Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Ex-Publicist Reveals The Rapper’s ‘Dark Side’: ‘He Could Be Violent’

Sean “Diddy” Combs will be spending more than four years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution — and his former publicist is speaking out about what led the music mogul to this point in his life.

“When I was with him, there was a dark side to him,” Rob Shuter said in the Friday, October 3 episode of the new YouTube show, Fallen Star.

“He was moody, he could be very impatient, he could be violent,” the former publicist, who worked with Combs in the early 2000s, added. “However, it was probably about 10 percent of what I saw.”

“As his fame grew, as the power he had grew, as the pressure grew, that 10 percent expanded,” Shuter revealed.

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Still, the publicist admits he initially didn’t believe Cassie Ventura’s story about Combs’ abusive behavior, for which the rapper apologized in a letter to the judge.

“I feel really foolish now,” he continued. “I was quasi defending him. I didn’t believe that other side existed until that tape [of Combs beating Ventura at an L.A. hotel in 2016].”

Still, Shuter believes “there’s a sick, perverse part of Puffy that is enjoying” being in the spotlight again.

“He doesn’t feel the emotions we do. He doesn’t have the shame that we do,” Shuter, who expects Combs to parlay his infamy into a tour and movie, added. “As sick as it is, he’s going to figure out how to make this a plus.”