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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alexis Petridis

P Diddy fails to adjust to Britain's time zone

The Graham Norton Show - London
Diddy hasn't got to grips with British time. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Lost in Showbiz would like to take you to Twitter and the wellspring of delight that is the feed of Sean "Puffy" Combs, with its riveting mix of plugs for his own brand of vodka, inspirational quotes – he recently referenced Martin Luther King's "our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" apparently in the belief that by "things that matter" King was largely referring to Sean "Puffy" Combs's own brand of vodka – and conversations with God, who, miraculously cured him of the flu after a mere four days of Combs persistently demanding that he do so.

Anyone beset by the creeping sense that Combs lives in a slightly deluded state is unlikely to be much reassured by his account of his recent experiences in the land of British TV: "Just finished filming the Chartshow! Airing Jan 22nd at 11:25am on T4 primetime." Is one of us going to tell him that 11.25 on a Saturday morning doesn't, strictly speaking, constitute "primetime"? Or shall we just leave well alone and pretend Britain comes to a standstill – "Best of luck, Diddy, you're up against James Martin's Saturday Kitchen, the most important show in the history of British television" etc – until he goes back to America?

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