Not only taking away his degree but RETURNING the money. Bravo Howard University Bravo 👏🏼

@LOSTGPS

2 ай бұрын

Howards dormitories are trash, they shouldve kept that money and used it to restore their campus.

@nkemokorie2744

2 ай бұрын

With all the lawsuits he’s facing he’s gonna need that money 💰

@Jhoqualia

2 ай бұрын

He wasnt didnt even pay the pledhe of 1 million dollars to the school so he wont be getting money..

@roxiejojo3758

2 ай бұрын

I was wondering too. Good Howard! You Know!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@cnm1123

2 ай бұрын

I wish they would've taken that money and donated it to a domestic violence charity (or something similar) instead. But good for them for not only taking away the degree, but also not keeping the money.

I respect the fact that they returned his donation!! Cut all ties!

@wintermonroe2894

2 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@ms.anthropik

2 ай бұрын

But they did it only after the world saw his savagery on television. They did it to save their own reputation.

@MsJP

2 ай бұрын

​@@ms.anthropik A course they wasn't going 2 do it on hear say

@ms.anthropik

2 ай бұрын

@@MsJP He didn't deserve an honorary degree in the first place with his ignorant self. And he bought that degree with the donation. So Howard Univ. doesn't impress me with the gesture.

Taking a STRONG stance against violence against women.❤ well done HU. Thank u!

@Zan823

2 ай бұрын

A strong stance would have been to do this when the Cassie lawsuit was awarded.

@anseldeangelo

2 ай бұрын

Why are you forgetting that he also abused men too? Let’s not overshadow their trauma as well.

@THEDOORIZCLOSED

2 ай бұрын

@@Zan823 they were probably debating what to do and how to do it

Just cuz you make a generous donation doesn't mean you deserve a degree

@Bright-menace

2 ай бұрын

That might be true but you’ll be surprised what a million dollars will get you 😏

@CriticalThinker137

2 ай бұрын

The donation is exactly why most honorary degrees are conferred.

@walterschwab4616

2 ай бұрын

@@Bright-menace absolutely and it's a shame

@JNante

2 ай бұрын

It's an "honorary" degree, doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. Outside of the fact you're either a celebrity or wealthy.

@nataliewalton8590

2 ай бұрын

He did alot for that University.

He walked away from his academic obligations at Howard University years ago, he never deserved even an honorary degree in the first place.

@macdime8657

2 ай бұрын

Say what you want but we all know he came from the bottom. He has a storie too

@teegreen3909

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@teegreen3909

2 ай бұрын

@@macdime8657he does deserve it

@monicaw22

2 ай бұрын

Honorary degrees comes from life experiences and accomplishments. He deserved that degree based on that merit alone.

@hikama.3318

2 ай бұрын

@@macdime8657he is still at the bottom. You don’t just use and abuse people to get to the top. Trash and always been trash

Howard University did the RIGHT THING!!!

@shesuniqueinherownwaybenja7647

2 ай бұрын

@Justice4kelllyyyes you are definitely right on that. We all judge daily, but yet still fall short of Gods grace daily as well. Yet he still loves us and give us grace and mercy. So I would definitely have to agree with you on this. Because I myself have been guilty of judging others as well. Have a blessed night

@twistedfenderchick

2 ай бұрын

Justice4kelllyy-I could say with my whole heart and soul that I have never domestically abused anyone. I have never killed anybody. I have never shot anybody in the face. I have never sexually assaulted anybody. Y’all keep acting like Diddy stole a loaf of bread and treating people like they are overreacting to the long term damage he’s caused. He harmed dozens of people for DECADES. He needs to pay for his sins and his crimes. He has been doing this for way too long.

@twistedfenderchick

2 ай бұрын

You reap what you sow.

@mimiaquariusharris6244

2 ай бұрын

Way too late! When they knew about the belt attack he should have never been given a piece of fried chicken.

@NevinReid-zy4ry

2 ай бұрын

I knew that he brought the degree

Now that's how you give something back!!!!!

@edturner3615

2 ай бұрын

FACTS!

@muffy9215

2 ай бұрын

Yup

When a Black institution returns $1 Million.....Its serious Business 😮

@blkgm7005

2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing…we need struggling with that funding😬. But integrity goes a long way in the long run. They’ll get it back

@nenej12

2 ай бұрын

But why? lol

@BT4EVER

2 ай бұрын

@@nenej12 add te to the word But and you get YOU..... A BUTTE LOL L😆

@carpediem4512

2 ай бұрын

😂 Straight facts. That hotel video ended Diddy. There’s no coming back from that.

@carminola1425

2 ай бұрын

You got that right

Good for Howard University👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@pwetty4r4

2 ай бұрын

They knew and did nothing till now

Someone reminded Howard of their Code of Ethical Conduct.

Not all money is good money 💵💅🏽

@staciewashington6051

2 ай бұрын

Facts

@thecapricorn11

2 ай бұрын

who’s painting their nails?

The irony of him losing an honorary degree in humanities!

@princepessa16

2 ай бұрын

@chrissylee325 right!!

@Lightreign888

2 ай бұрын

I’m shocked he even had one in humanities with his long list of artists he ripped off.

@wendykellen6993

2 ай бұрын

Whomp Whomp Whomp!!! 😫🤣🤣🤣

@chrissylee325

2 ай бұрын

@@wendykellen6993 😂

@chrissylee325

2 ай бұрын

@@Lightreign888 that's why I thought it was funny. He's never been a humanitarian. He is a thief. So now his honorary degree was taken from him. I wonder how he feels about things being taken away from him after he took everything from so many 🤔 and I guarantee he doesn't even know the meaning of rock bottom. But I hope he learns it soon. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Howard accepting Diddy's money and bit washing themselves completely clean from his perverted and illegal mess could have negatively impacted Howard's self image and the University itself. They did the right to completely separate themselves from him and his dirty money.

@moniquemichelle7295

2 ай бұрын

Money is green. Would you not take dirty reparations from a dirty unscrupulous government?! Our money wounds are so gapping. I’m a proud Howard alum that was pissed when he was commencement speaker. He should’ve never gotten the honorary degree but we should have kept his check. The same way Cassie took his dirty money. We are puritanical about the wrong shyt. It keeps us broke.

@jonesjones3762

2 ай бұрын

They squares how they suppose to know the streets?as long as you are aware to educate.The smartest ppl not so smart sometimes

@montezleamonte1445

2 ай бұрын

Yeah and this is the most obvious statement in this entire comment section… you don’t have downs and understand what the college did. Bravo

I was there! Front row and still have the pics. The board was torn. Most didn't want him speaking or getting the degree. Wow. Wow. Wow. I'm a bison 4 life. Earned my degree.

I like the fact that they didn't just give back the honorary degree they gave back the money... they really stood on business with this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Honorary Degree… he has no Honor, Integrity or Moral Compass. Strip him of all the things!…

@ep9421

2 ай бұрын

Take his star of the walk of fame in Hollywood

@carlakenyon6073

2 ай бұрын

Plus, he’s not that great intelligent either

One of my HU professors quickly let us know Sean Diddy Combs NEVER graduated from HU. He seemed offended that Diddy was being associated with HU in anyway. I wonder what he knew ….

@aishal277

2 ай бұрын

Maybe he knew about his abuse to a student.

@PRINCESSGEMINI1987

2 ай бұрын

Or maybe he was pushing his weight around “do you know who I am?”

Many students protested in 2014 when he was initially given the honorary degree. It was a big ordeal in the DMV. Howard should’ve never given him the degree to begin with. Many love to shout “HU” but that’s where it ends. HBCUs are extremely underfunded there’s no need to waste a graduation ceremony on people who are stingy.

@BigWilt2000

2 ай бұрын

I remember that

@blkgm7005

2 ай бұрын

You are soooo right!!!! Wow, that’s messed up…sad that the university did not listen to such a strong reaction from the student body for a man that has represented so many unscrupulous qualities even before the Cassie scandal.

I think the Rolling Stone article put the nail in coffin for Diddy.. it was embarrassing and disturbing to hear about the young lady being beat with a belt on Howard’s Campus.

@BigWilt2000

2 ай бұрын

Howard knew about it and still gave him the honorary degree

@NunyaHarmonee

2 ай бұрын

​@@BigWilt2000wow! So they probably were facing scrutiny about the awarding now that everything is on blast.

@amab1853

2 ай бұрын

I agree. I think after the video & Rolling stones article, Howard probably knew they had to cut ties with Diddy. It was very disturbing that he even had altercations while a student smh

Take it ALL AWAY!

I was never really crazy about honorary degrees in the first place. People work hard for their degrees. So I'm not mad at Howard. His life should still be studied, the high's and the lows, and how to do better.

@JNante

2 ай бұрын

I'm with you. It takes some people a great feat to earn their degrees from Bachelor/Masters/Doctorate. They should come up with something else for that person who through hard knocks creates a successful business. Honorary degrees is not it.

You cannot do ugly things to people and expect to live a beautiful life.

Alums were calling for HU to revoke that honorary degree via social media.

@Lightreign888

2 ай бұрын

Glad they did. ❤

Thank you, Howard University's for doing the right thing, never support an individual like this who is menace to society!!!

Just so everyone knows, an honorary degree is only recognized as an award, not an actual degree.

@zzizahacallar

2 ай бұрын

I think most of us knew this.

@cheaphomemademoives

2 ай бұрын

its all fake anyway!!! all for show!!! he was all about gloss! show boatin ...hes a JOKE!!!

@keepdancing2

2 ай бұрын

There are people in the comments who did not know this.

@karenrichardson595

2 ай бұрын

We know what it means 😂😂😂

@montezleamonte1445

2 ай бұрын

That’s why is honorary and not academic Stop regurgitating when you know full on well this comment has been repeated 500 times in this section alone Stop talking to black folk like they are morons too Knock off with this whole act… it’s fkn exhausting

Yeeeeessss! 🎉👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🎉 if he's not going to jail, take the things he loves most - money, power, respect!

Thank God Howard did the Honorable thing…. All money is NOT good money.

Bravo Howard University! Honorary degrees mean absolutely nothing to me. As someone who earned an MBA and spent all of these years in school, why would I even care about celebs who get a free degree that they didn't earn... He's a bad person and I hope he gets what is coming to him.

They are giving back the 1 Million that speaks volumes...H U ...I am so proud of you. 😊

As they should

Damn! That speaks volumes…respect HU! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Howard giving his money back, taking back their degree and NY want their key 🔑 to the city back.

Great! We need more people taking an ethical and moral stance! They should have returned ALL of the funding ($2M) not just $1M.

@Kempire

2 ай бұрын

They are. They never received the second million

@Gods1andonly

2 ай бұрын

@@Kempire Thank You for the clarification. ☺

Wonder how much backlash they got to finally get around to that?

@BigWilt2000

2 ай бұрын

Major

@IamTiaB

2 ай бұрын

Cause November was a long time ago 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

That was fast for a University. Higher education moves very slowly and it takes a lot of review to make a final decision. Especially when money is involved.

Let's see if Jackson State will give back their donation

That money should be donated to the homeless

It was the Rolling Stone article that prompted Howard to finally act in the end. It mentioned multiple ppl recall severeal incidence of him attacking young women on campus without any consequences. This was the driving motivation to revoke his honorary degree and give back his money.

All money ain't good money. Good for them

You know it's Bad.😮 When they take the title and give back the MONEY ....Goose is COOK... ...

❤❤💕🙌🙏 Thank You HU Board of Trustees!!! I'm a "Proud Howard U Alumni" For Life* We were always taught on campus to "Stand Up For Integrity, Equality, Community, and Eachother ❤️!!! You Got it Right! 🤝👏👏👏 Amen

So? These universities gives degrees to anybody with money, while the rest of us have to earned it!

@NiaA789

2 ай бұрын

No he actually went to university and has a degree from back in the 80s. Then he got an honorary degree due to all his achievements. He has done way more than most people.

@chrystaljenkins5622

2 ай бұрын

I thought he dropped out 🤷🏽‍♀️

@cali-tm1ec

2 ай бұрын

​@@NiaA789I'm almost sure he didn't finish his studies. he dropped out, so no diploma.

@cali-tm1ec

2 ай бұрын

and also pay for it financially

Just read about this and Board of Trustees at Howard University 💐

They should have given the money to a shelter for DV of women. Returning a million dollars to him is not hurting Diddy.

@solochica81

2 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. That would have been more powerful.

@mw9710

2 ай бұрын

Great idea !

@delcineavent4527

2 ай бұрын

It hurts his Ego..& Pridefulness

@M_Star007

2 ай бұрын

Excellent place to redirect his donation!

@tiffanyjay20

2 ай бұрын

It hurts his ego and what’s left of his brand. Just like donating HELPED his ego and his brand. Great way to stick it to a narcissist

Well Mayor Eric Adams better take back his key to the city next ✌🏾.

@Kempire

2 ай бұрын

He did

@GG-qy2wy

2 ай бұрын

​@@Kempire👏👏👏💯💯✨️🎈🎉🎊

I'm sure you've gotten this a billion and one times already but I absolutely love your speaking voice. It's very commanding. Makes you want to listen! Love your work❤

Nobody wants to be associated with Diddy. I enjoy your commentary

@Kempire

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

They should have donated that money to a charity for abused children and women

@JNante

2 ай бұрын

My sentiments exactly.

He also gave money to my alma mater Jackson State University as a stunt because Deion Sanders was our coach. I’ve been waiting to see if it’ll be returned as well. Stay tuned.

@Ali-py2ck

2 ай бұрын

I don't know, they need that money...😂

@trainwithma1n

2 ай бұрын

@@Ali-py2ck exactly how I feel but code of ethics is more important

@Kempire

2 ай бұрын

I was wondering! Stay tuned… I’m they will follow suit

@preciousone9377

2 ай бұрын

They really need the money, so I’m guessing not.

Good for them!👏🏼 I def think it was the right choice for them 2 do. Happy Friday Diddy!🎉😂🙃 #Thekarmaisreal

@meelangg

2 ай бұрын

Well DAMN 😂

@pinkfoxycake

2 ай бұрын

@@meelangg And Dang!☺

@GG-qy2wy

2 ай бұрын

​@@pinkfoxycake👏👏💯💯 HU ain't for play play!! ❤❤

@pinkfoxycake

2 ай бұрын

@@GG-qy2wy That's right!👏🏼😍❤👍🏼 No play play!😉

This is the best news I've heard all day! 👏 👏 👏

Thank you HU!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Brought shame to his legacy and name. Singlehandedly!!!. God sees everything 💯.

❤❤❤ as they should. You will not make a mockery of us

I’m so proud of my Alma mater!! 👏🏾

Bout time! The clock was ticking on HU’s slow-azz response to Diddit’s horrific misdeeds.

Well he's going to need that money to pay the victims and his legal fees so...🤷🏾‍♀️

@Coco_Love

2 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I said

@preciousone9377

2 ай бұрын

They didn’t receive at least $1mill of the funds he pledged to donate it anyway.

@392DirtBall

2 ай бұрын

He already paid them they’re sex workers, the big pay days want stick in court if you’re a sex worker 😑

@ladybug9274

2 ай бұрын

​@@392DirtBallIt will,if you were underage, trafficked, or both.

@Ali-py2ck

2 ай бұрын

@@392DirtBall not necessarily true. If I sign up to sleep with you and you force me to sleep with other people we didn't agree to beforehand, he's in violation of their agreement so there is a case.

I went to a college where a wealthy donor was caught writing hate mail to interracial couples. The donor was funding a new building to be named after him or something like that. Instead of returning the donation, the college redirected the funds and gave additional scholarships to their students of color. In fact my tuition was covered for one whole year. This is a different situation. I’m just sharing this story not about what I think Howard should or should not do.

Well done Howard for sending a message!

Retrieving the degree is already humiliating but litterally returning the money he had given to them is wow! 😲

WOW….And they are Returning the Monies…. This Shows. NOBODY WANTS TO BE NEAR HIS VIOLENT NONSENSE…. DAMN 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

💪🏾 very wise decision of the HBCU. much respect to Howard University!

🙌 Glory to God!! Howard University is truly displaying integrity foooor reaL. Standing ovation H.U. 👏🧍‍♀️

Diddy going down for all the bad things he did to everyone. Happy Pride Diddy 🎉. How you doing?

@RealRoyaltE

2 ай бұрын

😂 😆 Wendy Williams approves this comment!

@mikerickman1248

2 ай бұрын

​@@RealRoyaltE Yeah, I was channeling Auntie Wendy ❤

@RealRoyaltE

2 ай бұрын

@@mikerickman1248 perfect imitation

I feel so sad for those students! Just more victims added to Devil’s bs 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

Like the old saying go 'All money ain't good money 💰"

He has some nerve…an hon. degree in “Humanities”. Puff elevator going down just for that 🔥👿 Glad Howard revoked and returned $$.👏👏👏

You couldn't pay me to stay at the Intercontinental Hotel. Not after they accepted Diddy's money, instead of doing the right thing and reporting the abuse. I imagine that the hotel will keep it's current owners, change it's name and carry on as usual. I'm surprised that there aren't charges against the hotel.

I’m surprised it took them this long. I guess they couldn’t stay silent after former students recounted those stories about his behavior on campus in that Rolling Stones article.

They returned the money???Ouch

His Hollywood star should also be removed. They also should find the woman who was a student @Howard who was beaten by him with a belt- publicly. There is a serious pattern with him and his and his violence and wickedness towards women. We know he’s not the only one but he must be held accountable. R. Kelly said during his interview with Gayle King that there are worse people than him in the industry. Sadly, that is a true statement. I would like to ask the bloggers- when Cassie’s lawsuit dropped- did anyone bother to follow up with the hotels she listed where many of the FO’s took place? There may be more footage out there.

I absolutely think it was the right decision. To have an honorary recipient that is found to be an abuser, and criminal how could you ignore that… money or not.

Means their sources have intelligence that he’s getting indicted. Good job on being one of the first media outlets to report accurately ❤

This is why they say honorary degree is not a real degree because it can always be stripped away from you! However, if he would have earned a real doctorate degree that he actually went to school for and earned, then that degree would not have been stripped away from him.

Diddy ios not going to survive after this year, chile.

Howard doesn't care about its students, only the money folks. This was definitely triggered by high donating alum and other investors in the university.

@onlyalisaawilliams

2 ай бұрын

I doubt it. Folks keep ignoring Diddy hasn’t been criminally convicted of any of the current charges . An institution old as Howard can’t just jump out taking back honorary degrees, and publicly disassociating from a public person. I’m sure their legal team advised after that video was released, and the accusations in Cassis civil suit match they could cut ties without fear of lawsuits of slandering his reputation. They had to wait for the legal team to advise. Most of Cosby’s honorary degree were taken back after his conviction.

@JNante

2 ай бұрын

Either way it sends a strong message to the Diddler of what the overall perception of his personhood is from the public's viewpoint. That's a real hit to an individual with a huge ego.

As a HBCU graduate myself (Central State University, c/o 1990), and my oldest daughter a Howard University Graduate (c/o 2017)....Great job Howard U!!

That’s why it’s better to EARN your degree! Then it’s yours for life! Glad they took it back!

Honorary degrees are the same as the participation awards they give to children for just SHOWING up to play a game! They mean nothing! But to the people who actually work their asses off to graduate only to be left in debt, giving an honorary degree to someone is like a slap in the face! If it's that simple then everyone should just use the tuition money to buy a damn degree! Stop giving them out! A degree is EARNED!!!

I guess he could use the funds 😮

@sistaonthemove

2 ай бұрын

😭😭😭😭😭

@toldbyharlan

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@NompiloKhumalo-jm7sm

2 ай бұрын

Isn't he s billionaire??? 1m is nothing to him

Spelman did the same thing to Bill Cosby.

They shouldn’t have awarded him the degree in the first place. I hope that this is a lesson that all universities will be doing in the future. Always heavily vet someone before thinking about rewarding them.

From a very proud HBCU graduate ( SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY-GO BULLDOGS!!) I salute Howard University for such a pertinent stance in such a time as the days we are now all living in!

If you revoke an honorary degree, the right thing is to return the money. Tell the university that took countless donations from Bill Cosby to return his money, too. If you will stand on principle, stand on business, too! Cut all tides!

@RazzelDazzel-T

2 ай бұрын

Amen💪😁🍿

Whoooooaaaa. HU can hardly afford to release that money. But I’m not mad at them!!!

That was honorable and smart on their part to distance themselves from this man and his brand. They also set a powerful precedent,well done HU! this is the way to uphold and instill moral principles and ethics

Howard said give us our degree back and we don't even want your money!!!!!!

As they should thank God is all taken away! I really work so hard to engage myself in someway of earning more income. My family are happy once again and can now afford anything for my family even with my Retirement.$67k weekly returns has been life changing, after so much struggles.

@babytruca02

2 ай бұрын

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@elprofeta110

2 ай бұрын

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@elprofeta110

2 ай бұрын

I remember giving her my first savings $20000 and she opened a brokerage account for me it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.

@marcosvg90

2 ай бұрын

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@KuramaUchiha-id1ow

2 ай бұрын

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Definitely agree with Howard’s board of trustees on their decision. As one of the oldest HBC’s in the United States. They set the moral and ethical tone for future leaders and society’s influencers. Good for them!

Diddy damn diddy 😂

@supercoolfrizzle4953

2 ай бұрын

@naturallydope6971 Sean Diddy got caught

Thars a few months too late . Should have been done the day he paid Cassie.

DIRTY MONEY. I’m proud of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES have revoked his honorary degree and best of all RETURNED the donation of $1,000,000.00 + other donations. Some e Still operate on the premise of INTEGRITY.

It is completely disgusting to me how this man has gotten away with this behavior for so long, what I want to know is when did it first start!?!? I guarantee you before bad boy really took off the ground he more than likely had this behavior

Thank you Howard University! Good for you. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I disagree with what took them so long . Yes Diddy settled the Cassie civil suit, and yes I believed her from jump, but Howard is an institution, and they have to be careful how & when they break ties , because Diddy hasn’t been criminally convicted of anything “yet”, I’m sure their legal team advised them after the video was released “now is a good time to do what they did breaking all ties.. Kudos to Howard .

A good friend of mine was Diddy’s speech writer for years. He probably wrote that Howard speech as well.

ABSOLUTELY BEST NEWS I HEARD! GOOD! HE DESERVES IT 100%

First Combs denied the allegations, instead of simply admitting that he had made regrettable mistakes. His sorry-ass apology only came after the irrefutable images from the videos became public.

Good thing for Diddy...the Money will be needed for legal fees. 👀😳

Harvard University said it best " ALL MONEY AINT GOOD MONEY "