New eyebrow-raising comments about Diddy have resurfaced in the aftermath of his arrest!
As Perezcious readers know, the rapper was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, transportation to engage in prostitution, and more last week. According to the indictment, Diddy allegedly “coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires” during “freak offs” and created “a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in … sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.” There is some seriously horrific stuff here. And since the arrest, more has come out about the music mogul’s alleged disturbing past actions. Even old videos and interviews popped up that have us doing a double take now, including one from Russell Brand.
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For those who don’t know, the controversial comedian — who was also accused of sexual assault, rape, and emotional abuse by several women last year — worked with the record producer on the 2010 film Get Him to the Greek. In an interview with BlackTree TV at the time, Russell said he found out how hard it was to say no to a “powerful” and “intense” guy like Diddy after working with him on the movie:
“Diddy is new to me, right? He looked after me, he took me on an enforced holiday to Vegas. He’s a very intense man because — I think he comes from nothing, and now he’s very, very powerful. People that do stuff like that, they’re intense. Now, I like him, he’s very influential.”
That said, he feels like you cannot turn down Diddy when he asks you to do something. It was as if he was doing some “mind f**king,” Brand said. Whoa. The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star continued:
“Say that you don’t want to do something and Diddy does want you to do it, it’s really hard to not do that thing … you still do it because you think, ‘Ahh, don’t upset him.’ He’s an influential person.”
While Russell thought Diddy was “a good laugh” back then, he was concerned about what came with being “very friendly” with the Coming Home artist:
“He may ask you for loads of favors and you can’t say no to him. That’s my worry … pressure. I don’t want to be nobody’s bitch, I work too hard in life, not even Diddy’s bitch.”
Wow.
All of that is just chilling, considering the accusations against Diddy. Watch the interview (below):
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