Following the emergence of a 2016 video of Sean “Diddy” Combs abusing ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, Ana Navarro advised people to treat him like a “social leper”.
Navarro highlighted on Monday’s episode of “The View” that the Los Angeles Police Department could no longer charge the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper due to the statute of limitations, but that shouldn’t stop people from treating him differently.
“Look, the LAPD may not be able to charge him, but we are able to shun him, and he should be treated like the leper, the social leper and criminal he is,” she continued.
Ana Navarro urged people to treat Sean “Diddy” Combs like a “leper and criminal” after the disturbing video of him assaulting Cassie Ventura surfaced.
“He should be treated like the leper, the social leper and criminal he is,” she said on Monday’s episode of “The View.”
Navarro and her co-hosts were discussing a video that surfaced of Combs assaulting Ventura in 2016.
The political commentator, 52, explained that she expects to not “see him in any restaurant” or “award show,” and she won’t buy anything from “any brand he’s associated with.”
“I think this guy should be treated and pay horrible social consequences,” she doubled down.
Navarro also slammed people in Combs’ circle who may have “enabled, justified and looked the other way on all of this type of behavior for decades.”
Navarro added that Combs should “pay horrible social consequences” as a result of his actions.
The rapper subsequently shared an apology video on Sunday.
Navarro and the rest of her “View” co-hosts also dissected the video Combs, 54, released on Sunday where he apologized and expressed his “disgust” over what he did in the video.
However, they pointed out that he never specifically apologized to Ventura, 37, or even mentioned her name.
“I don’t think that that video that we saw will change the public’s opinion of him, because I didn’t hear him say, ‘I am sorry Cassie.’ I didn’t hear that. I heard, ‘I am sorry,’ I heard a lot of, ‘I sought help,’” Sunny Hostin said.
“I don’t think that that video that we saw will change the public’s opinion of him, because I didn’t hear him say, ‘I am sorry Cassie,’” Sunny Hostin pointed out.
Whoopi Goldberg added that it’s “easier to be sorry after people find out that you lied.”
Whoopi Goldberg also argued that it’s “easier to be sorry after people find out that you lied because you said you didn’t do it.”
The former actress was referring to Combs previously denying Ventura’s allegations of abuse after she filed a November 2023 lawsuit against him.
The shocking footage, originally obtained by CNN and released on Friday, shows Combs beating, kicking and dragging Ventura through a hotel hallway in 2016.
Combs previously denied abusing Ventura.
The “Coming Home” rapper posted the apology after CNN obtained a video of him beating Ventura in 2016
Two days later, Combs released a selfie video where he said, “It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that. I was f—ked up. I mean, I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses.”
“My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted,” he said in part.
“My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted,” he said in part.
Ventura has not addressed the released footage or her ex’s social media video.
Ventura has yet to address either the footage or her ex’s social media post but her lawyer called him out for making the statement “more about himself than the many people he has hurt.”
“When Cassie and multiple other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday,”.