Wendy Williams says Diddy 'single-handedly' tried to destroy her career, 'about time' she's in jail

Wendy Williams was once the queen of New York radio and made many friends — and one big enemy — with her popular Hot 97 show.

The former host, 60, had a long history of feuding with Sean “Diddy” Combs and even accused the bad boy billionaire of being solely responsible for firing him from the program in 1998 and kicking him off the airwaves for good.

Years later, Williams found success with her own self-titled talk show but repeatedly claimed that Diddy had tried to destroy her career. Williams recently broke her silence on Diddy's arrest following a federal investigation, telling the Daily Mail, “It's about time.”

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Williams' beef with the powerful producer began before he was fired from New York's biggest radio station. She claimed in a 2005 episode of “The Wendy Williams Experience” that the women of one of Diddy's girl groups, Total, nearly beat her up.

During a 2019 episode of his talk show, Williams hinted that Diddy was involved in the fight and recalled the moment he confronted the women after signing off on air.

Sean “Diddy” Combs during the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc.)

“Once, there was a music mogul who sent his entire girl gang to beat up my a– in front of the radio station. Fact!” She said “I finished my shift, rounded up my headphones, put my bag away [on] My arm and I saw everyone lined up by the window and staring at the sidewalk.

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“I found this group of girls jumping out of a gypsy cab to come after me,” she complains. “To kill my a–! For what? You know what I said. You were all broke, and you were living in the project and that was it.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to members of Total for comment.

Diddy attended the “Wendy Williams Brings the Heat, Vol. 1” release party in 2005. (Getty Images)

He wrote in his 2004 book about “a certain level of contempt for Puff” as he “single-handedly tried to destroy his career”. “The hell he put me through. I'll never forget. But I don't hate him,” she wrote.

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Williams hinted in 2013 how his Hot 97 firing was due to the “I'll Be Missing You” singer, who was a stronghold on the New York hip hop music scene at the time.

“The hell he put me through. I'll never forget. But I don't hate him.”

— Wendy Williams

“Once upon a time there was a radio personality and her name was Wendy Williams, and she was practically burned for saying things like that, and now it's come full circle,” he said on Vlad TV. “There were so many situations in my career day, and it's all coming full circle.”

Williams was working in radio in the 90s when he claimed Diddy fired him. (Getty Images)

Wendy Williams from 107.5 FM (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Williams regularly joked about Diddy's name change throughout his career. The recording tycoon had a history of changing his mane and at one point became Puff Daddy, then Puffy (a Williams favorite), then P. DD was known as Sean John and then simply “DD”.

“I don't like when people change their names in the middle of our relationship,” Williams said during an episode of “The Wendy Williams Show” in 2015. [me to] Call you DD, I know you as Puffy.”

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Charlemagne Tha God, Williams' former co-host, addressed his Hot 97 firing on the May episode of “The Art of Dialogue.”

Charlemagne knew intimate details about Wendy's history with God DD. (Getty Images)

“That was Wendy,” she said. “Wendy's whole thing was that Diddy was gay from the '90s. Wendy was just throwing that out there. … That's why Wendy got fired from Hot 97. Wendy got fired from Hot 97 by Diddy because Bad Boy was smoking hot at the time and yeah, it was. He was fired for keeping it there.”

When Diddy and Cassie briefly split in 2015, she hinted at power dynamic issues between the couple.

“My thing about when you date a mogul, it's really hard to avoid them because if you use your head, you never know when they're going to pop up on the scene,” he said. “He can rent a plane right now … land on the roof of the hotel he's staying in, pay the people at the front desk. 'Give me a key and let me up to his room.' I'm already paranoid as a person.”

In 2017, Wendy and Diddy put their 15-year beef behind them when he appeared on his talk show to plug his new film, “Can't Stop Want Stop: A Bad Boy Story.”

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“The drama of all things… welcome,” Wendy said after Diddy walked on stage. “Thank you, thank you so much,” she said. How proud because I don't think you really get enough credit for being the first to cover our culture, hip hop culture, hip-hop culture. Hop celebrity … but you have started shining a light on our culture and our people and thank you very much.

Before Diddy appeared on his show, Wendy and Diddy appeared to mend fences at a party in 2015. (Getty Images)

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“I know I've offended a lot of people, including you, but it's a full-circle moment for everyone. Let's have a grown-up conversation,” Williams said. At one point in the conversation, Williams' son, Kevin Hunt, Jr., grew up dismaying the talk show host.

“And let me tell you something as the mother of a 16-year-old right now,” Williams said, before Diddy interrupted, “Hmm, the guy I met on stage. He's a great young man.” Williams seemed shocked by their meeting.

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When Casey and Diddy finally broke up for good in 2018, Williams wanted the pair to get back together but then changed her mind after witnessing Diddy's attempts to win Casey back through social media.

“I suggest, though, don't use social media to reach out. I think it was a great overture from Puffy. I don't believe he really wants her back,” he said. “I believe he probably treated her, at some point, like a possession. If you really cared, you would have communicated privately and not publicly.”

Wendy has a son, Kevin Jr., with her ex-husband. (Getty Images)

Casey filed a sexual assault lawsuit against DD in November, and it was settled a day later. (Getty Images)

This week, Williams, who has largely stayed out of the spotlight since her dementia diagnosis earlier this year, broke her silence on the Diddy scandal and admitted she was horrified by the 2016 video footage of Combs in the Los Angeles hallway. Angeles Hotel.

“What's really weird is that I've had so many people say, 'Wendy you called it,'” he told the Daily Mail. It's about time. Watch this video on your TV [Cassie] Being pummeled … it was just horrible. But now think, how many times? how many people And how many women? It's very scary.”

Representatives for Williams did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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DD was arrested September 16 and charged with conspiracy the next day; force, fraud or forced sex trafficking; and transportation involving prostitution. He entered a not guilty plea hours after details of his alleged sex crimes were released. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 15 years in prison or a maximum of life in prison.

Authorities complain that DD ran away criminal enterprise Through his businesses including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Entertainment and Combs Global. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual desires, according to the unsealed complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Diddy and his employees “intimidated, intimidated, and lured female victims into Combs' orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs then used force, threats of force, and coercion to coerce the victims into engaging in extended sexual activity with men.” Commercial sex workers who accused Combs of, among other things, referred to as 'freak off'

Sean “Diddy” Combs sits between his attorney, Mark Agnifilo, left, and Tenny Geragos in Manhattan federal court last month. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Before the US attorney's press conference in September, Combs' attorneys said they plan to fight for the rapper's release.

“He's in good spirits. He's confident,” Combs' attorney, Mark Agnifilo, said Sept. 17 outside the courthouse. “He's dealing with this head-on the way he's dealt with every challenge in his life. And he's not guilty. He's innocent, obviously not guilty.

“He's going to fight this with all his strength and all his strength and the full confidence of his lawyers. And I expect a long fight with a good outcome for Mr. Combs.”