"This has got to be A.I. no way he is that dumb" — Internet reacts as Diddy's alleged prison phone call on pizza boxes goes viral on TikTok

On October 23, an alleged prison call recording surfaced online in which Sean “Diddy” Combs was heard reportedly telling one of his sons on the other end to “get rid of” all the pizza boxes. The audio was first shared on TikTok by the account @thoseconspiracyguys and later circulated across all social media platforms, including X.

“Do not entertain none of this nonsense and nothing over the phone, Imma need you to get rid of all the leftover pizza boxes, all the boxes left over from the pizza. All the boxes. Make sure you recycle the plastic like we talked about,” Diddy allegedly instructed his son.

The son reportedly responded by using the words, “Aye,” “Alright,” and “Yeah,” seemingly indicating that he understood what his father was allegedly talking about. In the wake of this now-viral Diddy's alleged prison phone call exchange, the internet is having diverse reactions.

Several social media users are speculating that Diddy’s alleged “leftover pizza boxes” were connected to the 2016 Pizzagate conspiracy theory which claimed that certain high-ranking Democratic Party members were reportedly linked to an alleged human trafficking and child s*x ring. Meanwhile, others pointed out the alleged prison call recording was computer-generated and had no factual basis.

For instance, X user @Eutychus411 commented on podcaster Jay Anderson’s (@TheProjectUnity) post sharing the alleged Diddy audio and claimed that the Bad Boy Records owner knew better than to divulge his alleged trade secrets over a prison phone call.

“This has got to be A.I. no way he is that dumb,” the person wrote.

Many people joined the conversation and shared similar reactions refuting the alleged Diddy prison call recording.

“No way this is real,” a netizen wrote.

“Sounds like AI,” one netizen wrote.

“That’s clearly a fake call,” wrote another.

“My first thoughts on this is, I do not believe it. I think it's fake. Why would he ever say anything like that on a prison phone? Totally makes no sense. I got a call [it] fake on this. Just on my intuition,” a user wrote.

Meanwhile, others continued to connect Diddy’s alleged call recording to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.

“The 'pizza boxes' are what hold tapes. The tapes are to be burned (melted/recycled). --This one was too easy,” one person wrote.

“This is conspiracy as destruction of evidence, coercion, intimidation, intimidation of a witness, tampering, and a whole host of felonies. He just included his son in his own case. Meaning his son is aware of what’s written on those plastic pizza boxes needing recycled. Dumbest criminals ever,” a person wrote.

“Idk if this is cryptic or not; but first thing that came to mind is, 'get rid of the little girls and destroy all evidence,'” an individual wrote.

"A bunch of kids kept in dungeons will disappear," one individual wrote.

“Let me translate. 'Do not incriminate yourself by talking about this over the phone. Please destroy the tapes and also delete everything from the cloud,'” wrote another.

Notably, Diddy has previously never been linked to the now-debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory.

---

Exploring the Pizzagate conspiracy theory amid Diddy's alleged phone recording

In 2016, a conspiracy theory emerged online that claimed John Podesta, the presidential campaign manager of Hillary Clinton was allegedly involved in child trafficking and kidnapping. The Comet Ping Pong pizza joint in Washington D.C. was considered to be a front for such alleged illicit activities in which Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton were also said to be allegedly connected.

The conspiracy theory came to be known as ‘Pizzagate’ as James Alefantis, the owner of the pizza joint was identified as one of Hillary’s campaign donors. Not only that but Alefantis was reportedly mentioned in the emails of Podesta, released by Wikileaks earlier that same year.

Subsequently, members of the anonymous imageboard website 4chan scoured Alefantis’ social media accounts and allegedly unearthed photos of children, basement construction, and alleged letter exchanges with Hillary Clinton reportedly containing evidence of alleged wrongdoings.

4chan users even claimed that Alefantis’ emails to Podesta and Ms. Clinton contained words like “pizza” and “cheese” which were purported code words for alleged criminal activities including alleged human trafficking and child abuse.

In the wake of this, the Pizzagate conspiracy theory garnered severe traction online and Twitter and Reddit threads also emerged, which were later suspended. In December 2016, a 28-year-old man named Edgar Maddison Welch reportedly walked inside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant with an assault rifle demanding answers about Pizzagate and wishing to investigate the pizza joint’s premises for the same.

The native of Salisbury, North Carolina allegedly fired his gun at a restaurant employee, however, the latter reportedly managed to escape. While nobody was injured, Welch was later taken into custody and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

Meanwhile, James Alefantis and his employees also received death threats around the time. The former was also confronted by protesters outside his restaurant on several occasions. In the wake of this, he took to Facebook and wrote how “promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories” came with consequences.