OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
4:55 PM – Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Regarding Sean “Diddy” Combs' arrest and ongoing court proceedings, media personality Wendy, who has been a longtime critic of the rap mogul on TV and previously warned that he was leading a double life. Williams finally spoke up.
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“What's really weird is that so many people have said to me, 'Wendy, you called,'” said Williams, 60. daily mail on tuesday. “Someone in my family said the same thing.”
Williams, who has recently experienced a number of health issues and other physical issues, has openly criticized Diddy, 54, for her entire professional life. The former radio DJ and television host recently said she wasn't surprised by the security tapes of Diddy allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, that were revealed earlier this year, but she wasn't surprised.
“Do you know how I feel about that? It's about time. To watch this video on TV [Cassie] I was beaten… it was really scary,'' she told the outlet on Tuesday. “But now you have to think, how many more? How many? How many more women? It's so scary.”
Diddy was taken into custody in New York last month after being charged with extortion, forced sex trafficking, fraud or extortion, and transportation for the purpose of prostitution. The rapper entered a plea of not guilty and denied all charges against him. He is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, along with disgraced crypto tycoon Sam Bankman Freed, awaiting trial.
Since his arrest, Didi has been denied bail twice, but filed a notice of appeal on Monday, September 30th.thoverturning the verdict.
At least 120 victims have accused Diddy of sexual assault and sex trafficking, a Texas law firm said in a press conference Tuesday. The group includes 60 men and 60 women, 25 of whom claim to have been underage at the time of the crime. The identities of the victims have not been released, but lawyer Tony Buzbee said some of the names would be “shocking” because they were “celebrities that everyone knows”.
“He cannot deal with all the meritless allegations that have turned into a reckless media circus,” said Diddy's lawyer, Erica Wolfe. “That being said, Mr. Combs categorically denies any allegation that he sexually abused anyone, including minors, as false and defamatory.”
Nevertheless, this is all too familiar to those who have followed the Williams and Diddy feud over the years.
The ups and downs between Williams and Diddy began in the 1990s, when the television personality criticized Williams, referring to his sexual desire for men on his radio show Hot 97 and insinuating that he was “playing for both teams,” and his secret life. It all started when he said that he was sending . Williams was fired from the show in 1998, and she claims Diddy was directly involved in her firing.
“We also come from a very homosexual era of hip-hop,” Williams previously said on his show after mentioning Diddy.
Radio host Charlamagne Tha God also previously claimed that Diddy fired Wendy Williams from radio station WQHT (aka Hot 97) in 1998 because she highlighted secret aspects of his life. insisted.
“Wendy's whole thing is that Diddy was gay,” the 45-year-old host, whose real name is Leonard Larry McKelvey, said on May 29.th. “That's why Wendy got fired from Hot 97. Wendy got fired from Hot 97 by Diddy because Bad Boy was smoking hot cigarettes.” Because she said that. was fired from [information] I'll be there. ”
Diddy's former bodyguard Gene Diehl corroborated these claims as well.
“[Diddy] He told Hot 97 that if he didn't kick her out before he returned to New York, he would cut off any music from his friends and record company executives who favored him… no one. I was struggling. to boycott their stations. ”
Their differences seemed to be resolved when Diddy agreed to appear on Williams' show in 2017, but Williams later said she played the nice guy to get more information. He claimed that only.
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