In times of scandal, all the receipts are made relevant, even ones that seemed trivial before the outcry. Enter LeBron James, who, in an old Instagram Live with Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, once said, “Everybody know ain’t no party like a P. Diddy party.” On the surface, it was a compliment for a man once believed to be the impresario of the party lifestyle, but now, unfortunately, social media users are manipulating it into a Diddy co-sign.
The timing of the rebirth of the LeBron to Diddy online conversation is dubious indeed, and it is a testament to the level of pettiness of the internet. If life is but a stage, then LeBron is playing in a show he never auditioned for, the public trial of P. Diddy.
When Homeland Security raided the lifestyle magician’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami on Monday, the world was on edge from the drama. The 54-year-old’s sons were handcuffed, and images of his houses after being tossed by authorities showed a lavish life mired in very public chaos.
A source familiar with the matter told NBC News on Monday that Combs is the subject of a federal investigation. He has a wave of lawsuits filed against him since November. Federal officials in Manhattan reportedly have interviewed three women and a man about the allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault, and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms by Diddy.
Additional interviews are also being scheduled, and the warrant to search Combs’ homes is apparently out of the Southern District of New York. Now, Diddy’s situation is being compared to that of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. With new revelations that a woman on his staff is alleged to have recruited underage girls for Diddy’s parties, the comparisons to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s groomer, are abundant.
However, LeBron James had no part in this, and now, all of Diddy’s questionable moments with other celebrities are being relived and rebranded.
“Yo wtf Lebron you good?” boxer Ryan Garcia posted on X after seeing the video. “I don’t think lebron would take part in any of the atrocities that diddy was involved with.
“But we need to hear your story and have you clarify what this is???”
As the world crumbles around the image of P. Diddy, even LeBron James is susceptible, and like Ryan Garcia, the rest of us are standing here like, “you good?”
Because none of it is good at all.
