Aubrey O’Day Makes Shocking Diddy Admission

Aubrey O’Day is opening up about the resentment she still carries from her time in Danity Kane, and her biggest source of pain is not Sean “Diddy” Combs. During an appearance on a recent podcast appearance, the singer revealed that most of her former bandmates hurt her more deeply than the disgraced music mogul, despite the serious allegations she has made about her experience working with him.

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Aubrey O’Day has spent years speaking publicly about the damage she says Sean “Diddy” Combs caused in her life. So when Creators Inc. Podcast host Andy Bachman asked who still owes her an apology, her answer landed somewhere unexpected.

“Everyone in Danity Kane,” O’Day said during the Thursday, September 3 episode.

“Diddy?” Bachman followed up.

“I don’t need one from Diddy,” O’Day replied. “He didn’t hurt me as much as they did.”

The singer made one exception for Shannon Bex, saying the two have already worked through their issues in therapy. “So, not Shannon, but the rest of them. Yeah.” 

That’s saying something considering how openly O’Day has discussed her experience with Combs.

Danity Kane’s Historic Rise Ended In a Painful Collapse

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She rose to fame in Danity Kane, the five-woman group formed on Diddy’s MTV series “Making the Band 3” alongside Bex, Dawn Richard, D. Woods and Aundrea Fimbres. Their first two albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making Danity Kane the first female group in Billboard history to debut its first two albums at the top. Their 2006 debut went platinum, while “Show Stopper” and “Damaged” both reached the Hot 100’s top 10.

Then everything unraveled. Combs removed O’Day and Woods from the group in 2008, and Danity Kane disbanded in early 2009. O’Day has since alleged that Combs fired her after she rejected sexual advances, an allegation his spokesperson declined to address individually.

Cassie Ventura’s Lawsuit Opened The Floodgates Against Diddy

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Combs’ legal downfall began publicly in November 2023 when his former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed a lawsuit accusing him of years of physical abuse, rape, and coercion. The lawsuit was settled one day after it was filed without an admission of wrongdoing.

Numerous other accusers later filed civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault, abuse, and other misconduct. Combs has denied the sexual assault allegations made against him.

Aubrey O’Day Says ‘Resentment’ Is What Destroys Girl Groups

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During the same conversation, O’Day explained where some of her resentment toward her former bandmates comes from. She said she spent roughly 20 years carrying the “raunchy, promiscuous” reputation attached to her exit while taking the “public humiliation” and “blacklistings” that followed.

Later, when Bachman asked what ends girl groups more, men, money, resentment or egos, O’Day didn’t hesitate. “Resentment,” she said. “Every time.”

The reality TV alum is the latest to sit down with Bachman, who has built Creators Inc. Podcast into an Apple Podcasts Business top-15 show. Recent guests have included Offset, Ice-T, Sophie Rain, Blueface, Ryan Garcia, Blac Chyna and Donna Mills.

“We did not build a podcast. We built a room people want to be in,” Bachman told Market Realist in July. “The show is just the camera in the corner.” 

Diddy’s Prison Release Date Moves Up As His Appeal Continues

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As for Combs, he remains incarcerated at FCI Fort Dix, serving a 50-month sentence after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and acquitted of racketeering and sex-trafficking charges.

Before he was sentenced last year, Combs told the judge in a letter that he had gotten sober “for the first time in 25 years,” attended therapy and created a mentorship program for other inmates. Meanwhile, he continues to face more than 70 civil lawsuits across the country, including one filed in June by a former child actor.

On Thursday, September 3, USA Today reported that his projected release date had been moved up again to February 5, 2028. His legal team has appealed the conviction.