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Taye Diggs Says He Felt ‘Naive’ After Hearing Diddy Allegations: ‘All of It Blindsided Me’
Taye Diggs. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Taye Diggs has stated that he was “blindsided” and felt “ignorant” after the accusations surrounding Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs emerged.
The Broadway star, 53, shared his ideas about the rap artist’s arrest on the Thursday, September 26 episode of podcast, “Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson.”
“I felt so ignorant when I heard all that things since I was … I do not understand where I was, however all of it blindsided me,” Diggs stated.
Diggs included that on one hand he was delighted the news was exposed however was all at once dissatisfied that Diddy, 54, had not measured up to the requirement he formerly thought about the music magnate to be at.
“It’s type of double-edged for me due to the fact that on one side, I’m like, this is excellent for individuals to understand that this takes place,” Diggs discussed. “We can believe life is to be lived a specific method, we can believe an individual is a specific method and they can be the specific opposite and get utilized to that, you understand?”
Diggs likewise acknowledged his dissatisfaction after knowing of the claims about somebody he as soon as considered a good example.
Diddy. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/WireImage)
“He was a hero to me. I liked how he … he didn’t originate from much, he started as a dancer. All the important things that I wasn’t, maturing, he was,” Diggs stated. “He had a lot self-confidence and a specific conceit that I liked and he made being Black cool. I originated from a location where we needed to ask whatever and ‘I’m Black, so obviously, I’m going to be dealt with like this’. I took a look at him and he used it like, as a badge, you understand what I’m stating? I actually put him on a pedestal and it was frustrating to see a few of what occurred. I could not think it. And I didn’t like that sensation.”
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Diddy was apprehended previously this month on sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transport to take part in prostitution charges. According to a 14-page indictment, which mentioned Diddy’s notorious celebrations as proof, the rap artist presumably “mistreated, threatened and persuaded females and others around him” for years. Diddy was likewise implicated of utilizing the acts to satisfy “his libidos, safeguard his track record and hide his conduct.”
Diddy rejected the claims and pleaded innocent to the charges before a judge rejected his ask for bail. Diddy was consequently remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn up until his trial.