Sunrise co-hosts Matt Shirvington and Natalie Barr condemned newly surfaced surveillance footage of rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
The shocking video, obtained by cnnThis image shows the rapper, 54, violently attacking the singer, 37, in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
Shirvington, 45, and Barr, 56, couldn’t hide their disgust while speaking to entertainment journalist Dean McCarthy about the footage and Diddy’s subsequent apology video.
‘In his video, he alleges that he is upset. Well, he’s right about that. He’s not the only one. We are all upset. “Everyone in Hollywood is upset about this,” McCarthy said.
“And interestingly, even though he’s a Hollywood bigwig – I mean, he’s a mogul – not a single person in Hollywood, not a single person in music has come forward today in support,” he added.
Sunrise co-hosts Matt Shirvington, 45 (right), and Natalie Barr, 56 (left), condemned newly surfaced surveillance footage of rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
McCarthy noted that while Diddy’s attorney previously called Cassie’s claims that the rapper assaulted her a “money grab,” the newly surfaced video makes it “painfully obvious that this is really what happened at that hotel.” “.
‘Yeah, it’s just disgusting, isn’t it?’ Shirvington said, shaking his head.
“And… I can’t say anything,” he added, avoiding further eviscerating Diddy.
Shirvington, 45, and Barr, 56, couldn’t hide their disgust as they spoke to entertainment journalist Dean McCarthy (right) about the footage and Diddy’s subsequent apology video.
“Yes,” Natalie agreed.
The video shows the shirtless rapper with a towel around his waist, chasing Cassie down the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.
As she tried to get into an elevator, he grabbed her by the back of the neck and threw her to the ground.
The video shows the rapper shirtless and with a towel wrapped around his waist, chasing Cassie down the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.
He then kicked her as she lay motionless on the ground, before grabbing the two designer bags she had tried to escape with.
Diddy stood over her, kicked her again, and then dragged her back to her room by her hoodie.
Cassie claimed in a since-settled lawsuit that Diddy had paid the same hotel $50,000 for the footage after the attack.
Cassie is seen trying to flee in an elevator. Diddy, after chasing her down the hallway, grabbed her by the back of her sweatshirt and threw her to the floor.
On Sunday, Diddy broke his silence about the shocking video and uploaded a video to Instagram in which he said: ‘I hit rock bottom, but I don’t make excuses.’
‘It’s very difficult to reflect on the darkest moments of your life, sometimes you have to do it. “I was screwed,” he said in the selfie-style video.
‘I want to say I hit rock bottom, but I don’t make excuses, my behavior in that video is inexcusable. “I take full responsibility for my actions in that video, I am disgusted.”
Diddy took to Instagram on Sunday afternoon to apologize, saying, “I hit rock bottom, but I don’t make excuses.”
“I was disgusted then when I did it, and now I’m disgusted. I went and looked for professional help, I started going to therapy, to rehabilitation.’
‘I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. Very sorry. But I am committed to being a better man every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness, I’m very sorry.’
Sources said Diddy went to rehab after the 2016 incident and continues to seek therapy and spiritual work.
Diddy’s followers were not convinced by his apology, flooding the comments under his video with angry messages.
One said: ‘You swore you didn’t do anything wrong. You fooled her and all of us, and ONLY now that the video is out, you feel it. Brother, go.’
Another added: ‘If you were really sorry then and now, why did you lie all the time?’ Your chance at redemption was a long time ago, Diddler. It is over.’
Speaking on Sunday, Cassie’s lawyer, Meredith Firetog, said: “Combs’ most recent statement is more about himself than the many people he has hurt.”
Pictured is the former InterContinental hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, where Diddy allegedly attacked his then-girlfriend Cassie.
“When Cassie and many other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested his victims were looking for a payday.”
“The fact that he was only forced to ‘apologise’ once his repeated denials were proven false demonstrates his pathetic desperation, and no one will be swayed by his false words.”
It comes after the Los Angeles County district attorney said they could not prosecute Diddy for the assault as the statute of limitations had run out.
The California Statute of Limitations for Simple Assault it’s a year, although aggravated assault is three years. According to the schedule, no charges could be brought against Diddy.
Diddy and Cassie are pictured attending the premiere of ‘The Perfect Match’ in Hollywood, California. Two days earlier, Combs attacked Ventura in a hotel hallway.