‘Live’ Re-Run Blunder Features Kelly Ripa Asking For An Invite To Party on Diddy’s Boat

A recent episode of Live with Kelly and Mark featured an old interview that did not particularly age well.

While co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are on vacation, their ABC morning show has opted to feature previously aired interviews and segments, per Page Six.

Tuesday morning’s (April 2) episode included an interview with Mary J. Blige that initially aired on June 9, 2023, which also mentioned rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs.

A picture of Blige on a yacht in a bathing suit was featured during the interview. The “Real Love” songstress told the two co-hosts, “I was in Capri, and I was actually visiting my big brother Puff’s boat,” referring to Diddy, per Page Six.

Ripa then said, “Next time you go on Puff’s boat, we’d like to!”

Decider reached out to a representative for Live, but did not hear back by time of publication.

Footage featuring the portion of the interview in question was reportedly taken off of YouTube following Page Six‘s request for comment.

Combs’ homes in Miami and LA were raided on March 25 in a sex trafficking investigation being carried out by Homeland Security Investigations, per Rolling Stone. While Blige’s Live interview was obviously shot months before the allegations emerged to the public, the selection for it to air once again on Tuesday was not very timely, as it ran just over a week after the raids.

On Nov. 16, Combs was accused of rape and physical abuse in a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Cassidy (Cassie) Ventura , per E! News. While they settled the following day, per Deadline, he was hit with another three lawsuits by three other women, all of which he has denied, per E! News.

In December, Hulu canceled a reality show slated to be about him and his family in the wake of these allegations.

An explosive fifth lawsuit was filed against him in February by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who worked as a producer on Combs’ The Love Album: Off The Grid, per USA Today. Among Jones’ various claims against Combs are sexual assault and harassment, as well as being drugged and threatened by Combs, per NBC News. Combs’ attorney denied the claims in a statement to the outlet, saying that they “have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”

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