Diddy has hit out at 50 Cent and Netflix’s new docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, labelling it a “shameful hit piece” that makes use of “stolen footage that was by no means approved for launch.”
Shortly earlier than the four-part collection, which “unpacks the stunning allegations behind [Diddy] and his Dangerous Boy empire, spanning many years of his life and profession,” premiered on Netflix on Tuesday (December 2), a spokesperson for the incarcerated mogul issued a press release dismissing the documetary’s credibility.
Puffy’s staff takes explicit challenge with the inclusion of never-before-seen footage recorded within the days main as much as his September 2024 arrest, displaying the Dangerous Boy boss strategizing along with his authorized staff over a cellphone name.
“We have to discover somebody who will work with us who has labored within the dirtiest of soiled companies … We’re shedding,” Combs, who on the time had been hit with a wave of sexual assault lawsuits and was quickly to be indicted on intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, says within the clip.
“As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to inform his personal story, in his personal method. It’s basically unfair, and unlawful, for Netflix to misappropriate that work,” Diddy’s spokesperson mentioned.
“Netflix is plainly determined to sensationalize each minute of Mr. Combs’s life, with out regard for fact, with a purpose to capitalize on a unending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about fact or about Mr. Combs’s authorized rights, it could not be ripping personal footage out of context – together with conversations along with his attorneys that have been by no means supposed for public viewing. No rights in that materials have been ever transferred to Netflix or any third social gathering.”
In response, Netflix quoted Sean Combs: The Reckoning director Alexandria Stapleton who mentioned: “It got here to us, we obtained the footage legally and have the required rights. We moved heaven and earth to maintain the filmmaker’s id confidential.
“One factor about Sean Combs is that he’s all the time filming himself, and it’s been an obsession all through the many years. We additionally reached out to Sean Combs’ authorized staff for an interview and remark a number of instances, however didn’t hear again.”
Diddy’s rep additionally slammed Netflix for involving 50 Cent, a long-standing rival of Diddy who they are saying has a “private vendetta” in opposition to the mogul, as an govt producer of the docuseries.
“For Netflix to provide his life story to somebody who has publicly attacked him for many years appears like an pointless and deeply private affront. At minimal, he anticipated equity from folks he revered,” the assertion learn.
50 Cent has but to handle Diddy’s criticism, however he did clarify his intent behind the docuseries in an interview with Good Morning America earlier this week.
“If I didn’t say something, you’ll interpret it as: hip-hop is ok along with his habits. There’s nobody else being vocal,” he mentioned.
Fif additionally rejected the notion that his so-called feud with Diddy injected a private bias into the documentary, saying: “What they think about a pre-existing beef for 20 years is me being uncomfortable with him suggesting that he takes me buying. I checked out like he was [testing me]. Like, ‘Possibly you’ll come play with me.’”
“It’s not private,” he insisted.
