This interview was conducted for HOT 97 in early October 2024 with an individual who worked closely with Diddy and Kim Porter in a professional capacity over many years. This individual went off the record when we held this exclusive interview. As such, she had a front-row seat to the behavior now making headlines around the world. In an unvarnished format, here is a transcription of our Q&A:
What was your experience like working with diddy and kim porter?
“I remember specifically how controlling he was over her,” she remarked, recounting a moment as they prepared for the 2003 MTV Awards red carpet. “He literally was just sitting there, staring at her hair. He wasn’t happy with it—the way the curl went one direction. He was like, ‘I don’t care if I miss the whole show. We are not leaving until we get this curl right.’ And inside, I was just like, ‘Wow, you are really controlling.’ And those are just little signs.”
As the conversation progressed, she recounted several instances of Diddy’s physical abuse toward Kim Porter: “I went to Atlanta when he had a new album coming out. One night we went to this nightclub, a pimp nightclub… And when we were on our way there, all of a sudden they got into a fight, and he started hitting her with a bottle, and she threw a bottle back. I remember thinking, ‘Wow, she’s really standing up for herself,’” she said “Technically, I was witnessing this as an employee. Then Diddy turned to me and said, ‘Oh, we’re just two, you know, loving each other.’ And I was thinking, ‘Oh my God,’ but I just said, ‘Oh, I didn’t see anything.’ And then we walked into the club.”
In private moments, did Kim ever confide in you about the toxic dynamics in her relationship with Diddy?
“One time, I went to their Park Avenue apartment to work, and then she had a jewelry person arrive, and she picked out jewels for the evening to wear. It took hours to get her ready, and then she kept waiting for Diddy to come home so they could go out to their event together. We were sitting there for hours, but he never came, so she never went out to the event and went to sleep instead. I remember she told me that when she had broken up with him earlier in their relationship, Diddy put her up in this apartment building on the Upper West Side. It was an old building. And she said her ‘apartment was infested with rats’. She said she came home one day, tried to put her boots on, and there were rat feces in them. And she was just like, ‘I gotta get out of this place.’”
“Kim said Diddy was the one who paid for the apartment ($6,000) Per month, she said, I found it surprising that he would put the mother of his child in such a disgusting apartment. I thought to myself what a difference getting back together with Diddy makes. When Kim started dating Diddy again, she moved into his 5-story Park Avenue apartment and regularly got her hair and makeup done, had access to the best clothes in the world, and jewelers regularly visited their apartment to let her pick out the jewels to wear for the evening.”
“I remember her being just the sweetest, kind, warm and caring person. Diddy was a controlling narcissist, and I could see why he would be attracted to Kim.”
Based on your experience, did you observe controlling behaviors from Diddy towards other celebrities?
The confidential source also detailed her experience collaborating with model Tyson Beckford during the launch of Diddy’s Sean John clothing line in the early 2000s.
“We were about to go on set, and then it was like, ‘Oh, something’s wrong; Tyson’s refusing to go on.’ And I was like, ‘Well, what’s that all about?’ And Tyson told me: ‘I am not stepping out on that set until I get paid ahead of time for this shoot.’”
“So I was like, ‘Huh? That’s odd. Maybe, you know, he wasn’t making payments or something’? And it turned out that this was, like, a real big pattern for Diddy.”
“Tyson was at the top of his career when he got this campaign for Sean John. I don’t know what kind of contract he signed, but he was not getting paid for his modeling. And so he showed up on that set, got everything ready, and then he refused to go on. And then they finally found a check… and we wound up doing the shoot.”
Insider reveals the dark truth of diddy’s control and abuse
The interview reveals a troubling pattern of control and abuse by Diddy, both in his personal relationship with Kim Porter and in his professional life. From obsessing over minor details like a misplaced hair curl to incidents of physical abuse, the insider pointed toward the behavior patterns we’re reading about every day. Her perspective shows how these behaviors impacted not only Porter, but other celebrities, like Tyson Beckford, exposing a toxic dynamic that crossed personal and professional boundaries. These revelations expose a complex and unsettling legacy, illuminating the darker facets of Diddy’s public image.
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