Meanwhile, former MSNBC host Tour shares a story of his relative whose internship with the Bad Boy Records founder allegedly ended after he refused to 'stay the night' with the rapper.
- Mar 28, 2024
AceShowbiz - More people have come out with damning stories about their experiences with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. Following raids on the rapper's two homes, his former dancer Tanika Ray has claimed that she avoids him "at all costs" for years following a "horrific" incident with him.
Tanika, who was a backup dancer for Diddy in the '90s, said in a video on Wednesday, March 27, "Oh yeah, you know we all have stories... Seriously we all have stories. Mine is horrific and only five people know it, and I probably will never tell it. But since then, I've been like, 'Yup.' "
"Oh yeah women hold a lot in order to function everyday in a man's world," the former "Extra" host added. "Unfortch we can compartmentalization out pain and carry on. We utilize the experience as a lesson and move differently. If I told my story in 1996 then What??"
She added, "I just knew to avoid him at all costs. Yes I danced for him and kept my space. I was on the Vote or die airplane and kept my space. I interviewed him for his projects and kept my space. Nothing that is happening is surprising."
"Shame on me maybe for prioritizing my mental health some would say," she admitted. "But after working in a place that snatches souls... mine is in tact and of the light. I saved myself. Now if someone needs me to pile on my story, give me a call. But I think Cassie got it!!"
Tanika spoke up after The Grio's creative director and former MSNBC host Toure recalled asking for help from Diddy for his relative. "I know this man well enough to call him and say, 'Hey, I need a favor,' " he said in an interview with Joy Reid on Tuesday night.
He added, "This might have been 10 or 12 years ago that I called him and said, 'Hey, I have a family member, who I want you to hire them as an intern.' And he said, 'Yes.' " However, his relative's internship with Diddy "stopped abruptly like three or four months into it."
"I spoke to my family member, like, 'What happened?' " Toure said. "And they wouldn't say... and years later, they finally came out - and this is a male - and said that Puff had said, 'Come home. Stay the night with me or the internship is over.' " Toure added of his relative's response to Diddy's offer, " 'Absolutely not.' And the internship ended."
