Taylor Swift said Sean “Diddy” Combs would be one of her dream prom more than a decade before the disgraced rapper’s arrest for 𝑠e𝑥 trafficking.
A resurfaced video from 2011 showed the “Lover” songstress playing a celebrity quiz game during an appearance on the “Rachael Ray” show when she was 21 years old.
The pop star answered a series of rapid-fire questions by holding up photos of various music superstars, including Combs, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry.
Taylor Swift once said Sean “Diddy” Combs would be one of her dream prom dates during a 2011 appearance on the “Rachael Ray” show.The Rachel Ray Show
The “Lover” songstress included the now-disgraced rapper in her answer while playing a celebrity quiz game.The Rachel Ray Show
When asked who she would have taken to prom, Swift, now 34, responded, “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, quipped as the singer made her choices.
Seconds later, Swift held up pictures of Combs, Perry, Lopez, Justin Timberlake and Sheryl Crow.
She also chose Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake and Sheryl Crow.The Rachel Ray Show
The then-21-year-old singer had various music superstars to chose from for the game.The Rachel Ray Show
“Why that spectacular array of people?” the talk show host asked.
“Because … all these different reasons,” the “Fearless” hitmaker 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 continued, adding, “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.
“Diddy’s really always been very nice to me,” the Grammy winner, seen here with Combs in 2009, explained at the time.Getty Images
“He would be fun to be in the prom group,” Swift added.Getty Images
Swift’s remarks made headlines after the moment was shared in a since-deleted TikTok video and several fans claimed 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 person commented, per the Daily Mail.
“Back when we were so naive,” a second added, while a third wrote, “This aged like milk.”
Combs, 54, was arrested on Sept. 16 and charged with 𝑠e𝑥 trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Last month, Combs was arrested for 𝑠e𝑥 trafficking.WireImage
He is currently behind bars in Brooklyn.FilmMagic
The Bad Boy Records founder is accused of hosting “freak-offs,” which allegedly involved women being coerced or forced to perform hours-long 𝑠e𝑥 acts.
Combs pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and he is currently awaiting trial at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.
He has maintained his innocence and denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
