Diddy interview with Wendy Williams resurfaces where host acts cagey when disgraced mogul said he met her son backstage: ‘That was a threat’

An interview with Diddy on The Wendy Williams Show has surfaced years after the disgraced mogul was arrested on sex trafficking charges.

The 2017 clip showed the awkward moment the controversial rapper and Williams talked about her son Kevin Hunt Jr., who was 16 at the time.

While talking about his then-new movie “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop,” Sean “Diddy” Combs explained to Williams that he didn’t release the movie for the money, but instead to tell a story. share ‘that had a happy impression’. end” for African American men and women.

The audience erupted in applause when Williams, now 60, referred to her son Kevin Hunt Jr., now 24, just before Diddy admitted to meeting the teen backstage before the interview.

“And let me tell you something, as a mother of a now 16-year-old —” Williams said as Diddy interrupted her and said, “Mhm, who I met backstage, he’s an amazing young man.”

Williams quickly thanked him for the compliment before appearing to disappear and stutter her words as Diddy stared at her.

“You, you represent a lot to a lot of people in general. I mean, you’re an example for people who aren’t black, like ‘Yes we can, yes we can’, you’re an example for boys, like your boys, my boys, their boys, boys in general’ , Williams said.

Commenters quickly flocked to the old clip, noting how reluctant Williams was when Diddy mentioned her son.

“That was a threat, he says play nice,” one person wrote.

Another said: ‘By the way she hesitated you know she knew about him!’

“It seems like her mind is quickly running through all the different horrible things that could have happened backstage…,” one person said.

“The way she wanted to say, ‘Stay away from my son,'” another added.

Another user said: ‘I can hear her screaming internally!’

Combs, 54 – who has been denied bail by a judge – was charged earlier this month in New York City with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

It’s a stunning fall for the “It’s All About the Benjamins” rapper, who was once hip-hop’s richest and most influential mogul.

When U.S. Attorney Damian Williams revealed what federal agents found during the raid on Diddy’s Miami residence in March, he showed images showing seized unmarked AR-15s, ammunition and 1,000 bottles of baby oil and other lubricant.

“The indictment alleges that Combs abused, threatened and coerced victims between at least 2008 and the present to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct,” Williams said.

“The indictment alleges that Combs used and exploited women and other people in various ways for years. As alleged, Combs used violence, threats of violence, and coercion to induce victims to engage in prolonged sexual performances with male commercial sex workers, some of whom were transported or had them transported across state lines.”

They also revealed that evidence of Combs’ long-rumored sex parties — which he called “freak offs” — was collected during their raids on his homes in Los Angeles and Miami, during which they found “electronic devices containing images and videos of the freak.” . offs, with multiple victims.’

Diddy happily planned and controlled the “sex performances,” the FBI alleged, which sometimes lasted “for days at a time,” involving sex workers and a variety of narcotics such as ketamine, ecstasy and GHB, “which Combs distributed to the victims to to keep them obedient and compliant.”

This isn’t the first time Williams has been mentioned amid Diddy’s scandal, as fans quickly realized that the former talk show host had been warning the world about his alleged crimes for years.

She started trending on X when fans started complaining about the loss of her Hot Topics segment, where she unpacked all the latest news from Hollywood on The Wendy Williams Show.

Williams had been critical of Diddy during her career as a radio and television host, and fans argued that she was one of the few stars to have called out his alleged antics “for decades.”

“Wendy Williams told us about Diddy decades ago,” one X user wrote. “The streets have been talking for a long time.”

Another agreed: “Wendy Williams has been telling y’all about Diddy for years.”

Diddy’s legal team offered a $50 million package to secure his release from prison, including the rap mogul’s $48 million Miami home as collateral.

It also included Diddy’s mother’s house, valued at $2 million.

Since his arrest, the disgraced artist has been hit with two new lawsuits as a woman, Thalia Graves, claims he raped her and recorded the assault.

Graves says the music mogul and his head of security, Joseph Sherman, raped her in 2001 at the Bad Boys Records studios in New York.

Graves claims she was 25 and dating one of the rapper’s associates when she was lured to a meeting by Diddy, who said he wanted to “discuss her boyfriend’s alleged performance issues.”

In the lawsuit, obtained by DailyMail.com, Richard claims she was “manipulated” by Combs with promises that he would help her music career.

Another lawsuit, filed just days ago, states that a woman claims she was abused by Didy for years and impregnated by him.

The lawsuit, filed under the name Jane Doe, was first reported by TMZ.

Jane Doe claims the rapper drugged and abused her for four years, and that she became pregnant during one of the encounters before suffering a miscarriage.

The alleged victim says she met Diddy in 2020, when she was invited on an all-expenses-paid trip.