Mr. “I always manage to stay relevant” is back in the news. In a recent VIBE interview, Didy is sounding off about he felt some of the questions that were asked during his ABC News interview with Nightline host Martin Bashir were racist. Bashir is best known for the controversial interview he did with Michael Jackson focusing on his child molestation accusations.
During the interview, Bashir asked Diddy if he knew who killed Tupac, and if he was setting a bad example by fathering “multiple children by multiple mothers.” However one question in particular made Diddy upset. When asked if it was appropriate for him to buy his 16-year-old son, Justin, a Maybach, Diddy felt that question was racist. He tells VIBE mag:
There were times in the interview when I had to give him an ultimatum. The questions weren’t being handled the right way. In hindsight, when I saw him I shouldn’t had done the interview because I know the style of interview that he does . . . The whole thing about giving a Maybach to my son, that’s really like a racist question. You don’t ask White people what they buy their kids. And they buy ‘em Porsches and convertible Bentleys and it ain’t no question. It’s really a racist question and put things back in perspective with money and the way that people still look at you. And I’m not saying that consciously he’s a racist. But he probably don’t even realize that he would not ask Steve Jobs that. He would be like Steve Jobs has that money and that’s the gift his kid is supposed to get.
