Stephen A. Smith has called out Sean “Diddy” Combs for taking down his video apology to Cassie.
Diddy had responded to footage showing him assaulting the singer at an LA hotel in 2016.
But last week, the 54-year-old deleted everything from his Instagram, including the apology.
56-year-old Stephen A. Smith didn’t like the move.
Stephen A. Smith Thought The Move Was Foolish
“If you had a million photos, if you had a million videos, and you decided to delete 999,999, that’s the one you should’ve kept up—if you’re sincere. … And I know, that you’ve been taking a lot of hits, and there’s been shrapnels of criticism all over the place aimed in your direction. Not that it wasn’t deserved.”
Smith continued:
“Although one could argue, the ex that you hit had to deal with a hell of a lot more than you had to deal with in terms of the criticism.”
Smith then questioned why Diddy deleted the apology video if he wanted people to believe he was sorry for his violent actions.
“Delete everything else; not that. Don’t you want people to know that you were contrite? That you were incredibly sorry? That you have profound regret for the egregious actions that you were caught on camera committing?”
Smith concluded:
“By deleting the video, you throw all of that out the window—the possibility of the very few people that would ever believe that really having a reason to continue to believe you.”
The ESPN commentator also questioned who’s handling the disgraced mogul’s PR and why they didn’t insist he keep the video up.
