Years After Usher Recalled Seeing 'Wild' Things When He Lived With Diddy At Age 13, His 'Sad' Response To A Question About His First Kiss Has Sparked A Load Of Discourse

Palmer has since won praise for expertly reading the room and redirecting her and Usher’s conversation — which comes almost a decade after he recalled seeing "wild" things when he lived with Sean "Diddy" Combs at age 13.

This article mentions allegations of sexual assault and rape.

Last week, Usher sat down with Keke Palmer for a candid chat on her podcast. The pair discussed everything from their viral moment at his 2023 Las Vegas residency to his new Audible special, “The Last Showman” — but now, one particular clip about Usher’s “first kiss” is gaining traction online.

For some quick but necessary context, Usher was just a teenager when he shot to fame following the release of his self-titled debut album in 1994. When he was 13, he spent a year living at Sean “Diddy” Combs’s house, in what he called “Puffy Flavor Camp.”

As you’re likely aware, Diddy was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution last year. He has been accused of rape, sexual misconduct, and extortion dating back to the 1990s across more than 30 civil cases. He has denied all of these allegations.

In 2016, Usher recalled seeing some “wild” and “curious” things while living with Diddy as a teenager. He said on “The Howard Stern Show,” “I got the chance to see some things. I went there to see the lifestyle — and I saw it. But I don’t know if I could indulge and understand what I was even looking at. It was pretty wild. It was crazy.”