Rosie O’Donnell eerily predicted Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ authorized woes greater than 20 years in the past earlier than he was arrested on intercourse trafficking costs.
In a resurfaced video taken forward of the forty third Annual Grammy Awards in 2000, the comic, 62, made a number of jokes about foreseeing the rapper, 54, going to jail whereas speaking to Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes, and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas.
Whereas filming a behind-the-scenes particular for her now-defunct speak present, The Rosie O’Donnell Present, the star spoke with the TLC members backstage about their a number of nominations that yr.
‘Wanna hear a joke I’ve?’ she requested the lady group. ‘Prepared? That is good. See for those who prefer it.’
The mother-of-five went on to say: ‘Lot of a number of nominees — a number of Grammy nominees — this yr. Lauryn Hill’s obtained 4, TLC’s obtained eight and Sean Combs 5 to 10.’
Rosie O’Donnell eerily predicted Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ authorized woes greater than 20 years in the past earlier than he was arrested on intercourse trafficking costs
The quip brought on Lopes and Thomas to immediately begin laughing, earlier than shortly overlaying their mouths to cover their shocked expressions.
To make sure the ladies understood her joke, O’Donnell clarified: ‘Get it? Like, he’ll jail?’
As she cracked up, Thomas gave O’Donnell an enormous hug.
O’Donnell proceeded to poke much more enjoyable of Diddy with one other wisecrack at his expense.
‘I do not imply to be imply as a result of, I imply, he is a pleasant man and he can actually sing sing. Oops!’ she mused.
The actress was alluding to Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum-security jail in Ossining, New York.
Diddy, who was arrested final week, is at the moment being held on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, which is reportedly ‘infamous for its violence and poor inmate care,’ in accordance with BBC.
O’Donnell jokes had been most definitely a nod to his authorized issues, on the time, which included being discovered responsible of misdemeanor prison mischief in 1996 for threatening a photographer with a gun.
Diddy, who was arrested final week, has pleaded not responsible to all three costs of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution (seen in Could 2024)
Moreover, he was accused of capturing a lady in a Manhattan evening membership in 1999. Finally, he was acquitted of all costs in reference to the capturing.
Following Diddy’s arrest, O’Donnell expressed shock in a TikTok video as she recalled being his neighbor in Miami and her solely interplay with him.
‘Though I solely met him as soon as, he did invite me to his New Yr’s Eve occasion. I imagine everybody was carrying white, however we did not know,’ she informed her followers.
O’Donnell, then, revealed that since she and her household had been unaware of the gown code they had been turned away on the door for carrying sweatpants.
The subsequent day, she mentioned Diddy referred to as her and mentioned he felt ‘so unhealthy’ about what occurred and needed to make it proper.
To make amends, he rented out a Regal Cinema for her and her youngsters ‘to see any film’ they needed for ‘your complete day in any theater each time’ they needed.
In a resurfaced video taken forward of the forty third Annual Grammy Awards in 2000, the comic, 62, made a number of jokes about foreseeing the rapper, 54, going to jail whereas speaking to Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes, and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas
Whereas filming a behind-the-scenes particular for her now-defunct speak present, The Rosie O’Donnell Present, O’Donnell spoke with the TLC members backstage about their a number of nominations that yr
O’Donnell mentioned the reward felt ‘so unbelievably excessive and extraordinary.’
She famous that they by no means spoke once more after that day.
‘I am simply form of in shock,’ O’Donnell mentioned of his indictment. ‘And I do know there’s maybe a naïveté to me not directly, however how might an individual dwell figuring out that that they had accomplished that after which be a public particular person and proceed to do it?’
She continued, ‘Did not he really feel the footsteps of the regulation behind him in any respect time? Or do you simply get to be so large, like Harvey Weinstein did, that he thought, “Nicely I management Hollywood. I management the Oscars. I can sleep with any actress I need whether or not they need to or not.”‘
Following Diddy’s arrest, O’Donnell expressed shock in a TikTok video as she recalled being his neighbor in Miami and her solely interplay with him
Diddy, who was denied bail, has pleaded not responsible to all three costs of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
The choose who will preside over his case agreed with prosecutors that he was a critical flight threat and that he posed a hazard to others.