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A former backup dancer who labored for Diddy within the ‘90s is reflecting on a “traumatizing” story amid all the continued controversy.
On Wednesday, leisure reporter Tanika Ray shared a clip on Instagram of former MSNBC host Touré detailing a troubling story in regards to the disgraced rapper. He alleged that when upon a time, he requested Diddy to rent his male relative as an intern. However just a few months later, the internship abruptly ended and the member of the family didn’t inform him why… Till years later. The unnamed man finally alleged that Diddy instructed the intern, “come dwelling, keep the evening with me or the internship is over.” However Touré’s member of the family refused — and the internship ended.
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WTF. And if that wasn’t stunning sufficient, now there’s extra.
Tanika stitched a clip of that story alongside together with her personal recollection of a “horrific” occasion that went down again within the day. And it modified her relationship to the Dangerous Boy For Life rapper without end. Whereas seemingly stating her perception in Touré’s allegations, she recalled:
“All of us have tales. Significantly, all of us have tales. Mine is horrific and solely 5 folks realize it. And I most likely won’t ever inform it. However since then, I’ve been like, ‘Yup.’”
She continued:
“I’m very intimately conscious that you simply inform your reality and also you change into victimized time and again … and thoughts you I then interviewed him many occasions. I’ve a number of tales, y’all. I’ve been in Hollywood for 25 years, possibly longer, 30? I acquired a number of tales, sadly. Possibly I’ll write a ebook sooner or later. Nevertheless it simply is so traumatizing that girls simply need to dwell day-after-day and really feel protected, and once we revisit and revisit, we dwell in a state of victimhood, and no one needs to dwell there. So for these of you who’re like, ‘Why didn’t you say one thing then?’ As a result of we simply need to dwell. We need to be blissful, and we actually need to neglect the trauma.”
Whoa… That sounds actually, REALLY severe. Whereas she didn’t contact on what particularly went down, she added in her caption that she’s since averted Diddy at “all prices” for her personal well-being:
“Oh yeah girls maintain rather a lot with the intention to perform on a regular basis in a person’s world. Unfortch we will compartmentalization out ache and keep on. We make the most of the expertise as a lesson and transfer in a different way. If I instructed my story in 1996 then What?? I simply knew to keep away from him in any respect prices.”
The 52-year-old continued:
“Sure I danced for him and saved my area. I used to be on the Vote or Die airplane and saved my area. I interviewed him for his initiatives and saved my area. Nothing that’s occurring is stunning. Women preserve area to heal and transfer on is essential. Gathering to incriminate is targets. However on this wild world with a broke azz system… our therapeutic is precedence. Disgrace on all these males that permit this proceed. Disgrace on me possibly for prioritizing my psychological well being some would say. However after working in a spot that snatches souls… mine is in tact and of the sunshine.”
Wow… No matter occurred, we really feel deeply for her.
She concluded with a reference to the lawsuit Diddy’s ex Cassie filed in opposition to him late final 12 months:
“I saved myself. Now if somebody wants me to pile on my story, give me a name. However I feel Cassie acquired it!!”
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[Images via Tanika Ray/Instagram & Vogue/YouTube]
