Wendy Williams questioned Sean “Diddy” Combs’ behavior nine years before he was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering.
In a resurfaced clip from a 2015 episode of her titular talk show, Williams was discussing one of the times Combs and his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura broke up when she expressed her concern for Ventura’s safety.
At the time of the split, Ventura was filming the 2016 movie “Honey 3: Dare to Dance” in Cape Town, South Africa, when she was allegedly trying to “avoid” Combs after the split.
However, Williams, 60, warned Ventura, 38, that Combs, 54, is a “mogul” and can find her.
“You know, my thing about when you date a mogul, is, that it’s really difficult to avoid them, because if you use your head, you never know when they’re going to pop up on the scene,” She said on the Dec. 14, 2015, episode of the “Wendy Williams Show.”
“He’s a mogul! Like, he can hire a plane right now, zoom it to South Africa, land on the roof of the hotel where she’s staying, pay people off at the front desk, ‘Give me the key and let me up in her room,'” she continued.
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Williams acknowledged that she is “already paranoid,” but her paranoia would only get worse if she dated someone like Combs.
“To know somebody could actually swoop down on me in the middle of nothing would scare the bejesus out of me! It would, it would,” she continued.
The former talk show host added that the record executive has been living a “playboy lifestyle” where he has “women hypnotized.”
Williams and Combs famously feuded for years after she accused him of playing a role in her firing from her Hot 97 radio show in 1998.
The former radio DJ went on to claim in her 2004 book, “The Wendy WIlliams Experience,” that he “single-handedly tried to ruin her career.”
“The hell he put me through. I will never forget. But I don’t hate him,” she wrote about him.
However, the two seemed to repair their relationship in 2017 when he appeared on her show, and she described it as a “full circle moment.”
Williams –– who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia in February and has kept a low profile –– has not addressed Combs’ recent arrest.
Combs made headlines last week when police arrested him at a New York City hotel. He was subsequently charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper pleaded not guilty to the charges and remains behind bars as he awaits trial in New York.
Combs’ legal woes began in November 2023 when Ventura sued him for rape and physical abuse, and they settled the suit one day later. Combs maintained his innocence.
In May, CNN released a 2016 video of Combs physically abusing Ventura in a hotel. Shortly after the video made waves, he issued an apology and called his actions “inexcusable.”
Ventura and Combs broke up for good in 2018 after dating on and off for 11 years.
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