Mike Tyson didn’t have a bad word to say about disgraced pal Sean “Diddy” Combs in the wake of his arrest and trafficking charges.
In a new interview, a reporter asked the boxer about the rapper’s scandal since they’ve been seen out together before, to which the athlete replied, “Wait, I’m synonymous with Diddy? Well, that’s cool. I never knew that.”
“I wish him the best. In life, I wish him the best,” Tyson, 58, added of the 54-year-old star, who has been in a Brooklyn prison since mid-September.
After Diddy was placed behind bars and pled not guilty, countless interviews that mentioned the dad-of-seven began popping up, including one in which Tyson called the Bad Boy Records founder “awesome.”
“I just know him for a long time. I knew him before he was Diddy and for a long time,” he explained on the “PBD Podcast.”
“When I first became a champ I knew him. I remember him, he used to have crates when he’s at my after parties and stuff. Also when they were throwing parties,” he added, jokingly calling the mogul “Sugar Diddy.”
It’s not known whether Tyson attended one of Combs’ infamous parties where he allegedly held “freak offs,” gatherings in which he was accused of forcing people to engage in sexual acts while he recorded them.
Though countless celebrities have been pictured at Diddy’s bashes, it’s unclear if any of them participated in the crimes — however, an attorney who is representing an individual suing the vocalist stated that authorities reportedly uncovered videos of three celebrities participating in the “freak offs.”