What a hellish morning!

Woke up to seeing Sean John doing his little "Diddy" on The Today show this morning for his fragrance, Unforgiveable.

He's sitting there next to Alexis Glick on a stool holding his fragrance bottle up and out to the camera like a school kid during show and tell.

They decided to integrate the segment into their weekly style spot and took a rather conservative married male and did what they called a "makeover." The guy has a job in New York in the financial sector, and quite frankly, I thought he dressed just fine all by himself. Apparently, Diddy didn't approve and decided a bit more "bling" was needed. You could TELL he was reading from cards and not from memory and they said, "We're going to turn this man into something unforgiveable."

Yawn... not even funny.

Then, Diddy decides to reference Calvin Klein and how he is happy to be among such designers of that caliber. That has got to be the biggest joke of the year!

As he continues talking he references that just how other designers have come out with fragrance, it's always been a dream for him (puh-leez!) to do a fragrance and with this, they are now expanding on the Sean John label becoming a "lifestyle" brand. I shudder to think!

They focused more on the makeover of the other guy than they did the fragrance, but Diddy closed the segment by saying.

"And this isn't a grandfather smelling fragrance either."

Diddy was dressed in a brown pullover cardigan type sweater zipped up to the neck. Why he was wearing shades inside the studio is beyond me because Katie, Matt, Al and the others seem to do just fine under the bright lights without shades. (har har)

He disgusts me... and he was out there pimping Estee Lauder this morning.

Sad. Truly sad.

Don't get me started.

Come on guys, lighten up, he's just doing his job as a 'celebrity' ;-) lol
Actually, I think he's a cool dresser. *ducks head*

hahaha!!!

Made a copy to read later, but really admire your choice of verb ("pimping")

Hello everyone...

I was admitted to the local hospital a few minutes ago after reading the above post due to shock. I had passed out at the office, and hit my head on the file cabinet. I now have this little "diddy" on my head because of it.

Anyhow, the Dr.'s say I'm fine, but they wrote on my directives sheet that I need to avoid reading comments such as the one state above to keep my blood pressure down and ultimately from shock so I don't pass out anymore.

They said I have stay until lunch, where they'll bring me some Jell-O, juice in one of those funky design printed paper cups with a flexible straw, and then they'll release me.

I'm still feeling a bit queezy, but I think I'll pull through.

;)

Awe Jeffery, that hurt ;-)

My point is that nothing celebs do really shock me - I just don't have emotional reactions to those things b/c I just find them amusing and don't take them seriously. Celebs do all kinds of crazy things - I just attribute it to them being 'artistes'.

Hope you feel better real soon ;-)

"I was admitted to the local hospital a few minutes ago after reading the above post due to shock. I had passed out at the office, and hit my head on the file cabinet. I now have this little "diddy" on my head because of it.

Anyhow, the Dr.'s say I'm fine, but they wrote on my directives sheet that I need to avoid reading comments such as the one state above to keep my blood pressure down and ultimately from shock so I don't pass out anymore.

They said I have stay until lunch, where they'll bring me some Jell-O, juice in one of those funky design printed paper cups with a flexible straw, and then they'll release me.

I'm still feeling a bit queezy, but I think I'll pull through."



Jefferey, the only way that hurt was because I was lauging so hard!
To quote Scott from "Best in Show" - "Who are YOU all of the sudden???"
Clever Boy. ; D

Greenlily, hi! haven't seen you in forever, seems like

Jeffery, that was hilarious! (Assuming it didn't really happen...)

Whatever they're doing wrong on this perfume, it's sure working in getting consumer interest!

Diddy - the lifestyle... ha!
I can just see his make over show now...

"Getto Eye For The White Guy," or "Pimp My Businessman."

I saw this, I haven't been well lately & the segment made me feel worse. The Today show is really going to H in a handbasket.

And what's with Matt & Martha doing the flowers? "The Handle"...come on Matt!

Hey Fultilt, good to find you again!

Christine

My interest in Diddy is zilch -

Never smelled his new 'fume and hadn't thought of rushing out to try it, either -

Wasn't there a recent link to an article, on the great Now Smell This blog, to Diddy and the insane amount of work he put into this scent? I'll let you resourceful ones dig this link up, I can't do it at present.

Just, just just just, style-wise, Diddy is a dandy. Hmmph - the year, I don't know, around 2000 to '03, he was prominently featured in the media, due to his red carpet appearance in a fabulous white suit and fedora. He was roundly praised, in mainstream media, for his glorious get up.

Now sit down, don't want you to hit your head again, but I thought he looked pretty good. A little resplendent, but more class than pimp, in style - so I thought at the time. This may have been during his Puff Daddy period.

Oh he takes his clothing, and style, and now no doubt his perfume, very very seriously.

Damn... bloody relapse!

911... oh wait, that's my keyboard! Where's the damn phone!?

Should I trade in my Brooks Brothers wardrobe for Diddy style??

I have been eyeing a fully diamond encrusted Blackberry in the Sean John store....oh how unforgiveable of me!

Ugh. Diddy. How many times is he gonna change his name anyway? I guess I can grudgingly admire his chutzpah and self confidence, business skills, etc. But he is not cool and I would go out of my way to avoid his products. Just because I am not erm, down with the Diddy lifestyle, whatever that is.

"When you're a celebrity....it's adios REALITY.....Give me a break...wouldn't give him or his products or style the time of day...There, I said it....now back to reality.

My, I am glad I went for lab work this morning, and had the good fortune not to see the show. It's bad enough, with Katy C. but I'm sure my reaction would have been similar, Jeffery, had I seen the segment, which sounds as if it was quite embarrassing for the fellow who underwent the makeover. Pure torture for the viewing audience.

Doesn't he know you can only chose your nickname once!

I'm voting for Papa Puff.

I just cannot watch that man in anything...interview....video....ugh. I can't fathom how you can be a successful businessman and trying to infiltrate the world of fashion, and speak like that!! And no, it's not just because he's black and from the projects. Anyone can learn how to enunciate properly and not sound like a complete moron - it's just part of his schtick. I personally don't buy into his whole ghetto fabulous routine. Enough, already. I'm not black, but I wonder if it's actually a bit offensive to black people that he seems to purposely play up that "hood" angle all the time and seem devoid of any intelligence or elegance. I don't care how great his threads are - he opens his mouth and game over.

I think he's a flamboyant and interesting character -- his bling and furs, his various scuffles with the law, his white parties in the Hamptons. Plus, there's rumors he's gay, which if true makes that fragrance ad hilarious.

Has anyone here actually tested Diddy's fragrance? You may not like him but that doesn't mean the scent is bad. Look how many POLers like the Paris Hilton fragrance while simultaneously acknowledging she's skankalicious.

And what the heck is a "grandfather smelling fragrance"? Is this now the male counterpart of old lady perfume? LMAO!

Diddy light in the loafers? A fruit?

Why did he go through all the trouble of creating a fragrance when he could have just bought Le Male... every gay man's right of passage to the land of Oz and ruby slippers!

Click - Click -- there's no place like homo, Click - Click -- there's no place like homo.

! I love Le Male.

It's all there in print -- I showed you what was in Bo Diddly's lap, and it wasn't a tent pole!

Oh Jeffery, you've got the hots for Diddy, you dare not deny it. That little trip to NYC in December was just an excuse, I saw through it like wax paper!

"Click - Click -- there's no place like homo, Click - Click -- there's no place like homo." - LOL!

(I like how LeMale smells, the creepy torso bottle, not so much.)

You said it, besotted! Creepy chopped-up torsos for the men, dismembered corsets and drowning ladies for the women... Ugh! Gaultier's packaging alone has deterred me from approaching the scents.

Five-O, I always wanted to take a Ken doll head to that LeMale bottle:



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Perfect match!

You all lost me back here- I'm still rolling on the floor laughing...

Pray tell me, what is the "diddy lifestyle" anyway? Wasn't he involved or responsible (allegedly) for a shooting in a nightclub while accompanied by Jennifer Lopez? This was a few years abo so not sure if my memory serves me correctly, but as I recall he lawyered up and she distanced herself from him. (not good for the image). What's so great about his lifestyle? How does he keep a straight face in these interviews. Seems quite self-important.

Now why can't Bono come up with a fragrance. There's a celebrity I can respect. Oh I forgot he actually has talent and something to say .
LOLOLOL