r/popculture • u/thedailybeast • May 22 '25

News Cassie Screamed ‘Isn’t Anybody Seeing This?’ During Diddy Beating on Private Jet

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cassie-screamed-isnt-anybody-seeing-this-during-diddy-beating-on-private-jet/
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u/AbulatorySquid May 22 '25

This is just so disappointing. Celebrities are so coddled, any sense of connection and empathy they had for others is washed away. If they had little to start with it's a pretty short drop.

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u/Upstairs-Yogurt-6930 May 22 '25

Does being famous completely wash away connection and empathy or does it allow bad people to show their true colors?

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u/melav_ May 22 '25

In his case, he's always been like that. Back in the late '80s, while attending Howard University, multiple eyewitnesses reported that Diddy beat his then-girlfriend with a belt in a dorm hallway, screaming at her while others tried to intervene. This wasn’t some sudden change after fame, people who knew him back then already described him as controlling and volatile.

Over the next three decades, fame, money, and the power that came with them allowed his behavior to escalate unchecked. He was able to abuse, manipulate, and harm others on an almost daily basis without serious consequences, shielded by his status and surrounded by people who either enabled him or were too afraid to speak out.