The following contains mention of sexual abuse and assault.
Few celebrities will turn down a meeting with a fellow artist but Jelly Roll turned down an opportunity to say hi to Sean “Diddy” Combs. During an appearance on “Cancelled with Tana Mongeau,” the two-time Grammy nominee revealed that he and Diddy were on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on the same day. “This is the first time in my career, ever, where they said, ‘Do you want to meet such-and-such?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,” and I started walking that way,” he stated. Jelly Roll then changed his mind and headed back to his car. “When we were walking, I was just like, ‘I don’t know.’ Very seldom does things rub me in a way where I was like, ‘I don’t even know if that’s a picture I want,'” he told the podcast hosts, Tana Mongeau and Brooke Schofield.
It turned out that Jelly Roll’s instincts were right. After the October 30, 2023 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show, Diddy was accused of sexual assault and abuse by his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura the following November, NBC reported. The “Bad Boy for Life” rapper and Ventura privately settled but there have since been more allegations against Diddy that resulted in his two homes being raided by Homeland Security.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN’s National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
