“Denzel always told me, [when] we be at the parties, ‘You leave 30 minutes before the devil get there. OK?’ Always remember that Denzel would leave the parties early,” Jackson said on the “Breaking the Machine” podcast in January. A clip of the interview has gone viral since Combs’ arrest.

As the amount of lawsuits filed against Diddy continues to rise, so, too, does the number of stories about his allegedly shady past.

Denzel Washington appears to be trying to get ahead of what’s coming as it relates to his rumored connection to Diddy’s freak-offs.