Ana Gasteyer reveals Diddy's unusual demands during his SNL appearance : 'He shut the whole building'
Ana Gasteyer, a former SNL cast member, recently shared her share of Diddy tea. She dished about how Combs is easily one of the most difficult people she has worked it, recounting the incident when he had the entire building shut down before his SNL appearance.
Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer is letting some secrets out. During her appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast on November 20, she talked about a memorable May 1998 episode featuring a superstar musical guest whose on-stage charm didn't quite translate behind the scenes. Any guesses? That's right, it was Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
When Diddy shut down the entire building
Gasteyer, who served as a cast member on SNL from 1996 to 2002, revealed Diddy threw quite some tantrums during his appearance on the show. ¡°Of course, like, [Diddy] shut down the whole building.¡± She also dished about how he is easily one of the top five a**h**es she has worked with.
¡°You can tell like the five a**h***s in the six years that I was there when they would be like, 'So and so is in the building, everybody stays in your dressing rooms,' ¡±she said. ¡°Which is applicable if you're a presidential candidate. But apart from that it¡¯s my house. For P. Diddy, he demanded a closed set," the Gasteyer explained.
After the situation turned tense due to such excessive measures, Will Ferell saved the day for cast members. Dressed as Ron from the 'Mango' skit, Ferrell pulled up a now-famous prank on Diddy, which also had the cast members go ROFL.
Will Ferrell to the rescue!
Anna revealed that Will Ferrell's notorious SNL prank on Sean Combs was just an idea that was conceived in the writers' room. Years on, 'Ron' crashing Diddy's Come With Me rehearsals would go on to become comedy gold.
¡°He went on down the stairs, and he marched right in,¡± Gasteyer said. ¡°And I have the video from the control room where Sean Combs is rapping with like, 'Da-na-na, da-na-na, da-na-na, da-na-na' behind him. And Ron's walking around, looking really disoriented [still in character].¡±
While it was a hilarious sight to behold, Diddy, then known as Puff Daddy, could not the joke. ¡°[Combs] really did not roll with it. He was very uncomfortable, but it was also just like, the artifice of all that faux importance,¡± she said.
Diddy's unusual sacrifice
Adding to the series of disturbing allegations against the musician, his former bodyguard recently revealed that Diddy sacrificed a bird just hours before being cleared of all charges related to a 1999 NYC shooting.
In the new Hulu documentary The Honorable Shyne, his former bodyguard Gene Deal revealed that Combs met with a man clutching a Bible, who prayed and laid hands on him. The stranger then ordered Combs to free a white bird from its cage; Combs threw it into the air, and just seconds on, he saw the bird drop dead on the ground, with smoke swirling around him.
Diddy is currently locked up in MDC-Brooklyn. After three unsuccessful attempts to secure his bail, his lawyers filed a fresh plea to grant their client temporary relief. The hearing for the same will take place on Friday, November 22.
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