The great Hollywood erasure of Sean 'Diddy' Combs has begun. From tweets being deleted to posts being removed, so many stars formerly connected to the disgraced music mogul are now suddenly saying, "Diddy who?" Let's get into it.
Over the weekend, users on X, formerly Twitter, went crazy speculating over why Usher, who had a pretty well-known friendship with Diddy but has not been accused of any crimes, had completely wiped his Twitter. After the rumors became intense, Usher posted, "Account got hacked, and damn y'all ran with it!" Obviously, users on X weren't satisfied with this response and turned to other stars with deleted accounts, like the singer Pink. As people started to speculate why all her posts were suddenly gone, some users pointed out that the singer's posts had long been deleted well before anything happened with Diddy and had no known major connection to Diddy at all. (But obviously users on X weren't satisfied with the rational response based in facts.)
But even though the hysteria on X is largely unwarranted and rooted in conspiracies, Hollywood, in general, has been very quiet regarding the charges against Diddy. All you need to do is YouTube Diddy's talk show appearances or look him up on Getty Images to see a parade of celebrities in photos with or talking about Diddy. Even Usher in 2016 told Howard Stern about the year he lived with Diddy.
"I got a chance to see some things," Usher told Stern. "I went there to see the lifestyle—and I saw it." Usher was 13 at the time. He added, "I don't know if I could indulge and understand what I was even looking at. It was pretty wild."
I mean, knowing what we now know about Diddy, it's just disturbing hearing about anything related to him and his lifestyle, which is why you won't hear stars previously connected to him, like Justin Bieber or Jennifer Lopez, saying very much at all about him.
But let's get into some other things poppin' in the world of pop culture...
Janet Jackson offered some very confusing comments about Kamala Harris this weekend. In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian, Jackson said about Harris, "She's not Black. That's what I heard. That she's Indian." After the reporter told Jackson that Harris was both Black and South Asian, Jackson replied, "Her father's white. That's what I was told. I mean, I haven't watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white." And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why some celebrities should not be allowed to talk about politics. Just stick with music. We don't need to know everybody's opinion, clearly.
Speaking of politics, supporters of Donald Trump are going wild on social media about actor Sam Elliott narrating a recent Lincoln Project ad in support of Kamala Harris. In the ad, Elliott says, "What the hell are you waiting for? Because if it's the woman thing, it's time to get over that. It's time for hope, for change. It's time to be a man and vote for a woman." Yeah, I see why they're mad, because that's a pretty strong sentiment.
Can I just tell you how much I loved Kathy Bates in CBS's Matlock? Did you watch? If not, you should. It's a send up on the classic Andy Griffith series from the 80s, but it's also very much its own thing. And that twist at the end?! I did not see that coming. Go watch the pilot, and then the rest of the season starts in October.
That's it for me today. I'll be back on Wednesday with more. In the meantime, keep scrolling for all the entertainment news you'll need today!
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