Donald Trump Defended Diddy to Aubrey O’Day on ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ Arsenio Hall Says

Legendary comedian and influential late-night host Arsenio Hall says he overheard a conversation between former president Donald Trump and former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day during their days on Celebrity Apprentice.

While sitting down with the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Hall told a story about the time Trump defended Diddy after O’Day said some “negative things” about the fallen mogul during a commercial break. “She says some negative things about Diddy, and I’m listening,” he starts. “Trump chimes in and defends Diddy and that surprised me because usually Trump don’t defend nobody but himself.”

Adding, “And for him to speak up and say, ‘Well, I like him, he’s a good guy. I’ve never had a problem.’ He gives him a full-throated vote of character and Aubrey says, ‘Well, that wasn’t my experience.’ And she says the opposite and says he’s a horrible person, and I’m listening to this and I had no idea one day this was gonna play out in real-time, and of course, this is that month that it’s playing out. … But Trump liked Diddy.”

O’Day has been very vocal about her time with Diddy and his Bad Boy label when she was a member of pop group Danity Kane. Once he was arrested last month, O’Day tweeted about feeling “validated” after being outspoken when it came to her experience with him over the years. “The purpose of Justice is to provide an ending and allow us the space to create a new chapter,” she tweeted. “Women never get this. I feel validated. Today is a win for women all over the world, not just me. Things are finally changing.”

Diddy continues to face new allegations as he awaits trial.