When Sean “Diddy” Combs accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from BET in 2022, the rapper gave shoutouts to supporters who “lifted me up in prayer.” Among them were Kim Porter, the late mother of his children, and his ex-girlfriend and R&B artist Cassie, who filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him last year that was so disturbing it came with a trigger warning.
“Prayer works. I’mma pray for y’all. Pray for me. Let’s pray for each other,” Diddy told the crowd at the 2022 BET Awards. The mogul added, “I was in a dark place for a few years. I have to give a special thank you to the people that was really, like, there for me.”
He then named one famous helper in particular: megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes.