particular summer, Chris, he thought that we were getting a divorce, she said. So he called me, and basically he was like, Id love to take you out. And I was like, What do you mean? He was like, Well, arent you and Will getting a divorce? I was like, No. Chris, those are just rumors.

She continued, He was appalled. And he profusely apologized, and that was that.

Pinkett Smith also mentions that 2016 phone call in her new memoir, Worthy, People reported. Worthy is due out on Oct. 17.

A representative for Rock did not immediately return a request for comment.