Diddy was a 'diva' on SNL as he demanded closed set for rehearsals but Will Ferrell was having none of it

Sean 'Diddy' Combs pulled a diva move by demanding a 'totally closed set' to rehearse his song Come with Me on Saturday Night Live back in 1998.

'[He] of course, like, shut down the whole building,' SNL veteran (1996-2002) Ana Gasteyer dished on Las Culturistas podcast Wednesday.

'You can tell like the five a**holes in the six years that I was there when they would be like, "So and so is in the building, everybody stay in your dressing rooms." Which is applicable if you're a presidential candidate. But apart from that, really, it's my house. For P. Diddy, he demanded a totally closed set.'

In the 55-year-old disgraced rap mogul's defense, the stage was completely overcrowded with a band, full string section, and horn section as well as Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page shredding his iconic 1975 Kashmir riff.

Diddy - then known as Puff Daddy - rehearsed his six-minute musical performance the Thursday before the May 9th episode hosted by David Duchovny, and SNL veteran (1995-2002) Will Ferrell decided to crash it in character as 'Ron.'

'[Will] went on down the stairs, and he marched right in,' the 57-year-old funnywoman recalled.

'And I have the video from the control room where Sean Combs is rapping with like, "Da-na-na, da-na-na, da-na-na, da-na-na" behind him. And Ron's walking around, looking really disoriented.'

Ana continued: 'It is the greatest thing that's ever happened because what a deserved person to have their Kashmir moment interrupted by Ron, and [Diddy] really did not roll with it.

'He was very uncomfortable, but it was also just like, the artifice of all that faux importance. Like what's gonna happen? You're gonna walk into the studio and you're gonna be like, "I'm in the studio. I work here."'

The 57-year-old Emmy winner previously confirmed Gasteyer's story to Vulture in 2020: 'Someone said, "Ron should go up onstage" and before everyone turned to see, I had sprinted out the door.'

But the three-time Grammy winner couldn't have been too angry as he returned to the long-running NBC sketch show in 2010 to perform with his musical trio Diddy-Dirty Money alongside Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper.

Diddy also made an uncredited cameo in a skit where he danced with two-time Oscar winner Robert DeNiro in full drag.

Ahead of his May 5th federal sex-trafficking trial, the Harlem-born hip-hop star remains incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after two judges denied him bail.

The Buzbee Law Firm, AVA Law Group, and Curis Law filed five more lawsuits (three men and two women) in the US District Court in Manhattan Tuesday against Diddy alleging aggravated sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation circa 2001.

Lead counsel Tony Buzbee has gathered enough evidence to file over 120 victims' (as young as nine and 13) lawsuits thanks to a hotline he set up for victims and witnesses which amassed 12K calls in 24 hours.

The Closer to God rapper's attorney Marc Agnifilo has dismissed the lawsuits as 'clear attempts to garner publicity' and they 'have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process.'

Diddy - who was arrested September 16 in Manhattan after a grand jury indictment - 'has never sexually assaulted anyone - adult or minor, man or woman,' he added.

The single father-of-seven has pled not guilty to charges alleging he coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.

Diddy was defiant only until CNN leaked a video of him in May violently assaulting his ex-girlfriend Casandra 'Cassie' Fine at the InterContinental Century City back in 2016.

The 38-year-old singer was only 19 when the then 36-year-old Diddy signed her to Bad Boy Records in 2005, and they reportedly dated between 2007 and 2018.

The Emmy-nominated producer quickly settled Fine's (born Ventura) lawsuit alleging rape, abuse, and sex trafficking for an undisclosed amount on November 17.

Diddy had his homes in Holmby Hills and Miami raided by Homeland Security on March 25 in connection with a sex-trafficking investigation.

The former back-up dancer still gets 10.3M monthly listeners on Spotify, and he still has 45.9M social media followers.