Diddy Blasts 50 Cent & Netflix Over ‘The Reckoning’

After 50 Cent appeared on Good Morning America to debate his upcoming Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Diddy fired again via his legal professional, who slammed the streamer, its president, and 50 himself. The legal professional referred to as the venture a “shameful hit piece” that depends on stolen footage and options somebody [50 Cent] with a private vendetta.

On Monday, 50 was featured on the morning present, sitting down with Robin Roberts, detailing the moments main as much as his arrest final 12 months in New York.

“If I didn’t say something, you’d interpret it as hip-hop being high quality together with his habits, he defined, making it clear that this venture grew out of one thing deeper than previous trade drama.

He even admitted he was shocked by a few of the footage that ended up within the documentary, together with a clip of Diddy on the telephone together with his legal professionals earlier than his arrest, the place he calmly says, “We’re dropping.”

One other scene reveals Diddy joking about needing hand sanitizer and a bathe after greeting followers, a second 50 says quietly exposes how the mogul considered himself and people round him. All of it, he shared, pushed him from simply posting memes to truly backing a full-scale docuseries.

“That reveals you his character,” mentioned 50. “What are the percentages that you’d try this in entrance of a digicam?”

Even with a long time of stress between them, 50 emphasised that The Reckoning isn’t about revenge. He mentioned the friction wasn’t born out of jealousy or competitors, however discomfort.

He described a few of Diddy’s habits as “a tester…perhaps you’ll come play with me sort factor.”

“It’s not private,” added 50.

Director Aleandria Stapleton echoed that time throughout the GMA phase, explaining that not each participant within the documentary is tied to an allegation. The purpose, she mentioned, is to inform a truthful, balanced story about who Diddy was publicly and privately, via the individuals who really lived round him and two jurors.

Collectively, the GMA dialog made one factor clear: this doc isn’t nearly Diddy…it’s about analyzing an trade that permit sure behaviors slide for too lengthy.

“I believe he’ll see the reality in it,” mentioned 50 about what he believes Diddy will take from the documentary.

Selection studies that Sean “Diddy” Combs’ spokesperson is forcefully denouncing 50 Cent’s upcoming Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, labeling it a “shameful hit piece” and accusing the streamer of counting on “stolen footage that was by no means licensed for launch.”

Within the assertion obtained by Selection, Combs’ camp argues that Netflix is exploiting personal materials he’s been accumulating since age 19 “to inform his personal story, in his personal means,” claiming the streamer is “misappropriating that work” and “sensationalizing each minute” of his life. The spokesperson additionally accused Netflix of pulling “personal footage out of context,” together with conversations with Combs’ attorneys that had been “by no means supposed for public viewing.”

The assertion additional criticizes Netflix for giving inventive management to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, calling him “a longtime adversary with a private vendetta who has spent an excessive amount of time slandering Mr. Combs.”

The rep added that the choice felt like a “deeply private affront,” noting Combs has “lengthy revered” Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and “anticipated equity from individuals he revered.”

See Diddy’s full assertion by way of Selection under:

Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. At the moment’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was by no means licensed for launch. As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to inform his personal story, in his personal means. It’s essentially unfair, and unlawful, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.

Netflix is plainly determined to sensationalize each minute of Mr. Combs’s life, with out regard for reality, as a way to capitalize on a unending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about reality or about Mr. Combs’s authorized rights, it could not be ripping personal footage out of context – together with conversations together with his legal professionals that had been by no means supposed for public viewing. No rights in that materials had been ever transferred to Netflix or any third celebration.

It’s equally staggering that Netflix handed inventive management to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson – a longtime adversary with a private vendetta who has spent an excessive amount of time slandering Mr. Combs.

Past the authorized points, this can be a private breach of belief. Mr. Combs has lengthy revered Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of Clarence Avant. For Netflix to present his life story to somebody who has publicly attacked him for many years seems like an pointless and deeply private affront. At minimal, he anticipated equity from individuals he revered.

Sean Combs: The Reckoning debuts on Netflix TODAY, December 2, 2025, marking one of the crucial anticipated and controversial releases of the 12 months.