Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been previously neighbors — whereas evaluating him to Harvey Weinstein.
“Though I solely met him as soon as, he did invite me to his New Yr’s Eve get together, which I consider everyone was sporting white, however we didn’t know,” O’Donnell, 62, mentioned in a current TikTok video. “We had on, like, sweatpants, me and my household and my children.”
O’Donnell claimed they weren’t let into the get together. “They didn’t allow us to in,” she mentioned. “The doormen have been, like, us. I’m like, ‘No, no. He invited me yesterday. I reside proper there. My daughter noticed him on the road and we talked.’ No, we couldn’t are available.”
The next day, O’Donnell alleged that Diddy, 54, known as her and “felt so dangerous.”
“He rented out the Regal Cinema for me and my household to see any film we would like, your entire day, in any theater, each time we wished, which was so unbelievably excessive and extraordinary,” she recalled. “I by no means spoke to him earlier than or after that.”
Information broke earlier this month that Diddy was arrested and remanded to remain on the Metropolitan Detention Heart till his trial. O’Donnell, for her half, famous that she’s “simply type of in shock.”
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“I do know that there’s maybe a naivete to me not directly,” O’Donnell mentioned. “However I believe, how might an individual reside figuring out that they’d achieved that after which be a public particular person and proceed to do it? Didn’t he really feel, like, the footsteps of the regulation behind him always?”
O’Donnell continued, “Or do you simply get to be so huge — like Harvey Weinstein did — that he thought, ‘Effectively I management Hollywood. I management the Oscars. I can sleep with any actress I need, whether or not they need to or not.’”
The previous speak present host puzzled how Diddy didn’t “think about [himself] a rapist.” She added, “It’s very disturbing. And then you definately begin to suppose, how many individuals actually knew that?”
Diddy was arrested earlier this month and detained on the Metropolitan Detention Heart, the place he’ll keep till his trial. He has been denied bail two occasions and pleaded not responsible to the fees.
In the future following his arrest, a 14-page indictment was unsealed and detailed a number of accusations in opposition to the rapper. Per the indictment, Diddy would orchestrate “Freak Offs” which have been “elaborate and produced intercourse performances” typically going down in resort rooms. Diddy allegedly “masturbated throughout, and infrequently electronically recorded” them.
Proof of this was allegedly uncovered in his Miami and Beverly Hills houses, which have been raided in March. The indictment famous that regulation enforcement “seized varied ‘Freak Off’ provides, together with narcotics and greater than 1,000 bottles of child oil and lubricant.”
O’Donnell, for her half, famous that “it’s very upsetting.” She added, “Intercourse trafficking? That’s critical, man. After which they discovered 1,000 bottles of child oil. I’m gonna be excited about that the remainder of my life.”
O’Donnell confessed that she wouldn’t have thought Weinstein, 72, was a “rapist” if somebody had requested her earlier than the #MeToo motion. (Weinstein was first accused of sexual assault and harassment in 2017. He has denied the allegations and pleaded not responsible. In 2020, he was sentenced to 23 years in jail after he was convicted of rape. His sentencing was overturned by the New York State Courtroom of Appeals in April and he’s at the moment awaiting retrial in Manhattan Legal Courtroom in November.)
“I might have mentioned, ‘No. He runs Miramax. You suppose he may be a rapist? What’s he, Clark Kent? He will get in a cape and he’s somebody completely different,’” O’Donnell mentioned. “Give me a break, too many individuals know him. Too many individuals can be concerned. Too many individuals must take part in that to ensure that it to be true.”
She continued, “Effectively, individuals did. Folks do.”
In case you or somebody you realize has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).