Sean 'Diddy' Combs Pictures: Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrives to host the Palms Pool and Bungalows party at the Palms Casino and Resort on September 4, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
LOS ANGELES — Diddy says he was simply helping his friends when he offered up his Star Island home to Rihanna and Chris Brown, just weeks after the couple got into a fight that led to Brown's arrest.
"It's a dark time for them and I was there more as a supporter," the 39-year-old Diddy told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Tuesday.
The music mogul went on the defense when DeGeneres questioned his decision to allow the pair into his home, with Brown currently facing two felony charges for his alleged assault of Rihanna on Feb. 8.
"I know both of them," said Diddy, "and I'm allowed to give my house to whoever I want to give my house to."
"I don't cast a stone or cast a judgment on anybody," he continued. "If a friend or friends ask me for a favor, then I'm going to be there for a favor as long as I know that the energy of the favor is positive for two people to sit down and talk about a situation that they're in."
Diddy said he stayed away from "getting involved" in the couple's situation, saying he was simply trying to "be there as a friend during hard times."
After listening to the reasoning behind Diddy's decision, DeGeneres said she feared a message being sent to girls that it's ok to take back someone who has hit them.
"I don't think that's it's right for anybody to hit anybody," responded Diddy, who then said that "we all have to be honest with ourselves as adults and people that have been in relationships."
"We know sometimes those relationships get ugly and sometimes it doesn't come out into the forefront the way that this one has," he reasoned.
Diddy also said it's important for the public to show their support while refraining from jumping to conclusions.
"There's a lot of stones being thrown and we don't know exactly what's going on," he told DeGeneres. "These are two young individuals. We need to pray for them and we need to do things to support them."
