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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAYDecember 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM

Netflix hits back at claims that Diddy documentary footage was stolen

Netflix is hitting back against claims from Sean "Diddy" Combs that footage in a new docuseries was obtained illegally.

The streaming giant, which released the Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson-produced "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" on Tuesday, said they have the "necessary rights" to all footage used in the project – and that they had offered an interview to the music mogul, which he declined.

"The Reckoning," a four-part docuseries that dives into Combs' come-up in the music business (and later his downfall), employs a mix of interviews and some never-before-seen footage from the days before his arrest of federal sex-trafficking charges. Combs' team has since argued that the "biased Netflix production" used "stolen footage that was never authorized for release."

50 Cent's Diddy doc features never-seen footage days before arrest

The filmmakers are vigorously denying such a claim.

"It came to us, we obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights. We moved heaven and earth to keep the filmmaker's identity confidential," director Alexandria Stapleton told Tudum, Netflix's internal publication. "One thing about Sean Combs is that he's always filming himself, and it's been an obsession throughout the decades. We also reached out to Sean Combs' legal team for an interview and comment multiple times, but did not hear back."

In a separate statement from a Netflix spokesperson, shared with USA TODAY Dec. 2, the streamer doubled down on that sentiment.

"The claims being made about 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' are false. The project has no ties to any past conversations between Sean Combs and Netflix," the company said. "The footage of Combs leading up to his indictment and arrest were legally obtained. This is not a hit piece or an act of retribution. Curtis Jackson is an executive producer but does not have creative control. No one was paid to participate."

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Netflix's statement responds to claims from the Combs camp that 50 Cent's involvement with the project undermines its legitimacy, given the rapper's alleged personal grievances against the Bad Boy Records founder.

In a statement provided to USA TODAY, a spokesperson for Combs described "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" as a "shameful hit piece." Combs spokesperson Juda Engelmayer also told USA TODAY that his legal team would not be commenting "on individual claims being repeated in the documentary."

"Many of the people featured have longstanding personal grievances, financial motives, or credibility issues that have been documented for years," Engelmayer said. "Several of these stories have already been addressed in court filings, and others were never raised in any legal forum because they're simply not true. The project was built around a one-sided narrative led by a publicly admitted adversary, and it repeats allegations without context, evidence, or verification."

Sean "Diddy" Combs' family has shown their support for the embattled music mogul through his avalanche of civil lawsuits and his 2025 criminal trial, which resulted in his acquittal on top charges. He was ultimately found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He has a sprawling family including seven children. Combs, who's never been married, shares four of these adult children — Quincy Brown, whom he adopted, Christian "King" Combs, and twins D'Lila and Jessie Combs — with the late model Kimberly Porter. He had this first child, Justin Dior Combs, with Misa Hylton and shares daughter Chance Combs with businesswoman Sarah Chapman. His youngest, Love Sean Combs, was born to Dana Tran in 2022.Scroll through for photos of the Combs family through the years, starting with this group shot of Justin Combs, Christian Combs, Quincy Brown, Sean Combs, D'Lila Star Combs, Chance Combs and Jessie James Combs at the pre-Grammy Awards gala on Jan. 25, 2020.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>Sean "Diddy" Combs' family has shown their support for the embattled music mogul through his avalanche of civil lawsuits and his 2025 criminal trial, which resulted in his acquittal on top charges. He was ultimately found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He has a sprawling family including seven children. Combs, who's never been married, shares four of these adult children — Quincy Brown, whom he adopted, Christian "King" Combs, and twins D'Lila and Jessie Combs — with the late model Kimberly Porter. He had this first child, Justin Dior Combs, with Misa Hylton and shares daughter Chance Combs with businesswoman Sarah Chapman. His youngest, Love Sean Combs, was born to Dana Tran in 2022.Scroll through for photos of the Combs family through the years, starting with this group shot of Justin Combs, Christian Combs, Quincy Brown, Sean Combs, D'Lila Star Combs, Chance Combs and Jessie James Combs at the pre-Grammy Awards gala on Jan. 25, 2020.

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">Sean "Diddy" Combs' family has shown their support for the embattled music mogul through his avalanche of civil lawsuits and his 2025 criminal trial, which resulted in his acquittal on top charges. He was ultimately found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He has a sprawling family including seven children. Combs, who's never been married, shares four of these adult children — Quincy Brown, whom he adopted, Christian "King" Combs, and twins D'Lila and Jessie Combs — with the late model Kimberly Porter. He had this first child, Justin Dior Combs, with Misa Hylton and shares daughter Chance Combs with businesswoman Sarah Chapman. His youngest, Love Sean Combs, was born to Dana Tran in 2022.Scroll through for photos of the Combs family through the years, starting with this group shot of Justin Combs, Christian Combs, Quincy Brown, Sean Combs, D'Lila Star Combs, Chance Combs and Jessie James Combs at the pre-Grammy Awards gala on Jan. 25, 2020.

" src=https://ift.tt/hfwXjiA class=caas-img>From left: Jessie Combs, King Combs, D'Lila Combs attend the LaQuan Smith show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 16, 2025, in New York City.

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From left: Jessie Combs, King Combs, D'Lila Combs attend the LaQuan Smith show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 16, 2025, in New York City.

">From left: Jessie Combs, King Combs, D'Lila Combs attend the LaQuan Smith show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 16, 2025, in New York City.

" src=https://ift.tt/ED1mRgu class=caas-img>Combs' mother, Janice Combs, and family members leaving federal court after verdicts were announced during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial on July 2, 2025, in New York City.

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From left: Stephanie Rao, Justin Combs, Quincy Brown and Chance Combs arrive at the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial on July 2, 2025, in New York City.

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From left: Janice Combs, mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs' and King Combs, son of Sean "Diddy" Combs, walk out during a recess of Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial on July 1, 2025, in New York City.

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">From left: Janice Combs, mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs' and King Combs, son of Sean "Diddy" Combs, walk out during a recess of Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial on July 1, 2025, in New York City.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' son Christian "King" Combs at the 2023 BET Awards on June 25, 2023, in Los Angeles.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' son Christian "King" Combs at the 2023 BET Awards on June 25, 2023, in Los Angeles.

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From left: D'Lila Combs, Chance Combs, Quincy Brown and Jessie Combs attend the Daily Front Row's 6th annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on April 10, 2022, in Beverly Hills.

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From left: D'Lila Combs, Chance Combs, Quincy Brown and Jessie Combs attend the Daily Front Row's 6th annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on April 10, 2022, in Beverly Hills.

">From left: D'Lila Combs, Chance Combs, Quincy Brown and Jessie Combs attend the Daily Front Row's 6th annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on April 10, 2022, in Beverly Hills.

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From left: Justin Dior Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Christian Combs and Quincy Brown attend a pre-Grammy gala on Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills.

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From left: Justin Dior Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Christian Combs and Quincy Brown attend a pre-Grammy gala on Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills.

">From left: Justin Dior Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Christian Combs and Quincy Brown attend a pre-Grammy gala on Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills.

" src=https://ift.tt/dugUswi class=caas-img>From left: Christian Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Justin Combs and Quincy Brown at Revolt Summit x AT&T Summit on Sept. 14, 2019, in Atlanta.

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From left: Christian Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Justin Combs and Quincy Brown at Revolt Summit x AT&T Summit on Sept. 14, 2019, in Atlanta.

">From left: Christian Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Justin Combs and Quincy Brown at Revolt Summit x AT&T Summit on Sept. 14, 2019, in Atlanta.

" src=https://ift.tt/Diu3IZ6 class=caas-img>From left: Sarah Chapman, D'Lila Star Combs, Chance Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jessie James Combs and Janice Combs attend The LadyLike Foundation Women of Excellence Luncheon on May 11, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California.

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From left: Sarah Chapman, D'Lila Star Combs, Chance Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jessie James Combs and Janice Combs attend The LadyLike Foundation Women of Excellence Luncheon on May 11, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California.

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Combs is currently serving out a federal prison sentence in New Jersey, and separately facing an avalanche of civil suits accusing him of a long history of abusive behavior. He has maintained his innocence.

In July, Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in a federal criminal trial, largely considered a relatively favorable outcome as he was acquitted on more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. He was sentenced to just over four years in prison.

Contributing: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY

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Kimmel mocks Trump for 'off the rails' Truth Social posting spree Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM 0 Jimmy Kimmel thinks it may be time for President Donald Trump to take a screen break. The latenight host on his Tuesday, Dec. 2, episode mocked Trump for having an unusually active evening on Truth Social, during which he fired off more than 150 posts in a single night. According to Axios, on Dec. 1, the president posted exactly 158 times between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m.

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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM

Jimmy Kimmel thinks it may be time for President Donald Trump to take a screen break.

The late-night host on his Tuesday, Dec. 2, episode mocked Trump for having an unusually active evening on Truth Social, during which he fired off more than 150 posts in a single night. According to Axios, on Dec. 1, the president posted exactly 158 times between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m.

"I know I've said this before, but for real, this time he went completely off the rails last night," Kimmel said, addressing on the "onslaught" of posts from the "man who's allegedly running the country."

To provide a visual of Trump's "avalanche of angry posts," Kimmel put Trump's many, many Truth Social messages up on screen behind him.

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"Do you know how long you have to be on the toilet to post that much?" he joked, going on to ask, "What was Melania doing during this five-hour, manic Monday marathon? Hiding under the Christmas tree?"

Trump's Truth Social posting spree included everything from attacks on his political opponents to a clip of his cameo in the 1992 film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," which Kimmel said he believes was the "last time Donald Trump was happy."

Jimmy Fallon also addressed Trump's posting spree at the top of "The Tonight Show," quipping, "Well, I think we know where Venezuela's cocaine has been going."

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"It's like someone said to Trump, 'Tell us the results of your MRI without telling us the results of your MRI,'" he continued. "160 posts in one night. This morning, Trump's thumbs were as swollen as his ankles."

resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.After the announcement, Trump urged other networks to do the same. Scroll to see the other late-night talk show hosts that have feuded with the president over the years.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", will resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.After the announcement, Trump urged other networks to do the same. Scroll to see the other late-night talk show hosts that have feuded with the president over the years.

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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", will resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.After the announcement, Trump urged other networks to do the same. Scroll to see the other late-night talk show hosts that have feuded with the president over the years.

">Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", will resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.After the announcement, Trump urged other networks to do the same. Scroll to see the other late-night talk show hosts that have feuded with the president over the years.

" src=https://ift.tt/wPFJeNV class=caas-img>Fallon is pictured here at the Met Gala on May 5, 2025, in New York City.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>In 2016, Jimmy Fallon interviewed Trump ahead of the election, ruffling the then-candidate's signature orange hair. After the interview received backlash, Fallon said he regretted parts of the interview. In response, Trump took to social media to criticize the "Tonight Show" host, writing: "@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous 'hair show' with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have 'humanized' me-he is taking heat. He called & said 'monster ratings.' Be a man Jimmy!" Fallon is pictured here at the Met Gala on May 5, 2025, in New York City.

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In 2016, Jimmy Fallon interviewed Trump ahead of the election, ruffling the then-candidate's signature orange hair. After the interview received backlash, Fallon said he regretted parts of the interview. In response, Trump took to social media to criticize the "Tonight Show" host, writing: "@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous 'hair show' with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have 'humanized' me-he is taking heat. He called & said 'monster ratings.' Be a man Jimmy!" Fallon is pictured here at the Met Gala on May 5, 2025, in New York City.

">In 2016, Jimmy Fallon interviewed Trump ahead of the election, ruffling the then-candidate's signature orange hair. After the interview received backlash, Fallon said he regretted parts of the interview. In response, Trump took to social media to criticize the "Tonight Show" host, writing: "@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous 'hair show' with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have 'humanized' me-he is taking heat. He called & said 'monster ratings.' Be a man Jimmy!" Fallon is pictured here at the Met Gala on May 5, 2025, in New York City.

" src=https://ift.tt/dikBAK0 class=caas-img>In 2013, Trump tweeted, "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated." Stewart is a sharp critic of Trump, often taking aim at the political movement he has created.Here, Stewart is pictured at "The Daily Show" official Emmy Screening on June 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has a history of heated exchanges with Trump. In 2013, Trump tweeted, "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated." Stewart is a sharp critic of Trump, often taking aim at the political movement he has created.Here, Stewart is pictured at "The Daily Show" official Emmy Screening on June 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has a history of heated exchanges with Trump. In 2013, Trump tweeted, "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated." Stewart is a sharp critic of Trump, often taking aim at the political movement he has created.Here, Stewart is pictured at "The Daily Show" official Emmy Screening on June 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.

">"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has a history of heated exchanges with Trump. In 2013, Trump tweeted, "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated." Stewart is a sharp critic of Trump, often taking aim at the political movement he has created.Here, Stewart is pictured at "The Daily Show" official Emmy Screening on June 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.

" src=https://ift.tt/Ij4D1UM class=caas-img>Oliver said he wasn't interested in having Trump on his show, which Trump responded to on X, writing: "John Oliver had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low-rated show, I said 'NO THANKS' Waste of time & energy!" Oliver refuted that report. Here, Oliver is pictured in at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>John Oliver, a "Daily Show" alum who now hosts "Last Week Tonight" is also a frequent Trump critic, and feuded publicly with the president over a potential show appearance in 2015. Oliver said he wasn't interested in having Trump on his show, which Trump responded to on X, writing: "John Oliver had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low-rated show, I said 'NO THANKS' Waste of time & energy!" Oliver refuted that report. Here, Oliver is pictured in at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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John Oliver, a "Daily Show" alum who now hosts "Last Week Tonight" is also a frequent Trump critic, and feuded publicly with the president over a potential show appearance in 2015. Oliver said he wasn't interested in having Trump on his show, which Trump responded to on X, writing: "John Oliver had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low-rated show, I said 'NO THANKS' Waste of time & energy!" Oliver refuted that report. Here, Oliver is pictured in at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.

">John Oliver, a "Daily Show" alum who now hosts "Last Week Tonight" is also a frequent Trump critic, and feuded publicly with the president over a potential show appearance in 2015. Oliver said he wasn't interested in having Trump on his show, which Trump responded to on X, writing: "John Oliver had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low-rated show, I said 'NO THANKS' Waste of time & energy!" Oliver refuted that report. Here, Oliver is pictured in at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.

" src=https://ift.tt/JyswMWt class=caas-img>"I absolutely love that Colbert got fired, his talent was even less than his ratings," the president wrote. Among his late-night peers, Colbert was among Trump's sharpest critics. Colbert is pictured here at Apple TV+'s Primetime Emmy party red carpet on Sept. 14, 2025, in West Hollywood.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>When CBS announced the network was terminating "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after the 2025-2026 season, Trump took to social media to celebrate. "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired, his talent was even less than his ratings," the president wrote. Among his late-night peers, Colbert was among Trump's sharpest critics. Colbert is pictured here at Apple TV+'s Primetime Emmy party red carpet on Sept. 14, 2025, in West Hollywood.

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When CBS announced the network was terminating "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after the 2025-2026 season, Trump took to social media to celebrate. "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired, his talent was even less than his ratings," the president wrote. Among his late-night peers, Colbert was among Trump's sharpest critics. Colbert is pictured here at Apple TV+'s Primetime Emmy party red carpet on Sept. 14, 2025, in West Hollywood.

">When CBS announced the network was terminating "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after the 2025-2026 season, Trump took to social media to celebrate. "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired, his talent was even less than his ratings," the president wrote. Among his late-night peers, Colbert was among Trump's sharpest critics. Colbert is pictured here at Apple TV+'s Primetime Emmy party red carpet on Sept. 14, 2025, in West Hollywood.

" src=https://ift.tt/moadqRl class=caas-img>The ire, it seems, is mutual, with the president writing previously on social media: "How bad is Seth Meyers on NBC, a 'network' run by a truly bad group of people - Remember, they also run MSDNC. I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months, and every time I watch this moron I feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he is, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast." Meyers is pictured here at SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show" on June 17, 2025, in New York City.

" style=padding-bottom:56%>Seth Meyers, the host of "Late Night" on NBC is a frequent critic of Trump and his administration.The ire, it seems, is mutual, with the president writing previously on social media: "How bad is Seth Meyers on NBC, a 'network' run by a truly bad group of people - Remember, they also run MSDNC. I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months, and every time I watch this moron I feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he is, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast." Meyers is pictured here at SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show" on June 17, 2025, in New York City.

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Seth Meyers, the host of "Late Night" on NBC is a frequent critic of Trump and his administration.The ire, it seems, is mutual, with the president writing previously on social media: "How bad is Seth Meyers on NBC, a 'network' run by a truly bad group of people - Remember, they also run MSDNC. I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months, and every time I watch this moron I feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he is, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast." Meyers is pictured here at SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show" on June 17, 2025, in New York City.

">Seth Meyers, the host of "Late Night" on NBC is a frequent critic of Trump and his administration.The ire, it seems, is mutual, with the president writing previously on social media: "How bad is Seth Meyers on NBC, a 'network' run by a truly bad group of people - Remember, they also run MSDNC. I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months, and every time I watch this moron I feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he is, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast." Meyers is pictured here at SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show" on June 17, 2025, in New York City.

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The various late-night hosts also had a field day with Trump's latest Cabinet meeting on Dec. 2. Kimmel characterized it as simply an excuse for Trump to be "showered with praise," and he played a montage of clips where the president's eyes appeared to be closed during the meeting.

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"Tell us again how Sleepy Joe is, will you?" Kimmel joked. "Of course he's tired: He was up all night posting!"

Meanwhile, Stephen Colbert also alleged on "The Late Show" that Trump was "dozing off" during the Cabinet meeting while Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke.

"Let's be fair," Colbert joked. "Maybe he's so old that he fell asleep in an afternoon meeting, or maybe he just closed his eyes to better concentrate on filling his adult diaper. Then, he fell asleep."

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Lauren Graham and Amy Sherman-Palladino are co-writing a behind-the-scenes book about Gilmore Girls, set for a fall 2027 release

Graham previously shared insights on the show in her 2016 memoir Talking as Fast as I Can

Several cast members reunited in October to celebrate Graham's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony

Gilmore Girls fans are about to be reading again … how novel.

On Wednesday, Dec. 3, it was exclusively announced on the Today show that the show's star Lauren Graham and creator Amy Sherman-Palladino will be co-writing a Gilmore Girls book.

"We can exclusively announce an untitled book is in the works, taking the readers behind the scenes of the beloved series," Carson Daly shared during his PopStart segment.

And while of course the book will be coming out in the fall (when else?), it's not scheduled for release until fall 2027.

According to a press release obtained by PEOPLE, the book will be published with Celadon Books and will take "readers behind the curtain of Gilmore Girls, revealing how a small-town dramedy with mile-a-minute dialogue became a cultural touchstone."

"Through a blend of sharp wit, personal reflection and never-before-shared stories, Lauren Graham and Amy Sherman-Palladino offer an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of their creative partnership and the spark that defined Lorelai Gilmore and the world of Stars Hollow," the release continues. "Along the way, they revisit unforgettable moments from the set — capturing the humor, heart and alchemy that has made the series an enduring classic."

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Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lauren Graham at the Hollywood Walk Of Fame star ceremony in 2025

"I'm thrilled to collaborate with Amy to bring readers all our stories of the special years we spent filming Gilmore Girls, the first and second time!" Graham said in a statement.

Sherman-Palladino agreed, adding, "I will jump at any chance to collaborate with Lauren Graham. On anything. Be it a boozy broads' lunch at Joe Allen's, or writing an actual book, the answer will always be 'yes'. I find myself wanting to be permanently linked to her side forever. Not sure it's healthy, for either of us, but it's just the reality of the situation."

This isn't the first time Graham has taken fans behind-the-scenes of the hit series. In her 2016 memoir, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, Graham took fans along during the process of filming the show's Netflix revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

Graham, 58, has also published several other books, including 2018's In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It and 2022's Have I Told You This Already? Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember. She's also the author of the 2013 novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe.

Gilmore Girls' Emily Gilmore, actress Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore), released her own memoir, The Third Gilmore Girl, in 2024.

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The TV series followed mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) as they navigated life in the small fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. It ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007, though Sherman-Palladino exited the show after season 6.

Sherman-Palladino returned to lead the gang for 2016's Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which featured four film-style episodes.

Back in October, several Gilmore Girls stars reunited at the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony for Graham, including Sherman-Palladino, Bishop, Scott Patterson, Matt Czuchry, Yanic Truesdale and more.

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Marine robotics firm will resume deepsea search for MH370 plane that vanished a decade ago December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM 3 1 / 2Malaysia Missing PlaneFILE Flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 22, 2014.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's transport ministry said Wednesday that a private firm will resume a deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 later this month, more than a decade after the jet vanished without a trace.

The search will be carried out by Texas-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity, which signed a new "no-find, no-fee" contract with Malaysia's government in March.

It is unclear if the company has new evidence of the plane's location. Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Punkett reportedly said last year that the company had improved its technology since 2018, when the firm made its first seabed search operation under a similar deal and found nothing. Punkett has said the firm is working with many experts to analyze data and had narrowed the search area to the most likely site.

Earlier this year the firm restarted the seabed search operation at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the Indian Ocean after Malaysia's government gave it the greenlight, but the search was halted in April due to bad weather.

Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.

The Boeing 777 plane disappeared from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane turned from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.

An expensive multinational search failed to turn up any clues to its location, although debris washed ashore on the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands. Apart from those small fragments, no bodies or wreckage have ever been found.

Malaysia's transport ministry said in a brief statement Wednesday that Ocean Infinity will search intermittently from Dec. 30 for a total of 55 days, in targeted areas believed to have the highest likelihood of finding the missing aircraft.

"The latest development underscores the government of Malaysia's commitment in providing closure to the families affected by this tragedy," it said.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said, "We ... appreciate the efforts made by the Malaysian side."

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Woman Spends $25K to Clone Her Cat After Pet's Untimely Death, Calls it 'One of the Best Decisions' (Exclusive) Kelli BenderDecember 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM 0 Ragnarok Cattery; ViaGen Pets Chai as a kitten (left) and Belle as a kitten Tom Brady recently made headlines when it was revealed that his dog Junie is a clone of the retired quarterback's late pup, Lua — and many know Barbra Streisand cloned her beloved canine, Samantha. But Kelly Anderson wants animal lovers to know pet cloning isn't just for the rich and famous.

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Tom Brady recently made headlines when it was revealed that his dog Junie is a clone of the retired quarterback's late pup, Lua — and many know Barbra Streisand cloned her beloved canine, Samantha. But Kelly Anderson wants animal lovers to know pet cloning isn't just for the rich and famous.

The Austin-based social media manager, 36, cloned her cat Chai in 2017 to make her current kitty, Belle. Anderson is open about her experience and what it's like to live with a cloned cat on her Clone Kitty website and social media accounts.

"I think people see stuff in the news about Tom Brady or Paris Hilton cloning their pets and don't realize that the average person is also out there doing this. I'm not wealthy," Anderson tells PEOPLE, adding that she took out a loan to cover the $25,000 cost of cloning Chai.

The expense was worth it to Anderson, who still calls cloning her late pet "one of the best decisions I've ever made."

The pet owner says she knew from the start that Chai's clone would be more like an identical twin than an exact copy. She wasn't expecting Belle to have the same personality as her predecessor. For Anderson, the cloning process was about carrying on Chai's legacy, because the feline had a profound impact on her.

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Cats Chai (left) and Belle

"Chai came into my life when I was in my later years in college. And it was a time in my life where I was struggling with mental health issues and depression," Anderson shares. "She just immediately synced up with me and understood my emotions in ways that no other animal really ever had. And I've had animals my entire life."

She adds that Chai, a ragdoll cat, wasn't overly cuddly, but could intuit when Anderson needed affection and comfort. The pair bonded deeply early when Chai got sick as a kitten and required five months of treatment before she was healthy again.

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Unfortunately, Chai's life was cut short after she ingested a piece of plastic from a food wrapper while under a pet sitter's care. Vets discovered the obstruction a week after Chai ingested the plastic. And while the cat survived the operation to remove the plastic wrapper, she had an adverse reaction to the anesthesia and died after the surgery.

"I went to the vet, had my carrier, was in the private vet room thinking I was picking her up, and the vet walked in about 10 minutes later and told me that when I had walked in, they had gone to get her out of her carrier and found her unresponsive. She basically had a bad reaction to anesthesia," Anderson says of the heartbreaking circumstances of Chai's death.

By chance, Anderson had been talking about pet cloning with her roommate after they had learned that Viagen, a pet cloning company, was located nearby.

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Chai the cat

"It was fresh on my mind the night after Chai passed, and I couldn't sleep and stayed up all night researching cloning and ultimately decided that that was what I wanted to do with Chai's legacy," Anderson recalls. "As soon as I made up my mind about it, I knew that that's what I wanted to do."

Anderson contacted Viagen shortly after Chai's death in October 2017 and began the cloning process. The company warned the pet owner she would not be getting an "exact copy of the pet back."

That was no problem for Anderson. "For me, this was never about bringing my cat back from the grave. It was just about carrying on a piece of her," she says.

Anderson thought the cloning process would take several months, but because of several factors, including a degraded tissue sample, it took four years. In Oct. 2021, Anderson finally met Chai's clone, Belle.

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Belle on a leash

"It was so surreal. I wasn't sitting there thinking about Chai in that moment. I was thinking about this small, tiny, baby kitten that I'd been waiting so long to meet, and it's finally here," Anderson says of the day she met Belle.

"I think I really got to enjoy that moment of receiving Belle and getting to meet Belle," she adds, noting that Belle "fell asleep on my lap instantly."

The novelty of having a cloned cat has yet to wear off for Anderson.

"I think it's so wild and amazing that we can do this. It's been really fascinating watching Belle grow up and seeing the similarities and the differences," she says.

Speaking of similarities, Belle and Chai certainly look a lot alike, and, according to Anderson, there are ways they act alike, too.

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Kelly Anderson with Belle

Like Chai, Belle senses some of Anderson's emotions, especially anxiety, and often cuddles with Anderson when the cat owner feels stressed.

Belle is experiencing a different life from Chai. Chai's illness in kittenhood kept Anderson from pursuing her adventure cat dreams with the pet. Anderson started bringing Belle to parks, stores, and breweries as a kitten, so the feline grew up comfortable in public spaces.

Today, Belle often accompanies Anderson on excursions, which they document on social media. Belle has over 88,000 followers on Instagram, many of whom started following the account when Chai was alive.

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Belle the cat

"They were there for the entire journey of Chai's passing, and everyone was there for my decision to start cloning," Anderson says of the @CloneKitty social media following. "So I felt like I needed to keep everyone up to date on what was going on."

After she started sharing more details online about Belle and how the cat came to be, Anderson "realized that I had an opportunity to have a platform no one was really talking about online because it's a controversial topic."

"I think the most common question I get is, 'Do they have the same personality or not?' Everyone wants to know that first off the bat," Anderson says of the conversations she has about cloning online. "And then on the more hostile side, people want to know why I didn't adopt, why I didn't donate $25,000 to charity instead."

"A lot of people have questions about the ethics of it as well, which I think is completely fair. But I do have complete faith in ViaGen Pets and their process."

Anderson says she doesn't plan to clone another pet anytime soon — she has two other cats and two dogs, including a retired service dog named Ghost.

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Belle the cat visiting a store

Ghost came into Anderson's life while Chai was still alive. And the dog's owner says that, among the current cats, Ghost seems to have the closest bond with Chai's clone, Belle.

"I often see them sleeping next to each other and Ghost engaging with Belle more than the other cats. And I don't know if it's just because her personality is more bold and outgoing than my other cats, or if he just knows," Anderson says.

— sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.For those curious about pet cloning, Anderson has two pieces of advice. First, don't pursue the costly process if you "think you're going to get your pet back."

"This is not resurrection, this is not reincarnation. You're not going to get your cat or your dog back from the dead. If you're doing this because you miss your pet, then think about the intent and the reason behind that before you decide to clone, because it's going to end up in disappointment for you," she explains. "It's not fair to the animal if you're cloning this pet with the idea of casting this wide shadow over them of the original."

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Belle the cat

Anderson's second suggestion is that cloning-curious pet owners should get a tissue sample from their living pet — a procedure that can be done during a dental cleaning — and have it preserved so it's ready for cloning."I think it's really important to know that you can collect tissue samples before your pet passes. And that's actually the recommended process for genetic preservation. I think part of the reason it took four years for me was that they had frozen Chai's remains overnight, and that started to damage her cell quality," she says.

Anderson admits she has Ghost's tissue preserved with Viagen, "just in case I ever win the lottery. I definitely don't have the money to clone again offhand."

"At the end of the day, we all love our pets, and we have a really strong connection with special animals in our lives. I think that it's really cool that science is allowing us to clone pets. And for some people, it's the right direction and can really be life-changing."

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