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Diddy’s back on Instagram after deleting his account. See what made the rapper return

Sean Diddy Combs, hands out money and gift cards in December 2020 in Miami as part of his foundation.
Sean Diddy Combs, hands out money and gift cards in December 2020 in Miami as part of his foundation. Miami Herald File

Guess who’s back?

Sean “Diddy” Combs marked his return to Instagram on Saturday for a momentous occasion. That would be his oldest daughter Chance’s 18th birthday.

The teen’s mother is influencer Sarah Chapman, who got together with the embattled rapper when he was expecting twin girls D’Lila and Jessie with the late Kim Porter.

So, what gives? Just last month, Combs had deleted his entire account, in which he calls himself “Love.”

The “Hello Good Morning” singer, who is the subject of several lawsuits and a federal sex trafficking probe, never told his 20 million plus followers why he took the dramatic step.

A source told TMZ at the time that the 54-year-old dad of seven, who maintained his Twitter and Facebook pages, plainly wanted a reset.

Amazingly, the fallen music mogul left the comments on the homage to his daughter, whose high school graduation he was forced to miss in L.A. back in May.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the post received more than 363,000 likes.

One fan called the move “brave.”

But many others shaded Combs for daring to go public on the Internet in the wake of myriad shocking allegations against him in recent months.

“Imagine she met a dude like u,” another follower hissed.

“We ain’t forget,” said someone else.

Chance, at least, was happy, responding to her father: “Thank you. I love you.”

Madeleine Marr
Miami Herald
Celebrity/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper’s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.
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