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Several questions have been raised amid the release of Netflix’s new Diddy documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning. But one topic that has come up more than others is how ethical the film is. It included exclusive footage filmed by the Bad Boy Records founder and the statements he made just days before his arrest.
Diddy’s Ex-Bodyguard Reveals How 50 Got Exclusive Footage
In the wake of the film’s debut, many people have wondered just how the footage was obtained. Combs’ former bodyguard, Roger Bonds, recently weighed in on how he believes the footage was obtained.
Bonds says that Combs has been known to have videographers follow him around all day. So it is likely that the footage was legally obtained because he hired them.
“When these young boys come in, first of all, [Diddy] only deals with young videographers. Because he wants to rob them and he knows that they want the opportunity to follow Puff Daddy,” Bonds said (Via Akademiks). “So they get them at a low price anyway. But when you stay out so many hours a day… Puff wants a videographer with him 24 hours a day. Whether we are on a yacht, whether we are on a ship. Wherever we’re at, he wants to videotape that, right? So now, they come to an agreement, whatever the pay is gon to be.”
As for how Netflix got hold of the exclusive footage. Bonda says there was most likely a dispute between Diddy and the Videographers about how much they would get paid. And they were unable to agree. So the videographers sold the footage to Netflix instead.
“If you got a contract, and he doesn’t stand by that contract, guess what happens? [The videographer] can do whatever he wants to do with that footage. So now that footage goes to the highest bidder,” Bonds continued. “And 50 had to be the highest bidder. This is business. Everybody ain’t in love with you. Everybody ain’t dedicated, everybody ain’t loyal to the point of stupidity. Trust me.”
