Diddy gives less than 100%

Timothy McNulty

Tonight the big Super Bowl parties start. Let's hope Jennie McCarthy, Carmen Electra and their ilk give a little bit effort at their $275 party than Diddy did at his last night. From the Tampa Tribune:

ST. PETERSBURG - It was Diddy's party, but he came within an hour of missing the whole thing Thursday night. And then there was the 3 a.m. ketchup fight at the Waffle House today. But more on that later.

First, at the Diddy party red carpet, there was no Diddy.

. . . Then, at 1:05 a.m., rumor spread that Diddy had snuck in the back of the club - skipping the red carpet processional. News crews wailed. Security staff scrambled, and publicists confirmed the tragic news.

After some tense negotiations, club representatives offered to bring just three reporters inside to interview Sean "Diddy" Combs, music and fashion mogul.

I was one of them, but I lost my exclusive when Diddy's people ran another sneak play. The announcement was stunning: Diddy would leave the club, get back in his motorcade, then re-enter the club through the red carpet.

He did so, and like Stormy Daniels, he also waxed economic.

"All you hear is recession, recession, recession," Diddy offered. "Even a recession has to take a break. That's what this is about."

What does "the good life" mean to Diddy, the crowd asked. Diddy responded: friends, family, celebrating in the "right way."