Taylor Swift once mentioned Sean “Diddy” Combs as one of her dream prom dates more than a decade before the rapper’s recent arrest on sex trafficking charges.
In a 2011 video that resurfaced, the Lover singer was seen playing a celebrity quiz game on the Rachael Ray show when she was 21.
Swift answered quickfire questions by raising photos of various music stars, including Combs, Jennifer Lopez, and Katy Perry.
When asked who she would take to prom, Swift, now 34, replied, “It would be a group, and it would be a really fun group.”
“Boy, you’re going on a freaky prom date,” Ray, now 56, teased as Swift made her selections.
A moment later, Swift held up images of Combs, Perry, Lopez, Justin Timberlake, and Sheryl Crow.
“Why that spectacular array of people?” the talk show host questioned.
“Because … all these different reasons,” the Fearless singer explained. “Well, Katy would just be so much fun. She’s just, like, crazy fun, like spontaneous.”
“Diddy’s really always been very nice to me,” Swift added, saying, “He would be fun to be in the prom group.”
“He’s a gentleman, isn’t he? He’s a lovely gentleman,” Ray chimed in.
Swift’s comments resurfaced in a since-deleted TikTok video, sparking discussion among fans who said the clip “didn’t age well.”
“As a millennial, we looked up to these people. we didn’t know what was really going on. this is like fearless/speak now taylor. she like 19-21 here,” one fan commented, according to the Daily Mail.
“Back when we were so naive,” another user said, with a third adding, “This aged like milk.”
Combs, 54, was arrested on September 16 and faces charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation for prostitution.
The founder of Bad Boy Records is accused of hosting “freak-offs,” where women were allegedly coerced or forced into extended sex acts.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is currently awaiting trial at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.
He continues to assert his innocence, denying any involvement in the alleged offenses.
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