Stephen A Smith Blasts Diddy For Deleting Cassie Apology Video

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Diddy made another questionable move on June 21. The disgraced music mogul deleted all the posts from his Instagram, including his apology video to Cassie. The decision sparked lots of speculation, with some positing that it may be a tactic to avoid further legal troubles. Others interpreted Diddy's decision as him taking back his apology to Cassie. The backlash grew so quickly that a representative for Diddy issued a statement clarifying that Diddy stands by his apology. This statement wasn't good enough for Stephen A Smith, however.

The sports analyst took Diddy's decision and ran with it during the June 25 episode of his podcast. He took Diddy to task for wiping his IG feed and refusing to leave the apology video up, in particular. "If you had a million photos," Stephen A Smith stated. "And you decided to delete 999,999 of them, that's the one you should've kept up. If you're sincere. You got 20 million followers on Instagram." Smith made it clear that he was baffled by Diddy's decision, given how it's been interpreted. "Why did you delete that video of the apology," he asked. "Don't you want people to know that you were contrite."

Stephen A Smith Is Baffled By Diddy's PR Decision

The rant continues from there. Stephen A Smith laid out the different ways in which deleting the video makes Diddy look worse. "By deleting the video," he asserted. "You throw all of that out the window. The possibility of the very few people who would ever believe that." SAS then turned his focus towards the Diddy PR team. "Who are your PR people," he yelled. "Who are these people? Where is the advice?" He then proceeded to give his advice as to how the Bad Boy founder should have handled the situation.

Unsurprisingly, Smith would have told the mogul to leave the apology video up. "I'd have said never delete your account and never delete that video," he explained. "Leave that up forever. Because that was you apologizing. And owning up to your transgression. You deleting it from your account... that wasn't smart." The final dagger Stephen A Smith delivered was aimed squarely at Diddy. "It comes across," he opined. "As you wanting to erase everything as opposed to you wanting to be accountable for everything."

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Romy and Oliver Sim reunite with Jamie xx at Glastonbury 2024 set

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Jamie xx was joined by The xx bandmates Romy and Oliver Sim during his Glastonbury 2024 set.

The trio reunited on the Woodsies Stage yesterday (June 28) when the ‘In Waves’ producer led his set into ‘Waited All Night’, a track off his forthcoming sophomore album that features both Romy and Sim.

They went on to perform Jamie xx’s 2009 rework of Florence + the Machine‘s ‘You’ve Got the Love’, which itself a cover of the classic 1986 house song by The Source and Candi Staton. Before they took their leave, fans also watched Romy and Sims take part in a group hug with Jamie.

Social media users on Twitter/X shared their excitement at the reunion of the indie pop trio, who last performed together as a band in 2018. “That set was unbelievable from Jamie xx,” tweeted X user @L18SDL. “Those who witnessed that at Glastonbury were very lucky.”

Romy is also set to perform a set on the Woodsies Stage on Sunday (June 30).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Towards the end of his set, Jamie xx was also joined by Robyn, who arrived to perform their song ‘Life’.

Both ‘Life’ and ‘Waited All Night’ are taken from ‘In Waves’, the newest album by Jamie xx due for release on September 20.

In March, Romy shared with NME an update about a new album by The xx. “We’ve been in the studio since I last spoke to NME and we’re in the studio again next week, so we’re meeting up regularly,” she told us at the BRITs. “It’s been really good. I think we’ve all spent time apart and it’s healthy to miss each other.”

Jamie xx will host a huge homecoming show at Alexandra Palace in London on September 26 to launch ‘In Waves’. The gig has since sold out, and another date at the same venue has been confirmed for the day before (September 25).

Check back at NME for the latest Glastonbury 2024 news, reviews, interviews, photos, rumours and more. Check out the NME liveblog here for all the latest Glastonbury action as it happens.

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