December 14, 2024
Will Smith is the recent celebrity to have distanced himself from Sean Diddy Combs amid his court battles over sexual assault.
The Bad Boys: Ride or Die actor, who released a new song Tantrum, was performing at the Observatory North Park theater in San Diego on Thursday when he made the announcement.
Videos shared on TikTok show the Oscar winner addressing the crowd between songs, speaking about memes linking him to Combs.
"The world we're in right now, it's really hard for y'all to discern what's real and what's true, you know?" Smith said in the clip. "I've been seeing y'all's memes and stuff. Some of that stuff's funny. I haven't addressed any of this publicly, but I just wanna say this very clearly: I don't have s*** to do with Puffy, so y'all can stop all them memes. You can stop all of that b*******."
Smith, 56, continued to disassociate with the music mogul, 55, despite being previously photographed with Combs at industry events., "I ain't been nowhere near that man, ain't did none of that stupid s***."
"So whenever y'all hear it, if somebody say that, it's a damn lie," the actor said from the stage.
Combs is in federal custody in New York City after his September indictment on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Prosecutors also claim authorities found "freak-off supplies," including drugs and over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant when they raided Combs' homes in Los Angeles and Miami in March.
In the recent video, Smith made a joke onstage while denying any connection to Combs, "I don't even like baby oil," he said with a laugh.
He then added, "But, no, having said that publicly. Y'all the first time. I usually don't respond to dumbass stuff because it's so many things. People say so much stuff. But that one — your memes was doin' too much. Y'all was having me mad."
The Bad Boys Records founder is also facing several civil lawsuits from both men and women, accusing him of sexual assault.
Just recently, Jamie Foxx cleared up online conspiracies linking him to Combs.
"I left them parties early. I was out by 9. Something don’t look right. It’s slippery in here," Foxx said in his Netflix special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... that debuted December 10.