Opinion: Posing for pictures with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been politicized

File photo/Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times / Sean Combs, known as Diddy, makes a toast during his Met Gala afterparty in New York on May 1, 2023. A restless ambition took Diddy from hip-hop to the Met Gala, a reality show, a fashion label, a fragrance line and his own cable network — then came the accusations and federal raids. File photo/Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times / Sean Combs, known as Diddy, makes a toast during his Met Gala afterparty in New York on May 1, 2023. A restless ambition took Diddy from hip-hop to the Met Gala, a reality show, a fashion label, a fragrance line and his own cable network — then came the accusations and federal raids.

By Leonard Greene / The New York Daily News (TNS) September 25, 2024 4 min read

Diddy with Oprah. Diddy with Obama.

Diddy with Taylor Swift, Jay Z and Hillary Clinton.

The internet is a cruel and evil place.

Now that Diddy, born Sean Combs, has become the nation’s latest pariah, thanks to a scandalous sex trafficking indictment, social media is rife with pictures of him and any so-called person of influence.

Diddy with Prince Harry. Diddy with Kamala Harris.