Stephen A. Smith shared strong words for Diddy days after the music mogul deleted his viral apology video while cleaning up his Instagram.
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On Tuesday, June 25, a clip from a recent episode of ‘The Stephen A. Smith Show’ was uploaded via YouTube. During the seven-minute video, Smith explained that Diddy “It’s back in the news… for the wrong reasons.”
As The Shade Room previously reported, Diddy recently made headlines after deleting all content from his Instagram page. The move came weeks after reports alleged a the federal grand jury would soon hear from his sexual assault accusers. Additionally, while cleaning up his Instagram content, Diddy deleted the viral apology video he shared after surveillance footage surfaced of him assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, in 2016.
“But that’s where it gets… I don’t want to use the word ‘complicated’ or anything like that, but one could argue that it was ‘foolish’ on Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ part,” Smith said before addressing Diddy directly. “My man, you deleted every video on your Instagram account!…”
Smith explained that if Diddy deleted 99% of his Instagram content, his apology video was the only clip he should have “kept up to date” — if he was “sincere” about his words.
“You have almost 20 million followers on Instagram… my only reason for bringing this up on this particular day is because, Diddy, why did you delete that apology video?” Smith asked. “…Delete everything else (but) not that! Don’t you want people to know that… you were extremely sorry? That you deeply regret the egregious actions you were filmed committing?
The host explained that Diddy’s deletion of the video could rule out any belief that he was sincere in his apology.
“It seems like you want to erase everything, rather than wanting to be responsible for everything,” the host added.
Watch Smith’s full comments below.
Social media weighs
Social media users entered Shade Room Comments Section to react to Smith’s words.
Instagram user @aprnbeauty wrote, “Stephen A, you don’t attack any white member like that!!!! Starting to fulfill your purpose!!!!!!! You are definitely a plant to take down these brothers! Diddy canceled, we know that! But you tried too, shaking your head! Keep talking about basketball.”
While Instagram user @iykyk.iydknyk added, “They might as well let him replace Wendy, from the way he talks.
Instagram user @theanthonylindsey wrote, “Nobody accepts the apology, including Stephen A Smith, so why does it matter if it exists or not? We’ve already heard that. Was Stephen A going back and listening to this over and over again?
While Instagram user @loretta736736 added, “Diddy can do whatever he wants with his IG account…leave him alone.”
Instagram user @taecocky wrote, “He doesn’t understand, we don’t want to hear him talk about anything 😂”
While Instagram user @ayookevo803 added, “Steven A, we want to hear you talk about sports and nothing else.”
Instagram user @i.am.centerstage wrote, “Please hear me when I say this: 🗣️ STAY 👏🏾 FOR 👏🏾 SPORTS 👏🏾 Thank you *drops 🎤*”
While Instagram user @therealsimone__ added, “Why is he always screaming? 😂”
Instagram user @dougie_dagoat wrote: “I rarely hear him cheering up black athletes/celebrities with the platform he has. I believe he should do more to focus on the positive side of some of these situations he criticizes. Focus on women affected by domestic violence and what we can do to help them.”
As Instagram user @cranklucas wrote, “Who went to hide all the videos except one? And why does he need to keep apologizing when we don’t believe him at all? lol”
The presenter was recently criticized for his comments about Will Smith
This isn’t the first time Smith has come under fire this month for his public comments. As The Shadow Room As previously reported, earlier this month, the host went viral after explaining that he believes “people haven’t forgiven Will Smith” for slapping Chris Rock in 2022.
Additionally, Smith explained that he wanted to see the actor give an interview about why he slapped Rock.
In response, the TV presenter’s comments provoked answers from social media users who asked him to stop speaking for the community at large and just speak for himself.
Ultimately, the series of reactions from those who disagreed with Smith led him to step forward and seemingly clean up his comments about Will.
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