EXCLUSIVE: PRINCE NEVER RESPECTED DIDDY — LEGEND KEPT HIM AT ARM’S LENGTH
PLUS: JOHN CORBETT STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT (AND HEARTS), AND HUNTER BIDEN ALMOST THROWS DOWN WITH JAKE TAPPER AT SUPER BOWL BASH
EXCLUSIVE: PRINCE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH DIDDY
Diddy may have idolized Prince — but the feeling was not mutual.
As disturbing testimony continues to emerge from the federal case involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, sources close to the late Prince tell #ShuterScoop the Purple One wanted nothing to do with the Bad Boy mogul — calling him “fake,” “flashy,” and “not a real musician.”
“Prince never liked Diddy,” a longtime associate reveals. “He didn’t respect him as an artist or a man.”
According to multiple insiders, Prince — who famously played over 27 instruments and demanded musical excellence from everyone in his orbit — was openly dismissive of artists who couldn’t play an instrument, often referring to them as “manufactured performers.” Diddy, who built an empire on producing, promoting, and partying, fell squarely into that category.
“Diddy was always inviting Prince to events, trying to get close,” says one source. “But Prince kept his distance. He didn’t trust him. Said he was more businessman than musician — and not in a good way.”
Court testimony this week cast a dark shadow over a night tied to Prince’s world — as Cassie’s former makeup artist Mylah Morales revealed that Diddy beat the singer just hours before a party honoring Prince in Beverly Hills.
According to Morales, an enraged Diddy stormed into Cassie’s hotel suite, shut the door, and unleashed a vicious assault. Cassie later emerged with a swollen eye, a busted lip, and multiple contusions on her head.
Those in Prince’s inner circle say he had long pegged Diddy as “all show, no soul” — and his icy treatment of him over the years was no accident.
“Prince was polite in public,” another insider says. “But behind the scenes? He thought Diddy was a fraud. He’d call him out without saying a word — just by not showing up.”
Now, as the allegations pile up, Prince’s instincts seem tragically on point.
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EXCLUSIVE: LADIES LOSE THEIR MINDS OVER “SEXY” JOHN CORBETT AT AND JUST LIKE THAT PREMIERE — EVEN SJP COULDN’T COMPETE
Move over, Carrie Bradshaw — Aidan’s still got it.
At the And Just Like That... Season 3 premiere in New York City, all eyes were supposed to be on Sarah Jessica Parker. But it was John Corbett — aka fan-favorite Aidan — who stole the spotlight, and the hearts, of nearly every woman in the room.
“It was like Beatlemania,” one attendee tells #ShuterScoop. “He walked in and instantly got swarmed. Young women, older women, staffers, influencers — everyone wanted a photo, a flirt, or both.”
Rocking a salt-and-pepper beard, sleek black ensemble, and those signature orange-tinted shades, Corbett, 64, oozed silver fox energy that sent pulses racing. One onlooker was overheard whispering, “That man’s not just aging — he’s evolving.”
Even with the ever-glamorous wife Bo Derek by his side — glowing in a chic studded pantsuit — the ladies didn’t hold back.
“Bo didn’t blink,” a source laughed. “She stood to the side smiling like, ‘I know, right?’ She’s secure, she’s stunning, and she knows John’s a catch.”
The couple, who tied the knot in 2020 after nearly two decades together, showed off their easy, ageless chemistry — but Bo let her man have his moment.
“She’s not jealous — she’s proud,” says a friend close to the pair. “She knows John’s become the unexpected heartthrob of the series. Even SJP was upstaged — and she’s the main character!”
The fan frenzy comes as Corbett returns as Aidan in Season 3, sparking renewed hope for his on-and-off love story with Carrie. But backstage? The real romance was with the fans.
SJP may have the Manolos, but John Corbett had the mob.
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EXCLUSIVE: HUNTER BIDEN AND JAKE TAPPER NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS AT SUPER BOWL PARTY
It wasn’t just the halftime show heating up the 2018 Super Bowl — things got explosive behind the scenes when Hunter Biden and CNN’s Jake Tapper nearly came to blows at a celebrity-packed party.
“Hunter was ready to throw hands,” a source close to the scene tells #ShuterScoop. “He was furious. Jake looked like he wanted to disappear. It wasn’t just tension — it was personal. Jake ran off like a scared girl.”
Insiders say the confrontation stemmed from what Hunter, 55, saw as years of harassment and media slander, especially during the deeply painful period following the death of his brother Beau Biden.
“Tapper hounded him,” a Biden family insider claims. “Calling from blocked numbers, digging into private matters, crossing every line.”
Tapper vehemently denies ever contacting Hunter directly, though he does acknowledge the Super Bowl confrontation — but insists it was over a completely different issue.
But insiders aren’t convinced.
“The disrespect had been building for years,” a Washington source says. “Hunter is fiercely loyal to his dad, and he sees Tapper as someone who made a career out of tearing their family down.”
The feud reignited this week with the release of Tapper’s bombshell new book, Original Sin, which accuses the Biden team of orchestrating a “dementia cover-up” surrounding President Joe Biden — and paints Hunter as a manipulative, morally bankrupt “chief of staff” running the family behind closed doors.
Tapper hasn’t held back in his recent press rounds, labeling Hunter “provably sleazy” and “demonstrably unethical.”
“He cheated on his wife with his brother’s widow and got her addicted to crack,” Tapper said on a recent podcast. “That’s not opinion — that’s fact.”
Hunter, for his part, is livid — calling Tapper’s characterizations “fictional, disgraceful, and offensive”, and insisting that the CNN anchor has “no real insight” into the inner workings of the Biden family.
That near brawl at the Super Bowl was no misunderstanding — it was the opening shot in a bitter feud that’s now playing out on the national stage. And from the looks of it, neither side is backing down.
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BREAKING: ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING’ SET TO BREAK FRANCHISE RECORDS — BUT WILL ITS $400M PRICE TAG PAY OFF?
Tom Cruise may be staring down one of his biggest missions yet — and this time, it’s personal (and expensive).
With a solid 79% Rotten Tomatoes score and explosive tracking data, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning is poised to obliterate franchise records, potentially surpassing the $61.2 million opening of Fallout and leaving the $54.7M flop of Dead Reckoning Part One in the dust.
Sources say Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie “went back to square one” after last summer’s underperformance — scrapping the original title, retooling the film’s tone, and reigniting the franchise’s core fanbase.
And it’s working:
The film is resonating strongly with older male audiences, as well as drawing in older women and younger men. The only demographic proving harder to crack? Younger females — the "Barbie quadrant" Cruise still can’t quite capture.
But here’s the twist:
With a staggering $400 million net budget (before marketing!), Final Reckoning is one of the most expensive films ever made — meaning Cruise and Paramount will need more than just box office glory to justify the spend.
Still, insiders at Paramount are optimistic.
“Every new Mission movie boosts the whole franchise — rentals, streaming, everything,” says a studio source. “It’s a library play as much as a box office one.”
Cruise may be defying gravity on screen, but he’s also defying financial logic off it. If tracking holds, The Final Reckoning could cement the Mission: Impossible legacy — and prove, once again, never to bet against Ethan Hunt.
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