Mike Tyson says he passed Diddy's letter to President Trump

Mike Tyson says he delivered a letter from Sean “Diddy” Combs to President Donald Trump after Combs asked for his help. Tyson described the request in an interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, as reported on 8 October 2026.

Tyson said he is friendly with Combs, also known as Puff, and that the two had spoken once by phone since Combs entered prison. Combs asked him to speak to Trump on his behalf and to pass on a letter. When Cohen asked directly whether he had given the letter to the president, Tyson replied, “I did what he told me to do, yes,” according to Billboard.

Trump has separately said Combs sought clemency in writing. In an interview with The New York Times, the president said Combs asked for a pardon through a handwritten letter. Combs continues to seek a pardon, a formal order that can erase or cut short a criminal penalty, and his legal team has indicated since the guilty verdict that they want Trump to grant one.

The account was widely picked up on 8 October. USA Today reported that Tyson said he delivered the letter, and Entertainment Weekly reported the same confirmation from the Radio Andy interview.

Tyson also spoke about the law behind part of the case. The 110-year-old rule he referred to is the Mann Act of 1910. He did not give further detail about the contents of the letter or about any conversation with Trump beyond saying he acted in Combs’s favour.

Combs is serving a 50-month sentence on prostitution-related charges. His scheduled release date is 8 March 2028, barring changes.