Danity Kane’s D. Woods Recalls Experiences With Diddy, He’s Not The “Hero” People Want To Believe He Is
Written by djfrosty on January 28, 2025
Source: ABC News / Youtube
It seems like a full week rarely goes by without news of a new lawsuit being filed against deeply embattled music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is now the defendant in dozens of civil lawsuits most of which allege sexual assault. (He’s also the plaintiff in one defamation suit filed against a grand jury witness and his attorney.)
Well, it’s not just Diddy’s alleged abuse victims who are coming forward to speak out against the Bad Boy CEO. One of his former artists, D. Woods of singing group Danity Kane, recently sat down with ABC News to discuss her own experiences with Diddy — and it ain’t pretty!
“I would say that this moment now is a time where I feel like my experience, my truth will really be heard and actually considered and believed,” D. Woods, born Wanita Denise Woodgett, told ABC News’ Eva Pilgrim, host of Good Morning America.
“You know, he is looked at as a hero of our community, and myself included, I looked up to him too,” Woodgett continued, speaking of Diddy. “So a lot of people don’t want to believe that their hero can be this other person.”
Woodgett hasn’t accused Diddy of sexual assault or anything of that nature, but she recalled how he was verbally abusive to her and other members of her group, all of whom were featured on the MTV reality show Making the Band, which was overseen by Diddy.
“He did it in different ways with all of us, you know, picking and prodding and just a way to chip and knock away, but then praise you,” Woddgett said of Combs.
From ABC:
After her time as part of Danity Kane, D. Woods continued to pursue her passions, including performing on Broadway.
If she had the chance to talk to Combs today, the singer told Pilgrim she is not sure what she would say.
“I honestly do not know, but I don’t think you really have to say anything, as long as I’m holding my head up high and my shoulders back,” she said.
Watch the interview with D. Woods below.