Author and former video vixen Karrine Steffans, known to many as “Superhead,” made headlines this week after a candid and unsettling interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored.
She opened up about her past encounters with music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs—raising new questions amid his ongoing controversies.
Appearing under her legal name, Elizabeth Ovesen, Steffans recounted a series of interactions with Diddy dating back to the early 2000s. She claimed her initial meeting with him was orchestrated by another music executive, Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti, who, according to her, “gifted” her to Diddy during a night out in Los Angeles.
“No one asked me if I wanted to go,” Steffans told Morgan. “They talked about me like I wasn’t there. I was property to cart around. That’s what they did.”
While Steffans initially described their first private encounter as “pleasant” and said Diddy was a “consummate gentleman,” she admitted she has since come to question her recollections, particularly in light of recent lawsuits and allegations surrounding Diddy’s behavior and alleged sexual misconduct.
When asked directly by Morgan whether the two had ever had a sexual relationship, Steffans hesitated. “No,” she replied at first, before quickly adding, “Not to my knowledge.”
She went on to say she now fears that she may have been taken advantage of while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a common environment at industry parties at the time.
“I wonder about a lot of things,” she said. “He was so afraid I knew something—and I was confused, because what could it have been?”
Diddy’s Fear and a Chilling Conversation
Steffans recalled a particularly disturbing interaction at Diddy’s Miami home, in which he pulled her aside during a holiday party and seemed unusually anxious.
“He said, ‘We’re friends, right?’ and started talking about his kids, his mother—saying if anything got out, it would hurt them,” she recalled. “I didn’t know what he was referring to.”
Looking back, Steffans said she believes Diddy feared she might expose something he assumed she remembered.
“He seemed terrified,” she said. “Now, with everything we’ve learned about his proclivities, I’m seeing it all differently.”
In her 2005 memoir Confessions of a Video Vixen, Steffans referenced this encounter and other moments that at the time she didn’t fully understand. The book, vetted by attorneys and published by HarperCollins, became a bestseller and a cultural lightning rod.
According to Steffans, Diddy’s legal team attempted to obtain an advance copy before publication, but were denied due to the publisher’s embargo policy. He never followed up with any legal action, she says, perhaps because “what he thought I was going to say, I did not say… possibly because I didn’t remember it.”
Industry Exploitation and “Being Used”
In the interview, Steffans also discussed the broader issue of exploitation in the music industry, recalling how she was often treated like a “party favor” by powerful men.
“I quickly became [Irv] Gotti’s showpiece,” she told Morgan. “Whenever he wanted to impress someone, he would send them to me… I was being used over and over again.”
Despite the grim circumstances, Steffans admitted that as a 21-year-old surrounded by fame and money, she didn’t initially resist.
“I would’ve still gone. It was Diddy. We were having fun,” she said. “But no one asked. That’s the point.”
Context and Consequences
Diddy is currently facing mounting legal challenges and public scrutiny following a series of lawsuits that allege sexual assault, trafficking, and abuse.
While Steffans did not make any direct legal accusations during the interview, her statements suggest troubling dynamics between the rapper and young women within his social and professional circles.
Her interview adds to a growing chorus of women, some anonymous, others publicly named, who have stepped forward with allegations painting a deeply troubling portrait of the entertainment mogul’s behavior behind closed doors.
