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Diddy Calls Martin Bashir's Questions Racist

12:30 p.m. · July 29, 2010 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Back in June, Martin "I proved how creepy Michael Jackson was in his later years" Bashir interviewed Diddy for Nightline about how rich he is, sponsoring things and how he buys his kids cars. The video is above. But two months down the line, Diddy is pissed about the interview: He called Bashir's questions racist in an interview with Vibe: 

"The whole thing about giving a Maybach to my son, that's really like a racist question," Diddy tells the mag. "You don't ask white people what they buy their kids. And they buy 'em Porsches and convertible Bentleys, and it ain't no question. It's really a racist question and put things back in perspective with money and the way that people still look at you. And I'm not saying that consciously he's a racist. But he probably don't even realize that he would not ask Steve Jobs that. He would be like Steve Jobs has that money and that's the gift his kid is supposed to get."

 

"There were times in the interview when I had to give him an ultimatum. The questions weren't being handled the right way. In hindsight, when I saw him, I shouldn't [have] done the interview because I know the style of interview that he does," Diddy said.

I guess he has a point, though Bashir's questions were worse during the part about Biggie and the part about reaching middle age. Though how much of a cop-out is calling Bashir's "questions" racist, and not just going for the jugular? [MTV]