P. Diddy and W. Have a Chat

Posted on December 7, 2004

The President and First Lady gave P. Diddy a personal tour of The White House. The New York Post reports that hip hop impresario and Vote or Die founder P. Diddy (well, he's Sean Coombs to his mother and went by Puffy when he was with J. Lo) showed up at the White House for a private tour, only to discover that his tour guides were President and Mrs. Bush. Which must have been a bit surprising, after that nasty little snafu during the campaign season when Mrs. Bush refused to pose for a photo with the Diddy. P. Diddy's feelings were said to be hurt by the incident and he shared with reporters that Vote or Die is non-partisan. The word must have trickled back to the compound since the first couple reportedly was very gracious during the tour.

So what in the world did this threesome discuss? Sources say Laura Bush told Puffy: "I understand you had a wonderful birthday party recently." And when they discovered that P. Diddy and Mrs. Bush have the same birth date, W suggested they celebrate jointly next year. "I'll arrange that," P. Diddy offered. As he left, Mr. Coombs told the first couple, "You have a nice house." Kudos to the Diddy for overcoming the shock and awe of a surprise presidential meeting and coming up with some polite chit chat. Although I'm still not convinced that President Bush had any idea who he was having to lead on a tour, since he kept saying "SO, you're Sean Combs."