Danity Kane alum D. Woods claimed the girl group’s founder, Sean “Diddy” Combs, was predatory and created a verbally abusive work environment.
The singer, born Wanita Denise Woodgett, broke her silence on her traumatic experience working with the embattled rapper during a “Good Morning America” interview Monday.
“I would say that this moment now is a time where I feel like my experience, my truth will really be heard and actually considered and believed,” she said, referring to Combs’ upcoming sex trafficking trial and the sexual assault and rape allegations stacking up against the hip-hop mogul.
A clip from the new Investigation Discovery documentary “The Fall of Diddy,” in which Woods shares her story, even shows Combs body-shaming her.
“He did it in different ways with all of us. You know, picking and prying and just a way to chip and knock away, but then praise you,” she claimed to ABC News’ Eva Pilgrim of their “troubling interactions.”
In the doc, Woods describes her time with Combs, saying she saw herself standing in “dark, scary, predatory spaces.” She also remembers him saying “some of the most degrading things.”
When asked on “GMA” how working with Combs, 55, was “predatory,” Woods claimed he was “constantly treating you like a piece of meat.”
“Only valuing you for your sex appeal. And some of the environments, you know, it was even scary to be by yourself,” she said.
Woods and her former bandmates — Aundrea Fimbres, Shannon Bex, Dawn Richard and Aubrey O’Day — skyrocketed to success in the mid-2000s with hits like “Show Stopper” and “Damaged” after signing to Combs’ label, Bad Boy Records, on “Making the Band 3.”
But things crumbled when Combs fired Woods and O’Day, now 40, from Danity Kane after tensions began to unfold.
An old clip from the MTV reality show captured Woods telling Combs she did not think anyone in the group had been “happy for a long time” before he dismissed her.
Woods claims in “The Fall of Diddy” that she witnessed “inappropriate communications” between Combs and O’Day prior to their firings.
While Combs’ behavior was troubling, Woods said she and her bandmates had no one to turn to for help.
“It’s like, ‘So how do we survive this?’” she asked.
Combs has denied all accusations made in the documentary, with his attorneys saying in a statement to ABC News, “The producers failed to provide sufficient time or details for his representatives to address unsubstantiated claims.”
The legal team added, “He has full confidence in the facts and judicial process, where the truth will prevail: The accusations against him are pure fiction.”
Woods admitted during Monday’s sit-down that she was afraid of “retribution” if Combs gets off scot-free.
“Even this,” she said of her “GMA” appearance. “It’s like, maybe I shouldn’t say [that], maybe I should stop talking, shut up.
“But it’s like, you know, well, not talking hasn’t changed anything either,” she continued.
“The Fall of Diddy” premieres Monday at 9 p.m. ET on Investigation Discovery and Max.
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