Real Pics of Diddy with Taylor Swift?

In late September 2024, two pictures circulated on social media, allegedly exhibiting pop star Taylor Swift with embattled music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Combs was arrested on Sept. 16, 2024, on prices together with intercourse trafficking and racketeering. As these allegations unfold, each genuine and doctored photographs of Combs with varied celebrities surfaced on-line.

One photograph, shared (archived) by a consumer on X (previously Twitter), was captioned, “Rattling take a look at Taylor swift hanging with Diddy – did she go to his social gathering mmmm perhaps?”

(Threads consumer @ms.americanpi)

A Threads consumer wrote, “Taylor Swift’s individuals have spent thousands and thousands scrubbing photos of her and Diddy from the web. They’d hate it if this received unfold round,” whereas one other added, “This appears to be like so photoshopped.”

TinEye and Google reverse-image search outcomes confirmed the pictures have unfold on-line at the least since late 2009 and early 2010, on social media platforms including on Facebook, Threads, and X (previously Twitter).

The images are actual, exhibiting Combs and Swift on the MTV Video Music Awards in New York Metropolis on Sept. 13, 2009. Both photos can be found by way of Getty Photos and had been taken throughout that occasion. Subsequently, we have now rated this declare as true.

The primary image, a horizontal shot, is captioned:

NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Sean “Diddy” Combs and singer Taylor Swift the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on September 13, 2009 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Christopher Polk/Getty Photos)

(Getty Photos)

The second, a vertical image, is equally captioned:

2009 MTV Video Music Awards – Present
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Sean “Diddy” Combs (L) and Taylor Swift pose on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on September 13, 2009 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Christopher Polk/Getty Photos)

(Getty Photos)

For additional studying, see our fact-checks of different photographs allegedly that includes Combs and well-known personalities:

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