Ana Gasteyer claims ‘a–hole’ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘demanded a totally closed set’ on ‘SNL’ in 1998

Ana Gasteyer blasted Sean “Diddy” Combs’ behavior on the “Saturday Night Live” set in 1998. Getty Images

Nearly 30 years after Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared as a musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” Ana Gasteyer is calling him out.

The comedian labeled the embattled music mogul an “a–hole” for allegedly demanding “a totally closed set” during his 1998 appearance.

“He, of course, shut down the whole building,” Gasteyer, 57, said on the “Las Culturistas” podcast Wednesday. “You can tell the five a–holes in the six years that I was there when they would be like, ‘So-and-so is in the building, everybody stay in your dressing rooms!’”

The comedian claimed the rapper “shut down the whole building.” Getty Images

She joked that this is only “applicable” for presidential candidates. CJ Rivera/Invision/AP

While the “Mean Girls” actress called this behavior “applicable” for presidential candidates, she quipped, “Apart from that, it’s really my house.”

She also described her fellow cast member Will Ferrell making Combs, now 55, “very uncomfortable” during his rehearsal.

“They were like, ‘Wouldn’t it be so funny if Ron just went in?’” she recalled in the episode, referencing Ferrell’s character. “And he did.”

Combs was a musical guest at the time. Saturday Night Live/Youtube

The rapper performed “Come With Me.” Saturday Night Live/Youtube

Gasteyer remembered, “He went on down the stairs and he marched right in. And I have the video from the control room where Sean Combs is rapping ‘Come With Me,’ and behind him Ron is just walking around looking really disoriented.

“It is the greatest thing that’s ever happened, because what a deserved person to have their ‘Kashmir’ moment interrupted by Ron,” she continued.

After clarifying that the rapper “really did not roll with” the interruption, the “Suburgatory” star blasted his “faux importance.”

Will Ferrell interrupted Combs’ rehearsal while in character. Saturday Night Live/Youtube

Combs “did not roll with it,” according to Gasteyer. Saturday Night Live/Youtube

She added, “Like, what’s gonna happen? You’re gonna walk into the studio and you’re gonna be like, ‘I’m in the studio. I work here.’”

Combs’ team has yet to respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

Ferrell, 57, previously spoke about the moment with Combs during a January 2020 interview with Vulture.

Ferrell spoke about the tense moment in 2020. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Combs was arrested in September and is facing multiple sexual assault lawsuits. Getty Images

“Someone said, ‘Ron should go up onstage,’ and before everyone turned to see, I had sprinted out the door,” the actor said.

Combs’ behavior has come under scrutiny amid his recent legal troubles, from the Grammy winner’s September arrest to numerous sexual assault lawsuits against him.

Combs has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

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