Diddy’s BlackBook iPhone App
Diddy’s BlackBook iPhone app is in correlation of him covering the front of BlackBook magazine’s October issue. The app gives iPhone users the ultimate guide to Diddy’s top picks for the best places to dine, drink and shop to 50 cities around the globe.
Read parts of the interview below as he talks about Obama, Last Train to Paris, turning down a roll in The Devil Wears Prada, and his love life.
How does he feel about Obama’s performance, nine months into his tenure as president?
“Honestly,” he says, “I’ve seen him at least try to do more things in the first few months than I’ve seen Bush do with his entire eight years in office. The attack that’s going to come on him in the near future is so predictable. People are trying to set him up for failure. I’m going to give him the leeway to fix some of these problems that, even for me, feel damn-near insurmountable. I just think it’s going to take time.”
The definition of Last Train to Paris: Energetic, emotional, limitless, important, heartfelt, flamboyant soul!”
Few people know that Combs turned down the part of the fashion designer played by Daniel Sunjata in 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada.
Combs knew it would be foolish to piss off the queen of the contemporary fashion world. Besides, he says, “She hasn’t been the person to kill dreams. She’s been the person to make them happen. It wasn’t like they were portraying her in a bad way. It was just that I knew what was in the script and what she’s like in real life were different. She’s bricked one or two of my collections, but she’s also called 15 minutes later with some helpful advice about who I should get to fix it.”
Porter left for the last time when, pregnant with Combs’ twin daughters, she discovered he had fathered a child with Sarah Chapman, a photographer from Atlanta.
“Love is something I strongly connect with,” Combs says, “but it’s not something I’ve conquered. I really can’t sit here pretending to be the premier expert on love. I’m still searching for the type of love that will give me peace and take care of me.”
