The British journalist, who landed in hot water for forging documents to land interview with Princess Diana, reportedly targeted the Bad Boy Records founder after Michael Jackson sit-down.

• Jun 1, 2021

AceShowbiz - Diddy was disgraced journalist Martin Bashir's next target after his controversial interviews with Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, according to the rap mogul's former publicist.

TV personality and podcast host Rob Shuter has revealed Bashir aggressively tried to land a blockbuster interview with his boss, but Diddy refused to sit down with the Brit, who is currently in hot water following allegations he falsified documents to convince Diana to agree to his 1995 interview.

Openly gay Shuter claims Bashir went so far as to flirt with him in an effort to win a chat with his star client.

"He called me himself to meet me to do Diddy," said Shuter. "He wanted Diddy to be the next one in the trilogy. And I was such a Michael Jackson fantastic growing up, Martin Bashir calling me flattered my ego (sic)."

"He took me to dinner at The Soho House. He worked me. He flirted with me. He emailed me. He played, he giggled all to get Diddy... I got to see Martin Bashir and I got to see how he worked. And how he manipulated and how he touched your knee when you were sitting there. Clearly, he knew I was a gay boy."

"So, I spoke to him (Diddy)... and he was like, 'Hell no! I isn't sitting down with him (sic).' "

Shuter even claims Bashir once sent flowers to his office. "You would think we were dating," he added. "It was wild and creepy."