U2 singer Bono appeared to avoid a kiss from Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in a resurfaced clip from the 2014 Golden Globe Awards
An awkward encounter between Sean “Diddy” Combs and Bono has resurfaced amid the rapper’s indictment for sexual assault and sex trafficking.
Diddy presented Bono and his fellow U2 band members with the award for Best Original Song – Motion Picture at the 2014 Golden Globes. Footage of the January 2014 awards ceremony has recently garnered online attention, particularly for how Diddy congratulated Bono on the group’s win.
While greeting Diddy, 54, and his fellow presenters Usher and Kate Beckinsale on stage, Bono, 64, accepted a hug from Diddy before appearing to swerve his head away from the rapper, who seemingly was leaning in to kiss Bono on the cheek. Bono went on to call the win “personal” while speaking about U2’s song “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
Despite the uncomfortable interaction, Bono and Diddy later posed for pictures at a Golden Globes afterparty in Los Angeles. (Bono and Diddy’s reps did not respond to Us Weekly‘s request for comment. A source close to the situation tells Us, “It was an awkward moment and nothing more.”)
The Golden Globes footage resurfaced amid Diddy’s ongoing legal issues, which began when his ex-girlfriend Cassie filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him in November 2023. The lawsuit — in which she accused Diddy of sexual abuse and rape — was settled one day after it was filed. Diddy denied the allegations at the time.
