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WATCH: Stephen A. Smith Just Dragged Diddy For a Good Reason

It's not everyday that the famed ESPN anchor is right, but when he is--he is.

Itโ€™s very normal to hear ESPN anchor Stephen A. Smith going off about certain people, places and things on a regular basis. But itโ€™s a breath of fresh air when he does so a well-deserving subject.

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This time, he came for other than Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combs who, thanks to his decision to wipe his Instagram completely clean of any photos and videosโ€”including the apology video acknowledging the harm he enacted on ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, found himself on the proverbial chopping block:

โ€œIf you had a million phots, if you had a million videos and you decided to delete 999,999โ€”thatโ€™s the one you shouldโ€™ve kept up! If youโ€™re sincere. You got nearly 20 million followers on Instagram, 20 million, nearly 20 million. And I know that you been taking alot of hits and thereโ€™s been shrapnels of criticism all over the place aimed at your direction. Not that it wasnโ€™t deserved! But that doesnโ€™t mean that thereโ€™s but so much one human being could take. Although one could argue, the ex that you hit had to deal with a helluva lot more than you had to deal with in terms of the criticism. But I digress.โ€

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Smith went on to say that by deleting the apology video, people would have an even slimmer chance in believing the Bad Boy mogul was truly sorry and believing in his redemption. He also questioned where his PR folks were and overseers who shouldโ€™ve made a different call.

โ€œDonโ€™t you want people to know you were contrite? That you were incredibly sorry? That you have profound regret for the egregious that you were caught on camera committing?,โ€ he asked at one point. โ€œThat wasnโ€™t smart...it comes across as you wanting to erase everything as opposed to wanting to be accountable for everything.โ€

This dragging comes just one week after Diddy was stripped of his King of New York City title after having to return the keys back over to the city, as well asย selling his majority stake of his REVOLT TV brand.

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