Aubrey O’Day opened up about her immediate support for Cassie after she accused her ex-boyfriend Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual abuse.
“(I was) the first one to come out and defend her,” said the 40-year-old singer. Us weekly on Saturday. “It was too quiet for my liking.”
In November, Cassie sued the rapper-turned-mogul, alleging that he controlled and abused her for more than a decade. Diddy vehemently denied all allegations before settling within a day.
At the time, O’Day took to social media to share a message of solidarity with Cassie.
“I had it in the first five minutes of watching it because Cassie is a victim and she has an incredible amount of bravery,” O’Day told the outlet.
Aubrey O’Day spoke about her immediate support for Cassie after she accused her ex-boyfriend and music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual abuse; (pictured in 2018)
“(I was) the first one to come out and defend her,” O’Day told Us Weekly on Saturday. “It was too quiet for my liking”; (Cassie and Diddy in 2017)
The artist’s Instagram post in November read: ‘I’ve been trying to tell everyone for years. Prayers for this queen @cassie.’
O’Day had been chosen to be part of Diddy’s girl group Danity Kane in 2005’s Making the Band, but later claimed that he fired her because she “wasn’t willing to do what was expected of her, not the talent”. wise, but in other areas.’
She told Us Weekly: ‘There are so many stories going back and forth, it doesn’t all look the same.
‘Not every situation this man has been in seems the same, but hers really hit the wall. We do not know why. This one broke through.’
He went on to express gratitude toward Cassie for sharing her story publicly.
“Changes need to be made in the music industry and there needs to be a safe space for artists to evolve,” O’Day added. “There has to be a place where there is never anyone who can put an obligation over your head or keep your career over your head in any capacity.”
In May, months after Cassie and Diddy settled their legal dispute, a video from 2016 emerged that allegedly showed the rapper physically assaulting her.
Diddy apologized on social media, apparently expressing remorse for his “inexcusable” behavior, although he made no direct reference to Cassie.
“I had it in the first five minutes of seeing it because Cassie is a victim and she has an incredible amount of bravery,” O’Day told the outlet; (pictured June)
O’Day showed his support on Instagram, writing: ‘I’ve been trying to tell everyone for years. Prayers for this queen @cassie’
At the time, O’Day took to social media to denounce that Diddy “didn’t apologize to Cassie,” but instead “apologized to the world for seeing what he did.”
“He says he is ‘disgusted with himself now, and he was disgusted with himself then,'” O’Day wrote.
“But apparently he wasn’t disgusted enough with himself not to point out this statement calling (Cassie) a liar and denying everything…Leave God and mercy out of this, they’re not present here, and you know it.”
During his interview with Us Weekly, O’Day added of the apology video, “Anyone who’s putting those kinds of statements on the air or even broadcasting them on that side, it seems stupid.” For.’
‘Quote me on that. “You look stupid. Stop it. There are real victims. Everyone knows that.” You have been shown a video.
“If you think that’s the only time you’re going to see that, you should stay in your world of ignorance.”
O’Day also claimed in September that Diddy recently asked her and her former Danity Kane bandmates to sign non-disclosure agreements.
“And I, as someone who is a girl, hit everyone in my group and said, ‘Absolutely don’t take this deal,'” O’Day said.
Aubrey noted that the embattled rap mogul “didn’t apologize to Cassie,” but “he apologized to the world for seeing what he did.”
O’Day had been chosen to be part of Diddy’s girl group Danity Kane in 2005’s Making the Band, but later claimed that he fired her because she “wasn’t willing to do what was expected of her, not the talent”. wise, but in other areas’ (pictured in 2005)
Diddy, who also goes by the stage name Puff Daddy, is worth an estimated $1 billion after being one of the star figures in the commercialization of hip-hop in the 1990s.
He became one of the most notable music producers of his generation, working with names like Notorious BIG and Mary J. Blige.
Diddy founded Bad Boy, his record label, which Cassie signed to in 2006.
Cassie has since married Alex Fine and has two children with him.
