P. Diddy furious with the just-released Netflix docuseries
Sean Combs: Taking Stock, produced by 50 Cent, paints an uncompromising portrait of the musician. Who counterattacks.
It’s an uplifting docuseries, in 4 parts, which was released today on Netflix.
Sean Combs: Time of Reckoning tells the story of the rapper’s descent into hell and P. Diddy is not happy. One of its representatives strongly criticized the doc produced by 50 Cent, calling it a “shameful hit piece” and accusing the platform of using “stolen images that were never authorized for broadcast”.
Asked by Variety about these accusations, director Alexandria Stapleton justifies herself via Netflix: “These images reached us, we obtained them legally and we have the necessary rights. We have done everything to protect the identity of the director concerned. Sean Combs has always filmed himself, it has been an obsession for decades. We have also requested his legal team on several occasions for an interview or a comment, without response.”
The press release from P. Diddy’s camp was published in the wake of the trailer (below), where we see Sean Combs during a phone call, six days before his arrest, in 2024: “We need someone who works in the dirtiest businesses. We are losing,” he says in the extract. He would later be convicted of transportation for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, although he was acquitted of the heavier charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
According to his spokesperson, Combs “has been collecting images since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way”, but Netflix would use his words out of context. The press release also quotes Netflix boss Ted Sarandos several times: Combs had “long respected him” and “expected fairness from someone he respected.” The text finally attacks 50 Cent head-on, described as “a long-time adversary driven by a personal vendetta, who spends too much time slandering Mr. Combs”, deeming it “astounding that Netflix entrusted him with creative control of the project”. Watch the trailer below:
