Oprah Winfrey addressed false claims linking her to Diddy’s alleged sex parties and made it clear she wanted no part of the scandal.
Oprah Winfrey shut down rumors linking her to “Diddy’s” alleged sex-fueled parties during a live appearance at T.D. Jakes’ Good Soil Forum in Dallas, calling the claims completely false and absurd.
“I have never been near a puff party. And anybody who knows me knows if there is a party, I’m the first one out,” Winfrey told a crowd of more than 2,000 people on June 19.
The media mogul’s remarks came amid swirling speculation that she and Bishop Jakes were among unnamed public figures who took part in what have been described online as “freak-offs” hosted by Diddy.
The allegations surfaced as Diddy is facing multiple lawsuits and is currently on trial in a federal racketeering trial tied to sexual misconduct and abuse.
Jakes also addressed the rumors directly, explaining that his only connection to Diddy was a short visit to wish him a happy birthday.
“I stopped by Puffy’s house for 30 minutes to say happy birthday to him during the day at 2 o’clock with staff people. And out of that came a love affair and all kinds of stuff. You can’t fight it. You can’t sue it down. You can’t tear it down because of a small law that is included in the way that our laws are written right now. And our people don’t know that. And not only do they not know that, they help spread it,” T.D. Jakes said.
He criticized the public’s appetite for gossip over substance.
“But people love salacious stories. And you can tell them stories about you feeding those girls in South Africa. They don’t want to hear about that at all. If you tell them about Puffy’s Biceps, they want to follow you all the way around the world.”
T.D. Jakes also warned that the timing of such rumors often distracts from more important issues.
“We are drunk off of things that don’t matter to distract us from the things that do matter. And if you watch the timing of it, the intoxicant always comes out while something big is happening that we need to be paying attention to. And we pay no attention because we are engrossed in counting up something that is salacious and not true,” T.D. Jakes said.
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