‘Family Matters’ Star Reginald VelJohnson Denies Dave Chappelle’s ‘SNL’ Diddy Story
Dave Chappelle concluded he must be ugly. It’s the only logical explanation, he joked last weekend during his Saturday Night Live monologue, as to why he was never invited to any of Diddy’s notorious freak-offs. “Can you imagine if you were me reading a newspaper and found out everyone in Hollywood had an orgy behind your back?” he laughed.
Chappelle relayed one story that really made him feel left out, even if he didn’t know if the rumor was true. “Some guy who said he knew Puffy was like, ‘Yeah, man. I was at the freak-off one time and I went in the back room and Puff was in there with Carl Winslow, the dad from Family Matters! He was smashing,’” the comedian said. “And I was like, ‘Oh my God. Carl Winslow from Family Matters was there and I wasn’t invited. It’s worse than I thought.’”
Reginald VelJohnson, the actor who played Carl on Family Matters, now wants to set the smashing record straight. There were social media rumors last year about VelJohnson and Diddy enjoying themselves together at a party, stories that the comic actor vehemently denied. “It’s all bullshit,” he told TMZ, advising anyone who spread the gossip to “get a life.”
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Now Chappelle has to bring up the sordid whispers again? “That stuff that came out is so false,” he told The Hollywood Reporter, “but I have to hear it every now and then.”
Truth be told, the former Dancing with the Stars contestant sounds kind of flattered to be included in Chappelle’s monologue. “Dave Chappelle made it funny, and I really appreciate that,” said VelJohnson. “That was really cool. He made it seem very civil.”
“It was kinda nice to see him talk about me,” VelJohnson continued. “I just wish he was talking about something a little bit better than that stupid lie with Diddy. But he made it funny, and I appreciate that. It made me look good.”
It’s not clear what part of Chappelle’s story made VelJohnson look good — that he’s a more popular partner at Diddy sex parties than Chappelle? The point is, Carl Winslow isn’t mad. He just wants to continue to make clear that any freak-off stories involving him are false. “I have no idea why they started that,” he explained. “I don’t know why, and it will never go away. I never even met the man.”
Is this just VelJohnson covering his tracks, the grown-up version of Steve Urkel’s eternal question, “Did I do that?” The sitcom star claims innocence. “I have no idea what they’re talking about,” he protested. “I just pay it no mind and keep on doing what I do.”
