- 5/22/2025
Dive into the mystery of I Want to Work for Diddy, the 2008 VH1 reality show where contestants battled to become Sean “Diddy” Combs’ assistant! From grueling challenges like fetching cheesecake to promoting Bad Boy Records, this show was peak 2000s drama. But why is it nearly impossible to find today? We explore its lost media status, controversies, and cultural impact, including Laverne Cox’s breakout role. Share your thoughts on this forgotten gem below! #IWantToWorkForDiddy #Diddy #LostMedia #VH1 #RealityTV #2000sNostalgia #SeanCombs #BadBoyRecords #90sNostalgia #PopCulture #Throwback #LaverneCox #ForgottenTV #Nostalgia #RealityShow #2000s #TVHistory #LostShows #MediaMystery #Puffy #RetroTV #WheresTheShow #TVNostalgia #DiddyControversy #MissingMedia #2000sTV #CultClassic
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00:00Hey, it's Joe from VKMTV Studios, and today we're gonna talk about P. Diddy, Puff Daddy,
00:07Brother Love, Lost Media.
00:10Yeah, there's quite a bit of it now, and I think it's because he's trying to bury it.
00:15So we're gonna talk about his reality show, I Wanna Work For Diddy, that's not available
00:20for streaming anywhere, and there's very limited clips still available online.
00:27Is he trying to bury this?
00:29And this isn't the only piece of lost media that's associated with Puff Daddy.
00:33Now that Puff Daddy is in what Michelle Tanner would call big, big trouble, I think we're
00:39gonna probably see a lot more lost P. Diddy projects.
00:43Can't Stop, Won't Stop, A Bad Boy Story, came out in 2017.
00:49It's an Amazon original, and it's no longer on Amazon.
00:55It's no longer even on Netflix.
00:58He's also got a mini-movie called Off The Grid, which is supposed to promote his love
01:04album, and I don't think that's gonna come out anytime soon.
01:09With what we're hearing these days, I felt like we should kind of take a look back at
01:13this show, whose entire concept was that you can work for the man himself.
01:19Diddy, let's get it crackin'. Let's get it motherfuckin' crackin'. Let's get it motherfuckin' crackin' in.
01:24Show how Diddy get it crackin'. Let's give me a couple niggas on the phone. I wanna get it crackin'.
01:29No, I'm not talking about any of the versions of Making The Band.
01:33This show was called I Wanna Work For Diddy, a VH1 reality show that ran for two seasons,
01:39and it's not available to stream anywhere.
01:43I wanna work for Diddy, VH1, 9pm. I love this show. I want you guys to tune in every Monday
01:47night at 9 o'clock. The show just keeps on getting better and better every week. There's
01:52a lot of drama. There's a lot of jewels to the game in there. No, they're not just walking
01:57for cheesecake or washing cars. They're doing things like putting together campaigns for
02:02me, taking care of my family, working with Sean John, working with the fragrance, working
02:07with the music company. It really shows the diversity of, you know, working for a cat
02:12like me.
02:13Is it because he's trying to bury something? Or, like most reality shows of that time period,
02:20nobody thought enough to hold onto a copy of this show, that once it was done being
02:26online or streaming services, it's gonna die on a TiVo hard drive somewhere.
02:32It's a disposable show that no one even bothered to upload to YouTube. What gold are we missing
02:38out on?
02:39We know some stuff about the real Puffy. Should we have known it back then?
02:43What's it like working for me? It's not for everybody.
02:48Season one ran from August 4th, 2008 to October 2008. And it was won by Susan, Susie, Saigao,
02:57Sigil. Some people may recognize that Laverne Cox was also a contestant on this show.
03:03So you have a relationship with Diddy?
03:07Let's be clear. I don't have a relationship with Diddy.
03:09Well not like that. It is the Jason Lee show. So let's be very clear.
03:13People will make up all kinds of stuff.
03:15What's up about with the, you know, you got a transvestite applying for it and a gay person
03:20applying for it. So I just thought, I don't care if you're white, black, green. If you're
03:25gay, you're straight. I don't really discriminate. You know what I'm saying?
03:28Season one actually had two winners. While Susie got the job, they turned the plane around.
03:36Mike Barber, you're coming with us.
03:38I hope Mike Barber said no because, well, have you seen what happened to Diddy's current gopher?
03:45Common Sense Media called the show a high drama reality contest that pushes the Diddy
03:51brand, just as Combs has many names.
03:54Yeah, aren't the kids calling him the Diddler now?
03:57They call out that this show was just a promotional vehicle for Diddy and his brand.
04:03And they even point out how crappy the winner's prize is.
04:07A lot of stuff that I say to y'all all the time. I know y'all take it like, yo, that was hardcore.
04:12That's cruel. That is the game you in. I am sorry. That is the game you decided to get in.
04:18That game was bad boy entertainment.
04:20A thankless job. You could win The Apprentice or even Mark Cuban's The Benefactor and had more benefits.
04:29I'm going to take a hands on, foot in ass, all over your brain approach.
04:35Here, the contestants get to pick up Diddy's dry cleaning or fill in as a birthday clown at a party.
04:43Is this a reality show or a plot to a sitcom in the 90s?
04:47Working for Diddy would just open up the entire world for me.
04:50I want to see if I'm tough enough, if I'm strong enough.
04:53How far I can really push myself if I really want something.
04:56To live the dream, you have to work for it.
04:59You got five minutes to figure it out. Now you're embarrassing me though.
05:02I want this job. I need this job.
05:07This is what it's like in the heat of battle, baby.
05:09I Want to Work for Diddy premieres Monday, August 4th at 9, 8 central.
05:13This is going to change my life.
05:15Common Sense Media had a section in each one of their reviews where they talked about teachable moments
05:21that you could have with your children while you watch this program.
05:25If you had a chance to work for Diddy, would you do anything he asked you to do?
05:35Is there anything you wouldn't do?
05:38Even if refusing to do it meant that you would lose your job?
05:44I want niggas waking up from 8 in the morning.
05:47If you want these niggas to be Puff Daddy or Madonna or Janet, you got to live by their ways, dawg.
05:52I wake up, when I have an hour, I wake up at 8 in the morning and I don't go to sleep until 4.
05:56And that's the way it works.
05:58So what better job than that to have me scream at you, go crazy, keep you up late hours, have you sleep deprived?
06:06Do you think Diddy really needed a TV show to find an assistant?
06:10If not, what other motives could he have?
06:22You said it, Common Sense Media. You said it without having to say it.
06:33Contestants had plenty to worry about, given the difficulty of Diddy's marching orders in that reality show, and others.
06:40Diddy admitting in this interview that he's a tough guy to work for, but he disguises it under...
06:48Hustler? Well, you'd probably describe it as...
06:52Psychopath.
06:54Use the day to talk to each other.
06:56If you don't want to have it that way, whoever don't come into work is fired.
07:00From you to Benny to whoever.
07:04And I'm telling you, this is the last time I'm going to talk about this shit.
07:07My shit is only sold on national holidays. That's it.
07:10He's hard, he's stern, and he's crazy.
07:13This article is like, Diddy's employees are very happy, they have no ill will towards their boss, please stop asking.
07:21I'm going to take a hands on, foot in ass.
07:24You can feel like you're fighting for your life, right?
07:26All over your brain approach.
07:29I don't want to bug out on national TV.
07:31Defining this assistant.
07:34Does everybody just go home now, we get another group of applicants.
07:37They make it sound like Diddy is running the cheers bar.
07:41In his building, he knows everybody's name.
07:44And from what we know about Diddy now, doesn't it seem kind of sketch him handing out his personal phone number to all his employees?
07:54I need an assistant. If you're the one, I want you.
07:57You know I'm the best.
07:59And I like working with the best.
08:01So if you're the best, holler at your boy.
08:03YouTube, tag it, Diddy Assistant.
08:06This is going to be fun.
08:07Isn't this the exact way he grooms people?
08:10You send him your interesting music or video idea.
08:14And then he takes advantage of you?
08:17He wanted to be overwhelmed.
08:19Hey, isn't that what he says about Meek Mills?
08:23I'm taking control of this.
08:29The whole article reads differently now.
08:32Janice Sills is over here gushing about Diddy being the type of boss who hugs you after working two straight days in a row.
08:41I remember thinking, I wouldn't have got that at any other network.
08:47So everyone at this network is working long hours.
08:52Diddy wants no individuals.
08:55And you're constantly getting hugged?
08:59Yeah, this sounds like a cult.
09:01He's opened my mind.
09:04Ride or die, we going to war.
09:10I Want to Work for Diddy premieres this Monday at 9, 8 central.
09:13Only on VH1.
09:15Rubbing shoulders with young people with a dream.
09:17That's what I love to do.
09:19To promote season two, the Today Show covered I Want to Work for P. Diddy.
09:24The show would air alongside Run's House and Making the Band.
09:30It's all a part of my strategic plan to take over TV.
09:34Diddy TV.
09:36According to the Today Show article, Diddy wasn't able to find a personal assistant from your conventional recruitment methods.
09:45What kind of weird stuff was Diddy requiring in his job search?
09:49Are you ready to be the best?
09:51You can do more with your life than basketball or rap.
09:56Even if this is from the same Diddy who's always pictured next to rappers and basketball players.
10:03And Leonard Fournette, for some reason.
10:06This reality show is your typical panel deciding a contestant's fate.
10:12With Sean Combs making the final call.
10:15I knew going into this that one of my missions was always to empower people.
10:19So I was definitely trying to find somebody that could come in and be molded and then one day be a star executive.
10:26I think you've got three really different people.
10:28And I'm not sure I know exactly how you're going to get the most from them.
10:32And the dude has a big enough ego to compare himself to the Wizard of Oz.
10:39You know, somebody gave me a chance.
10:42So, you know, you know, me being able to have the power to give people all over the country a chance to work for me.
10:52I like to say work with me.
10:55You know, it's a blessing.
10:56We're going to do something that's different.
10:57We're going to have a lot of fun with this.
10:59If you feel that you could be my assistant, OK, I want to know why you should be my personal assistant.
11:06I know what you're thinking.
11:07This show sounds very similar to The Apprentice.
11:11You think you're as important as Donald Trump?
11:15Oh, it's OK.
11:16There's no beef, according to Diddy.
11:18They're friends.
11:20Wait a minute.
11:23Is this the same Diddy that said Donald Trump is the evil white man we need to get rid of?
11:27White men like Trump need to be banished.
11:31I'd find sites that originally posted clips from the show and the link would no longer work.
11:39But it would have titles like this, making me think that it's less Apprentice and more Diddy needs cheap labor to exploit.
11:49The man has a meltdown that the cast dirtied up his house so they have to clean it.
11:56Yeah, he's less Wizard of Oz and more evil stepmother from Cinderella.
12:03No sunglasses tonight, right?
12:05Well, I want you to be you.
12:06You're not going to be Diddy.
12:08You have to serve him.
12:09And he will not hire you if he thinks that you are trying to be him.
12:13And then you stumble upon the casting page.
12:16Were you 21 or older around June of 2009 and have a whatever it takes attitude?
12:25You could have worked for Diddy.
12:27Just make sure you're available 24-7.
12:30Did he found a way under the guise of black excellence to reinvent slavery with puffs?
12:39Marketing skills and the way he cheerleads and the way he promotes and the way he inspires.
12:48But in the background, no.
12:50Right.
12:51Well, you can't see.
12:55Puffing, right?
12:57Puffing, right?
12:59Puffing got fired because Puff is crazy.
13:04At times, I'm a cold individual.
13:07I'm just a shrewd businessman, which is just not the case.
13:12And this made me want to look up what happened to Farnsworth Bentley.
13:16You remember the guy who used to carry the umbrella for P. Diddy, his manservant?
13:22The guy got a book deal and a reality show out of working for P. Diddy.
13:28So I guess Puff made some people's lives better.
13:33He waved his hand in my face and said, your life has changed.
13:37Are you ready?
13:46My God.
13:47He really does think he's the Wizard of Oz.
13:49By the way, if you're trying to look for Farnsworth Bentley's reality show,
13:54from G's to Gents, it's streamable.
13:57Unlike Diddy's reality shows.
14:00We got a press release.
14:02The show is back.
14:04And they try to hype up this job's importance.
14:07Will you be the ultimate secret weapon in that army?
14:10You're going to be challenged emotionally, physically, and mentally
14:15to earn the privilege to do Diddy's bidding.
14:19You got to impress judges like Kevin Lyles of Warner Music.
14:24Who, as of the year 2024, still seems to support Diddy.
14:29If you guys would bear with me, I just need a couple seconds to set up.
14:32Is that OK?
14:38Capricorn Clark, who nowadays calls Diddy the devil.
14:43And Diddy's ultimate henchman.
14:46Am I wrong or don't only evil people have henchmen?
14:50Island Def Jam chief of staff, Phil Robinson.
14:53Can they pass Diddy's tests like the art of multitasking?
14:57And follow his rule of no bitch assness allowed?
15:01I want to be down with people that want to make history.
15:04That don't get caught up in the bullshit.
15:06And ain't infected by the bitch assness disease.
15:09So, if you're working for Diddy, what can you expect?
15:13When I was coming up in the game,
15:15if I couldn't do the little job,
15:19I could never get to the big job.
15:21And I think there's always a method in the madness.
15:24If you're working for Diddy, what can you expect?
15:27Well, Justin Vandahay put out three lessons he learned
15:32working for Bad Boy and Diddy.
15:35And it paints the picture of Diddy as a detailed, obsessed guy
15:40who works as your hype man.
15:43That Bad Boy documentary where he's obsessing over a light fixture
15:48seems to back that up.
15:50I don't want the Chrysler that looks like the Phantom.
15:53I want the Phantom.
15:55You have to fix your energy.
15:57That's all I'm asking out of respect.
15:59Just fix your energy.
16:00All right, so go four walls and fix your energy.
16:02Because I'm not feeling it.
16:04Fix your energy, brother.
16:05We got work to do.
16:06For real.
16:07Diddy also seemed to have a CM Punk-like obsession
16:10over a muffin while these two were working.
16:13If you want the party to remain awesome, the details matter.
16:18Even the muffins.
16:20And that guy worked for Diddy for over a year and a half
16:24on an unpaid internship.
16:27Diddy does not like to part with the dollar.
16:29That's why you see so many ex-bodyguards speaking out.
16:33You got bodyguards who are covering up domestic abuse,
16:37racism against white employees.
16:39I've never walked into any circumstance in my entire life.
16:42Well, first, I haven't meant to be the best.
16:44You're turning straight white man red.
16:46That's a passion right there.
16:48I want the future leaders to be running my company.
16:52Not saying that I'm putting anybody that's older out the pasture
16:57because I'm in the same boat as y'all.
16:59I'm going to be in the office.
17:00Everybody's going to be in the office.
17:01I'm not going to be the only one in the motherfucking office.
17:05Motherfuckers is having lunches and drinking tea and crumpets
17:08and the only way they're going to have it is
17:10motherfuckers to suck my motherfucking dick.
17:12Sexual assaults.
17:14Even maids being paid below minimum wage.
17:18And all these lawsuits are getting settled so they go away.
17:24He even fired a nanny for asking for maternity leave.
17:28If I'm going to be in the office,
17:30I'm going to be looking at a whole bunch of other people in the office.
17:33I don't give a fuck if it's Friday, the weather nice,
17:35there's problems on 42nd Street.
17:37I don't give a fuck.
17:38I'm walking down the street yelling on my cell phone.
17:42I'm the greatest.
17:43If the other motherfuckers ain't going to be the greatest,
17:45I don't even want them around me, man.
17:47He had a casting call in the OC.
17:49What was he asking for all those OC kids to have?
17:53Well, you got to have a big personality.
17:57But not so big that you just won't spend your entire life catering to Diddy.
18:02The stakes are pretty high for this interview.
18:04I mean, if this presentation goes well,
18:06he just may hire this person on the spot.
18:09And that's what I'm thinking.
18:10ABC News.
18:11You won't confuse I want to work for Diddy with The Apprentice.
18:15I'm not an easy guy to work for.
18:18You don't say.
18:20Let me be perfectly clear.
18:21I don't give a fuck at this point.
18:24What has to be done?
18:25Who has to be called in?
18:27Sleep is forbidden.
18:29To work for the best,
18:30you have to be the best.
18:32One judge, Capricorn Clark,
18:34is even quoted as saying,
18:36I couldn't do it anymore.
18:38I needed my life back.
18:40It's like being a Navy SEAL.
18:42Jesus, Diddy is not lying that he's that tough to work for.
18:46What you gonna go back and forth with me tonight?
18:48I want to tell you I am on the same fucking page.
18:50You ain't gonna have to tell me like this is what I gotta,
18:52this is what you have to have,
18:53this is what's only going on.
18:55My life don't work like that.
18:57I can make anything happen.
18:59Reality blurred.
19:00Just looking for an assistant or an apprentice
19:03isn't the show I want to do.
19:05No disrespect to Trump.
19:07Radar Online actually has an NDA that these people would sign
19:12if they were to work for Diddy.
19:15And this thing is detailed.
19:17He does not want any of his secrets getting out.
19:20Trump took me to the first concert.
19:22It was R. Kelly.
19:23Diddy is not one to let an idea just die.
19:27Years after season 2 aired,
19:29he was still out there trying to pitch it as a sitcom
19:33and it looked like ABC was interested.
19:37It was going to be based on the life of Sarah Snedeker.
19:41Sarah Snedeker, if I said that right,
19:45is the same woman who helped produce that documentary
19:49from earlier, Can't Stop Won't Stop,
19:51that's also not available online.
19:54We're going to go fuck that stage up tonight.
20:00And also something called Downtown Diddy.
20:05Yes, Downton Abbey with P. Diddy.
20:09I love it here in Downtown Abbey.
20:12I want to stay here forever and ever.
20:15Lord Wilcock loves Downtown Abbey.
20:19Digital Spy.
20:20If you liked The Apprentice,
20:22you'll love I Want to Work for Diddy.
20:25So Susie Seigel is the winner from season 1,
20:30but I'm looking here
20:32and she doesn't have an active digital footprint anymore.
20:36Even at the time, she seemed a little old for the show.
20:40Diddy knows.
20:41Diddy knows the answer is, you know,
20:43two kids from the Bronx are better than one.
20:45Mike, you're going to have to sit on the luggage though.
20:48Hey yo, can you make me a Ciroc lemonade please?
20:52Enough of the celebration, let's get busy.
20:55She was 37 and only got this job by looking for jobs online.
21:01She got a callback without even knowing what the show was about.
21:05She was just a Bronx girl who took this as a challenge.
21:10It was like getting an advanced degree.
21:13Then you have the 26-year-old Mike Barber
21:16from the Claremont Housing Development.
21:19All right, let's look at what Mike intended to do.
21:24My name is Mike Barber. I'm 25 years old.
21:26Yeah.
21:27Even though he came in second, Diddy hired him as well.
21:31Why wouldn't he hire the runner-up?
21:33This article said that Diddy needs like six assistants.
21:37So what's hiring another two?
21:40Especially if you don't pay them.
21:42Nobody sleeps in the Diddy world.
21:4424-hour work days,
21:46running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
21:49Is he the type of boss who considers like
21:52when he's awake and partying work?
21:56Or is he making them do actual physical and mental work?
22:01Is this the type of boss where he considers his partying
22:04and schmoozing to be part of the job?
22:07Or is Diddy just gonna work them like dogs?
22:10Do you still want this job?
22:12Then be humble, breathe, and believe in yourself.
22:16And remember, you're working for a higher cause.
22:22Oh my God, this guy really thinks he is Jesus.
22:26Why else would he tell bad boy recording artists?
22:29Artists have only gone from bad boy to God.
22:32There's like really no in-between.
22:34Who else goes up against God?
22:36Exactly.
22:39Savage! I'm a savage!
22:41Oh! I'm a savage!
22:43Whatever I want, I'm going to get!
22:45Whatever I want, I have to get!
22:47Maybe I am insane.
22:50Maybe I am insane.
22:52Yes!
22:54What's next?
22:56What's next? I gotta get it.
22:57I'm not gonna stay fucking down.
22:59And I didn't really see anybody home.
23:02I didn't really see...
23:04I didn't see nothing.
23:07What's next? Give me something else.
23:09What can't you do? I can do it.
23:11I can do anything.
23:13My name is Marcus Buckingham.
23:17I have dedicated my career to helping people present their strengths in job interviews.
23:21Mr. Combs I think has asked you to do a presentation for tonight.
23:24Yes. Diddy sent Marcus Buckingham to show us the first interview that we did.
23:28And he's gonna show us everything that we did wrong.
23:30But more importantly, he's gonna show us everything that we did right.
23:33My name is Suzanne.
23:35I want to work for Diddy because he's a visionary.
23:37Diddy is really running the cultiest cult that ever culted.
23:40To help him carry out his vision.
23:42Calm down.
23:44So our clips from the show are rather limited.
23:48But let's take a look at a few.
23:51You're not funny. You're just a person who thinks you are.
23:53Which is sad.
23:55At very high...
23:57I see the nervousness in your breathing.
24:00I'm really nervous.
24:05Okay, so they got this dude in here.
24:08And apparently he is going to interview our finalist.
24:20I'm so grateful to have this opportunity to really learn more about myself.
24:24And learn about the areas in which I can get better at.
24:28Susie, we hate you.
24:30I'm a son to my mother.
24:32I'm a child of God and a resident of this universe.
24:35A curator of energy, light and light.
24:37The moment is where it's at.
24:39The moment is where it's at.
24:41The moment is where it's at.
24:46Kind of reminds me of that sign.
24:48You don't have to be crazy to work here.
24:50But it helps.
24:51I received my master's degrees from Harvard University.
24:54Which as you know is the Bentley of academia.
24:57The Bentley of academia.
25:02Just one more piece.
25:06You want to get ghetto with me?
25:08I can get ghetto.
25:09Now go and sister girl me to death.
25:11You have no idea what the f*** you're talking about.
25:13Just shut the f*** up.
25:14I'm going to mind f*** them.
25:16You want a rat this size crawling up your ass?
25:18So they orgasm.
25:20How could you be such a bitch?
25:22Because I am and I'm the queen bitch.
25:25Anybody can get it in this bitch.
25:27It's about to be real.
25:29Failure.
25:30Do you feel stupid now?
25:34Did you thought this was going to be easy?
25:38With what we know now,
25:39Diddy saying things like that might be why this isn't on any streaming service.
25:44When the casting call said that they wanted over the top personalities,
25:48I think this is what they meant.
25:54This is what I want to do.
25:56This is my passion.
25:57I'm coming here to win.
25:58Competing for the chance.
26:00At the end of the f*** damn day, I'm showing the f*** up.
26:03To work for one man.
26:05And that one man is the narcissist himself, Diddy.
26:09Who they shoot and film like he's some sort of godlike figure.
26:17He can change their lives.
26:18It's Mrs. Holmes we got to save.
26:21Wait, wait, wait. Stop.
26:23This isn't any ordinary job interview.
26:25When I tell you something, it's like the disguise and the seizures part.
26:29This is a test of your will.
26:30You two attacking each other is disgusting.
26:32Your intelligence.
26:33I need you to use your common sense.
26:34Your passion.
26:35Time is up. Lies are over.
26:37How bad do you want it?
26:38All is fair in love and war.
26:40Do you want to be great?
26:41Here's a man that started with nothing.
26:43He's an A-list celebrity.
26:44He's an actor.
26:45A man who has built an empire.
26:47Bad boy records.
26:48Clone or perfume line.
26:49The clothing line. Sean John.
26:51Rapist.
26:52What?
26:53Anything he touches turns to gold.
26:55That's how the show wants to sell Diddy.
26:58But I guess you can't hide all Diddy's craziness.
27:01Even the show catches just how unhinged this man actually is.
27:06Damn it!
27:08My job is hard.
27:09Hell no!
27:10So if my job is hard, your job is going to be even harder.
27:13Y'all trying to fool me.
27:14I'm going to burn this boat down.
27:15I don't want to show you.
27:16I'm going to burn this boat down.
27:17I don't want to sugar coat things.
27:19You scared to tell the truth?
27:20Let's complete bull****.
27:22I wake up and I go to war.
27:24I'm going to be there every step of the way.
27:27Is that a threat?
27:28When you least expect it, I'm going to pop up.
27:31At the door, let's go.
27:33Wake your asses up.
27:34Let's get upstairs right now.
27:35We're going to wrestle for cornflakes.
27:36I'm not a crazy ****.
27:38Oh!
27:40Oh!
27:42What task is bad boy running that they need you to drive a bicycle with a cart on it?
27:48You have to respect the unrespected.
27:50Woo!
27:52Yeah!
27:53Come on in, guys!
27:54Danny or Danny?
27:56It's what they're going to be asking at his trial.
27:59We're in big trouble.
28:01It's hard being great.
28:03It's overwhelming to me.
28:04So I know it can be overwhelming for people that work for me.
28:07Out of when I dealt with everybody, Mike was, like, messing up at every last thing.
28:15I don't have time to go through all the papers.
28:17I need y'all to have ready for me.
28:19But then on the flip side, the pressure of messing up, he just got stronger.
28:23In Mike, you've got a guy who likes himself.
28:25He's got an ego.
28:26He's got a flavoring for significance.
28:28He has to figure out whether he wants to channel it to serve Mike
28:31He has to figure out whether he wants to channel it to serve Mike or to serve you.
28:34What did you think about Suzanne?
28:36With Suzanne, Mike, please tell me you continue choosing it to serve yourself.
28:41But you've got more focus, and I think she flusters the least.
28:47To be honest, she flustered the most under pressure.
28:49We were working with me the other day.
28:51I need you to hold it together, because you are disintegrating.
28:53With your Harvard, Yale, whatever MBA, it doesn't mean nothing.
28:56That's not going to get you the job.
28:58The young lady, Stephanie, she just got caught like a day in headlights.
29:01What's going on in Connecticut this Saturday?
29:03What's Connecticut this Saturday?
29:05It's a party.
29:06What are you talking about? You're not hearing me?
29:08I want you to find things I can do with my kids, not partying at night.
29:10Focus, baby.
29:12I want to work for Diddy as his babysitter?
29:14After I corrected her, I felt homosexual, but it was going to get done.
29:18Diddy pays his babysitter just a tad above average minimum wage.
29:25I wouldn't exactly go competing on a reality show to get that job.
29:30I want to see what it comes with in their presentations.
29:32But I think all this information is definitely valuable, and I want to just thank you.
29:36No, it's my pleasure. Thanks very much. Best of luck with that.
29:39So for season one's finale, I mean, it starts off like your typical apprentice.
29:47This is our final task.
29:49This is for the whole enchilada.
29:51But then...
29:53Don's feet in all of her beautiful toes.
30:04The craziest thing so far is me rubbing Don's feet in all of her beautiful toes.
30:11So I want to work for Diddy as just a foot fetish show?
30:24On my knees, I'm looking out the corner of my eye, and I see Q getting kind of upset.
30:29With cooking?
30:31Out of my brain and into my heart.
30:33Young lady, don't do it.
30:35On one hand, you have to do your job.
30:37And on the second hand, you have to be respectful.
30:40I guess they fit right in at the freak-off.
30:45I wish I'd find somebody.
30:47So y'all just eat each other.
30:49No, right here, that's my dude.
30:50Damn, I know they're gonna talk to Diddy.
30:52My perfect chance to throw Melissa under the bus.
30:55As usual.
30:56Hey, this is Joe from the future.
30:58And as I uploaded this video, our search took a weird turn.
31:03It looks like YouTube knows what this show is.
31:07They were able to properly identify it and block it everywhere.
31:11Yeah, they are actively suppressing this video.
31:16I guess people really don't want you to see this old reality series.
31:20So promoting backstabbing and showing the worst of your people is promoting black excellence?
31:30Diddy, you're a special kind of psychopath.
31:36I think I fall within fair use.
31:38It's analytical, we're learning, we're splitting it up, we're talking about Diddy.
31:45This first clip that they identified was from an episode titled,
31:49A Night in Daddy's House.
31:52My God, that sounds like a porn.
31:55How can I help you, tell me?
31:57Of course, she comes in like the tornado of hell that she is.
32:01Is she on your team?
32:03She is on my team.
32:04Do you like her?
32:05Yes, she's good.
32:06She's fine.
32:07That guy's addict.
32:08Oh, it's great.
32:09Everybody kinda sorta gets along.
32:11They work hard, and that's important.
32:13They don't seem to think that about you, though.
32:15As you can see from these clips, the search to become Diddy's assistant
32:20was a lot sleazier than your Apprentice, or your Amazing Race,
32:26or some of these more prestige reality shows.
32:30Nope, this was straight VH1 trash.
32:33Diddy, you hated him.
32:35In my head, I was like, does she actually have a conversation with him?
32:41And why would they say I'm a handful?
32:43Diddy is not gonna be writing for me all night.
32:46I think Dawn saw right through it.
32:48You don't tell the client that you don't like your teammate.
32:50And I respect the blind handshake because she's very professional.
32:54We're artists. You don't tell the artist.
32:56Honestly, this feels exactly like The Apprentice.
32:58And then it identified this clip.
33:01And it's super odd.
33:03Like, you wouldn't have seen Gilbert Godfrey on The Apprentice
33:07rubbing Marlee Matlin's feet.
33:09No, that wouldn't have gotten the job.
33:12Would have given me nightmares, too.
33:15But, hey, YouTube, are you complicit in this?
33:21Anyway, let's get back to the main video here.
33:25I'm taking a trip to Barnes & Noble's.
33:27There are two books that I need to pick up.
33:29What?
33:30Whoa!
33:31That's a thumb ball!
33:33We have to present ourselves to Mr. Coleman.
33:36Hey, cut. Go. Off. The. Way.
33:39Yeah, I just think that these people weren't really trying to get Puppy's job.
33:46They didn't really want to be his apprentice.
33:49It sounded like, and from additional readings,
33:53they were just trying to find over-the-top personalities.
33:56People who were probably ready for their own reality show.
34:01I doubt these people were the type that were going to sit at an office job.
34:07This is life, y'all, so when it's time for the plane to take off,
34:11one of y'all not going to be able to come with me.
34:14Who will take the fall?
34:16One of y'all are going to get on this plane with me,
34:18and we're going to go to Cannes, and we're going to start making history.
34:21Mike, God bless you.
34:22Thanks a lot.
34:23I love you, Mike. I love you, Mike.
34:26And then my heart fell because I looked over at Mike.
34:29And I realized he escaped.
34:31He won't have the same trauma that I have.
34:33Thank you. Best day of my life.
34:35Have a seat, baby girl.
34:42You know, a big part of me was happy that Suzanne got the job.
34:46You know, it could have been any one of us,
34:48and Suzanne, she did her thing through all these challenges.
34:51But I worked hard, and I gave my all, and I guess it wasn't enough.
34:56All right.
34:58So Mike didn't get picked.
35:01He's been left behind.
35:08Hey, yo, Mike.
35:10I can never leave JP.
35:13You're coming, too.
35:15Hey, yo.
35:17I was thinking, I got like 10 companies.
35:20At least I got a lot of room.
35:23Kind of makes this contest superfluous.
35:25Why do we even have it?
35:27But I hired literally everybody.
35:31Working for me is the best job in the world.
35:35Doesn't sound it.
35:37Once you work for Diddy, anything is possible.
35:43I'm out for the experience. That's what I need.
35:46Is this the first night?
35:48Because everything I just saw was...
35:51It is not the experience.
35:55They're having fun at a normal hour.
35:58From what I'm reading here, you don't get normal hours.
36:01You get 24-7, always on the clock.
36:04You always make fun of those beauty pageant winners.
36:08I was beyond shocked.
36:12Who am I? How did I end up in front of Diddy?
36:15And he has just chosen me.
36:17This is the biggest day of my life.
36:19Things that Justin Bieber has never said.
36:26Hell, yeah. I'm so hyped.
36:29I just know that I'm going to give him my all.
36:32Don't give him your all.
36:39So this person...
36:41What would you do for Diddy?
36:44What would you do for Diddy?
36:46This is Kim for Diddy.com.
36:48We want to see what is the craziest, most bizarre, off-the-chain
36:51things people would do to show their love for Diddy.
36:54No!
36:56Uh, yeah, I think I know TikTok audio when I hear it.
37:01You guys are going to clip that, right?
37:04This seems like something you guys can meme.
37:07What would I do for Diddy?
37:09Run! How could you not?
37:12Say you were working down the hall
37:14and suddenly Diddy and his kids came at you
37:16and Diddy's dressed like this.
37:25Diddy style! Diddy style, baby!
37:27You want me to put vodka on my nose?
37:31Don't forget this!
37:33What would I do for Diddy?
37:35I'll tell you what I wouldn't do.
37:37Eat Chef Diddy's cooking and stay the night.
37:39Here, cool your eyelashes off.
37:42Ooh!
37:44And what's sad is these aren't even the craziest things
37:46that people have done to work for Diddy.
37:48Allegedly...
37:50What would you do for Diddy?
37:52I'm about to cry, yo.
37:54If we don't win, we all going to jump off a bridge together.
37:57I'll tell him. I'll tell him.
37:59And if you know a little bit too much,
38:01somebody might help you jump off that bridge.
38:04I just wanted to ask.
38:07Suzanne, you ready to come make some history with me?
38:09I'm so ready. I'm more ready than I've ever been
38:11and I ever knew I could be.
38:13Wow, was that anticlimactic.
38:15Uh, Susan, you, uh, won.
38:19I guess.
38:21And then you have the Off the Grid Project,
38:23which is a mini-movie that P. Diddy put out
38:27to promote the Love Album.
38:29Well, the Love Album flopped.
38:31The next thing you know,
38:33Well, the Love Album flopped.
38:35The next reality show that he was going to have with his sons
38:38got cancelled, obviously.
38:41And I don't think we're going to see the full version of this film.
38:44What's the most spontaneous thing you've ever done in your life?
38:48Don't answer.
38:54Diddy's travel vlog.
38:56Yes, let Diddy take you out to the desert.
39:00See how well that works out for you.
39:03I mean, at best, you're going to have to escape on a flight
39:07like in his old 90s music video.
39:09At worst, it's going to be like the beginning of a Columbo
39:13and he's going to kill you, leave you here
39:15and figure out a way to avoid getting caught.
39:19So what kind of niggas you be fucking with?
39:25Satanic walks.
39:27I feel everything so deeply.
39:30I guess it's all over now.
39:32Sometimes I just want to carry my own thoughts.
39:34I hope your thought is,
39:36where are all the nearby cameras?
39:38Everything should be documented.
39:40Just in case Diddy wants to become
39:44Martine Dramatica.
39:48So would you say you have an unhealthy relationship with love?
39:51Do you have an unhealthy relationship with love, Diddy?
39:54But just remember this,
39:56As long as you live and breathe, I love you.
40:00Did Diddy just make every arthouse film?
40:02I've just experienced so much loss in like the last year.
40:04I had to put love on a time out.
40:11I had to put love on a time out.
40:14And life felt like it was at the two minute warning.
40:18And also, this is a Diddy original.
40:21You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take.
40:24I love you, Diddy.
40:26He's a savage.
40:28He gets what he wants.
40:32It's too good to be true, so you don't believe it.
40:35So you self-sabotage.
40:37Have you ever danced in the desert under the moonlight?
40:40What is he, the Joker?
40:46Never above you.
40:47Never below you.
40:49Always by your side.
40:50Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
40:53Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
40:56It is.
40:58I promise you're not going to fall in love.
41:00Oh wait, he is the Joker.
41:02It's that clip of him dressed like him.
41:04I can feel it coming in the air with Diddy.
41:10Oh lord.
41:13Oh, Phil Collins getting hit on his drum sound.
41:17Go, go, go, go, go.
41:20What the fuck did you do?
41:24Oh no.
41:26The rating is home.
41:28You can't fall in love.
41:29You're going to get all the hard drives.
41:36When he comes into the studio, it's like locked in, clocked in.
41:40It's like a newfound calling.
41:43I don't think God's impressed at all.
41:46That's the frequency that I'm asking y'all to be a part of.
41:48Make the love album without Diddy on it.
41:52But Nyla, how?
41:56Diddy's ass knew the end was near when he put together that love album.
42:00I think he was trying to create a body of work that would make people look past his discretions.
42:06Really?
42:07Because you've got to make a damn good album for someone to do that.
42:10He had one purpose when he was doing Bad Boy and now he's got a whole new purpose.
42:16I'm coming with something where you can listen to your heart.
42:19Listen to the way you feel.
42:21Motability, emotion, melody. Let's go.
42:24I can see it in your eyes.
42:25No. Why is he there?
42:27In your soul.
42:28No.
42:29You better say it in a way that nobody ever said it.
42:32It's my pleasure.
42:34I want that shit to be coming from your heart.
42:36Yeah, that was it right there.
42:37Run, Biebs. Run. Run.
42:41I don't make an algorithm. I make a feeling.
42:44You want to give them something that they can sing.
42:46People said, do you want streams?
42:48I said, I want souls.
42:50Souls?
42:52You know who says that?
42:54Satan.
42:56Why do I have to keep making comparisons to Satan with Diddy?
43:01Honestly, he might be worse than I counted.
43:03Right now, I'm on the edge and it's just too much going on.
43:07That's unnecessary.
43:08I just can't do it all, you know, and make this music and stay locked in.
43:12That's why they're doing plyometrics.
43:14You're going to have the interviews. You have to meet these people.
43:17I just need to be alone for a little bit, everybody.
43:25I used to look up to this guy.
43:27This is really awkward to watch.
43:31I actually probably would have bought a ticket to this bad boy reunion tour.
43:37Those are a lot of good songs.
43:39This is kind of discouraging.
43:41A lot of this stuff was on my pool playlist back in the day.
43:45The saga continues.
43:46I mean, I know that album from front to back.
43:51Diddler.
43:53Last time you met me, you ain't the same person we met.
43:56Diddy has nine personalities.
43:59Give me some real love.
44:00Turn that TV off.
44:01I took too much gummies.
44:04That might make you a little bit upset.
44:07That might make you a little bit over the edge.
44:09That might make you a little bit insane, if you know what I mean.
44:13So, just a psychopath.
44:16Your daddy's birthday present.
44:17Fuck this.
44:19I did the magic trick.
44:21There's nine of you in one body.
44:24This is my second mouth.
44:25DJ Khaled, if you knew that, you should have made music.
44:27Screaming from the rooftops to avoid this guy.
44:30Now you can't hang out at his house.
44:34This person says, Diddy can still get my streams.
44:38Press play, the love album.
44:40All the early 90s, 2000s bad boy.
44:44Always hit.
44:46I guess this love album was fire.
44:49Unless they're like his diehards and they're like bombarding the reviews.
44:53Love will erase you.
44:54And love will erase you.
44:55The difference between good and great is caring.
44:57To take these little steps to make it be great.
45:00Thou shall not fuck with Norse Eve Puff.
45:03Okay, I know we're all supposed to be mad at Diddy as a collective.
45:06But the love album still slaps.
45:08I don't care.
45:09Y'all can kick him off the island.
45:11But that album gotta stay.
45:12I'm making a record, like I'm living a second chance at life.
45:15And I don't know when it's gonna end.
45:17I invented champagne, making love in the rain.
45:19Wait, he invented champagne?
45:20It's time to go, the bop is back.
45:21Whatever we gotta do, we're not stopping till we're number one.
45:25This is like my life, my legacy.
45:27All I ever been is what a legend is.
45:29I'm not leaving here until the world is changed.
45:32So that is the lost media of Puff Daddy.
45:35I mean, if you find any of this stuff, put it online.
45:39Leak it.
45:41There is a lot of gold here that's just begging to be found.
45:47Don't let them bury this, okay?
45:50And if you like this video, you know what to do.
45:52In the comments, say something about Diddy, brother love.
45:58And just what a weird dude that guy turned out to be.
46:02As always, subscribe.
46:05There's a Patreon link somewhere if you feel like just dropping a couple bucks to keep the lights on and maybe fund future projects.
46:12And of course, like Tupac said, I'm a bad boy as a staff, record label, and as a mummy.
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