Trend’s greatest night time, a.ok.a. the 2025 Met Gala, is ready to happen on Monday Might 5) However, there’s one notable face who undoubtedly received’t be there to partake within the festivities: Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In reality, the disgraced hip-hop mogul is behind bars and can as an alternative be gearing up for his federal intercourse trafficking trial, of which jury choice is additionally going down on Monday. Nevertheless, opposite to what some individuals might imagine, Combs has been considerably of a daily at the Met Gala, making his first look again in 2003. He would later attend a complete of six extra instances since then with the newest one being his show-stopping look in 2023 the place he confirmed up with rapper Yung Miami of the Metropolis Women.
However, given the tumultuous 12 months and a half he’s had given the stunning allegations of racketeering conspiracy and fascinating in interstate transportation for prostitution, Combs will probably be buying and selling in his designer fits for a extra demure and restricted look as his authorized destiny performs out over the following few weeks.
So, we thought it’d be becoming to have a look again at a few of his most iconic Met Gala moments through the years as a result of let’s face it—ain’t no telling if or when he’ll ever have the ability to stunt on these steps once more.
Diddy Offers Cassie the “Dying Stare”- 2015
OK, so after we stated iconic—we didn’t essentially imply iconic in a constructive manner and this second between Diddy, his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, Vogue’s former Editor-At-Massive, the late Andre Leon Talley simply proves it. For context, it was Ventura’s bombshell sexual assault lawsuit in that served as the primary domino to fall in Diddy’s world again in 2023.
However there might have been indicators years earlier than that there was hassle brewing beneath the floor as evidenced by this troubling interplay on the 2018 Met Gala. As seen within the clip above, when Ventura and Diddy walked as much as converse to Talley, the Unhealthy Boy founder provides his woman a menacing glare as she’s complimented on her costume. Given what we all know now about how a lot management Diddy allegedly had over her and his mistreatment of her, hindsight of this second is visibly disturbing.
Diddy Silently Dares Cassie to Communicate- 2018
In but one other menacing second, again on the 2018 Met Gala, Diddy and Ventura have been as soon as once more stopped on the carpet for interviews. With the theme being “Heavenly Our bodies: Trend & The Catholic Creativeness,” interviewer Liza Koshy jokingly requested Ventura if there was something she needed to admit whereas talking. That query rapidly prompted Diddy to shoot yet one more scary stare at her as she sidestepped the query and stored it calm and cute.
“I preserve all the things proper right here or proper right here,” she stated motioning to her coronary heart after which to Diddy.
Fortunately, her response was sufficient to get a smile out of the “I’ll Be Lacking You” star.
Diddy Doesn’t Look To Amused- 2023
In pink carpet footage from the 2023 gala, Diddy may be seen taking images momentarily by himself. Whereas we beforehand informed you he was there in attendance together with his then-girlfriend Yung Miami, when posing for pics alone, the hip-hop chief doesn’t seem all too thrilled to be there.
Maybe it was as a result of he knew simply six months later, Ventura would hit him with that stunning sexual abuse lawsuit. We do know that each the “Me and U” singer’s and Diddy’s authorized groups met previous to her submitting the swimsuit and he or she was reportedly supplied “eight figures” for her silence. Clearly, Ventura denied the supply and everyone knows what transpired after that.
“After all of the information about him, he appears scared to demise,” wrote one person within the feedback part of the put up.
Given the attainable lifetime in jail sentence he’s going through and the litany of allegations and lawsuits that took place within the months after this look, I’d be scared too.