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Diddy: I wasn’t black enough for Tropic Thunder; women should wax
Published 11/18/2008 by Helen at Cele|bitchy
... competitive with Kanye West this week. Diddy first claims he wasn’t black enough to star in Tropic Thunder. He joked: “I have not been in any of Ben Stiller’s movies. I guess I wasn’t black enough to be in Tropic Thunder. Robert Downey Jr. was a little bit blacker. I tried out for the role but I came up short. I put Ben in the video for my single Bad Boy for Life and I thought he would return the favour.” Sydney Morning Herald It sounds suprising that Diddy admitted he ‘came up short’ on acting ...

Diddy Feels Slighted
Published 11/18/2008 by chuckyB at Bossip.com
... return the favour.” The music mogul was among a host of celebrity guests at a black tie dinner honouring actor-turned-director Ben at New York’s The Museum of the Moving Image on Wednesday night. It’s hard to believe, but we are on Puff’s side this time around. We find it hard to believe that they could not find a real black man to play that role. We’re calling bullsh*t, but what do you all think about it? Source