Donald Trump Defended Diddy to Aubrey O’Day on ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ Arsenio Hall Says

Legendary comedian and influential late-night host Arsenio Hall says he overheard a conversation between former president Donald Trump and former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day during their days on Celebrity Apprentice.

While sitting down with the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Hall told a story about the time Trump defended Diddy after O’Day said some “negative things” about the fallen mogul during a commercial break. “She says some negative things about Diddy, and I’m listening,” he starts. “Trump chimes in and defends Diddy and that surprised me because usually Trump don’t defend nobody but himself.”

Adding, “And for him to speak up and say, ‘Well, I like him, he’s a good guy. I’ve never had a problem.’ He gives him a full-throated vote of character and Aubrey says, ‘Well, that wasn’t my experience.’ And she says the opposite and says he’s a horrible person, and I’m listening to this and I had no idea one day this was gonna play out in real-time, and of course, this is that month that it’s playing out. … But Trump liked Diddy.”