Terrence Howard Says He Cut Ties With Diddy After Bizarre Encounter

Terrence Howard has come out as the first major star to accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of seemingly making a sexual advance towards him during an encounter the thespian recalls as bizarre.

During an appearance on Patrick Bet-David’s PBD Podcast on Friday (April 4), the 56-year-old spoke of an instance in which the embattled mogul contacted him, seemingly under the guise of helping him improve as an actor himself.

“Puffy invited me, for weeks, asking me to come teach him how to — wanted me to be his acting coach for a while,” Howard said of what led him to initially linking with Combs.

However, upon finally meeting with Combs, the actor said that the hitmaker simply sat there staring at him, to the point it began to make him uncomfortable.

At one point, Diddy asked Howard to play some of the music Howard had recorded himself, a request he obliged, yet, Howard says the alleged sexual assailant continued to “look at him,” leaving him bewildered by Combs’ off-putting behavior.

Unsettled by the encounter, Howard claims to have confided in his assistant regarding the incident, who deduced that Combs had made a subtle sexual advance towards Howard. “‘I think he’s trying to f**k you,’” the Hustle & Flow star remembered the assistant saying of the famed impresario.

Howard also admitted that his experience with Combs was similar to that with other Hollywood producers, some of whom he’s had to “threaten to punch” or “knock their head off” in light of their inappropriate conduct.

“When you approach a real man about his masculinity, you’re going to get a real reaction back,” the Best Man star added on the podcast.

“I’ve lost businesses because I don’t bend over in that way. I don’t compromise. I don’t play gay roles. I don’t kiss a man. I don’t do that sh*t because the man card means everything.”

Howard and Combs would later have friction over Quincy Brown, the latter’s stepson, proposed appearance on the hit FOX series Empire due to a disagreement over ownership of Brown’s music rights.

According to reports, Combs had effectively banned Quincy from appearing on the series, which starred Howard, as a result.

“Diddy kicked up a huge stink and called all the top brass at 20th Century Fox TV to get them to change their rules over music rights,” but he didn’t get his way, an insider told PageSix at the time.

“He said there was no way his son was signing over his intellectual property. So he banned him from the show.”

Combs is currently incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits his federal trial to face charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, sexual assault, and other alleged crimes. The 55-year-old’s trial is scheduled to start May 5.

Watch Terrence Howard’s PBD Podcast below.