Columbus Brief accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of grooming him years in the past whereas guest-appearing on the Boss Discuss 101 podcast on Feb. 28.
A bit over 4 minutes into the podcast, Brief defined that his first encounter with Diddy was via a telephone name someday round 2007. The 41-year-old actor’s film Stomp the Yard thrived on the field workplace and sat at No. 1 for 2 weeks, with Night time on the Museum at No. 2 and Dreamgirls taking No. 3.
Brief stated he acquired quite a few calls about film affords as a result of movie’s success however was stunned when Diddy known as him, praising him for his function in Stomp the Yard and welcoming the younger actor to get no matter he needed on the Sean John retailer.
Weeks handed, and the Mr. Proper star was invited to a Diddy celebration on the Palms Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. At this level, the 2 had been extremely acquainted, so Diddy requested him for appearing coach suggestions for a job within the 2007 movie A Raisin within the Solar.
Brief commented how he believed it was the 54-year-old mogul grooming him.
He recalled Diddy calling him hours after the BET Awards, which he didn’t attend as a result of not being nominated.
“I’m simply sitting my Black behind on the crib,” he stated. “So, about two-something within the morning—2:15, 2:30 within the morning—[the] telephone ring. Unknown quantity. I don’t reply unknown numbers, however my spouse me like, ‘Yeah, choose that up.’ So, I put it on speaker.”
“Picked it up,” he continued. “I say, ‘Who’s this?’ ‘It’s Sean.’ I’m like, ‘Sean?’ ‘It’s Puff.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, what’s good?’…speaking low. I used to be like, ‘Hey, what’s good? What’s cracking?’”
Diddy allegedly instructed Brief he observed he didn’t see him on the BET Awards and requested him what the actor was as much as—Brief instructed the music mogul that he was at his home.
“He stated, ‘Oh, yeah, we over right here. I’m over right here on the Beverly Hills Resort.’ I stated, ‘Oh, for actual…who over there.’ (Pause) ‘Simply me,’” Brief recalled, including his spouse silently motioned that she knew one thing was up.
“However now I obtained smoke in my home. My spouse me like, ‘What’s up?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know this man. [He] simply known as me,” he acknowledged.
A co-host requested if the actor had ever led Diddy on or given him an indication, however Brief denied it. He additionally stated he didn’t present up on the rapper’s lodge room.
Whereas Brief doesn’t know if the claims about Diddy and his explorative sextracurricular actions had been legitimate, he confirmed that he had witnessed some issues within the trade not too removed from the claims.
Brief recalled attending a gathering he was invited to that had round 14 to fifteen individuals with out saying names. They handed the actor one shot of tequila, and he felt woozy, informing him that one thing was fallacious. The thespian stated he calmly went to the lavatory, threw up no matter he was given and left together with his supervisor.
Do you assume Diddy was grooming Brief?