This one was inevitable.
“Saturday Night Live” took aim at Sean “Diddy” Combs during the “Weekend Update” segment of last night’s episode, following the rapper’s recent arrest on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
“It was reported that the U.S. added 245,000 new jobs. Unfortunately, they were all ‘Diddy accuser,’” joked Michael Che as a photo of the 54-year-old Combs appeared on the screen.
Che, 41, continued, “It was announced that Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking case has been assigned to a new judge. One that Diddy hopes is cool with rapes.”
Colin Jost then took his turn to poke fun at Combs, also managing to bring Prince Andrew into the fray.
“It was reported that Diddy once invited Prince Harry and Prince William to one of his parties, but they did not go,” said Jost, 42. “Although before Diddy could even finish writing the invite, Prince Andrew was there.”
Combs was arrested on September 16 at a New York City hotel and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Federal prosecutors unveiled a 14-page indictment alleging that Combs hosted “freak offs”—elaborate and produced sex parties where women were lured to participate for his and his guests’ enjoyment.
Combs has also been accused of sexually assaulting more than 100 people, including a 9-year-old. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, awaiting his next court appearance on October 9.
After Combs’ arrest, a 2011 interview from “The Graham Norton Show” resurfaced, where Combs claimed that Prince William, 42, and Prince Harry, 40, had attended his parties when they were “young bucks.” However, royal author Christopher Andersen noted that the brothers “wisely turned down” Combs’ invitations.
“As young bachelors, William and Harry might easily have said yes and attended one of Diddy’s wild parties. Thanks to their palace handlers, they dodged a bullet there,” Andersen told Fox News.
William and Harry had previously been photographed with Combs in 2007 at an after-party for a concert honoring their late mother, Princess Diana.
Their uncle, Prince Andrew, 64, has also been involved in scandal. In 2019, Andrew stepped down as a working royal after his ties to the late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein came to light. He was accused of sexually abusing Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre when she was 17, claims Andrew has consistently denied.
Since then, Andrew has been resisting King Charles III’s requests to move from his $38 million Windsor Castle residence to the smaller Frogmore Cottage, which currently remains vacant.
