Diddy Backtracks on Name Change: 'I Was Only Playin'

Sean “Diddy” Combs has clarified his announcement this past weekend that he would now be known exclusively as Love, aka Brother Love. “I was only joking,” he says in a new Instagram video. “It was just part of one of my alter egos. One of my alter egos is Love.” Diddy had previously declared that he “will not be answering to Puffy, Diddy, Puff Daddy, or any of my other monikers.” In the new video, he clarifies, “You can address me by any of my older names. But if you still wanna call me Love, you can call me Love, baby. But I was only playin’.” Watch the video below.

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