rephrase they are
saying that Oprah renfrey and Diddy they
go way back they are very close friends
and they are even saying that she has
something to do with the Diddy parties
you accordingly invited to celebrate the
birth of P Diddy Sean P Diddy puff
pastry conb my birthday I'm happy thanks
to y'all giving me this call thank you
very much I love y'all
can't wait in a couple of days H puffing
stuff
shant puffy this my brother for real we
used to actually wrestle off of the off
of the Frosted place because HFF the
Magic Dragon HFF puy is currently facing
some serious allegations that have
tarnished the reputation that he built
in the music industry he once had this
close-knit circle of celebrity friends
and now they're kind of distancing
themselves in the wake of these serious
allegations now has anybody else seen
the leaked VHS tape it was possibly
probably I believe an invitation to
Puffy's 29th birthday party back in 1998
when I was like and it's Ray some
eyebrows known for his love of partying
Puff Daddy has never shied away from
going out and about while hosting such
events although um some if not all of
his current legal troubles kind of stem
from those Gatherings but the VHS tape
it's a 6- minute long video that serves
as a time capsule from the peak of the
bad boy era and as kind of a reminder of
how far puff daddyy has slipped from
society amid everything going on and yes
o president that's why we're talking
about it today so this tape was
delivered to the hands of the most
powerful and glamorous players in Los
Angeles and New York in a black velvet
pouch with the birthday Gala November
4th 1998 written on it in white script
and like I said before it's got Oprah
it's got Ellen degenerous it's got Chris
Rock it's got Mariah Carey it's got the
next president it's got Magic Johnson
Will Smith Ben Stellar Joan Rivers
Steven Tyler Joe Perry Tommy hillfigure
Ronald Pearlman Penny Marshall Steven
Baldwin and so many others taking turns
to Hype up the bash encouraging the
recipients to RSVP and goof off for the
camera so it begins with a strange home
video style skit where Danny deito is
lying on a sofa under a blanket saying
that's right Puff Daddy's having a party
and this is Puff Daddy inviting you to
come let's have a ball Danny deito are
you okay let me know then the absolute
Cavalcade of a-listers take turns
reading from a script and yeah it's a
script detailing the date and time
exactly how fabulous and expensive the
affair is going to be and then the
address to RSVP too and the venue which
by the way it was the cion Wall Street
would be revealed later but now that
it's been 20 something years we know
where it was one person refers to the
I'll Be Missing You rapper as the
legendary Puff Daddy and then we've got
rock into generous teasing him for his
many names cuz you know he's got them as
long as my arm and a lot of folks make
fun of their own an with hip-hop slang
One Source who attended the B said that
they'd forgotten how much was made of
the party in the press and they really
think that bigger celebs and Moguls were
fascinated by the hootspa of this
29-year-old look at the time the bash
cost like
$600,000 and 1,600 people were on the
list for the invites which is Bonkers
for a
party as well as those in the video
Henry Winkler Aaron Lauder Mike Tyson
mini driver Mark Walberg Lenny Kravitz
Kevin cner Sarah Ferguson Martha Stewart
Jay-Z and Naomi Campbell were also on
the scene folks have compared this to
Truman kot's black and white ball at the
plaza and even though that you know
party was like for of society Puff Daddy
was celebrating the kind of high-profile
commercial success and notoriety that
knows no racial class or bounce so folks
are comparing it like old money versus
new money the capot ball old money Puff
Daddy ball new money so during an
intimate discussion with Oprah peeling
away the layers of his complex life
puffy kind of made folks Curious by
avoiding details about the origin of the
Puff Daddy moniker the conversation
which was for Oprah's om magazine it was
casual at beginning like Oprah was like
you know like how'd you get the name and
he said it's a nickname somebody gave me
and then Oprah being Oprah was like okay
well I want like to know more and then
he was like M no he's like I've never
told anyone that and I know you get
people to tell you everything Oprah but
I can't look you in the eye and explain
that one he said no more Puff Daddy
first week in June we're going to have a
name change ceremony now he confessed
that part to MTV back in 2001 one and
that's when he said I'm rocking with the
whole P you know that name now and
that's when he said biggy gave him that
name which was after crimes committed by
puffy that I can't talk about on here
without sounding like a cartoon
character but I'm sure you can find them
and I find it highly suspicious that
biggie gave him that name H if we're
going to go back to Oprah for a moment
her name that's been interlaced with a
lot of criminals we're talking Harvey W
Puff Daddy Jeffrey E I can't say their
last names Harvey was a close friend of
opras for many years and he used that
friendship to gain the trust of his
victims actress kadan Noble claimed that
Harvey used Oprah into going back with
him to his hotel room however once
Harvey's crimes became public knowledge
Oprah distanced herself from the
situation without directly addressing
her relationship with them Oprah said if
we make this just about Harvey then we
have lost this moment that statement was
an attempt to shift the focus from
Harvey's crimes and victim stories to a
bigger picture because Oprah was
desperate to paint herself as a hero but
not everybody was convinced Oprah's
former friend seal took Instagram to
call her out for suspicious Behavior
saying you have been part of the problem
for decades but suddenly they all think
you're the solution I forgot that's
right you'd heard the rumors but you had
no idea he was actually serial harming
young star died actresses and that post
was accompanied with a photo of Oprah
kissing Harvey on the cheek now Harvey
is one of only many awful men tied to
Oprah's brand she's attended those big
parties and uh oh right I forgetting
something she's featured five times in
the files from Jeffrey's trial I can't
talk more about the trial for reasons
but like come on another issue that
follows Oprah wherever she goes is the
controversy of her school in South
Africa the Oprah Winfree Leadership
Academy for Girls it was built as a safe
haven for disadvantaged girls but it has
proven to be kind of anything but that
multiple students accused a dormatory
matron Virginia makopo of harm and she
was arrested in November of 2007 and
then released on bail news outlets claim
that she faced 14 charges involving
indecent acts with students so after
that trial Oprah was sued by the head
Mistress of of the school Lorado Nomo
maame for defamation which is kind of
bad for you to be sued by your own head
mistress maame alleged that opra defamed
her by implying that the Headmaster was
covering up the awfulness going on of
the school granted that case was settled
out of court before the arranged trial
at least according to news outlets but
sorry folks the controversy does not end
there speculation about numerous missing
girls from the academy spread like wildf
fire across social media but the
validity of these statements has not
been confirmed or denied Oprah and her
team have been silent on the matter and
it seems like any articles raising
concern over the situation are scrubbed
from the internet like when was the last
time you heard about Oprah's school
after she had that big grand opening a
fair share of scandals have been
attached to Oprah over the years yet
media coverage criticizing her for all
these instances somehow always
disappears and Oprah's name is
constantly tied to a bazillion crimes
whether it's due to her relationships or
the instances with the school but the
only source is talking about this are
concerned consumers on social media and
small newspapers not a lot of major
Ellet have discussed Oprah susp Behavior
instead they continue to praise her and
yet she doesn't deny anything selective
media coverage plays a large role in
maintaining Her Image power is used as a
scare tactic to prevent reporters from
bringing these topics to light and look
Oprah's Not Innocent thanks to her
weakness for theories that fear towards
the um decidedly out there her Legacy is
tarnished at least in my eyes okay sure
we'll give her a point today she did
endorse a lot of credible things uh
Barack Obama John Steinbeck's East of
Eden became a bestseller after she
featured it I think it was like 51 years
after it was originally published but on
the other hand let's talk about some bad
things okay so we have heard a blame for
Jenny McCarthy spewing her opinions you
know the opinion that vaccinations cause
Autism she said that on the Oprah
Winfrey Show back in 2007 and has been
repeatedly cited as a factor in the
return of many diseases such as whoop
and cough and in the US mostly in the US
let's talk about Dr Oz the Turkish
American heart surgeon who first
appeared on Oprah back in 2004 and
quickly became part of Oprah team of
experts well he dispenses with facts he
doesn't find Convenient he manifests an
egregious lack of Integrity why well he
promotes quack treatments and cures in
the interest of personal financial gain
he's more like an influencer than an
actual doctor these days and that's
coming from a lot of colleagues who are
like yeah no his endorsements uh are
immoral and that's all for today folks
see you next time
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