Aubrey O’Day achieved fame on Diddy’s MTV reality show Making the Band, as the lead singer of girl group Danity Kane. O’Day has since done all she can to make a name for herself as a tramp. As we previously reported, Aubrey recently granted an interview to Complex magazine, and posed for some questionably hygenic pictures for the write up. Diddy has since decided that Aubrey isn’t what the mogul ordered.

Danity Kane members Aubrey O’Day and D. Woods got the boot on Tuesday night’s live season three finale of Making the Band.

“Puff did not like [O'Day's] image…where her image was going for the group,” Dawn Richard - one of the three remaining bandmates - tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

“It wasn’t a personal thing,” Richard continues, saying her sexy look (the singer posed topless in Complex last month) was alienating young fans.

“We had just did a signing with Dollhouse Teen, which is for 13, 14-year-old young girls,” Richard says. “So we can’t do that one day and then the next day do an obnoxious cover…. [Diddy] wants the fans, and he says he can’t do that if we can continue to go in the direction that we were going.”

Diddy pointed to O’Day’s attitude as a reason for getting fired.

“I just want to work with the young lady that I signed, not the person that fame has made her,” he said via satellite on Tuesday’s show:

[From US Magazine]

I’m not going to argue the decision. Aubrey O’Day outgrew the interesting phase about 10 minutes after she entered it, and that’s being generous. She has pushed her celebrity far past where it should have been by cultivating the image of not just a sexually liberated woman, but a tramp. It’s her schtick and just about all she has going for her. Her vocals are completely generic and Danity Kane will have no problem replacing her.

Replace? Yes, replace. Danity Kane will stay together and continue on without O’Day and one other member of the group. That brings this back to what I speculate is the real reason for the dismissals, Season 4 of Making the Band. Diddy wasn’t labeled a mega mogul for nothing.

Aubrey is shown at at Conde Nast event on 10/15/08 in NY. Credit: Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

Last week we reported that Diddy had recorded a vlog on YouTube in which he said he had to stop using his personal jet because the price of gas was too high and he couldn’t afford it. He made several references to the fact that he owned a jet and left no doubt that he was claiming he did, saying:

“As you know, I do own my own jet and I have been having flying back and forth to LA pursuing my acting career.

“Now, if I’m flying back and forth, like, twice in a month that’s like $200,000 or $250,000 round trip. **** that. I’m back on American Airlines right now, OK.”

Diddy implored his “Saudi Arabian brothers and sisters” to “please send me some oil for my jet I would truly appreciate it.” [Emphasis added]

The thing is, Diddy doesn’t own that jet. He just owns a percentage of it, like a time share. And he overestimated the cost of flying by like 100% considering that it costs about $100,000 to fly coast to coast two times, not $200k or more.

When rap mogul Sean Diddy Combs told the world via video that he quit flying in his private jet because fuel’s too darn expensive, dude forgot to level with his peeps.

There is no private jet!

A thorough review of federal records shows that no plane in this country is registered to a Sean Combs or any of the part-time Miami Beach resident’s numerous companies, including clothier Sean John and his music company, Bad Boy Entertainment.

One private aviation source scoffed: “It’s my jet this, my jet that. I have list of every plane with the name of the owner, and he’s not on it…”

The private aviation spy said Diddy’s math is off. Flying back and forth to the Left Coast twice would set him back $100,000, even with pricey fuel.

“The truly rich aren’t affected by oil when it comes to private planes,” said the private aviation source in Palm Beach. “Monthly payments on a $20 million-plane and crews are expensive.”

The hip-hopper’s publicist in New York said Combs, 38, swears Combs is the fractional owner of a NetJets plane.

That company sells flight hours on private jets and calls it “fractional ownership.”

[From Palm Beach Post]

Boo hoo Diddy, you can’t afford your timeshare jet anymore! Time to go fly first class where your ass is catered to and you get more leg room than an entire five person family in coach! Asshole. Most people would be super grateful to even fly business class and you’re bitching about first class. What a shame. Meanwhile my family is rich - they get a whole week beachside in Miami every year. They may as well own the entire resort according to Diddy’s logic. Next they’ll be complaining that they can’t afford to pay the gas for that cruise ship they own - or did a five day jaunt on to the Caribbean - what’s the difference?

Diddy is shown performing at the Toronto Film Festival on 9/5/08. Credit: Robin Wong / PR Photos

Diddy is a man with a big ego, believing that if sex was an Olympic event, he’d win gold. I actually believe this, since the prize usually goes to who comes first.

So I imagine it would be ego damaging for Diddy to have to fly commercial with the rest of us chumps who can’t afford the $200,000 it apparently costs him to fly cross country. He let loose his disappointment on a You Tube video. (Which is currently set to private.)

He said: “Gas prices are too ****** ******* high. As you know, I do own my own jet and I have been having flying back and forth to LA pursuing my acting career.

“Now, if I’m flying back and forth, like, twice in a month that’s like $200,000 or $250,000 round trip. **** that. I’m back on American Airlines right now, OK.

Laughing into the camera, he said: “Check this out, your boy Diddy right now is on American Airlines. Look.

“I want to give a shout out to all my Saudi Arabian brothers and sisters and all my brothers and sisters from all the countries that have oil, if you could all please send me some oil for my jet I would truly appreciate it.

“But right now, can you believe it, I am actually flying commercial. That’s how high gas prices are ok, so I feel you. Look, I’m at the gate right now.

“This is proof that gas prices are too high, we need to do something about it, so tell whoever the next president is that we need to bring gas back down.”

As he boards his flight Combs tells the people around him that he is trying to prove he has been forced to “fly commercial”, stating what an unbelievable situation it was before holding up his plane ticket for the camera.

Telegraph

I love that Diddy is lamenting his need to fly commercial, and appealing to his oil rich ‘brothers and sisters’ to bail him out. Diddy, try and relax, and remember what good you’re doing for the environment by flying commercial. Try the strategy for people trying to quit smoking and imagine how you might spend the money that you save. If this fails, try joining the mile high club with a hot stewardess to remind yourself just how special you are.

The Telegraph points out that Diddy is said to be worth around $346million, so I’m pretty sure that even the commercial flying Diddy is flying first class. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for him. Maybe when he’s queuing for one of those internet deals where you don’t get seat allocation, with his kids in tow all screaming with boredom while the couple sitting nearby complain about them, I’ll have a smidgen of sympathy. Unless he’s sitting near me.

Diddy is shown at the Hancock premiere on 6/30/08. Credit: Starbux / WENN. He is shown below at Cannes on 5/19/08. Credit: Pixplanete / PR Photos

Olympic mania really is sweeping Hollywood. I don’t generally follow sports, but even I can prioritize and find some time to stare at Michael Phelps. A New York Magazine reporter decided to chat up P Diddy about the Olympics, and made the mistake of asking him what he could win a gold medal in. And apparently it’s not running or rapping or business or anything else that he can certifiably back up. It’s something a little more subjective.

In honor of the Olympic Games, we asked Sean “Diddy” Combs about his favorite sports to watch last night at his spring-summer 2009 Sean John presentation. And faster than you can say “Michael Phelps just won gold again,” he answered, “Track and field!” He is a runner, after all. (Could anyone forget that groundbreaking New York–marathon MTV special?)

So what if there were a new Olympic sport, something he himself might have a chance of winning, we asked. What would that be? “Who could have sex the longest,” he told us in a soft voice and with a straight face, while looking into our eyes. Was that a pick-up line? We weren’t sure, but we tingled anyway. “I think that’s an event I can do well in. And probably who could stay up the longest.” Dirty!

“Just so you know, that’s supposed to be funny,” he added as an afterthought. “Even though I am serious.” But who would be his competitors? “Whoever’s up for the challenge.” You heard him, folks! Any sex athletes out there willing to challenge the Diddy?

[From New York Magazine]

What a classic, frightening, and intriguing response, all rolled into one. I’m sure Diddy has no problem finding many a lady up to the challenge. He probably found a couple that night. At first I was wondering, “How would they score that? Would it be like figure skating where some of it is the opinion of the judges?” And then I came up with a couple more concrete markers. But I’ll leave that alone and just let Diddy gloat.

Here’s Sean Combs outside Crown nightclub in Los Angeles on June 25th. Images thanks to WENN.

Star magazine is reporting that Sean Diddy Combs is going to be getting married, as announced at his son’s eighth grade graduation party.

America’s Star magazine is reporting that Diddy, 39, has asked the 21-year-old R+B star, real name Cassandra Ventura, to be his wife.

A source tells the publication that Diddy let slip his big news to friends at his son Justin’s recent eighth grade graduation party.

One insider says, “He told everyone to keep it extremely quiet because he didn’t want it to get out.”

Diddy first met Cassie after signing her to his Bad Boy Records label two years ago (06).

Showbiz Spy

Star magazine isn’t the most reliable of sources, as a man who is known for extravagant parties I doubt that Diddy would announce his engagement at a party for his son, when two parties would be more fun. Diddy has spoken of his desire to get married recently, saying that he has already picked out the church, and probably his outfit, so I guess all that left was the bride.

There is also some speculation that Cassandra is pregnant, which would make Diddy the father of a grand total of seven children, well on the way to having the ten he hopes for.

I’d actually love to hear Diddy’s wedding vows, because he’d have to call himself Sean Combs, which he says now only his mother calls him. Is that some kind of license to cheat? This man has multiple personas, Diddy and Puffy and P. Diddy and Sean John or ‘that rapper guy’ - which is what my Gran calls him, bless her heart, but she could mean Kanye or Eminem. Is he actually schizophrenic, will only one of his personalities be married? To the rest of us once you’re married it sticks, no matter what your nickname might be, but somehow I can see this being used as a loophole. Better get a pre-nup in all of your names, Diddy.

Congratulations to the couple, that Cassie is stunningly beautiful, she’ll make a perfect bride.

Cassie Ventura is shown at the BET Awards on 6/24/08. Diddy is shown at the Ironman premiere on 4/30/08. Credit: Fame.

Update: Diddy’s rep calls this story “a complete fabrication,” and Cassie is quoted as saying recently that they’re “not together, but we are definitely friends.”

After tearful testimony in which she described the moment she learned of her husband’s affair with a teenager, which she said “completely shattered” her world, Christie Brinkley told press waiting outside the courtroom that she wanted to send a message to the young woman her husband seduced. Diana Bianchi, now 21, was just 17 when Brinkley’s estranged husband Peter Cook, now 49, met her. He hired her to work in his architecture firm and once she was legal he pounced. Brinkley said she wanted to let Bianchi know she forgives her.

“I’d just like to say after two days of testimony that I can’t help but think about Diana Bianchi, and I want her and her family to know that I feel really badly for them,” said Brinkley. “I feel bad for her and I forgive her completely.”

“She was manipulated.”

[From People.com]

Wednesday Bianchi gave a tentative account on the stand of her affair with Cook. Cook gave Bianchi gifts of lingerie and cash, later paying her $300,000 not to reveal their affair to his wife. After her testimony, Cook approached Brinkley’s daughter with her ex husband, 20 year-old Alexa Joel, and reportedly said “I’m sorry for the pain I have caused you and your family.” The two then hugged.

According to the latest edition of the National Enquirer, aspiring singer Bianchi has been through a lot in the two years since ending her affair with a man nearly 30 years older. A friend claims Bianchi contemplated suicide and that she had issues with sexual addiction. She is also said to have dated music mogul Diddy, now 38, at a time when he was supposed to have been with his longterm girlfriend and mother of his twins, Kim Porter.

Diana’s friend told The Enquirer that music mogul Combs was Diana’s second celebrity conquest. “Diana met Sean at his recording studio when she went there with a friend who knew him. She told me that he just came up to her and started talking,” the source revealed.

“She said their affair started a few weeks later - and it went on while he was involved with the woman he was going to marry, Kim Porter. Diana said she thinks that she’s the reason they split up.”

A representative for Combs denied the affair, but Diana’s pal said she grew increasingly uncomfortable during the relationship because he was getting too involved.

“She said she was freaked out because he even sent people to her voice rehearsals and lessons to watch her,” said the source.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, July 14, 2008]

The Enquirer adds that the source passed a polygraph test. The friend also claims that Diana made a sex tape, took nude photos, and had battled a sex addiction that she’s sought therapy for.

This girl was 17 when she met Peter Cook. She may have technically been legal when they started their year-long affair, but a married man in his late 40s should know better than to take advantage of a girl who has barely graduated high school. He also treated her like a hooker by giving her cash and gifts. This whole situation is sad and while a lot of people say that Brinkley shouldn’t have made the divorce proceedings public as she has two young teenaged children with this man, you understand why she would make that choice.

If this story about Bianchi’s affair with Diddy is true, shame on him for cheating on Kim Porter with her. Diddy’s arrangement with Porter seemed to have been one of mutual convenience, but maybe that’s all he’ll offer a woman.

Photos thanks to Splash.

Puff Daddy/P.Diddy/Diddy/Puffy/Sean John is now going by, er…oh, let’s just call him by the name his mother gave him. He says that she is the only one who still calls him Sean. Sean Combs is online saying he isn’t Puff Daddy today, he’s Diddy. Or happy. Or schizophrenic.

He’s also looking at settling down. Or at least one of those personalities is. I hope it’s a woman who likes babies, because he’s aiming to have ten children. He already has 6, by four different women.

“I definitely want to get married,” he tells me. “I’ve already chosen the church: St Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. I want to have more kids, too - I want to have 10 in all.”

He and Lopez still keep in touch, he says, although he hasn’t seen her since the birth of her twins, three months ago. “I have spoken to her and I’m quite sure that our kids will be friends later on.”

Then P Diddy the brand takes over, and all sincerity is lost in a tirade of machismo. “Yeah, I get on well with all my exes - I love everyone. And I love women… I’m an eye man, you know? A woman with beautiful eyes is a woman I could look at forever.”

At first I thought he might be tired of his womanizing ways, but I suspect it might be that he wants to cultivate a more respectable image. Sean Combs wants to meet Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

I ask whether anyone still leaves him starstruck. “I’m totally jaded,” he says. “Although actually that’s not true, there is one person I really want to meet: the Queen of England. I don’t know why I’ve never met her.” He looks affronted.

“She’s never invited me to the palace - not yet, anyway.”

Both quotes are taken from the Telegraph, which has a very interesting interview with Sean Combs.

Sean Combs, the Queen generally meets with citizens of her empire. You are an American, which isn’t part of Britannia, so you’re unlikely to get invited to high tea. You probably also need to spend some more time in England, Queen Elizabeth is 80 years old now, I don’t think she spends a lot of time traveling to countries that aren’t part of her realm. It tires her out. And you definitely aren’t a contender for a knighthood, in case you were wondering.

Diddy is shown at the CFDA Fashion Awards on 6/2/08 and at the Cannes Che premiere on 5/21/08, thanks to PRPhotos.

At this point, we may need a flow chart to keep track of the numerous moniker changes made by hip-hop producer/mogul Sean Combs. First, he was “Puffy.” Then, he was “Puff Daddy.” Then, post J.Lo era, he became “P.Diddy,” which was later shortened to “Diddy.” However, for his fashion label, he goes by “Sean John.” And when he’s doing film or TV roles, he uses his actual name, “Sean Combs.”

This is what we in the marketing world would call “brand confusion.” A classic example would be back in the 80s when Coca-Cola came out with two versions of Coke- New Coke and Coke classic. People got so confused over which one was the original Coke, sales of both beverages plummeted. (See, I DID pay attention in marketing class!) It looks like Combs may have finally realized that, and has decided to take back his original stage name.

So long P. Diddy, Diddy, Sean John, and Puffy.

Sean Combs has started using his Puff Daddy namesake again – over a decade after he achieved stardom with the moniker.

“They call me Puff Daddy… he’s back,” the mogul raps on the remix of O’Neal McKnight’s single “Check Your Coat.” (McKnight is Combs’ former stylist.)

“Yeah you heard me right – I said Puff Daddy,” he continues. “I’m about to back on that Puff Daddy sh*t.”

Combs also posted on his MySpace page: “This is your boy Puff Daddy!!! Yes Puff Daddy.”

[From Us Weekly]

I bet this guy goes through a fortune in monogrammed towels and stationary. I don’t know what prompted this most recent name change, but hopefully this one sticks. Sean, let me give you some advice: Real legends don’t have to change their name. You don’t see Cher changing her name every 6 months, do you?

The artist with multiple names is shown on 6/7/08 at the Tribe Hyper Club as part of Formula One week in Montreal. Thanks to WENN.

In March, we reported a rumor that Cameron Diaz and Diddy were seen out at a restaurant together, taking care to enter and leave separately but sitting very close to each other and looking like they were on a date. At the time, we had just heard of Ashton Kutcher’s bomb of a show, Pop Fiction, and I gave Kutcher a lot more credit than he deserved by assuming that was one of his planted stories.

Diddy and Diaz were probably on a bona fide date because they were seen out again at a party thrown by Prince on Friday. Cameron fed the hip hop mogul some of her dessert and they were busted kissing in the basement. Diddy denies that anything happened, and says they’re just friends:

Diaz had a big hug for Mr. Combs at the Beverly Hills party he threw last month to celebrate his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. More telling was their intimacy at Prince’s house last Friday.

Sly Stallone, John Legend, Eddie Murphy, Babyface and other guests were riveted by the 2 1/2-hour backyard concert the funkster gave to launch his book, “21 Days.” But Diaz and Diddy seemed only to have eyes for each other.

During the show, they laughed and held hands. At one point, while Diddy sipped a Grey Goose, Cameron told him he “must” try her bread pudding, which she proceeded to spoon-feed him. After some whispering, Diddy nodded toward Prince’s mansion.

Once inside, he led Diaz by the hand through its labyrinthine corridors to Prince’s basement. That’s where we came upon the entranced twosome standing in the theater’s doorway. Diddy was bringing his lips toward hers when he realized someone was approaching. Smiling, they closed the theater’s door and locked it. We heard them giggling inside.

Diddy said he and Diaz did not go into a private room at the Sub-Mercer, adding, “It is ridiculous that two celebrities of the opposite sex can’t just hang out with a group of friends without it being reported as more than that. We are just friends.”

[From NY Daily News]

Diaz has an interview in the June issue of In Style in which she enthuses about sex. She said: “Are you kidding? I love men. Sex is the best! …You have to really enjoy [being sexy]. Not fake anything. Sexy is being in the moment, whether that means being coy or coming on hard. Faking is always lame and it never comes across the way you want it to.” [via Huffington Post]

Last year, Diddy claimed to have had sex for 30 hours with his then-partner and the mother of his one and a half year-old twin daughters, Kim Porter. Diddy said they were staying in Paris when they had the tantric lovemaking session.

Now all I can think about is these two having sex. Cameron’s goofy personality coupled with Diddy’s ridiculous bravado can make for some idiotic scenes.

Diddy is shown with his adorable daughters at a park in LA on 5/31/08. Diaz is shown outside of Madeo restaurant on 5/30/08, thanks to WENN.

Tracey Edmonds sure gets around. She was married to singer/producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds for years, and used his fame to climb up the Hollywood ladder. Tracey hasn’t done a thing herself, she’s just famous for who she dates.

After she and Babyface divorced, Tracey began dating Eddie Murphy – right after he dumped Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown, who was pregnant with his baby. Murphy and Edmonds then kinda sorta married in a on a private island off Bora Bora. It wasn’t official – they would have to do that back in the States. But there was a big hullabaloo, and they released a statement saying they weren’t going to legally marry, and then broke up.

If you were hoping the doe-eyed social climber was off the radar after the Murphy embarrassment… unfortunately that doesn’t appear to be the case. Edmonds claims she’s dating P. Diddy, and that he’s twice the man Murphy was. I bet Scary Spice would agree.

P Diddy’s latest girlfriend really knows how to hit a guy where it hurts. Tracey Edmonds has only been out with the Didster a few times but already rates him more highly than ex-husband Eddie Murphy.

Tracey, 40, who split from Murphy in January after only two weeks of marriage, claims Diddy is wittier than the comedian. That’s gotta hurt.

At party near Cannes she said: “Diddy is the funniest man I’ve ever met. I’m so lucky to find someone so soon after Eddie.

“It’s early days - we’ve only been on three or four dates - but he’s whisked me off my feet. I don’t know about wedding bells but he’s definitely the man for me.”

[From the Mirror]

The phrasing sure sound pretty contrived. But I love the idea that Diddy would ever bother to marry any woman. The man cheats on the women he’s cheating with. And then cheats on those women. I would bet that at any given moment, P Diddy is sleeping with seven different ladies, minimum. I have no idea what it would take for a woman to be the one he’d settle down with – but I’m absolutely positive that Tracey Edmonds doesn’t have it.

The pair have yet to be photographed together, even though they’re both in Cannes right now. Splash reports that they were seen shopping together at Gucci, but they don’t have any photos. I’m guessing that Diddy pulled Tracey into a coat closet a few times, and now she thinks they’re probably getting married. I bet she’s planning their faux island ceremony as we speak.

Header of Tracey Edmonds at the US Weekly Hot Hollywood Party 2008 at Beso on 04/17/08. Image thanks to WENN.Puffy is shown at the “Two Lovers” Cannes premiere on 5/19/08. Image thanks to PR Photos.