There are certainly some stories that should be kept to oneself. If your story involves waking up covered in cockroaches, that might be a good sign it's not for sharing.
Rapper Diddy did not heed this unwritten rule, however, when he posted to Instagram a video of himself eating fruit, dancing by a poolside and telling the story via Instagram caption.
"One day when I was growing up, I woke up and there was 15 roaches on my face," he wrote.
"At that moment I said hell no, I refuse to live like this. Work hard, believe in your crazy dreams… AND NEVER SETTLE!"
Fans were puzzled.
Why is Diddy cappin like thispic.twitter.com/Tf45FKO9wQ— The Playlist Guy (@The Playlist Guy) 1625583940
Diddy waking up to roaches on his face.pic.twitter.com/o8c3xMNDsK— The Playlist Guy (@The Playlist Guy) 1625587484
The roaches on Diddy facepic.twitter.com/HE1rsJTsku— \ud835\ude74\ud835\ude85\ud835\ude78\ud835\ude78\ud835\ude7b \ud835\ude73\ud835\ude70\u0418\u0418\ud835\ude88\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 (@\ud835\ude74\ud835\ude85\ud835\ude78\ud835\ude78\ud835\ude7b \ud835\ude73\ud835\ude70\u0418\u0418\ud835\ude88\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25) 1625602050
Waking with 15 roaches on my facepic.twitter.com/6iRulccqzB— Special K (@Special K) 1625594292
Didnt waking on a random Monday likepic.twitter.com/xlEJFWjH6Y— Chi-Chi (@Chi-Chi) 1625594498
Immediately, the bizarre caption became meme fodder.
Some people wondered why Diddy had such an accurate count of that many roaches on his face.
Others imagined the roaches' reactions to learning they were situated on Diddy.
Roaches on their lunch break hearing Diddy lying on them:pic.twitter.com/JZR79lUjgT— The Nostalgia Queen \u2790 \ud83d\udc78\ud83c\udffd (@The Nostalgia Queen \u2790 \ud83d\udc78\ud83c\udffd) 1625593988
The roaches looking at Diddy sleepingpic.twitter.com/AawwDkehLV— - - (@- -) 1625597138
When Diddy mom find out he on the internet lyingpic.twitter.com/2j88Q64iJy— elusive. (@elusive.) 1625593363
The roaches headed to chill on diddy face while he sleeps likepic.twitter.com/Z8U4Yo14MX— Big Girl Slay \ud83d\udc8b (@Big Girl Slay \ud83d\udc8b) 1625591776
While most of us have lived in apartments that doubled as roach motels, it seems unlikely someone would have let fifteen multi-legged terrifying cockroaches crawl all over their face, even while asleep, before waking up and addressing the matter.
And if that's really what happened.... AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Diddy was like \u201cAhhhhhh\u2026. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15\u2026 oh hell nah\u201dpic.twitter.com/j9Rki50EOU— Illari-san (@Illari-san) 1625590061
Absolutely nobody:\n\nDiddy\u2018s roaches:pic.twitter.com/wgtrTmpyjG— DESIGNER DON G (@DESIGNER DON G) 1625598578
Me listening to Diddy lie about counting roaches on his facepic.twitter.com/usAZf76S6A— Joshua Chenault (@Joshua Chenault) 1625593521
Those roaches was looking at DIDDY like "DADDY"!!!!!pic.twitter.com/TtlTpaXAoy— Marsellus12 (@Marsellus12) 1625593606
Diddy counting all the roaches on his face.pic.twitter.com/bXX9QgyIsL— NUFF (@NUFF) 1625592580
We love a good rags-to-riches story, but Diddy can keep those 15 roaches.
We certainly hope we never find that many roaches anywhere, especially on top of us.
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